Eric Wood
Note: This teacher has not been charged with sex crimes at this time, but we anticipate them soon.
A 17-year-old Zion-Benton High School student was found hiding in the closet of a Waukegan middle school teacher earlier this month.
A missing-person report was filed Nov. 8 by the girl's family with the Zion Police Department when she did not return home by curfew after being out the previous day. Contacted by Zion police, the Lake County Sheriff's Office sent officers to the Beach Park home of Eric Wood, a 24-year-old teacher at Thomas Jefferson Middle School, on Nov. 9.
After denying he knew the whereabouts of the Zion girl, Wood allowed deputies to search the home and found her hiding in a closet.
Wood was then arrested and charged with obstructing justice, said Sgt. Christopher Thompson.
When asked about Wood's arrest and involvement with the teenager, Waukegan School District officials declined to comment.
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