Black ex-principal's sex crimes span multiple school districts, say law firms

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Anyone with information about Cedric Gerald is asked to call St. Louis 
County police at 314-615-5400.

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. — Two law firms representing the alleged victims of 
a former Riverview Gardens middle school principal say there are likely 
more victims in other districts, including in North Carolina where he 
previously worked.

Cedric Gerald, 48, was charged last month with sexual trafficking of a 
child, possession of child sexual abuse images, and multiple other crimes 
dating back to 2023, the authorities' probable cause statement said. Those 
charges involved allegations from four former students. In a press 
conference on Tuesday, lawyers from the Simon Law Firm and the O'Brien Law 
Firm said they are representing three of those victims as well as three 
others, and they believe more victims could come forward.

"We represent six victims of this gentleman, Mr. Gerald, that span over 
multiple districts, not just River Gardens, but also Ferguson-Florissant," 
said Grant Boyd, with the O'Brien Law Firm. "And we are also working on 
uncovering information that suggests this spans all the way back to his 
employment in North Carolina, as well, where he worked for at least two 
school districts."

In the days after charges were filed, the Ferguson-Florissant School 
District said they were not aware of any sexual misconduct incidents 
connected to Gerald within their schools. Gerald used to be the principal 
of McCluer High School in the Ferguson-Florissant School District. 

According to charging documents, four students told investigators that 
Gerald engaged in sexual behaviors with them, including incidents at the 
school building and in his office. The incidents happened between Jan. 1, 
2023, and May 14, 2025.

"Confidential minor victims reported inappropriate FaceTime, text 
messages, and video calls with Defendant in exchange for payment," the 
court documents said. "The Riverview Gardens School District 
administration has been cooperative throughout the investigation."

According to the law firms, Gerald began his career in education in 2000 
at the Charlotte-Mecklenberg School District, where he was a teacher and 
literacy coach for 16 years. He was a secondary curriculum specialist in 
the Washington County Schools system in Plymouth, North Carolina, from 
2013-2016 before coming to the Ferguson-Florissant School District. A 
LinkedIn profile for Cedric Gerald matches that work history.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools in North Carolina shared the following 
statement with 5 On Your Side: "Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools is aware of 
the situation in Missouri. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools follows standard 
hiring procedures. Positions are posted, interviews are conducted, and 
recommendations to hire are made. All new hires go through a criminal 
background check, drug test, and fingerprints through the Standard Bureau 
of Investigation."

In addition to looking into Gerald's behavior, Mary Simon with the Simon 
Law Firm said they are investigating the actions of the school districts 
that employed Gerald. Boyd said they are working to determine if the 
school districts' behavior was intentional.

"With the numericity, the idea that someone could pull this off, and abuse 
this many children from one district without one red flag going up, 
without someone not seeing something, just kind of defies logic," Boyd 
said. "But the information we have suggests that people were raising 
concerns, that there were red flags present and either they were being 
ignored or swept under the rug or not proper reactions were happening to 
those red flags."

Both law firms encouraged anyone with information or who may have been a 
victim of Gerald to contact the St. Louis County Police Department at 314-
615-5400 as well as Simon Law at 314-241-2929 or the O’Brien Law Firm at 
314-588-0558.


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