Sweet Home Police arrested Sweet Home High School business teacher Michael Joseph Morrell, 28, on four counts of third-degree sexual abuse Sept. 7.
Sweet Home police began investigating Morrell on Aug. 24 after school officials had learned of allegations of sexual contact between the teacher and a female juvenile and reported them to the police, said Police Chief Bob Burford.
The subsequent investigation revealed that in April, Morrell was the chaperone for a group of…