Teachers Behaving Badly

What happened in band camp ...

2008-07-16T15:04:00.000-07:00

Same old song and dance ... 46 year old band teacher accused of fondling 14 year old girl. Busted when they recorded phone conversation of him professing his love for her. Details here.

Hard time for hard core

2008-07-03T16:47:00.000-07:00

Stephanie Stein, a 32 year old mother of two, was sentenced to 3 to 15 years for having sex with a teenage student. She met the student when she was his 8th grade teacher at Plymouth Christian Academy, near Detroit. Details here.

Smoke Filled Room

2008-05-08T06:58:00.000-07:00

We usually associate the "smoke filled room" with politics. But a Chicago area teacher is accused of filling the teacher's lounge with a different sort of smoke. According to cops, Deborah Logan was smoking weed in the teachers' lounge at Waukeegan Township High School. Yeah, I know, teaching is a very stressful occupation. Details here.

Three Time Loser

2008-04-29T05:39:00.001-07:00

Stephanie Ragusa, a teacher from Tampa, had already been arrested twice. She was out on bail, already accused of having sex with a 14 year old, and a 15 year old. Now, they caught her doing it again. So this time, no bail. Details here and here.

Beloved teacher loved kiddie porn

2008-04-06T07:01:00.001-07:00

A Phoenix teacher who was well like and trusted has been snared in a federal kiddie porn investigation. A minister's son, former minister, and widower, Victor Scott McPeak had taught for 5 1/2 years. McPeak was a graduate of Ozark Christian College in Joplin, Missouri, whose graduates include his father, and 3 other child sex offenders. Details here.

Charter school teacher busted for kiddie porn

2008-03-21T09:38:00.000-07:00

Federal agents have arrested a 5th grade teacher at a Phoenix area charter school for child pornography. Reports say Victor Scott McPeak, Jr., a teacher at Arizona Charter Academy, has had an active interest in this for about five years. McPeak has a 12 year old daughter. Ugh.

Details here.

Teacher-Dealer ?

2008-01-23T15:51:00.000-08:00

According to Miami cops, Ka-Alease McCrary, an adult ed teacher, smuggled pot and cocaine into jail. Unfortunately, her customer turned out to be an undercover cop. Oops.

Details here.

Former teacher busted for kiddie porn

2008-01-21T17:10:00.000-08:00

Joshua Brinkman, of Caro, Michigan, faces child pornography charges. He is accused of taking and distributing pictures of male and female students undressing at his home. Nice. Hope they take care of you in prison, Josh!

Details here.

Gym teacher works it!

2008-01-07T17:14:00.000-08:00

We all remember the hot gym teacher from grade school. Well, this gal isn't one of them. Readers, meet Beth Ann Chester, a gym teacher from Moon Area High School, near Pittsburgh. The woman, who is married, was caught sending nude photos and suggestive text messages to a 14 year old boy. The boy now says he is in love with her. Well, maybe when she gets out of prison, they can get married. Read the whole story here.

Wrestling Coach Busted for Rape

2008-01-03T09:36:00.001-08:00

From Waukesha, Wisconsin, comes this: Timothy Steimel, a volunteer wrestling coach at Waukesha West High School, has been arrested for raping a 12 year old boy at a Christmas party, and for two other child rapes. Yikes! Details here.

Principal investigated for rape

2007-12-10T08:43:00.000-08:00

A principal from a Cincinnati area school has been on sick leave after an accusation that he raped an 18 year old former student. John Carlisle, 41 years old, is expected to be charged in the next several days. Details here.

You would think ...

2007-11-06T15:27:00.000-08:00

You would think that in a world where teachers are busted for sexual misconduct almost daily, such a thing as this would never happen: In Mascoutah, Illinois, a suburb of St. Louis, an eighth grade girl was given two days of detention for hugging friends goodbye after school. She had been previously notified of this policy when she was caught hugging a student at a football game. The superintendent said that the zero tolerance policy "helps prevent misunderstandings and unwelcome expressions of affection."

There's no suggestion that this was any sort of sexual conduct. There's no allegation that the greeting was unwelcome. Are these people insane?

Story is here.

Next time, use a condom

2007-11-02T17:13:00.000-07:00

This gentleman, according to court records, was fooling around with two of his students. He got one of them pregnant, and took her to get an abortion. He even paid $400 of the total $500 bill. What a great guy. This story has images of the girl's diary entries. Wow!

Text me ;-)

2007-11-02T17:08:00.000-07:00

This genius, aka Harry Heintz, history teacher and coach in an Atlanta area high school, is accused of texting a student and asking her to reply with a nude photo. Details here and here.

South Carolina teacher busted

2007-11-02T17:06:00.001-07:00

Dwight Lawing, 39 years old, female student, 15 years old, you know the story ... details here.

Teacher splits with 13 year old student

2007-11-02T17:00:00.001-07:00

Kelsey Peterson, a 25 year old teacher from Lexington, Nebraska, is believed to have hit the road with a 13 year old student that she is accused of having a relationship with. More details here, here, and here.

Illinois math teacher busted with student

2007-11-02T16:52:00.000-07:00

Fred Fisher, a math teacher and coach in Paris, Illinois, is accused of a consensual sexual relationship with a 17 year old student. According to police, "The age of consent in the state of Illinois for sexual contact is 17, but since Mr. Fischer held a position of authority over this 17-year-old female, the age of consent becomes 18." Strange law. The moral of this story, as always, is "Keep your hands out of the cookie jar."

Georgia: 87 teachers removed in 5 years

2007-10-21T16:53:00.001-07:00

Here's more fruit from the AP's "teacher sexual misconduct week." In this story, from MyFox Atlanta, they report that between '01 and '05, George revoked or denied certification to 87 teachers for sexual misconduct. This represented 20% of denials and revocations during that period. Nationally, 2,570 teachers were removed for sexual misconduct during that period.

LA: Teachers offenses remain hidden

2007-10-21T07:41:00.000-07:00

The Los Angeles Daily News has a great story about how teachers' professional records hide sexual offenses against children.

