A former Chicago Public Schools contract employee accused of sending a series of sexual messages to a 13-year-old student has been ordered detained after a Cook County judge said his actions showed a “lack of self-control” and a risk to children.
Prosecutors said 41-year-old Mycale Ford worked as a special education classroom assistant at the Gresham School Of Excellence, 8524 South Green Street, through a CPS contractor. He is now charged with one count of grooming.
Earlier this year, a 13-year-old girl posted a selfie taken in the school bathroom, wearing her school uniform, and noting that she was bored, Assistant State’s Attorney Mya Hinton said. “There’s nothing salacious about that picture that was posted.”…