Housing officer who mentors teens is charged with sex crimes
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A police officer with an Ohio housing authority has been accused of having sexual contact with a teenage boy he mentored through his department's Explorers program.
Twenty-six-year-old Christopher Collins was jailed Friday after his indictment on charges including sexual battery, endangering children and providing alcohol to minors. The Cuyahoga (ky-uh-HOH'-guh) County Metropolitan Housing Authority officer is scheduled for arraignment Monday in Cleveland.
Court records don't indicate if Collins has an attorney who could comment for him.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Housing Authority police Chief Andres Gonzalez tells Cleveland.com Collins "exhibited symptoms of a predator." The indictment says Collins twice had sexual contact with a teenager.
Gonzales says an investigation was launched after Collins sent inappropriate texts to a teenager. He says Collins is accused of drinking with teens in their hotel rooms during a sanctioned out-of-town trip.