Dayton: Teachers lure students through 'net

2007-10-21T07:31:00.000-07:00

We've carried lots of stories here about how teachers are hooking up with students. Now, in an in-depth story in the Dayton Daily News, we find that the internet is a prime instrument for teachers seeking to lure students into romantic relationships. These dimwit perverts never cease to amaze me ... they have an account of one teacher who sent an instant message to a 12 year old, saying "ur wearing a thong u NASTY." That cost him his teaching license.

sorry

2007-10-04T10:38:00.001-07:00

Work and life have had me busy, thanks for the emails and links. Seems there have been a rash of stories lately and I will try to start at least providing links again.

Thanks for the emails and such.

Same story, different name ...

2007-09-24T15:33:00.000-07:00

Female 42 year old Detroit teacher arrested for having sex with 17 year old student. No photo, sorry.

Details here.

Should've used a condom!

2007-09-21T06:15:00.001-07:00

This teacher is not only accused of being a perv, he's also accused of being an idiot. Andrew Foster, a drama teacher at Boynton Beach High School, is accused of having sex with two students ... and getting one of them pregnant. I know they teach every sex ed student to use a condom ... apparently, Mr. Foster wasn't a very good student. Full story is here.

Roses are red, violets are blue, I am a lesbian and so are you

2007-08-31T07:10:00.000-07:00

A substitute teacher and softball coach in Tennessee has been indicted for having relations with a 14 year old student. The woman, 37 year old Julie Petty, has been suspended without pay. Details here.

Even worse than American child molesting teachers! (part 2)

2007-08-31T07:07:00.000-07:00

Sure, we have teachers who get caught having relations with their students. Yes, we have teachers who get caught with drugs. Even a few who get caught stealing from the PTA. But I've never heard of an American teacher killing his daughter as part of a black magic ritual to get a son. Yes, this too comes from India.

Read about this incredible story here.

Ten in the pen for pervert

2007-08-31T07:02:00.001-07:00

I'm sure it must take a lot to shock a judge. Paul Held, a former teacher from New Haven, Connecticut, managed to do it. He was caught with millions of porno photos, including kiddie porn, "snuff films" and photos which he took under his students' skirts. He was caught when he left a kiddie porn CD in a laptop he borrowed from a neighbor. Bright move, pervert!

Details here.

Even worse than American child molesting teachers!

2007-08-31T06:59:00.000-07:00

Sure, we have teachers who get caught having relations with their students. Yes, we have teachers who get caught with drugs. Even a few who get caught stealing from the PTA. But I've never seen an American teacher busted for forcing his students into prostitution.

Details here and here.

Update

Believe it or not, this story gets even worse! It turns out that this was a fake sting operation set up by a television reporter, as payback for a financial dispute. Read about it here. (Hat tip to Tim for this update.)

Disgraceful!

2007-08-16T16:03:00.000-07:00

Back in July, we reported on a principal in the Chicago area who was accused of raping a woman at a neighborhood party. Now, as reported in their local newspaper, he is receiving $32,000 in severance pay, and a year's paid health insurance. To be fair, he hasn't been convicted. But he did resign. Must be nice to have tenure.

Teacher robs bank

2007-08-16T07:58:00.000-07:00

Finally, a story that isn't about sex or drugs. Michael Bohn, a former elementary school teacher from Cortland, New York, has pleaded guilty to robbing a bank. Bohn used a 44 magnum to rob $16,000 from the bank. Police caught him as he exited with the loot. Reports do not indicate any impropriety with teenage female students. Story here.

Clucky guys!

2007-08-15T16:15:00.000-07:00

Monica Cluck, of Paragould, Arkansas, has been accused of having an inappropriate relationship with two teenage boys. Cluck, a kindergarten teacher at Woodrow Wilson Elementary School in Paragould, first came under suspicion after a video surfaced showing her drinking and having sex with an underage boy at a church party. Cluck was also a Sunday school teacher and choir director at the church, First Baptist Church in Marmaduke. Details here and here.

Too much man for one

2007-08-15T07:10:00.000-07:00

Richard Cea, a geometry teacher in upstate New York, has copped an Alford plea and faces between three and six years in jail. According to charges, he was having sexual relations with two of his fifteen year old female students. Prosecutors also say he enjoyed showing girls his tattoos and piercing. Prior to having sex, they say, he served them Blackberry Smirnoff coolers. Good stuff, dude! Details here.

I Can't Help Myself!

2007-08-15T07:00:00.000-07:00

This moron is Joseph Tucker, a former high school teacher in St. Paul. While working on a production of Cinderella last winter, he became sexually involved with a 17 year old female student. In his plea agreement, by which he was able to avoid prison time, the judge imposed a "no contact" order. So, you can imagine her father's surprise when he found Tucker and the girl in her bedroom. Reports say this may affect his plea agreement, and may also result in new charges. Details here and here.

Grandpa busted

2007-08-13T19:17:00.000-07:00

Meet Gordon Erickson, a 78 year old retired teacher in Spokane, Washington. Erickson has been charged with attempted child rape, accused of soliciting sex from a 4 year old girl and an 11 month old toddler. Erickson, who retired from teaching in 1982, faces up to 90 months in prison. Details here.

Football coach fumbles

2007-08-13T19:08:00.000-07:00

Edward Vincent Norton, 41, was a football coach and English teacher at Lake Howell High School, in Winter Park, Florida. He fell in love with a 17 year old student, even gave her an engagement ring. Now, he'll be doing a year in jail, and another year of house arrest.

The victim, who is pregnant and married to somebody else, wrote the judge a letter saying she was a willing participant and not harmed by their relationship. His lawyer said that Norton was a good teacher, and no danger to the community. Apparently, the judge disagreed.

Details here.

Way to start off the week...

2007-08-13T18:22:00.000-07:00

Former teacher arrested in kidnapping, rape of boy

A former elementary school teacher has been charged with kidnapping a 10-year-old student and is suspected of raping him multiple times.

Jennifer Rice, 37, was arrested Saturday and booked into the Pierce County Jail for investigation of kidnapping, five counts of first-degree child rape, and four counts of child molestation.

On Monday she pleaded not guilty in Pierce County Superior Court to a charge of kidnapping with sexual motivation, and prosecutors said more charges could follow.

Sheriff spokesman Ed Troyer said Rice was working as a contract teacher at McKinley Elementary School earlier this year and the alleged victim was a student in her class.

