Former DARE Officer Pleads Guilty

{Harrodsburg, Kentucky}...Last May a Mercer County Grand Jury indicted former DARE Officer 31 year old Jason Elder on more than 140 counts of rape, sodomy, and sexual abuse. Friday, Elder pleaded guilty to those charges, admitting he had a relationship with a 14 year old girl. Under a plea agreement, Elder will serve three years in prison. He must enroll and complete a sex-offender treatment program, and he must serve at least 85 percent of his sentence before he is eligible for parole. When he is released, he will have to register as a sex offender. Elder was an officer who conducted Drug Abuse Resistance Education classes in the Mercer County schools. Sentencing is scheduled for April 5th.