Read the report here.
As a group, these studies present a wide range of estimates of the
percentage of U.S. students subject to sexual misconduct by school staff
and vary from 3.7 to 50.3 percent (Table 5). Because of its
carefully drawn sample and survey methodology, the AAUW report that
nearly 9.6 percent of students are targets of educator sexual misconduct
sometime during their school career presents the most accurate data
available at this time.
Showing posts with label teacher sex allegations. Show all posts
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Friday, July 20, 2007
9.6% of students are targets of SEXUAL educator sexual misconduct
Sunday, July 8, 2007
Because the schools care more about the teachers than the students
July 8, 2007 -- A public-school teacher accused of raping a student is still pocketing her city paycheck - thanks to a disciplinary system that critics say has too few hearing officers, too many bureaucratic delays and rules that make axing tenured teachers tough.
Up to 24 other teachers who were recommended for termination by the city's special schools investigator this year could also still be on the payroll, according to the Department of Education.
The inability to immediately fire teachers charged with wrongdoing by cops or school investigators creates an "undue burden on taxpayers," said DOE spokeswoman Melody Meyer.
Tenured teachers continue to get paid, as their contract provides, through the often painfully slow arbitration process.
"The formal charge and hearing process . . . is arduous," Meyer said.
One cause for the slow pace is a hearing backlog. By contract, independent arbitrators must lead disciplinary hearings. The contract allows for 20 officers, but there are currently only 14.
Also, the DOE is not allowed to begin the arbitration process until the criminal case has concluded. Although there is a stipulation in the teachers contract allowing the DOE to freeze the pay of teachers involved in sex crimes even while a criminal trial is going on, a "probable-cause hearing" is needed.
In Amsterdam's case, Meyer said the DOE is "pursuing a probable-cause hearing."
The DOE wants tenured teachers taken off the payroll once charges are substantiated, she said.
United Federation of Teachers spokesman Ron Davis said that "sounds like an awful idea."
"If a teacher does something that merits dismissal, then they should be removed from the classroom," Davis said. "But not before they have due process."
Up to 24 other teachers who were recommended for termination by the city's special schools investigator this year could also still be on the payroll, according to the Department of Education.
The inability to immediately fire teachers charged with wrongdoing by cops or school investigators creates an "undue burden on taxpayers," said DOE spokeswoman Melody Meyer.
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.
According to Condon's office, 45 DOE employees - including 25 teachers - have
been recommended for termination so far in 2007 following investigations.
Only five of those employees, all without tenure, were axed.
Two other
nontenured employees are in the process of being fired, the DOE said. Another
nontenured employee recommended for firing is still on the payroll because the
DOE disagreed with Condon's findings. The other employees are tenured and "all
have charges brought against them in our disciplinary hearing process," Meyer
said.
Tenured teachers continue to get paid, as their contract provides, through the often painfully slow arbitration process.
"The formal charge and hearing process . . . is arduous," Meyer said.
One cause for the slow pace is a hearing backlog. By contract, independent arbitrators must lead disciplinary hearings. The contract allows for 20 officers, but there are currently only 14.
Also, the DOE is not allowed to begin the arbitration process until the criminal case has concluded. Although there is a stipulation in the teachers contract allowing the DOE to freeze the pay of teachers involved in sex crimes even while a criminal trial is going on, a "probable-cause hearing" is needed.
In Amsterdam's case, Meyer said the DOE is "pursuing a probable-cause hearing."
The DOE wants tenured teachers taken off the payroll once charges are substantiated, she said.
United Federation of Teachers spokesman Ron Davis said that "sounds like an awful idea."
"If a teacher does something that merits dismissal, then they should be removed from the classroom," Davis said. "But not before they have due process."
Easley High teacher charged with soliciting minor
EASLEY, S.C. --A teacher at Easley High School was arrested after he used the Internet to try to get what he thought was a 13-year-old girl to have sex with him, authorities said.
Curtis Richard Ballard, 52, chatted with an undercover officer posing as a teen several times in June and once exposed himself to the officer via a Web camera, Spartanburg County deputies said.
Ballard teaches biology, anatomy and physiology, according to Easley High School's Web site.
Ballard was arrested Thursday and charged with four counts of criminal solicitation of minor.
Curtis Richard Ballard, 52, chatted with an undercover officer posing as a teen several times in June and once exposed himself to the officer via a Web camera, Spartanburg County deputies said.
Ballard teaches biology, anatomy and physiology, according to Easley High School's Web site.
Ballard was arrested Thursday and charged with four counts of criminal solicitation of minor.
GUILTY Another pedophile teacher getting a slap on the wrist GUILTY
A former Clarksville teacher and basketball coach was sentenced to three years of probation for performing sexual acts with a minor.
Bryan Farmer will serve only 60 days in the Montgomery County Jail, according to a written order submitted by Judge John Gasaway Friday.
Farmer also will have to register as a sex offender, perform 350 hours of community service, undergo a psychological and sexual assessment and complete counseling.
Farmer had been indicted on a total of 18 charges with three victims, which included four counts of statutory rape and 14 counts of sexual battery by an authority figure.
At his May trial, Farmer, who taught in the school system from 2002 to April 2005, was found not guilty on six counts of sexual battery by an authority figure and one count of statutory rape.
He was indicted on atotal of 18 charges with three victims, which included four counts of statutory rape and 14 counts of sexual battery by an authority figure. However, the court ruled to sever the counts.
The trial that ended in May involved eight counts with one teenage girl between January 2004 and May 2005. The student at Northeast High School student, where Farmer taught, was 16 and 17 during that time.
He is scheduled to appear in court for two more trials. The next trial is set for Nov. 26.
Assistant District Attorney General John Finklea said he was satisfied with the three-year sentence and glad the judge denied the request for diversion.
Bryan Farmer will serve only 60 days in the Montgomery County Jail, according to a written order submitted by Judge John Gasaway Friday.
Farmer also will have to register as a sex offender, perform 350 hours of community service, undergo a psychological and sexual assessment and complete counseling.
Farmer had been indicted on a total of 18 charges with three victims, which included four counts of statutory rape and 14 counts of sexual battery by an authority figure.
At his May trial, Farmer, who taught in the school system from 2002 to April 2005, was found not guilty on six counts of sexual battery by an authority figure and one count of statutory rape.
He was indicted on atotal of 18 charges with three victims, which included four counts of statutory rape and 14 counts of sexual battery by an authority figure. However, the court ruled to sever the counts.