The boy's father told investigators that until about one month ago, Rice had come to their house several times to take the boy to movies, and often talked to him online. The father was concerned about the nature of the relationship and told the woman not to come back, Troyer said.

On Saturday the man woke up and discovered that his son was not home and his bed had been made to look like he was sleeping.

Back

2007-08-06T13:37:00.001-07:00

Should be back to regular updates this week. Thanks to Nick @ www.thugreport.com for his posts. If anyone else is interested in posting email me @ the address on the right. It doesnt need to be more than a few times a month.

Yep, another one ...

2007-07-29T15:15:00.001-07:00

According to police reports, Christy Ann Brown, a 33 year old English teacher in Salt Lake City, was nabbed parking with a 16 year old student. News reports say she admitted to having sex with him over 40 times. Another student, also a guy, said that "she was a popular teacher, and some students would try to switch classes so they could be taught by her." Go figure!

Details here.

At least it wasn't steroids

2007-07-29T15:03:00.001-07:00

When you saw the photo, you thought he was the librarian - right? Wrong! Russell Fallon is, in fact, a head wrestling coach and teacher at a Middletown, Ohio middle school. He was recently busted ,with a couple of his peeps, for drug related offenses. They were nabbed in a room at a Hampton Inn in suburban Cincinatti, with a bag of pot, rolling papers, and a "chunky white material" that police suspect is narcotics.

Like father, like son?

2007-07-29T14:59:00.001-07:00

Christopher Thomas Newman, a 31 year old teacher and assistant football coach at South River High, in Anne Arundel county, Maryland, is accused of an affair with a 16 year old girl. The 31 year old father of two denied all charges. His father was acquitted of similar charged in 1994, when he was serving as a teacher and football coach in the same district.

Proof that teachers are underpaid

2007-07-29T14:46:00.001-07:00

I usually stick to stories about American teachers. But I couldn't resist this one, from Vietnam. Le Nguyen To Nhan, an arts teacher at a private academy, sent a syringe home in the backpack of a 3rd grade student. Then, he started leaving messages on her cell phone, indicating he would infect her child with HIV if she didn't deposit VND50 million, about $3,125, into his bank account. If only teachers were paid better, none of this would have happened. Enjoy his story here.

Caught in a sting!

2007-07-29T14:40:00.001-07:00

Joel Whitmore, a high school teacher in Lafayette, Louisiana, probably isn't smiling anymore. He was recently booked into maximum security, facing four counts of computer solicitation for sex, six counts of indecent behavior with a juvenile and an obscenity charge. The 40 year old teacher was caught by an internet sting, chatting online with someone he thought was underage.

At least she didn't molest a student

2007-07-29T14:35:00.001-07:00

Yes, we finally found a teacher whose alleged criminal misconduct did not involve molesting a student. This gal is only charged with theft of over $500. Jackie Mathews, of Goshen, Ohio, is accused of stealing the money from the Clermont County Agricultural Society. She served the Society as a volunteer sales manager for the Clermont County Livestock Sales Committee. Loads of other community service, too ... read about it here.

Turn on the headlights, stupid!

2007-07-29T14:29:00.001-07:00

Thomas Pagliaro, recently hired as the head football coach and special education teacher at a small town outside of St. Louis, has been charged with a variety of offenses connected to a make-out session with a teenage girl, which was interrupted by an ill timed visit by the cops. According to the news story, when cops approached, he sped off, tearing through a neighborhood at 50 miles per hour, with no headlights, until his escape was halted by a mailbox. And to top it all off, he had no auto insurance. Details here.

'til death do you part?

2007-07-20T07:22:00.000-07:00

A teacher and coach at a Connecticut Catholic school has resigned. Authorities charge that Michael J. Garvie, 30, engaged in sexually explicit online exchanges over four months with a police detective posing as a 15-year-old girl. According to court records, Garvie said that he had just returned from his honeymoon, and had no intention of meeting the girl. If convicted on charges of enticing a minor, and risk of injury to a minor, prison may alter his plan of "'til death do you part." Details here.

What background check?

2007-07-20T07:15:00.000-07:00

In Alabama, school employees are supposed to have a pre-employment background check. Unfortunately, since the need to hire quickly trumps the need to keep students safe, employees are often hired "pending background check." Keaton Lamar Battle, a teacher's aide in Dothan City Schools who has been accused of "enticing a child for immoral purposes" was such a hire. But his prior arrests weren't for sexual offenses, and according to the Alabama Department of Education, "a federal court ruling prevents the state department from issuing a blanket list of offenses that will automatically exclude employees from getting a job in education." Details here.

The Ol' Camera On The Shoe Routine

2007-07-19T13:15:00.000-07:00

New Mexico education officials to investigate former teacher charged with voyeurism

The state Public Education Department says it will investigate a former Lavaland Elementary School third-grade teacher charged with felony voyeurism.

New state laws could ensure he never teaches again.

Christopher Lucero, 24, was arrested on July 16 after Albuquerque police say he stalked and videotaped girls using a camera on his shoe over the weekend in Cliff's Amusement Park.

She Groped Him During Wrestling Practice

2007-07-19T13:12:00.000-07:00

Parents Sue Over Teacher's Alleged Sexual Aggression

The parents of a Princeton eighth-grader said the school district waited to alert authorities after being warned a female teacher was being sexually suggestive toward a boy.

Kathleen Bowler pleaded guilty to two counts of endangering the welfare of a boy and girl in 2006.

She received a suspended four-year prison sentence, was forced to give up her teaching credentials and register as a sex offender.

Millennium Radio News reports the parents of the John Witherspoon Middle School student said Bowler had cyber sex and phone sex with the boy and groped him during wrestling practice, when she was the wrestling coach

At least it was non-sexual

2007-07-18T15:25:00.000-07:00

A 70 year old recently retired teacher admits that he french-kissed a 9 year old student last year. But he says he just did it to get her to go out for recess, not to be sexual. David Eugene Grey, of Dana Elementary School in the Lucia Mar Unified School District, said that the rest of the class went to recess but this girl and a friend remained behind. According to her testimony, one of the girls left, and when she returned, the door was locked. When she knocked, nobody answered. Apparently, they were busy. Details here.

