A Fayette County high school teacher is facing criminal charges, accused of having inappropriate contact with a minor. State Police said in a release that an investigation began Monday when troopers received a report about inappropriate contact between an adult and a minor. During the investigation, troopers identified the accused adult as Daniel Cervone, a Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (JROTC) instructor at Laurel Highlands High School. Cervone was taken into custody on Tuesday and charged with institutional sexual assault, corruption of minors and unlawful contact with a minor. The complaint states the victim told police she had a sexual relationship with Cervone in 2020 and claimed she spent “copious amounts of time” in his office on a “regular weekly basis” and had sex inside the high school once. The complaint goes on to say that after Cervone was taken into custody, he “confessed to the allegations which were made against him,” including having sex with a student on school property. Cervone’s arrest comes days after a different Laurel Highlands School District teacher was charged with attempted sexual assault, unlawful contact with minors and corruption of minors. (Photo: Fayette County DA Office)