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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.

China

China: Teacher Sentenced to Death for Raping Schoolgirls

A teacher in Changhe Township, in northwestern Dingxi City, has been sentenced to death for raping 18 third- and fourth-grade girls, the state news media reported. In 2005, another teacher in Changhe was sentenced to death for raping 23 fourth- and fifth-grade students, the Xinhua News Agency said. It said local officials would not say if the teachers were at the same school.

Kidnap & Rape

School worker accused of raping woman

A 64-year-old paraprofessional at Biscayne Gardens Elementary School has been charged with threatening, kidnapping and raping a woman, Miami-Dade police said.

Richard Jerome Campbell, a 41-year school employee who works with handicapped children, attacked the woman ''while she was incapacitated,'' according to a police report. Police did not explain how the woman was ``incapacitated.''

Arrested Sunday, Campbell was charged with sexual battery of an incapacitated person, armed kidnapping and tampering with a victim.

He was denied bond Monday.

The arrest was his first in Miami-Dade County.

According to an arrest report, the alleged incident happened late May 30 through early the next day.

As he attacked the woman, the report said, Campbell ``prevented [her] from calling police by knocking the phone out of her hand.''

Then he drove her to his home at 16095 NW 37th Ct. and ''placed a gun to her head and threatened to kill her if she called police,'' sexual battery Detective Dalyn Nye wrote in her report.

Police say Campbell confessed.

Janitor Jailed

School janitor charged with raping young girl

It is supposed to be a place where every child can feel safe. However, it was just the opposite for a young girl in Brooklyn.

Authorities allege that a janitor repeatedly raped her inside school over the past month.
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