A Frisco police officer was arrested for an alleged inappropriate sexual relationship with a 17-year-old Frisco ISD student on Friday, police say.
John Hoover, 35, was charged with sexual performance of a child, a second-degree felony, according to the Frisco Police Department.
Hoover was recently assigned as a school resource officer, but Frisco police said "at this time, there is no information to suggest that any student at Hoover’s assigned school was involved."
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The department said police began an investigation after they were made aware of the allegation on Aug. 8.
Hoover was fired Wednesday after an internal investigation before being arrested due to the criminal investigation on Friday.
The 35-year-old was booked into Denton County Jail on a $100,000 bond.
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Hoover worked with the Frisco Police Department since September 2011. Police did not say the school Hoover was assigned to.
Anyone with additional information can contact Frisco police at 972-292-6010 or send an anonymous tip by texting FRISCOPD and the tip to 847411 (tip411).