The trial that ended in May involved eight counts with one teenage girl between January 2004 and May 2005. The student at Northeast High School student, where Farmer taught, was 16 and 17 during that time.
He is scheduled to appear in court for two more trials. The next trial is set for Nov. 26.
Assistant District Attorney General John Finklea said he was satisfied with the three-year sentence and glad the judge denied the request for diversion.
GUILTY Teacher using 100-200 students to become "sexually aroused" GUILTY
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif.—A former substitute teacher who admitted to inappropriately touching six young female students has been sentenced to five years in prison.
"I was very pleased with the sentence because that's what we were seeking," said Deputy District Attorney Jason Anderson of Friday's sentence.
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. There was not the touching of private parts or anything like that, so I think it's a really harsh sentence."
In February, Eric Norman Olsen, 29, pleaded no contest to the six counts of child molestation.
Authorities began investigating Olsen last summer after several students at an Ontario elementary school reported that he had put his hand under a girl's shirt and touched her back while she showed him her assignments. He had taught at over a dozen Southern California schools.
"I was very pleased with the sentence because that's what we were seeking," said Deputy District Attorney Jason Anderson of Friday's sentence.
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. There was not the touching of private parts or anything like that, so I think it's a really harsh sentence."
In February, Eric Norman Olsen, 29, pleaded no contest to the six counts of child molestation.
Authorities began investigating Olsen last summer after several students at an Ontario elementary school reported that he had put his hand under a girl's shirt and touched her back while she showed him her assignments. He had taught at over a dozen Southern California schools.
Olsen told police he had become sexually aroused by more than 100 to 200
children that he held on his lap over the course of three years while working in
Riverside, San Bernardino and Kern Counties.
Another teacher having sex with his students
A San Mateo County judge Thursday slashed bail to $100,000 for a San Bruno high school band teacher charged with having sex with a 17-year-old female student.
Albrecht faces 16 felony counts of oral copulation with a minor and 16 felony counts of unlawful sexual intercourse after he allegedly had sex with the girl at school and at both of their homes starting in February, prosecutors said. The relationship continued after the girl turned 18 in May.
Albrecht, who taught band, choir and orchestra at Capuchino High School, resigned his post this summer. The alleged victim in the case headed a band section, prosecutors said.
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"So, what did you learn in school today dear?" the kind mother asks.
"Well, I learned to give my teacher head." the child answers.
Albrecht faces 16 felony counts of oral copulation with a minor and 16 felony counts of unlawful sexual intercourse after he allegedly had sex with the girl at school and at both of their homes starting in February, prosecutors said. The relationship continued after the girl turned 18 in May.
Albrecht, who taught band, choir and orchestra at Capuchino High School, resigned his post this summer. The alleged victim in the case headed a band section, prosecutors said.
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"So, what did you learn in school today dear?" the kind mother asks.
"Well, I learned to give my teacher head." the child answers.
Another teacher charged with harming your children
An early-childhood teacher at the California School for the Deaf in Riverside has been arrested and charged with four counts of lewd and lascivious acts with two girls under age 14.
Daniel Ray Metroka, 51, of Riverside is being held on $1-million bail, the Riverside County district attorney's office said Thursday. Metroka could face 15 years in prison on four felony counts for acts that occurred June 30, prosecutors said. The alleged victims were identified as Jane Doe No. 1 and No. 2.
Daniel Ray Metroka, 51, of Riverside is being held on $1-million bail, the Riverside County district attorney's office said Thursday. Metroka could face 15 years in prison on four felony counts for acts that occurred June 30, prosecutors said. The alleged victims were identified as Jane Doe No. 1 and No. 2.
Teacher cited on 5 sex counts against minors
A former Dixie High School teacher has been charged with allegedly touching four female students in his ceramics class during the past school year.
Ronald Scott Sherman, 61, is charged in 5th District Court with five counts of sexual battery, each a class A misdemeanor punishable by up to one year in jail. Deputy Washington County Attorney Ryan Shaum said two of the five counts were filed in connection with one of the alleged victims.
Ronald Scott Sherman, 61, is charged in 5th District Court with five counts of sexual battery, each a class A misdemeanor punishable by up to one year in jail. Deputy Washington County Attorney Ryan Shaum said two of the five counts were filed in connection with one of the alleged victims.
The teens told police Sherman had either touched or grabbed their buttocksThe alleged crimes occurred between August 2006 through May 2007, but police Sgt. Craig Harding said the continuing investigation includes the previous school year. Sherman, who surrendered to jail officials last Friday, is scheduled to make his first court appearance on Tuesday.
during class, according to a probable cause statement filed with the charges.
One girl told St. George police that Sherman had touched her
on "several occasions," according to court documents. She also said he had also
rubbed himself against her thigh. Two other girls told police that Sherman had
asked to see their genitals and had offered one of them $100.
No evidence?
WILMINGTON, N.C. There was no credible evidence of a romantic relationship between a 40-year-old high school science teacher and a 16-year-old student until the couple married, Brunswick County school officials say.
In November, South Brunswick High School Principal Vann Pennell directed Wuchae to cease all contact with Hager, noting that a lengthy list of phone calls and text messages with the student "did raise questions of poor judgment."
The school suspended Wuchae in May after finding that he had communicated with Hager at school. Both he and the teenager continued to deny a romantic relationship, the school board said.
Saturday, June 30, 2007
Another teacher charged with a felony count of sex offense against a student
A former East Henderson High School teacher charged with one felony count of sex offense with a student had her case postponed in district court Friday.
Julie Miller Culbertson, 38, of 1200 Davis Mountain Road, was arrested in May after being charged with a sexual offense involving a female student.
According to the Henderson County District Attorney's Office, Culbertson's case was postponed until the next setting of the grand jury.
Assistant District Attorney Beth Dierauf said she did not have a specific date when Culbertson's case would go before a grand jury.
Julie Miller Culbertson, 38, of 1200 Davis Mountain Road, was arrested in May after being charged with a sexual offense involving a female student.
According to the Henderson County District Attorney's Office, Culbertson's case was postponed until the next setting of the grand jury.
Assistant District Attorney Beth Dierauf said she did not have a specific date when Culbertson's case would go before a grand jury.
Not enough barring of sicko teachers
A student accused Kenneth T. Anderson, a science teacher, of fathering her baby girl while he was employed in Metro. Authorities cleared him in that case, but the school district ultimately fired him, citing poor classroom performance.
Anderson, now 38, promptly went to work in two other districts despite his questionable record. It wasn't until he was accused of having sex with a 16-year-old student at Smyrna High School that school officials took steps to yank his teaching licenses and bar him from the classroom for good.
