A teacher at the “Regina Maria” National College in Ploiesti is under investigation for having sex with a minor, he is suspected of having an intimate relationship with a 14-year-old girl who is not his student.

The prosecutor’s office, which searched the man’s home and work, requested a warrant for preventive arrest in the teacher’s name, but the court rejected the offer, ordering house arrest instead, News.ro reports.

“On February 28 of this year, the police officers of department No. 1 3 of the Ploiesti police executed three search warrants in the municipality of Ploiesti, at the place of residence, respectively, at the workplace of a 33-year-old man suspected of committing the crime of sexual intercourse with a minor.

In fact, during 2023 and until now, the man had several sexual relations with a 14-year-old minor from the municipality, knowing her age.

As a result of the searches, several physical evidences were discovered and seized,” Prahova district police officers reported on Friday.

Judicial sources told News.ro that the suspect is a teacher at the Regina Maria National College in Ploiesti, formerly the Higher Pedagogical School. Teaches physical education.

The 14-year-old with whom he had an intimate relationship is not his student, and the complaint about the relationship between the 33-year-old man and the 14-year-old girl was made by the mother of the teenager who found out what was going on, the quoted sisters said.

Initially, on the basis of a conditional preventive measure, the teacher was detained for 24 hours. On Thursday, he was presented to the court in Ploiesti with a proposal for preventive arrest, but the court rejected the request of the prosecutor’s office, appointing instead a measure of house arrest.