A former police officer and school administrator from Grayson County has pleaded guilty to violating federal and state sex abuse laws, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Kentucky.
Stephen Miller was a police officer in Leitchfield when he resigned from his job following complaints of inappropriate conduct toward women. The 45-year-old Miller then began working at Bluegrass Challenge Academy, a residential, educational program run by the Kentucky National Guard and located at Fort Knox.
Miller had supervisory authority over the students. He pleaded guilty to engaging in abusive sexual conduct with three female students and sodomy with a fourth student. The incident occurred at the academy over a six-month period in 2013. Miller faces up to 11 years in prison at his sentencing in November.
John Smith, who was director of the Bluegrass Challenge Academy, is under indictment for failure to report child abuse.