Anderson's case and others spotlight weaknesses in how Tennessee monitors its educators. Unlike other states, Tennessee has no independent agency dedicated to regulating teacher licensing and ethics. For the past two years, state lawmakers tried to create one, but the bills failed to gain momentum.
Relying on individual school districts to investigate their teachers makes some advocates uncomfortable because politics can come into play.
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By the way folks, this problem doesn't only exist in TN as the article suggests. This is happening everywhere. Just read through all my articles and see how many you find where the teacher was actually barred from teaching. Where do you think these teachers will teach next? Maybe this time it will be your local school.
Anderson, now 38, promptly went to work in two other districts despite his questionable record. It wasn't until he was accused of having sex with a 16-year-old student at Smyrna High School that school officials took steps to yank his teaching licenses and bar him from the classroom for good.
Anderson's case and others spotlight weaknesses in how Tennessee monitors its educators. Unlike other states, Tennessee has no independent agency dedicated to regulating teacher licensing and ethics. For the past two years, state lawmakers tried to create one, but the bills failed to gain momentum.
Relying on individual school districts to investigate their teachers makes some advocates uncomfortable because politics can come into play.
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By the way folks, this problem doesn't only exist in TN as the article suggests. This is happening everywhere. Just read through all my articles and see how many you find where the teacher was actually barred from teaching. Where do you think these teachers will teach next? Maybe this time it will be your local school.
Just another teacher who allegedly abused kids for years and the administration feels "counseling and monitoring" were enough. Ugh.
COLUMBUS, Ohio - A mother who claims her son was abused by a Columbus teacher said not enough action was taken when allegations about his behavior first surfaced 16 years ago.
The woman's claims came days after police arrested Mark Boster for allegedly using the Internet to try and meet a 14-year-old boy for sex, 10TV's Patrick Bell reported.
Dawn Phillips said Boster allegedly assaulted her son in 2002.
"He grabbed him by his nipple and twisted it," Phillips said. "Why? He said to get his attention."
According to a letter mailed to Phillips, Franklin County Children's Services investigators couldn't substantiate any abuse and the case was dropped, Bell reported.
Still, Phillips' feelings about Boster and his alleged behavior remained the same.
According to personnel records obtained by 10TV News, officials with Columbus Public Schools investigated Boster's conduct several times since 1991, Bell reported.
In November of 1991, a letter referenced alleged inappropriate physical intervention between Boster and a student, Bell reported. In 2003, a teacher reported that Boster allegedly punished a boy by forcing him under his desk while he sat down.
Records also stated that colleagues reported that Boster allegedly followed boys into the restroom. Another wrote that he had male students sit on his lap, Bell reported.
In 2004, the district reprimanded Boster and ordered him into an employee assistance program.
He was never fired.
Phillips said she can't understand why Boster remained on staff despite his record.
"They should have fired him a long time ago," she said. "He should have lost his job a long time ago."
The woman's claims came days after police arrested Mark Boster for allegedly using the Internet to try and meet a 14-year-old boy for sex, 10TV's Patrick Bell reported.
Dawn Phillips said Boster allegedly assaulted her son in 2002.
"He grabbed him by his nipple and twisted it," Phillips said. "Why? He said to get his attention."
According to a letter mailed to Phillips, Franklin County Children's Services investigators couldn't substantiate any abuse and the case was dropped, Bell reported.
Still, Phillips' feelings about Boster and his alleged behavior remained the same.
"I was livid, oh my God was I livid," she said. "I think he needs to be in jail.
He needs to rot behind those bars."
According to personnel records obtained by 10TV News, officials with Columbus Public Schools investigated Boster's conduct several times since 1991, Bell reported.
In November of 1991, a letter referenced alleged inappropriate physical intervention between Boster and a student, Bell reported. In 2003, a teacher reported that Boster allegedly punished a boy by forcing him under his desk while he sat down.
Records also stated that colleagues reported that Boster allegedly followed boys into the restroom. Another wrote that he had male students sit on his lap, Bell reported.
In 2004, the district reprimanded Boster and ordered him into an employee assistance program.
He was never fired.
Phillips said she can't understand why Boster remained on staff despite his record.
"They should have fired him a long time ago," she said. "He should have lost his job a long time ago."
A Columbus Public Schools spokesman declined to be interviewed, but said
counseling and monitoring was enough discipline, Bell reported.
Sunday, June 17, 2007
Teacher Accused Of Having Sex With 12 Year Old Student
(WCCO) A middle school teacher in Prescott, Wis. has been fired and the Pierce County Sheriff is investigating claims she had sex with a 13-year old student. The 38-year old woman was a substitute at Prescott Middle School.
Sources said the woman's husband, and 13-year-old daughter were home at the time.The father filed a restraining order which claims the two had sexual intercourse.
He says he has copies of e-mails between the two.
Zach Simones, who coached the 13-year-old boy on the 7th grade football team, said he is sickened by the incident."He was dating the lady's 13-year-old daughter before this happened," said Zach Simones, the boy's football coach.
The student's father says he found the two having a middle of the night
rendezvous together at the teacher's home after the boy stole his mother's car.
Sources said the woman's husband, and 13-year-old daughter were home at the time.The father filed a restraining order which claims the two had sexual intercourse.
He says he has copies of e-mails between the two.
Zach Simones, who coached the 13-year-old boy on the 7th grade football team, said he is sickened by the incident."He was dating the lady's 13-year-old daughter before this happened," said Zach Simones, the boy's football coach.
Friday, June 15, 2007
Oh, just some more pedophile teachers.... (and others)
NORMAN, Okla. — A Norman North High School science teacher who also coached girls’ basketball was formally charged Wednesday in connection with an alleged sexual relationship with a 16-year-old female student in April and May. Vicky Lynn Lewallen, 44, Norman, was charged with two counts of forcible sodomy and two counts of first-degree rape.
A former teacher at a treatment center for troubled youth was sentenced today in Jefferson County to four months of work release and 10 years probation for having sex with a 16-year-old student.
Michelle Leigh Tolar, 26, of Denver, was arrested July 26, 2006, and charged with one count of sexual assault on a child by someone in a position of trust and one count of sexual assault. She was released on bond the next day.
LONGVIEW, Wash. -- A music teacher is under investigation by school officials after a student stunned a concert audience with a profane tirade that she said was merely imitating the instructor's style.
FLINT (WJRT) - (06/14/07)--A Flint middle school teacher has been suspended amid accusations of sexual misconduct against a student.
