Up until last week, Ken Schock taught at the Sentinel Career Center just outside Tiffin. He headed up the safety program at this vocational school, teaching high school juniors and seniors how to become firefighters, police officers and paramedics. Last week, administrators got a call about Schock.
According to the Seneca County sheriff the caller alleged Schock was having an "inappropriate relationship" with one of the students. On Friday, the superintendent called the sheriff to report the allegation. Monday, Schock quit his job.
In a statement, the superintendent of the Vandguard-Sentinel Career Center said "Mr. Schock elected to offer his resignation and under the circumstances we think it is best for the career center that he be separated from employment here."
Schock also volunteered as a reserve Seneca County deputy. You may have seen him wearing a uniform at events, but the sheriff says he was not paid.
Seneca County sheriff Jeff Briggs says, "It needs to be stressed that Mr. Schock's involvement in whatever the allegation is over at Sentinel Career has absolutely nothing to do with the sheriff's office."
But because of Schock's history with his office, the sheriff turned the investigation over to the state. The Bureau of Criminal Investigations is now questioning if Schock had an inappropriate relationship with a student and broke the law.
Schock is also on administrative leave from the sheriff's office. We went to his house for a comment but no one answered the door.