A Bishop Luers English teacher who pleaded guilty to two counts of child seduction in February 2024 and served nearly two years in prison is now facing the same allegations in Allen Superior Civil Court. Jordan M. Miller, now 37, admitted to having sex with a 17-year-old female student in 2018 and was sentenced to eight years, with four years suspended, by Allen Superior Court Judge Fran Gull.

One area woman is suing the zoo and two construction companies to say otherwise. In a February filing in Allen Superior Court, Pamela Fields claims that on Aug. 9, 2024, she took a spill in the area around the sea lions exhibit. The “trip and fall,” she said, resulted in permanent injuries.