The 14-year-old student at McKinley Academy in Flint says the alleged incident happened Wednesday morning as she was switching classes.
Flint police spent the morning investigating the student's allegations.
The school isn't saying much; just that the accused teacher has been placed on paid administrative leave. (Gee, that's a surprise, isn't it?)
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- An elementary school art teacher caught as he was about to shoot up heroin in his classroom. A Garringer High teacher arrested May 17 for drug possession. A part-time elementary school PE teacher busted after attempting to sell cocaine to undercover officers.
And now word a Butler High teacher has resigned amid allegations of child molestation.
A 60-year-old former Wyandotte “Teacher of the Year” got a break today when a federal judge sentenced him to a day in prison and 12 months in a federal corrections center for possession of child pornography.
Robert Michael Boyden of Canton Twp., had agreed in a plea bargain with federal prosecutors to be sentenced to 51 to 63 months in prison for possession of 1,358 pictures of minors posing nude or engaged in sex acts.
A 38-year-old elementary school resource teacher pleaded guilty this morning to federal drug and firearm charges and agreed to give up her Kailua home in connection with drug trafficking.
Bronwyn Kugle, a Ka'elepulu Elementary School resource teacher, pleaded guilty to charges that included conspiring to traffic in cocaine and a drug known as Ecstasy. She also pleaded guilty to being a drug user who kept a loaded revolver in a drawer at her home.
A teacher at Hartford's Quirk Middle School has been suspended while officials investigate allegations that she took money from students in exchange for excusing them from serving detention. The teacher was placed on a paid leave of absence after the school district received complaints from parents.
David Grayson as a teacher exposed himself to several students, showed them pornography and inquired if they wanted to play naked basketball.
Still, Grayson insists his conduct at Oak Brook's Butler Junior High School was not criminal. Law enforcement disagreed.
DuPage Circuit Judge Perry Thompson sentenced him to 90 days in jail Thursday for fondling himself while nude in front of an underage male student and also for stealing two iPods from the school.
The 66-year-old LaGrange Park man also must seek counseling during a two-year period of probation if it is ordered after a sex-offender evaluation. He pleaded guilty March 6 to felony theft and misdemeanor sexual exploitation of a child. (There's a lot more to this story folks, just read the article.)
A former teacher at a treatment center for troubled youth was sentenced today in Jefferson County to four months of work release and 10 years probation for having sex with a 16-year-old student.
Michelle Leigh Tolar, 26, of Denver, was arrested July 26, 2006, and charged with one count of sexual assault on a child by someone in a position of trust and one count of sexual assault. She was released on bond the next day.
LONGVIEW, Wash. -- A music teacher is under investigation by school officials after a student stunned a concert audience with a profane tirade that she said was merely imitating the instructor's style.
FLINT (WJRT) - (06/14/07)--A Flint middle school teacher has been suspended amid accusations of sexual misconduct against a student.
The 14-year-old student at McKinley Academy in Flint says the alleged incident happened Wednesday morning as she was switching classes.
Flint police spent the morning investigating the student's allegations.
The school isn't saying much; just that the accused teacher has been placed on paid administrative leave. (Gee, that's a surprise, isn't it?)
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- An elementary school art teacher caught as he was about to shoot up heroin in his classroom. A Garringer High teacher arrested May 17 for drug possession. A part-time elementary school PE teacher busted after attempting to sell cocaine to undercover officers.
And now word a Butler High teacher has resigned amid allegations of child molestation.
A 60-year-old former Wyandotte “Teacher of the Year” got a break today when a federal judge sentenced him to a day in prison and 12 months in a federal corrections center for possession of child pornography.
Robert Michael Boyden of Canton Twp., had agreed in a plea bargain with federal prosecutors to be sentenced to 51 to 63 months in prison for possession of 1,358 pictures of minors posing nude or engaged in sex acts.
A 38-year-old elementary school resource teacher pleaded guilty this morning to federal drug and firearm charges and agreed to give up her Kailua home in connection with drug trafficking.
Bronwyn Kugle, a Ka'elepulu Elementary School resource teacher, pleaded guilty to charges that included conspiring to traffic in cocaine and a drug known as Ecstasy. She also pleaded guilty to being a drug user who kept a loaded revolver in a drawer at her home.
A teacher at Hartford's Quirk Middle School has been suspended while officials investigate allegations that she took money from students in exchange for excusing them from serving detention. The teacher was placed on a paid leave of absence after the school district received complaints from parents.
David Grayson as a teacher exposed himself to several students, showed them pornography and inquired if they wanted to play naked basketball.
Still, Grayson insists his conduct at Oak Brook's Butler Junior High School was not criminal. Law enforcement disagreed.
DuPage Circuit Judge Perry Thompson sentenced him to 90 days in jail Thursday for fondling himself while nude in front of an underage male student and also for stealing two iPods from the school.
The 66-year-old LaGrange Park man also must seek counseling during a two-year period of probation if it is ordered after a sex-offender evaluation. He pleaded guilty March 6 to felony theft and misdemeanor sexual exploitation of a child. (There's a lot more to this story folks, just read the article.)
Saturday, June 9, 2007
2 more
LAPEER - A former Lapeer Community High School teacher was sentenced to a year's probation and is required to continue sex offender treatment.
Scott Beyer, 39, of Clarkston also faces 30 days in jail if he violates his probation and must register as a sex offender.
Lapeer District Judge Laura C. Barnard on Friday also required Beyer to resign his teaching position and surrender his teaching certificate as part of a plea bargain.
(Thank goodness that judge was intelligent.)
SPRINGFIELD (AP) - A Springfield middle school teacher and Boy Scout troop leader was charged yesterday with possession of child pornography after a computer repair shop alerted police to images on a hard drive.
Greene County prosecutors charged Gary Rademacher, 53, with 10 felony counts of possessing pornographic pictures and films of boys younger than 14. Rademacher is a former Springfield elementary school principle and now an eighth-grade history teacher, they said.
Police said in court records filed with the charges that they were called by Aztec Computer Outfitters after Rademacher dropped off a hard drive for repair in January.
Investigators won a search warrant for Rademacher’s home based on images on the hard drive. Police said they found more than 1,300 suspected child pornographic images and 12 movie files, mostly of boys, on computer drives and disks in Rademacher’s home.
Rademacher was booked and released yesterday on a $10,000 bond.
Scott Beyer, 39, of Clarkston also faces 30 days in jail if he violates his probation and must register as a sex offender.
Lapeer District Judge Laura C. Barnard on Friday also required Beyer to resign his teaching position and surrender his teaching certificate as part of a plea bargain.
