The Independence Community College Associate Professor of Music has been arrested on numerous charges.
The Independence Police Department arrested 53-year-old Lawrence Markiewicz on charges of rape, sexual intercourse with a physically powerless victim, aggravated sexual battery where the victim is mentally unstable and furnishing alcohol or CMB to a minor.
He is currently being held in the Montgomery County Jail without bond. Police Chief Jerry Harrison says the case has been turned over to the county prosecutor's office.