Lane Tech Computer Teacher Charged with Prostitution-Related Misdemeanor

Chicago - A Lane Tech High School computer teacher was arrested Tuesday on prostitution-related charges.

Scott Carlson, 41, of the 2300 block of West Thomas Street, has been charged with misdemeanor keeping a place of prostitution after he was found waiting in the parking lot of a motel where an undercover Sheriff’s police officer was meeting with an alleged prostitute, according to a Cook County Sheriff’s police release.

The alleged prostitute, Jessica Shea, 21, of the 2900 block of West 56th Street, was also arrested and charged with prostitution when the undercover Sheriff’s police officer responded to her ad on a social networking site for “escorts.”

Shea met the officer at the motel where Carlson was found and offered to have sex with the officer for money, the release said.

A receipt shows the room was rented to and paid for by Carlson.

Both have posted $1,000 bond and were released. They are scheduled for separate court hearings on Dec. 30 at the Bridgeview courthouse.