(Thank goodness that judge was intelligent.)
SPRINGFIELD (AP) - A Springfield middle school teacher and Boy Scout troop leader was charged yesterday with possession of child pornography after a computer repair shop alerted police to images on a hard drive.
Greene County prosecutors charged Gary Rademacher, 53, with 10 felony counts of possessing pornographic pictures and films of boys younger than 14. Rademacher is a former Springfield elementary school principle and now an eighth-grade history teacher, they said.
Police said in court records filed with the charges that they were called by Aztec Computer Outfitters after Rademacher dropped off a hard drive for repair in January.
Investigators won a search warrant for Rademacher’s home based on images on the hard drive. Police said they found more than 1,300 suspected child pornographic images and 12 movie files, mostly of boys, on computer drives and disks in Rademacher’s home.
Rademacher was booked and released yesterday on a $10,000 bond.
2 more
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NOVI -- A Walled Lake Central High School teacher is jailed today on $500,000 cash bond on five counts of third-degree criminal sexual conduct involving a female student 16-18 years old.
2.
(Wise, Virginia) A 26-year-old art teacher at Appalachia High School and Appalachia Primary School, Naomi Miranda Peters, has been arrested for allegedly engaging in an improper relationship with a female high school student.
Peters was charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor as police continue to investigate.
NOVI -- A Walled Lake Central High School teacher is jailed today on $500,000 cash bond on five counts of third-degree criminal sexual conduct involving a female student 16-18 years old.
2.
(Wise, Virginia) A 26-year-old art teacher at Appalachia High School and Appalachia Primary School, Naomi Miranda Peters, has been arrested for allegedly engaging in an improper relationship with a female high school student.
Peters was charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor as police continue to investigate.
Friday, June 8, 2007
Teachers charged: sexual misconduct, sexual abuse, sexual offense & child porn. Plus GUILTY verdict of sexually abusing a fourth grade student
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A former Marriotts Ridge High School special education teacher who police accused in February of having sex with a 15-year-old boy is facing additional charges of sexual misconduct with a second teenage boy.
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ROCKVILLE, Md. -- For the second time in two months, a former teacher was arrested for allegedly molesting a former student.
Joseph Robert Ballmann, 47, was arrested at his home early Thursday morning and charged with sexual abuse of a minor and third-degree sexual offense.
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Posted: 5:53 PM- LOGAN - A jury found a retired elementary school teacher guilty Thursday of sexually abusing one of his fourth-grade students more than 13 years ago.
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SAN DIEGO -- An award-winning East County teacher faces four years in prison on a child porn charge he said he will plead guilty to, according to federal prosecutors.
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A Glenbard East High School driver’s education teacher has been charged with aggravated criminal sexual abuse for having an inappropriate relationship with a 17-year-old female student from the Lombard school, police said Thursday.
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WARNER ROBINS --A Houston County teacher and track coach has been charged with stalking, simple battery, making harassing phone calls and influencing a witness, police said Thursday.
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(We should all keep an eye on this one. There is a reason they are not talking.)
An Alameda High School teacher was placed on paid administrative leave this week while officials investigate reports, spokeswoman Donna Fletcher said Wednesday.
The teacher’s leave was not disciplinary, Fletcher said.
The teacher’s name, department and what prompted the school district to take action were not disclosed by the school district at press time.
Students at Alameda High told the Alameda Sun that a teacher was abruptly removed from their third-period class Monday by AHS Principal Mike Janvier.
It is not known if the teacher that was pulled from class Monday is the same teacher on paid administrative leave.
Janvier said Tuesday it was a personnel issue and he declined to comment.
Sun staff will be following this story as it breaks; check www.alamedasun.com for the latest news.
A former Marriotts Ridge High School special education teacher who police accused in February of having sex with a 15-year-old boy is facing additional charges of sexual misconduct with a second teenage boy.
2.
ROCKVILLE, Md. -- For the second time in two months, a former teacher was arrested for allegedly molesting a former student.
Joseph Robert Ballmann, 47, was arrested at his home early Thursday morning and charged with sexual abuse of a minor and third-degree sexual offense.
At the time, Ballmann was the boy's seventh grade teacher.
3.
Posted: 5:53 PM- LOGAN - A jury found a retired elementary school teacher guilty Thursday of sexually abusing one of his fourth-grade students more than 13 years ago.
Willey, who began his career in 1979, taught in three Logan elementary schools - Edith Bowen, Hillcrest and Wilson, where he was the school's teacher of the year in 2000 and again in 2004. He also taught at East Elementary in St. George in 1988-89, where similar criminal charges were filed against him but dismissed.
4.
SAN DIEGO -- An award-winning East County teacher faces four years in prison on a child porn charge he said he will plead guilty to, according to federal prosecutors.
The prosecutor said Tyler now admits that his home computer contained more than 200 child pornography images.
5.
A Glenbard East High School driver’s education teacher has been charged with aggravated criminal sexual abuse for having an inappropriate relationship with a 17-year-old female student from the Lombard school, police said Thursday.
He is a very good guy,” Pedota said. “This is shocking. USA Hockey requires all coaches to be fingerprinted and screened, and that was done and it never indicated anything in his past.
6.
WARNER ROBINS --A Houston County teacher and track coach has been charged with stalking, simple battery, making harassing phone calls and influencing a witness, police said Thursday.
7.
(We should all keep an eye on this one. There is a reason they are not talking.)
An Alameda High School teacher was placed on paid administrative leave this week while officials investigate reports, spokeswoman Donna Fletcher said Wednesday.
The teacher’s leave was not disciplinary, Fletcher said.
The teacher’s name, department and what prompted the school district to take action were not disclosed by the school district at press time.
Students at Alameda High told the Alameda Sun that a teacher was abruptly removed from their third-period class Monday by AHS Principal Mike Janvier.
It is not known if the teacher that was pulled from class Monday is the same teacher on paid administrative leave.
Janvier said Tuesday it was a personnel issue and he declined to comment.
Sun staff will be following this story as it breaks; check www.alamedasun.com for the latest news.
Wednesday, June 6, 2007
15 more reasons to homeschool
1.
A teacher at Carencro High School is the subject of a police investigation and may face prosecution after parents of two students reported him to local law enforcement authorities, accusing him of "inappropriate behavior" with his students.
According to officials with the Carencro Police Department, the parents of two female students came forward to police nearly two weeks ago, with their daughters, one 15 years old and the other 16 years old, accusing the male teacher of making inappropriate comments and making both students feel "uncomfortable," said police.