Text me, babe ;)

2007-07-18T15:12:00.000-07:00

Jeffrey Biglin, a 24 year old high school coach and substitute teacher, is accused of sending sexually explicit text messages to a female student. Authorities say he also arranged middle-of-the-night meetings outside her home. He faces up to two years in prison on child endangerment charges. Details here and here.

At least she wasn't a student

2007-07-17T17:18:00.000-07:00

A central Illinois elementary school principal has been charged with raping a 20 year old woman at a party. John C. Walker, 42, principal of Illini Bluffs Elementary School, was charged Monday with aggravated criminal sexual assault. The victim told authorities that while attending a party in a home in Walker's neighborhood, she felt sick, and went into a bedroom to lie down. Several minutes later, Walker came into the room and raped her. Walker is married, and has four young children. Hey, we can put a positive spin on this ... at least he's not one of those teachers molesting ten year old girls!

Details here.

Cell phone trouble

2007-07-17T17:11:00.000-07:00

This lovely gentleman is Stanley William Deloach Jr., a Virginia middle school teacher. He is accused of sending sexually explicit messages, pictures and live video to an online undercover officer he thought was a 14-year-old girl. Investigators say at one point DeLoach showed pictures of what he claimed to be his own genitalia and asked the decoy to engage in sexual acts with him, saying, "Just to make you feel good. School's out". Details here and here.

Football star drops the ball

2007-07-17T17:06:00.000-07:00

Jason Simmons, a former Ohio State football star who now works as a middle school teacher in the Dayton area, has been charged with multiple sexual contacts with a 14 year old girl. Simmons, who is married and has children, is alleged to have had sex with the girl on three occasions. He was hired to provide assistance to "special needs" students, but his victim was not one of his students. Details here.

Ag teacher caught with bad crop

2007-07-17T17:02:00.002-07:00

James Timothy Gibson, an agriculture teacher at Lumpkin County High School in Dahlonega, Georgia, has been charged with growing marijuana, and running a meth lab in his home. They also found $61,000 in the trunk of his car. So much for teachers being underpaid. Details here.

Not on vacation

2007-07-17T17:02:00.001-07:00

Liepard is gone, but I'm still here. So keep on reading!

10 Million

2007-07-17T12:56:00.000-07:00

Spanish teacher with 10 million child porn images commits suicide

Madrid - A Spanish teacher who was detained on charges of owning 10 million pornographic images of children has committed suicide, police said Tuesday. The primary school English teacher jumped into a river in the northern city of Aviles. He had been released pending trial after being arrested with 65 other suspects last week.

Vacation

2007-07-17T10:49:00.001-07:00

Ive taken a few days off for vacation. Check back soon for updates.

PS: The lawsuit threats are lame. Anything I post comes directly from a news source. Take it up with them... or quit molesting kids and you wouldnt have anything to worry about.

New Math

2007-07-14T17:51:00.001-07:00

A Raleigh area math teacher allegedly was unaware that < 18 = jailbait. Scott Libert Hovey, 26 years old, was charged with internet solicitation of a child for sexual activity. Hovey was caught by detectives in an ongoing dragnet for online perverts. Ugh.

Details here.

Dirty Dancing

2007-07-14T17:44:00.001-07:00

George Fagan, an Orlando area dance instructor, has been charged with drugging teen pupils with Ecstacy, then coercing them into having sex with him while under the influence. He faces three felonies for actions involving two students, 15 and 17.

Fagan, proprietor of Georgio's American Dance Center, bills himself as a high-profile choreographer who has danced with Paula Abdul and other pop stars. His choreography has appeared on Nickelodeon and ABC's Making The Band. Police started investigating after a student came forward with a complaint in December. Details can be found in this Orlando Sentinel story.

Christy Brown Update w/ Pic

2007-07-11T14:24:00.000-07:00

I posted about Ms Brown yesterday, but here is a new article which was nice enough to provide a picture.

A former Cyprus High School teacher is behind bars accused of having sex with one of her students.

Christy Anne Brown, 33, was arrested after a West Valley City police officer found her in a parked car along with a underage boy near 2900 south and 5600 west.

She was booked into the Salt Lake County Jail on Sunday. (Booking photo)

Investigators say the boy admitted to having a sexual relationship with Brown, who was formerly his English teacher.

Another Texan Today

2007-07-11T14:20:00.000-07:00

Rowlett High teacher accused of soliciting sex from girl

A Rowlett High School history teacher has been arrested on an accusation he sent sexually explicit messages and photos to someone he thought was a 15-year-old girl.

Robert Rigby, 52, of Rowlett was arrested Monday and charged with online solicitation. He posted $10,000 bond and was released from jail Tuesday, said John Ellison, a Rowlett police spokesman.

Denton police said sexually explicit chats and photos occurred online between June 6 and June 29. The “girl,” was in reality a police investigator, said Jim Bryan, a Denton police spokesman.

Babysitter...

2007-07-11T14:16:00.000-07:00

Teacher accused of sexual relations with boy

A 28-year-old Strickland Middle School teacher is accused of having sexual relations at least twice with a 13-year-old boy she was babysitting.

Lauren Michelle Cosgrove, of Southlake, faces two charges of aggravated sexual assault of a child. She was in city jail Wednesday awaiting arraignment and could not be reached for comment.

A school district spokeswoman said the school had not yet seen the police report and declined immediate comment.

Police spokesman Jim Bryan said Cosgrove is an English teacher at Strickland. She had been the boy’s teacher, Bryan said, and was working a summer job babysitting him and his siblings.

Update + Some Scary Statistics

2007-07-10T13:27:00.000-07:00

New complaints about teacher caught in sex scandal

Some residents in Christine Scarlett's neighborhood are angry the sexually oriented offender lives within one thousand feet of a school.
Last June Scarlett was sentenced to 180 days of house arrest. Her home is on Walnut Drive. The property line is aproximately 400 feet from Kinsner elementary school. It is part of the Strongsville District.

The Cuyahoga County Sex Offender Unit knows she is not complying with state law by residing within 1000 feet of a school, but spokesman, Lt. Reginald Eakins, says there is nothing the county can do about it.

The law was written without penalty for non compliance. Lt. Eakins says it is up to the city law director to file a claim in civil court to compel Scarlett to move.

Scarlett was convicted of sexual battery and disseminating matter harmful to juveniles. The former school teacher had an affair with a 17 year old student which resulted in the birth of a child.

