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6/15/2026 2:21:42 AM
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Undercover investigation causes detain of NE Ohio teacher


Undercover investigation causes detain of NE Ohio teacher


EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (WKBN) - - A Boardman music teacher has actually been apprehended and is dealing with drug charges after representatives with the Mahoning Valley Human Trafficking Task Force performed an undercover investigation Saturday.

Boardman elementary school music instructor Robert Pavalko, 44, is facing charges of belongings of presumed methamphetamine and permitting drug abuse.

Logan Larlham, 26, of Boardman, was detained on charges of promoting prostitution and belongings of drugs.

Larlham, a signed up sex transgressor stemming from an earlier conviction of unlawful sexual conduct with a small, answered a published undercover advertisement on a recognized prostitution site. Job force representatives stated Larlham obtained the female to come to his motel room in Boardman.

Larlham and Pavalko showed up to meet up with the female in Columbiana County, where they were fulfilled by agents and found to have actually thought methamphetamine on them, according to officials.

Larlham likewise had an active warrant for his arrest out of Mahoning County for stopping working to sign up as a sex offender.

Both guys were taken to the Columbiana County Jail.

FOx 8's sister station, WKBN, reached out to Boardman schools' communications organizer for remark but since this writing had not yet gotten an action.

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