Dandi Hardin, assistant chief of police of Carencro, said a sexual relationship between the students and the teacher has never been implied, suggested or admitted to in this case by either party.
"It's hard to say if it was a criminal act," said Hardin.
In response to the complaints from the parents and students, investigators began looking into the matter, interviewing the teacher, whose name is not being released at this time by police, his colleagues at Carencro High School, counselors, and the complainants.
Over the course of two weeks, Hardin said, proving a crime in the matter became difficult.
(Yes, you did read that correctly. They are more caught up in finding a broken law. What happened to common sense? Grown men who make innapropriate comments to children should never be allowed around children! I just love this part, "just saying it has been uncomfortable for them to be around this teacher." Wow....
2.
Rocklin teacher cited in alleged assault on student
A physical education teacher at Whitney High School in Rocklin has been cited by police for misdemeanor assault over an incident Friday in which he allegedly grabbed a 15-year-old student by the throat and flipped him back over the chair in which he was sitting.
The teacher, John Bosco, 47, of Roseville, has been placed on an administrative leave with pay pending an investigation into the incident, the Rocklin Unified School District reported.
Police Capt. Dan Ruden said the incident was triggered by the student making a comment that angered the teacher.
"My understanding is that it was something to do with (the teacher's) daughter," Ruden said, adding that police are still putting a report together.
Bosco was reached at his home today and referred all questions to his attorney, Brad Wishek of Sacramento.
Wishek would not discuss details of the case, but made a statement on Bosco's behalf.
(Read the comments for this article, they are amazing.)
3.
Mother wants teacher sued
STRUTHERS — The mother of a Struthers Middle School pupil said she intends to pursue charges against a substitute teacher accused of assaulting her 15-year-old son.
The boy was on his way to the bathroom between classes Thursday when a man he recognized as his substitute math teacher advanced on him, police said.
According to a police report, the teacher grabbed him by his shirt, pushed him against a wall, and said, "I have the right to beat your ass." The incident was spurred when the boy began clapping his hands, the report said.
Foley said she was disappointed school administrators did not contact her regarding the incident. It is ironic, she said, that she had enrolled him as part of Struthers' open-enrollment program believing he would be safer than at Youngstown schools.
4.
Teacher Accused of Heroin Possesion at School
A Charlotte Mecklenburg School teacher is facing drug-related charges for allegedly abusing drugs at school.
George Terry McDonald, 50, is an art teacher at Bruns Avenue Elementary School and McAlpine Elementary School.
CMS officials said McDonald resigned on Monday after the assistant principal of Bruns Avenue walked into McDonald's empty art classroom. The administrator said the art teacher tied off his arm and had spoons and two balloons of heroin in front of him.
The assistant principal immediately called the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department. School officials said no children were affected and the students were not aware of the situation.
The assistant principal said he was concerned and went into the classroom to check after students had tried to go to art class and found a note on the door which read, "Classes are canceled from now until Friday."
In 2005, McDonald was arrested in Buncombe County in 2005 for drug-related charges. CMS hired him in September of 2004 and his background check at that time came up clean.
5.
Teacher gets 4 years for dealing 'ice'
Lee Anzai's sentence for dealing meth is reduced because he had no prior record.
A former Leilehua High School special education teacher was sentenced to four years in federal prison for dealing nearly a pound of methamphetamine last year.
6.
POMONA - The arraignment for a local elementary teacher accused of lewd conduct with a minor has been postponed, court officials said.
Marco Antonio Irigoyen, 43, a teacher at Rio Hondo Elementary School, is facing five felony counts of lewd conduct with a child under the age of 14. He is expected back in Pomona Superior Court on June 12.
Irigoyen, of West Covina, was arrested by the West Covina Police Department on May 22 after an anonymous phone tip that was received the week before.
The four alleged victims in the case are not Rio Hondo students, police said.
Irigoyen is being held at Los Angeles County Jail in lieu of $1 million bail.
7.
A Kanawha County school board member is calling for reconsideration of a proposed drug-testing policy after a teacher was charged with possession with intent to deliver drugs.
State Police pulled over a car driven by Michael White, Jr., a physical education teacher at Cedar Grove Middle School, on a traffic violation early May 26.
Troopers said they found several bags of marijuana and cocaine packaged for sale in White's car. They then searched the teacher's home and found more drugs.
He was charged with possession with intent to deliver cocaine, marijuana and two prescription drugs.
Mark Milam, assistant county superintendent for secondary schools, said the incident is considered a personnel matter. He would not say whether White was still teaching.
8.
Defense challenges sex charges against reservation teacher
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) - A defense lawyer is challenging the charges against a music teacher accused of molesting more than a dozen female students at the Onondaga Nation School near Syracuse.
Defense attorney Edward Menkin argues that detectives interviewed 12 of the girls and told Onondaga Nation chiefs that they had found nothing to indicate a crime had occurred.
The lawyer contends that at least two girls told investigators that teacher Albert Scerbo of Clay had not done anything to them.
The 44-year-old teacher was indicted in March on nearly three dozen counts accusing him of endangering the welfare of 17 girls, and sexually molesting 16 of them, from September 2002 to last December. Prosecutors say the victims ranged in age from seven to 14.
Oral arguments on the lawyer's motions are scheduled for Onondaga County Court on June 12th, with a trial set to start July 23rd.
9.
(KDKA) BENTLEYVILLE State police arrested a Washington County high school teacher for allegedly selling drugs in the parking lot of a local fast food restaurant.
Bethlehem-Center High School teacher Shawn Bellicini, 32, of Fallowfield Township, is accused of selling more than $600 worth of the powerful painkiller oxycontin to an undercover informant yesterday afternoon in a Burger King parking lot in Bentleyville.
10.
Former Roseville teacher Kelly Christine Spaich today made her second appearance in a Placer County courtroom in a case in which she is accused of having had unlawful sex with one of her ex-students, who is now 16.
11.
GRANITE FALLS — A teacher facing felony criminal sexual conduct charges in South Dakota taught in the Yellow Medicine East district during the 2001-02 school year, and left a favorable impression.
Yellow Medicine East Superintendent of Schools Dwayne Strand said he and other staff members were surprised to learn that Dave Krenz, 30, was recently accused by authorities in South Dakota of having improper sexual contact with students.
Krenz was indicted by a grand jury in Fall River County, S.D., and charged with three counts of fourth-degree rape, a Class 3 felony; one count of sexual contact with a person younger than age 16, also a Class 3 felony; and one alternate count of second-degree rape, a Class 1 felony, according to a news report by The Associated Press.