According to county records, Scarlett is one of 1,115 sex offenders who live within 1,000 feet of a school. That's more than 38% of all registered sex offenders in the county.

Manslaughter

2007-07-10T13:19:00.000-07:00

Teacher's aide charged with manslaughter

An arrest has been made in the death of a 19-month-old Glen Allan child who died last week as the result of being left on a Mississippi Christian Family Service transportation van for more than seven hours.

Mirenda Frazier, 30, of 306 Martin Luther King Drive, Hollandale, was arrested Monday afternoon and charged with manslaughter by culpable negligence.

The legal definition of manslaughter by culpable negligence, used in both civil and criminal suits, is, according to Oran's Dictionary of Law, “the failure to exercise a reasonable amount of care in a situation that causes harm to someone.” The charge carries a sentence of up to 20 years in prison.

Another One Caught In The Car

2007-07-10T13:16:00.000-07:00

Former Cyprus High School teacher arrested, accused of having sex with a student

The Salt Lake District Attorney's Office today is screening charges against a former Cyprus High School English teacher accused of having sex with one of her juvenile students.

Christy Anne Brown, 33, was booked into the Salt Lake County Jail Sunday for investigation of two counts of rape, four counts of sodomy and two counts of forcible sexual abuse.

She was arrested after a West Valley City police officer found her in a parked car along with a male juvenile near 2900 South and 5600 West.

The juvenile admitted to having 40 "incidents of sex" with Brown. She was the boy's high school English teacher, according to a jail booking report.

Brown told police she first had sex with the boy this past April 8 and continued until the time she was arrested.

"The suspect admits to having sex over 40 times. She also admitted to having oral sex with the juvenile at her home and also at work," the jail report stated.

Robert Williams

2007-07-09T14:08:00.000-07:00

Police: 7th-Grade Teacher Had Pics Of Children Having Sex On Computer

A seventh grade Seminole County teacher was arrested on Friday on 50 counts of possession of child pornography after police said he had numerous photos of children engaged in oral sex and sexual intercourse on his home computer.

Robert Howard Williams, 62, of Sanford, was charged after investigators said they received several complaints about the Millennium Middle School teacher's online activity, including his MySpace account.

According to a Seminole County Sheriff's Office report, a 19-year-old former student was concerned with the numerous "friends" on Williams' MySpace account who appeared to be middle-school age girls.

Investigators contacted Williams at his Sanford residence and said they discovered the photos on his computer. As of Friday afternoon, investigators had not identified any of Williams' students in the photos, according to the report.

Its That Time Of Year

2007-07-09T13:59:00.000-07:00

Middle School Teacher To Appear in Court

A central Iowa schoolteacher accused of giving alcohol to two teenage boys is scheduled to be in court Monday.

Ashley Keller will be formally arraigned Monday in a Greene County court.

Keller was a Middle school teacher for Paton-Churdan and Jefferson School Districts.

No Contest

2007-07-09T13:37:00.000-07:00

No-contest plea in teacher sex case

A former Special School District teacher pleaded no contest this morning to 21 counts of performing oral sex on four of her students at Ferguson Middle School between Oct. 1, 2005 and Jan. 12, 2006.

Cathy Heminghaus, 47, of Ferguson. faces a minimum of probation to a maximum of a life sentence, plus 150 years, when she is sentenced in St. Louis County Circuit Court on Sept. 14.

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Besides the 21 counts of statutory sodomy, Heminghaus also pleaded no contest to two counts of a teacher having sex with a student and two counts of plying minors with alcohol. Quarenghi said the victims told police that some of oral sex acts took place in a classroom at the middle school while one boy would serve as lookout for another.

More Drunken Cruise Ship Antics

2007-07-09T13:31:00.000-07:00

Police: Teacher, intoxicated, endangers child

A special education teacher was six times the legal limit for intoxication Friday night when she dropped and dragged her 2-year-old son aboard a harbor cruise ship, allege police.

As a result, Holly Spreen, 34, of 39 Langdon St. and 26 Piscassic St., Newmarket, was arraigned in Portsmouth District Court Monday on a charge of child endangerment.

Brought from the Rockingham County House of Corrections where she was held over the weekend, Spreen was also charged with violating bail conditions as a result of a domestic assault charge.

Prosecutor Corey MacDonald told the Herald Spreen’s .49 blood alcohol concentration, which was measured by medical professionals at Portsmouth Regional Hospital, was high enough to induce a coma or cause death.

120 Victims.

2007-07-08T07:33:00.000-07:00

Former sub who admitted to inappropriately touching girls sentenced to five years in prison

A former substitute teacher who taught in Kern County and admitted to inappropriately touching six young students is heading to jail.

Last August, 29 year old Eric Olsen was arrested on charges of molesting a 10 year old girl in an Ontario school.

Olsen then told investigators he had molested between 100 and 120 in the past three years, some of them in Kern County.

Olsen has worked at more than a dozen schools in Riverside, San Bernardino, and Kern Counties.

Check out this article on the same story. Specifically this part:

Olsen's attorney, Gina Kershaw, said Olsen expected the judge to give him probation because he had no prior offenses and took responsibility for his actions.

"We were pretty shocked," she said. "What Olsen actually did was minimal.

When $$$ Is Involved, Issues Get Noticed

2007-07-08T07:27:00.000-07:00

SYSTEM FIREPROOFS RAPE-RAP TEACHER

Marcia Amsterdam, 31, a tenured speech teacher at JHS 166 in Brooklyn, was arrested in March for allegedly raping and sexually assaulting a 13-year-old student.

The bust came after a probe by Special Commissioner of Investigation Richard Condon, who ruled she had sex with the teen and recommended she be fired.

But Amsterdam - who pleaded not guilty to the criminal charges in May - collected paychecks for March, April, May and June, the DOE said. Amsterdam, a teacher for eight years, earns a minimum of $50,000 per year.

Killed His Son...

2007-07-08T07:22:00.000-07:00

Retd teacher arrested for killing son

Two months after he allegedly killed his son, a 65-year-old retired teacher was arrested in Mahuwa taluka of Surat district on Friday. The accused was reportedly sexually abusing his daughter-in-law, which the son had strongly objected to.

