Detectives with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department’s Special Victims Division arrested John Patrick Bush and charged him with First Degree Rape- Victim Under 13.The incident took place on September 1, 2009, at Smith Academy of International Languages, which is located at 1600 Tyvola Road . Mr. Bush is employed with Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools as a teacher, and the victim is a CMS student.
The investigation was initiated after the victim informed her parents about the crime. The victim was referred to Pat’s Place Child Advocacy Center .