12.
HUDSON - A former Hudson elementary school teacher reached a plea deal Monday on her cocaine distribution and possession case just days before she was scheduled to go to trial.
Diane Soule, 55, of 6 Lee Circle, Hudson, admitted to sufficient facts for possession of cocaine. The former fifth-grade teacher, who resigned from Forest Avenue Elementary School after her Aug. 30, 2006, arrest, had also been charged with possession of cocaine with intent to distribute. The latter charge was dismissed Monday in Marlborough District Court.
Judge Jonathan Brant sentenced Soule to two years of supervised probation, which includes drug evaluations and follow-up treatments as well as random screenings. Her case was continued without a finding until June 2, 2008, which means that if she abides by the probation regulations, the cocaine possession charge will be dismissed.
13.
BRYAN, Texas — A former Bryan school teacher was sentenced to two consecutive life terms in prison on Tuesday for sex abuse including drugging a 10-year-old boy's orange juice and raping him in his sleep.
David Allen Vandyne, 43, pleaded guilty Monday to one count of aggravated sexual assault of a child and no contest to a second identical charge stemming from the 2002 crime against the boy from Austin.
Vandyne formerly taught at Jane Long Middle School and Brazos Christian School, both located in Bryan, the Bryan-College Station Eagle reported in its Wednesday editions.
Vandyne told Bryan police in 2003 that he had molested about 20 boys and was feeling urges to do so again, police said. The confession led to his imprisonment in 2003 for four molestations that took place in Junction, a town about 100 miles northwest of San Antonio where Vandyne also worked as a teacher.
14.
A 50-year-old Whitman Middle School teacher was charged Tuesday with possession of child pornography following a police investigation sparked by a former girlfriend's complaint.
Timothy Sheehan, a 24-year-veteran of the Seattle School District who most recently taught video production at the Crown Hill-area school, was placed on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of the case, school-district officials said.
Sheehan was charged in King County Superior Court with one count of possession of depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct, a class C felony, which carries a standard sentence range of up to one year in jail.
Sheehan's former girlfriend went to police in May, shortly after the couple broke up, and said that Sheehan had professed he was a "pedophile and a boy lover and a pederast and ... a rapist," according to court documents filed in Superior Court. His increasingly violent fantasies about raping and killing young boys were the reason she finally broke up with him, she said.
15.
ITHACA — Former teacher's aide and whistleblower Dwayne Robinson pleaded guilty to fourth-degree criminal solicitation in Ithaca Town Court Thursday.
Robinson, 43, had been charged with endangering the welfare of a child, a Class A misdemeanor, stemming from several months of interactions with a 16-year-old female student at the Tompkins-Seneca-Tioga BOCES.
(He got community service guys.)
A teacher at Carencro High School is the subject of a police investigation and may face prosecution after parents of two students reported him to local law enforcement authorities, accusing him of "inappropriate behavior" with his students.
According to officials with the Carencro Police Department, the parents of two female students came forward to police nearly two weeks ago, with their daughters, one 15 years old and the other 16 years old, accusing the male teacher of making inappropriate comments and making both students feel "uncomfortable," said police.
Dandi Hardin, assistant chief of police of Carencro, said a sexual relationship between the students and the teacher has never been implied, suggested or admitted to in this case by either party.
"It's hard to say if it was a criminal act," said Hardin.
"We were unable to determine if it was a crime or just inappropriate. But we're not going to make an arrest."
In response to the complaints from the parents and students, investigators began looking into the matter, interviewing the teacher, whose name is not being released at this time by police, his colleagues at Carencro High School, counselors, and the complainants.
Over the course of two weeks, Hardin said, proving a crime in the matter became difficult.
"There's really no evidence of a crime being committed here," he said. "Nobody's saying there was a sexual relationship here. They're just saying it has been uncomfortable for them to be around this teacher."
(Yes, you did read that correctly. They are more caught up in finding a broken law. What happened to common sense? Grown men who make innapropriate comments to children should never be allowed around children! I just love this part, "just saying it has been uncomfortable for them to be around this teacher." Wow....
2.
Rocklin teacher cited in alleged assault on student
A physical education teacher at Whitney High School in Rocklin has been cited by police for misdemeanor assault over an incident Friday in which he allegedly grabbed a 15-year-old student by the throat and flipped him back over the chair in which he was sitting.
The teacher, John Bosco, 47, of Roseville, has been placed on an administrative leave with pay pending an investigation into the incident, the Rocklin Unified School District reported.
Police Capt. Dan Ruden said the incident was triggered by the student making a comment that angered the teacher.
"My understanding is that it was something to do with (the teacher's) daughter," Ruden said, adding that police are still putting a report together.
Bosco was reached at his home today and referred all questions to his attorney, Brad Wishek of Sacramento.
Wishek would not discuss details of the case, but made a statement on Bosco's behalf.
(Read the comments for this article, they are amazing.)
3.
Mother wants teacher sued
STRUTHERS — The mother of a Struthers Middle School pupil said she intends to pursue charges against a substitute teacher accused of assaulting her 15-year-old son.
The boy was on his way to the bathroom between classes Thursday when a man he recognized as his substitute math teacher advanced on him, police said.
According to a police report, the teacher grabbed him by his shirt, pushed him against a wall, and said, "I have the right to beat your ass." The incident was spurred when the boy began clapping his hands, the report said.
Foley said she was disappointed school administrators did not contact her regarding the incident. It is ironic, she said, that she had enrolled him as part of Struthers' open-enrollment program believing he would be safer than at Youngstown schools.
"They call me every time he does something wrong," she said. "For them to not even call and say anything about it — that made me mad."
4.
Teacher Accused of Heroin Possesion at School
A Charlotte Mecklenburg School teacher is facing drug-related charges for allegedly abusing drugs at school.
George Terry McDonald, 50, is an art teacher at Bruns Avenue Elementary School and McAlpine Elementary School.
CMS officials said McDonald resigned on Monday after the assistant principal of Bruns Avenue walked into McDonald's empty art classroom. The administrator said the art teacher tied off his arm and had spoons and two balloons of heroin in front of him.
The assistant principal immediately called the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department. School officials said no children were affected and the students were not aware of the situation.
The assistant principal said he was concerned and went into the classroom to check after students had tried to go to art class and found a note on the door which read, "Classes are canceled from now until Friday."
In 2005, McDonald was arrested in Buncombe County in 2005 for drug-related charges. CMS hired him in September of 2004 and his background check at that time came up clean.
5.