As per details, Mahuwa police recovered the body of Mukesh Dodia (35) wrapped in a gunny bag from a well in Vehwal village on May 13. Mukesh's wife, Varsha, had lodged a murder complaint at Mahuva Police Station.

According to police, Mukesh had married Varsha seven years back. Four year ago, Mukesh's father Ambu Dodia had tried to sexually assault Varsha in their house.

Varsha had retaliated and informed her husband about the incident. Mukesh objected to it. So on May 13, when Mukesh was returning home in an inebriated condition at night, Ambu attacked him with an axe, killing him on the spot and had the body dropped in the village well.

11 y.o teachers kid + gun at school + twice = TBB Material

2007-07-05T19:17:00.000-07:00

No felony charge against teacher in school gun case

A teacher who allegedly let her son bring a loaded pistol to school is no longer facing felony charges, court papers show.

The charges were dropped, but Linnea C. Holdren, 45, still faces several misdemeanor charges, including reckless endangerment and corruption of a minor. Police say her 11-year-old son twice brought a .22-caliber pistol to school in November 2005.

The boy was expelled from the school in Shickshinny, where Holdren worked as a special education teacher. She has been on paid leave since her arrest. A felony conviction might have blocked her from returning to her job, according to her lawyer, Michael Butera.

The boy showed the gun to students in a school bathroom one day and later carried the weapon and 50 rounds of ammunition on him at school, officials charged.

Dead Kids

2007-07-05T19:11:00.000-07:00

Teacher avoids prison for Internet crimes

A fired Tokyo elementary school teacher was given a suspended 2 1/2-year prison term and ordered placed under supervision Thursday for the unauthorized posting of photos of five children who died in traffic accidents on his Web site and e-mailing child pornographic materials.

Although Toshio Watanabe, 34, was only charged with copyright violations and with circulating child-pornography materials, the case has caught public attention because it cast light on growing public misgivings over elementary school education, centering on whether such a person should ever be allowed to teach.

Watanabe was fired in March from Shorin Elementary School in a western Tokyo suburb after posting the photos on his Web site Club Kids.

Daniel Metroka

2007-07-05T19:06:00.000-07:00

Teacher charged in molestation

A California School for the Deaf teacher was charged today with four counts of lewd and lascivious conduct on a child.

Daniel Ray Metroka, 51, of Riverside was arrested by Riverside police and the California Highway Patrol on Saturday for suspicion of child molestation, according to a statement by the Riverside County District Attorney's Office.

Metroka is charged with lewd conduct with multiple victims under 14, the statement said. The District Attorney's Office said the crimes did not involve any students at the school and did not occur at the school.

Meredith Kane update

2007-07-03T14:28:00.000-07:00

Former Lawrence teacher pleads guilty to sex charge

A former English teacher at Lawrence High School faces nearly five years in prison after admitting she had sex with a 15-year-old male student.

Meredith Kane, 24, pleaded guilty Monday in Douglas County District Court to one count of aggravated indecent liberties with a child. She admitted in court that she had had a sexual intercourse with the boy between August 2006 and March.

Her sentencing is scheduled for Oct. 12. The presumed prison sentence for someone like Kane with no criminal record is four years and 11 months

Kelly Spaich Update

2007-07-03T14:20:00.000-07:00

Ex-teacher pleads no contest to sex charges, faces jail time

Former Roseville teacher Kelly Christine Spaich pleaded no contest Tuesday to a felony charge of having unlawful sexual intercourse with a 16-year-old student and was sentenced to four months in the Placer County jail.

However, Placer Superior Court Judge Robert P. McElhany said Spaich, 28, is eligible for alternative sentencing, which means she may not spend time in jail. Spaich's attorney, Tim Balcom, confirmed that his client will apply for the alternative sentencing.

Balcom also said Spaich will not teach again.

Man Overboard

2007-07-03T14:15:00.000-07:00

Rockville Teacher Jumps From Cruise Ship Off Fla

Middle school science teacher Scott Durbin of Rockville apparently had spent Sunday evening drinking with friends aboard Carnival's Liberty cruise ship off the coast of Boca Raton, Fla., when he went onto the deck of the 3,500-passenger vessel.

Then, said FBI spokeswoman Judy Orihuela, Durbin "got into a life raft and took the ax and started to cut through the ropes."

When a security officer tried to get him out, Durbin jumped.

Overboard.

The Pizza Money Bandit

2007-06-29T16:25:00.000-07:00

Ex-KHS principal arrested

Police arrested yesterday former Kagman High School principal Doreen Tudela for allegedly stealing the school's sale of pizzas worth over $36,000.

Assistant attorney general Mike Nisperos said police served the arrest warrant on Tudela late afternoon yesterday.

Nisperos said Tudela was charged with grand theft in excess of $20,000, an offense that makes the defendant eligible for 10 years in prison.

The Superior Court imposed a $10,000 cash bail for the defendant's temporary liberty. A bail hearing is expected to be held today.

Tudela is currently the Public School System curriculum and instructions officer.

Nisperos said that whenever Pizza Hut wants to sell pizzas on campus at Kagman High School, the establishment has to pay for that privilege. Pizza Hut usually pays about $2,500 to $3,000 a month and the money goes into a fund for student activities.

Nisperos said Tudela, as then principal of Kagman High School, created the bank account and deposited the money there. She then allegedly withdrew the money for her own use.

Quack Quack

2007-06-29T16:18:00.000-07:00

LCPS teacher may face animal cruelty charge

A Las Cruces public school teacher may face numerous charges for animal cruelty after Doña Ana County Sheriff's investigators seized 125 animals from his home Thursday.

According to sheriff's department spokesman Bo Nevarez, deputies and animal control officers worked until midnight to remove an assortment of animals from the home of Jack Catlan.

Catlan works as a speech pathologist at Picacho Middle School, he said.

"One kitten died en route to the animal shelter," Nevarez said. "The animals recovered are now considered evidence and have been placed in the care of the animal shelter."

Investigators removed 33 dogs, 59 cats, 25 chickens, five ducks, two goats and a rooster in the round up.

James Darden

2007-06-29T16:15:00.001-07:00

Charges filed against Teaneck teacher

A grand jury handed up a 20-count indictment today against an award-winning Teaneck middle school teacher accused of having sex with one of his students.

