8 more stories (As if we needed more)

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An Okte Elementary School teacher, accused of molesting eight young boys, pleaded not guilty on Tuesday in Saratoga County Court. Christopher Culver, 32, has been on paid suspension since the allegations surfaced. The District Attorney's Office says Culver abuse of all the children took place on school grounds. If convicted, Culver faces up to 20 years in prison.


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Police have arrested a St. Paul teacher on suspicion of having sexual contact with a 17-year-old student.

Officers arrested Como Park High School teacher Joseph Arne Tucker, 28, at his St. Paul home Tuesday, police said today.

Police began investigating Tucker on May 18.

After Tucker saw the girl again Tuesday, police arrested him on suspicion of tampering with a witness, Walsh said. He is also being held in the Ramsey County jail on suspicion of criminal sexual conduct. He has not been charged.

Police believe Tucker had a relationship with the student for at least several weeks, Walsh said. The school district placed him on administrative leave when the investigation began.

The case could hinge not only on the girl's age, but also the fact the teacher was in a position of authority, Walsh said.



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A former teacher in Shelby County, Texas, is facing charges she was involved in a sexual relationship with one of her students.

The district attorney's office has obtained a warrant charging Janet Parker, a teacher in Center, with nearly two dozen sex crimes involving a juvenile.



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The Williamson County Board of Education has fired a Centennial High School teacher, finding him guilty of unbecoming conduct and inefficiency.

Gregory Durio, a tenured teacher who taught in Williamson County for 18 years, was accused of making inappropriate comments to students. A county attorney said the English teacher’s comments could be considered a form of sexual harassment.




Durio was accused of and admitted to:

--telling a girl she could put on fishnet stockings and get a job as a blackjack dealer in Las Vegas.

--asking a girl who wanted to leave class to use the restroom if it was because of “feminine hygiene.”

--telling a girl who told the class she enjoyed brushing her teeth with an electric toothbrush that he didn’t want to hear her 'vibrator story.'

--telling a male student that he has a friend named Dick who was getting married to a woman named Fanny.

School administrators also discovered images of celebrities on his classroom computer. Some of the celebrities, such as the rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers and actress Brooke Shields, were pictured wearing little clothing. None of the images contained nudity. Durio said he was collecting images in preparation for a class on pop culture. School officials said he shouldn’t have been collecting images during class time.

Durio was suspended without pay on Dec. 20, 2006, after a 15-year-old student filed a complaint with Centennial High principal Terry Shrader. Director of Schools Rebecca Sharber recommended Durio be terminated.

The board came to a unanimous decision to dismiss Durio at the end of an 11-hour hearing that was split between two days. The hearing ended at 1:10 a.m. this morning.

Durio’s attorney Virginia McCoy said she would review his options to appeal the board’s decision.


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ELECTRA-- A north Texas pre-school teacher is accused of physically abusing a five-year-old student. Police there say the teacher, 52-year-old Donna Bowden, slapped the little boy in the face earlier this month at Electra's Elementary School, which also houses the head-start program.

Police Chief Johnny Morris says he first learned of the allegations when the mom and little boy showed up at his department. "Mother reported that the son had told her he was slapped in the mouth by the head start teacher."

Morris says the boy had a cut on his upper lip. He says he told the mom to take him to the hospital to have it checked out. "The medical report revealed an injury. We saw an injury, took pictures of the injury, and the child made a statement to us with his mother present about how he got it and he didn't waver."

Based on those statements and the injury, police arrested Donna Bowden, a teacher for 18 years in Electra, according to Morris.

More potential victims say they filed reports with child protective services, but police say they haven't contacted them. "We were never told of these instances. The parents and the child did not ever come to report this as such."


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A former Glendale Heights teacher is facing felony charges of having sex with a 15-year-old former student, DuPage County authorities said Wednesday.
The alleged sexual relationship took place in 2005 and 2006 when Anastasia Pappas was living with the boy's family.

She had been the boy's teacher when he was in the fifth grade at Blackhawk Middle School in Glendale Heights.

Pappas, 40, is charged with criminal sexual assault. She is free on bail. Pappas was charged in 2006, but the indictment against her remained sealed by DuPage County prosecutors until this week.

She has since been removed from teaching duties. School officials couldn't be reached for comment Wednesday.

Pappas' attorney called the allegations "a tragedy."


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TOOELE - With their heads barely topping the witness box, three third-graders testified Wednesday about being sexually abused by a former teacher at East Elementary School.
Christopher Burton, 26, is charged in 3rd District Court with eight counts of first-degree felony aggravated sexual abuse of a child, each punishable by up to life in prison.
The preliminary hearing is set to continue next month for testimony from five other boys who are alleged victims.
The three boys who testified Wednesday all said Burton fondled them in a similar fashion.
As one boy put it: "He made people sit on his lap, then he'd reach his hands into your pockets and touch your privates."
The boy claimed Burton began fondling him in January, just a day after the boy began attending the school, and that the abuse occurred about once a week until Burton's arrest in March.
Another boy testified that Burton forced him to sit on his lap every time he asked the teacher a question. The boy said the touching began about a month after school started last fall.
The third boy - whose teacher was a female - testified he was molested by Burton on March 30 when the two classes combined to watch a movie.

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A temporary Santa Ynez Valley high school teacher was booked at the Santa Barbara County Jail last Tuesday after detectives arrested her for allegedly having unlawful sexual relations with an underage male student.

The arrest of 29-year-old Kelli Jo Camp came after a month-long investigation by the Santa Barbara Sheriff’s detectives into her alleged misconduct with members of the male student population at New Cuyama High School. After obtaining alleged e-mail correspondences between the teacher and her 17-year-old student, detectives arrested her for allegedly having unlawful sex with a minor.