A special education instructional assistant at Oakdale Middle School in the Frederick, Maryland, area has been charged with sexually abusing students, according to the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office, which said he attempted suicide when authorities showed up to his home with a warrant.

Authorities first received a report Sept. 19 that 22-year-old John McAleer, of Frederick, was abusing a minor. Frederick County Public Schools immediately placed him on administrative leave.

In the following weeks, detectives in Frederick County learned of multiple students who reported McAleer had sexually abused them, the sheriff’s office said in a news release.

Investigators got a search warrant for McAleer, and a SWAT team showed up to his home on Basford Road the morning of Oct. 6. According to th

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