James Darden, a popular teacher at Thomas Jefferson Middle School, was also indicted on charges of kissing an eighth-grade student in his classroom.

Darden was arrested June 1 and charged with having a sexual relationship with an eighth-grader while she was between 13 and 15. The accuser, who is now 21, told authorities that Darden had sex with her in his classroom, in the men's faculty bathroom, in the dean's office, in his car and at his former home in Plainfield

Coke In Classroom Update

2007-06-28T16:57:00.001-07:00

Cocaine use costs teacher her license

I want to prove that I am better than that one instance shows,” substitute teacher Joan M. Donatelli said shortly after she was sentenced Wednesday for using cocaine in a Lewiston-Porter classroom.

Donatelli, 59, of Thornwood Drive, will not spend time in jail but must surrender her state teaching license, said Town Justice Thomas J. Sheeran. She could have faced up to 60 days in jail for misdemeanor attempted criminal use of a controlled substance. She accepted the reduced plea April 18.

“I got carried away,” she said in court. “I was blind — almost imprisoned [by the drugs]. Something good has come out of this. I am recovering.”

Donatelli, who retired after 34 years as a district elementary school teacher, was working as a substitute Feb. 1 when two fourth-grade girls sitting near her desk saw her use a pen cap to snort cocaine from a plastic bag.

Not The First Time...

2007-06-28T16:52:00.000-07:00

More details are surfacing about the questionable past of a Columbus school teacher who now stands accused of attempting to solicit sex from a minor.

Dr. Mark Boster was arrested Wednesday on charges that he allegedly tried to meet a 14-year-old boy for oral sex. That boy turned out to be an undercover police officer, NBC 4's Ana Jackson reported.
...

According to a spokesperson with the Columbus Public Schools, letters in Boster's file date as far back as 1991.

More Here

Another Teacher Of The Year

2007-06-28T16:48:00.000-07:00

Teacher Charged with Assault

A teacher in Lackawanna County has been charged with assaulting a child who has autism.

Jane Forgione, 61, of Dunmore is accused of punching an autistic boy in the back at the Northeast Intermediate Unit.

Investigators said witnesses saw Forgione punch the child in the back and stand on his feet to restrain him. Forgione is free on bail.

Forgione received the 2006 Teacher of the Year away from the autism support group Parents Loving Children Through Autism.

Reefer

2007-06-28T16:45:00.000-07:00

Teacher, students allegedly smoke pot

A Goleta Valley Junior High School teacher is facing charges for allegedly smoking marijuana with two students.

Melissa Dunning, 31, was charged Wednesday with two counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor and one count of furnishing marijuana. She faces arraignment July 3.

The parents of a 14-year-old student at the school told sheriff's deputies on May 31 that they suspected their son and the teacher had been smoking pot, Sgt. Erik Raney said. Dunning had tutored the boy at her home.

I'm the Ice Cream Man ...

2007-06-27T16:24:00.000-07:00

This charming character, Douglas Jones, is an ice cream truck driver in Aurora, Illinois. More to the point for this blog, he is a member of the Kane County Regional School Board, and a substitute teacher. Jones, who holds a Masters of Divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary, was accused of indecent exposure after the father of a toddler coming up to his ice cream truck saw him exposing himself in the truck. Story here.

Charlene Schmitz

2007-06-26T16:51:00.000-07:00

Teacher, 54, charged with having sex with boy, 14

A 54-year-old Washington County teacher accused of having sex with a 14-year-old boy who attended one of her classes has been charged with second-degree rape and second-degree sodomy, authorities said today.

Officers arrested Charlene Schmitz of Carson Road in Leroy on Friday after the boy's mother approached authorities with a stack of sexually explicit e-mails she claimed the Leroy High School teacher sent to her son, said Washington County Sheriff Richard Stringer.

"We questioned witnesses, and the boy confessed to what was going on," Stringer said. "He said it had been happening since April, mostly at her residence."

Karen Patton

2007-06-26T16:48:00.000-07:00

Former Wythe County teacher sent to prison for molesting two students

A former teacher will serve nearly four years in prison for molesting two of her students.

Karen Susan Patton was sentenced today in Wythe County court.

After she serves three years and eleven months of prison time, Patton will be on probation for five more years.

In March, she plead no contest to charges stemming from sexual relationships with two former students at Scott Memorial Middle School.

Larry Jewell

2007-06-25T16:45:00.000-07:00

Ex-Principal Indicted on More Child Sex Charges

A former Southeast Raleigh Magnet High School assistant principal was indicted Monday on 20 sex-related charges involving a minor.

Larry Ray Jewell, 57, of 104 Queensbury Drive in Dunn, was arrested in February on 46 sex charges involving a youth who lived in his home.

In March, Raleigh police charged him with a sex-related offense involving a student at Southeast Raleigh High last year.

Dung

2007-06-25T12:38:00.000-07:00

Nepal teacher force-feeds dung to truant students

A teacher forced over 80 students in Nepal to eat dung because they had not done their homework, media reports said.

Exasperated by students repeatedly not turning in their homework, the teacher warned her third and fourth-grade students at Janajyoti School in Lung village in Pyuthan district that she would make them eat cow dung if they continued to play truant.

Last week, when the children still did not mend their ways, the enraged teacher forced 82 students to eat dung, Nepal's local media said.

Lake Tahoe

2007-06-23T09:43:00.000-07:00

Lake Tahoe-area teacher accused of having sex with student

A teacher at a Lake Tahoe-area private school is scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday on charges that she engaged in a sexual relationship with a male student.

Christine Johnson, 28, was booked May 13 at the Nevada County Jail in Truckee on suspicion of unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

She was a history teacher at Squaw Valley Academy, a private boarding school with nearly 100 middle and high school students, located in Olympic Valley just north of Lake Tahoe.

Johnson had been scheduled to be arraigned this past Tuesday, but did not show up.

Why Im Wary Of Day Care

2007-06-23T09:32:00.000-07:00

Day care teacher pleads guilty in abuse case

Hours before jury selection was to begin in his molestation trial, a former day care teacher pleaded guilty Friday morning to fondling several pre-kindergarten girls while they slept in his classroom.

