Travis Lechien, a 31-year-old chemistry teacher at Hanover Central High School in Cedar Lake, Indiana, has been fired from his job after taking some students to a strip club. An investigation into the incident revealed that Lechien also often let students hang out at his home where they were free to drink and smoke flavored tobacco from his hookah.

Lechien took a group to the strip club to celebrate one of the student's birthday. On the way back that evening, Lechien was stopped for speeding, which was when it was discovered that his passengers were students.

It is not exactly clear what was said during the traffic stop, but the Lake County Sheriff's Department got a search warrant and on September 26, police searched Lechien's home. They found two refrigerators full of alcoholic beverages, as well as a hookah, both of which were described by students during police interviews.

The Hanover Community School Corp. Superintendent Tom Taylor said that there were rumors among the student at the school about Lechien's activities and that an internal investigation led to police involvement.

Lechien had been a teacher at the high school for nine years and he knew some of the students he hung out with since they were in middle school.

Lechien was charged in early October with three counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, all Class A misdemeanors. If convicted, Lechien faces up to a year in prison. Lechien's lawyer said his client intends to enter a not guilty plea.

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