The former choir director at St. Francis DeSales High School in Columbus has pleaded guilty to charges of soliciting sex and naked pictures from teenage boys in exchange for higher grades and other favors. Sentencing is pending for 28-year-old Zachary Ruppel for the crimes committed between February 2012 and July 2013. Ruppel is also a former assistant choir director for the state fair's All Ohio Youth Choir.
Former High School Youth Choir Director Pleads Guilty To Child Sex Charges
Columbus Division of Police