Man arrested, accused of harassing ex through school app

PADUCAH, Ky. (KBSI) – A McCracken County Public Schools employee faces forgery and harassing communications charges in Carlisle County.

Terrell Stacey Harper faces a Class D felony of forgery second degree and a misdemeanor of harassing communications.

McCracken County Sheriff’s deputies arrested Harper on Wednesday, August 7 after arrest warrants were issued in Carlisle County.

Harper was arrested around 5:30 p.m. in Paducah.

On August 7, Carlisle County Sheriff’s deputies were informed of an incident that occurred on August 2 in which Harper is accused of posing as parent of a Carlisle County School District student and creating a fake profile for a classroom social media app known as Class Dojo.

Class Dojo is an interactive app that allows students, teachers and parents to communicate and promulgate information that pertains to the classroom.

Sheriff’s deputies say the fake profile was made so that Harper could contact his former girlfriend who is a Carlisle County School teacher.

Chief Deputy Ben Green investigated the claims and says Harper used the name of a fake student but used his real name as the student’s parent’s name.

Authorities say an email address that was linked back to Harper was also used to create the account.

They say Harper constantly sent his former girlfriend mail and packages multiple times per week. They say he also made numerous social media profiles and dating profiles pretending to be her and messaging numerous people and posting photos of her as well.

Harper was found guilty of Kentucky Emergency Protective Order/Domestic Violence Order violations and was sentenced to serve jail time on four different occasions between 2011 and 2014.

The Carlisle County School District, McCracken County Public Schools, McCracken County Public Schools Resource Officers and the McCracken County Sheriff’s Office assisted the Carlisle County Sheriff’s Office.

This investigation is ongoing.