PIKETON, Ohio — A Pike County man who is a guidance counselor and pastor has been charged for allegedly exposing himself in front of teenagers.
According to a report the Guardian obtained from the Pike County Sheriff’s Office, Jeffrey Forbes, of Commercial Boulevard, Piketon, has been charged with a fourth degree misdemeanor of public indecency. The report states that Forbes’ neighbor contacted deputies after the neighbor’s teenage daughter came to him and said that she saw Forbes outside, naked; she also told her father that she had taken a picture, as well as catching it on a security camera.
“[The neighbor] advised he had texted Jeff about the incident, and Jeff initially advised he had been outside because he thought someone was around his property,” the deputy wrote in the report. “I was advised Jeff had been seen at least ten-to-fifteen prior times naked on his [own] property….”
Deputies interviewed Forbes, 57, who told them the same thing he had texted his neighbor. Despite Forbes’ reasoning for why he was caught on video in the nude, deputies charged him with one count of public indecency. They also told him that if he was going to be walking around his own property again, he needed to wear clothes.
Forbes is employed as a guidance counselor at Pike County Career Tech and is also reportedly a member of Miracle City Academy, the report reads. A call to the superintendent of Pike County Career Tech seeking the status of Forbes’ employment revealed that Forbes has been placed on leave pending “an investigation.” A message was also left for the administrator of Miracle City Academy.
This story was updated to include that Forbes is on paid leave.