Investigators believe that the teacher targeted 4- and 5-year-old girls in his class at the Children's Palace Christian Learning Center, 6637 Oak Lawn Drive in Watauga, from January 2005 until August.

After pleading guilty in a Fort Worth courtroom, Carl Mason Jr., 22, of Haltom City was sentenced to 40 years in prison

'Swearing Girl' Vindicated

2007-06-23T09:26:00.000-07:00

Teacher reprimanded for swearing, yelling

Savannah Larson isn't talking, but if she was, she would probably be saying, "I told you so."

A music teacher - accused by Larson of using foul language in a highly unconventional 'tribute' - has been sent a letter of reprimand.

The bad language came to light during a school concert when the then eighth grader stunned an audience by swearing a blue streak on stage following a musical number.

Savannah Larson told KATU News she wanted to make a point.

She said was imitating her teacher by using the same expletives she had heard in class.

one sick lady...

2007-06-22T09:25:00.000-07:00

Child porn charged to ex-teacher

A Little Egg Harbor woman who was considered a model teacher has been indicted on a charge of first-degree aggravated sexual assault on a child and on other counts related to the production and distribution of child pornography over the Internet.

Cecelia A. Schneider, 53, of Center Street is charged with assaulting a 2-year-old boy in 2002 in the indictment handed up by an Ocean County grand jury Wednesday.

Schneider also is charged with production and distribution of child pornography by participating in sexual acts to be recorded and displayed on the Internet, the indictment says.

Big Fish

2007-06-21T17:59:00.000-07:00

This one has the internet abuz more than the usual for some reason. No picture but Im looking...

KHS teacher suspended over sex allegations

A popular Kearny High School English teacher has been suspended with pay, after school officials say a student told them he had some sort of sexual encounter with the teacher, Superintendent of Schools Robert Mooney said.

Celeste Adamski, 27 — whose maiden name is Passos — has taught at the high school for three years, but won’t get to see the school year out after the allegations prompted her immediate suspension. Mooney says the suspension in no way reflects assumption of guilt, but allows for school and police officials to properly investigate the matter without interference.

“We wouldn’t suspend unless there was a confirmed allegation,” Mooney said. “And in this case, there was.”

Because there is an ongoing investigation, Mooney could only say that the allegation was made by a student at Kearny High School, and that the allegation is “serious” in nature.

Rumors apparently began circulating at Kearny High School early last week about Mrs. Adamski’s possible downfall, according to a student at Kearny High, who like most students interviewed for this story, asked not to be identified by name.

Some Of That

2007-06-21T17:39:00.000-07:00

Gary Gym Teacher Accused Of Molesting Student

A Tolleston Middle School physical education teacher accused of fondling a seventh-grade special education student was hiding in his basement Wednesday when police arrived to arrest him, Detective Cpl. Nelson Otano said.

John J. Wachel, 48, of Hammond was charged with sexual misconduct with a minor based on the girl's account, which was supported by a witness. Otano said the witness saw the coach grab the girl's buttocks while he looked at her chest and said, "I want some of that."

Over 1000 Charges

2007-06-21T12:36:00.000-07:00

Crossing Guard Faces 1,000 Sex Charges

A school crossing guard accused of molesting seven children was charged with more than 1,000 counts of sexual assault.

Dale Hutchings was arrested Tuesday and charged with 305 counts of raping a child, 356 counts of aggravated indecent assault against a child under 13, and 356 counts of indecent assault against a child under 13.

The assaults took place between 1998 and 2007, and all of the victims were under 13 when the attacks began, police said.

Hutchings, of Berwick, worked as a crossing guard near Orange Street Elementary School. He also worked for the Berwick Area Ambulance Association and was a high school band booster.

She Met Him On The Playground

2007-06-20T16:35:00.000-07:00

Teacher's Aide Pleads Guilty to Sexual Conduct with Minor

A teacher's aide has plead guilty to attempted sexual conduct with a minor.

Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas says that 27-year-old Alma Hernandez met her 14-year-old male victim on the playground at Andalucia Middle School, then had sex with the boy in her car last year.

Police were called after the victim's family found out.

As part of a plea agreement, Hernandez will be sentenced to at least 10 years in prison on July 25.

Hernandez was a teacher's assistant at the school at 47th Avenue and Campbell, but the boy was not one of her students.

Ive Run Out Of Drug Puns

2007-06-20T08:48:00.000-07:00

Former Teacher Gets Probation In Drug Case

A former elementary school teacher who was arrested five times over a two-year period was sentenced to probation Monday in Grand Junction.

According to the Daily Sentinel, Tammie Lee Reed was given four years probation, 21 months of work release, 100 hours of community service and must undergo mandatory drug treatment. The sentence is part of a plea agreement in which several felony counts were dismissed.

Tammie Liberty Lee, 42, pleaded guilty to possession of more than 1 gram of methamphetamine, and theft from a check-cashing business

Marriage

2007-06-20T08:15:00.000-07:00

Former teacher marries teen student

A 40-year-old high school science teacher and cross country coach has resigned his position and married a 16-year-old student.

Brenton Wuchae coached Windy Hager at South Brunswick High School, where she recently completed her sophomore year as one of the school's top runners. He also lives less than two miles away from the Hagers' home on Oak Island.

Wuchae married Hager in Brunswick County on Monday, according to a marriage license.

Hager's parents, Dennis and Betty Hager, said they did all they could to keep the couple apart after noticing a deeper-than-usual friendship forming between them. The parents said they tried to intervene by talking to the coach, going to school officials, pleading with police and sheriff's office detectives, even other teachers and students at South Brunswick.

But the Hagers say they reluctantly signed a consent form allowing their daughter to marry her coach.

School Spirit

2007-06-19T11:32:00.000-07:00

Teacher accused of sex with teen going to court

An Elizabeth High School teacher accused of having sex with a 17-year-old student during a football road trip last fall faces a preliminary hearing this afternoon in Garfield County District Court.

Darcie Esson, 33, who remains free on $25,000 bond, is charged with two counts of sexual assault on a person age 15 to 17 while in a position of trust and one count of sexual assault in a position of trust as a pattern of abuse.

Esson, an English teacher, was placed on administrative leave from the Elizabeth C-1 School District, where officials called authorities after learning that a football player had been bragging about having sex with her.