Teacher gets 4 years for dealing 'ice'
Lee Anzai's sentence for dealing meth is reduced because he had no prior record.
A former Leilehua High School special education teacher was sentenced to four years in federal prison for dealing nearly a pound of methamphetamine last year.
6.
POMONA - The arraignment for a local elementary teacher accused of lewd conduct with a minor has been postponed, court officials said.
Marco Antonio Irigoyen, 43, a teacher at Rio Hondo Elementary School, is facing five felony counts of lewd conduct with a child under the age of 14. He is expected back in Pomona Superior Court on June 12.
Irigoyen, of West Covina, was arrested by the West Covina Police Department on May 22 after an anonymous phone tip that was received the week before.
The four alleged victims in the case are not Rio Hondo students, police said.
Irigoyen is being held at Los Angeles County Jail in lieu of $1 million bail.
7.
A Kanawha County school board member is calling for reconsideration of a proposed drug-testing policy after a teacher was charged with possession with intent to deliver drugs.
State Police pulled over a car driven by Michael White, Jr., a physical education teacher at Cedar Grove Middle School, on a traffic violation early May 26.
Troopers said they found several bags of marijuana and cocaine packaged for sale in White's car. They then searched the teacher's home and found more drugs.
He was charged with possession with intent to deliver cocaine, marijuana and two prescription drugs.
Mark Milam, assistant county superintendent for secondary schools, said the incident is considered a personnel matter. He would not say whether White was still teaching.
8.
Defense challenges sex charges against reservation teacher
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) - A defense lawyer is challenging the charges against a music teacher accused of molesting more than a dozen female students at the Onondaga Nation School near Syracuse.
Defense attorney Edward Menkin argues that detectives interviewed 12 of the girls and told Onondaga Nation chiefs that they had found nothing to indicate a crime had occurred.
The lawyer contends that at least two girls told investigators that teacher Albert Scerbo of Clay had not done anything to them.
The 44-year-old teacher was indicted in March on nearly three dozen counts accusing him of endangering the welfare of 17 girls, and sexually molesting 16 of them, from September 2002 to last December. Prosecutors say the victims ranged in age from seven to 14.
Oral arguments on the lawyer's motions are scheduled for Onondaga County Court on June 12th, with a trial set to start July 23rd.
9.
(KDKA) BENTLEYVILLE State police arrested a Washington County high school teacher for allegedly selling drugs in the parking lot of a local fast food restaurant.
Bethlehem-Center High School teacher Shawn Bellicini, 32, of Fallowfield Township, is accused of selling more than $600 worth of the powerful painkiller oxycontin to an undercover informant yesterday afternoon in a Burger King parking lot in Bentleyville.
10.
Former Roseville teacher Kelly Christine Spaich today made her second appearance in a Placer County courtroom in a case in which she is accused of having had unlawful sex with one of her ex-students, who is now 16.
11.
GRANITE FALLS — A teacher facing felony criminal sexual conduct charges in South Dakota taught in the Yellow Medicine East district during the 2001-02 school year, and left a favorable impression.
Yellow Medicine East Superintendent of Schools Dwayne Strand said he and other staff members were surprised to learn that Dave Krenz, 30, was recently accused by authorities in South Dakota of having improper sexual contact with students.
Krenz was indicted by a grand jury in Fall River County, S.D., and charged with three counts of fourth-degree rape, a Class 3 felony; one count of sexual contact with a person younger than age 16, also a Class 3 felony; and one alternate count of second-degree rape, a Class 1 felony, according to a news report by The Associated Press.
12.
HUDSON - A former Hudson elementary school teacher reached a plea deal Monday on her cocaine distribution and possession case just days before she was scheduled to go to trial.
Diane Soule, 55, of 6 Lee Circle, Hudson, admitted to sufficient facts for possession of cocaine. The former fifth-grade teacher, who resigned from Forest Avenue Elementary School after her Aug. 30, 2006, arrest, had also been charged with possession of cocaine with intent to distribute. The latter charge was dismissed Monday in Marlborough District Court.
Judge Jonathan Brant sentenced Soule to two years of supervised probation, which includes drug evaluations and follow-up treatments as well as random screenings. Her case was continued without a finding until June 2, 2008, which means that if she abides by the probation regulations, the cocaine possession charge will be dismissed.
13.
BRYAN, Texas — A former Bryan school teacher was sentenced to two consecutive life terms in prison on Tuesday for sex abuse including drugging a 10-year-old boy's orange juice and raping him in his sleep.
David Allen Vandyne, 43, pleaded guilty Monday to one count of aggravated sexual assault of a child and no contest to a second identical charge stemming from the 2002 crime against the boy from Austin.
Vandyne formerly taught at Jane Long Middle School and Brazos Christian School, both located in Bryan, the Bryan-College Station Eagle reported in its Wednesday editions.
Vandyne told Bryan police in 2003 that he had molested about 20 boys and was feeling urges to do so again, police said. The confession led to his imprisonment in 2003 for four molestations that took place in Junction, a town about 100 miles northwest of San Antonio where Vandyne also worked as a teacher.
14.
A 50-year-old Whitman Middle School teacher was charged Tuesday with possession of child pornography following a police investigation sparked by a former girlfriend's complaint.
Timothy Sheehan, a 24-year-veteran of the Seattle School District who most recently taught video production at the Crown Hill-area school, was placed on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of the case, school-district officials said.
Sheehan was charged in King County Superior Court with one count of possession of depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct, a class C felony, which carries a standard sentence range of up to one year in jail.
Sheehan's former girlfriend went to police in May, shortly after the couple broke up, and said that Sheehan had professed he was a "pedophile and a boy lover and a pederast and ... a rapist," according to court documents filed in Superior Court. His increasingly violent fantasies about raping and killing young boys were the reason she finally broke up with him, she said.
15.
ITHACA — Former teacher's aide and whistleblower Dwayne Robinson pleaded guilty to fourth-degree criminal solicitation in Ithaca Town Court Thursday.
Robinson, 43, had been charged with endangering the welfare of a child, a Class A misdemeanor, stemming from several months of interactions with a 16-year-old female student at the Tompkins-Seneca-Tioga BOCES.
(He got community service guys.)
Monday, June 4, 2007
Teacher watching porn in classroom filled with first grade students
TRENTON - A first-grade teacher quit last week after school officials discovered he was viewing pornography on his computer while class was in session, Edgewood City School officials said today.
Chris Beiser, a teacher at Bloomfield Elementary School, submitted a letter of resignation Thursday, two days after the district's technology office discovered the incident and referred it to the adminstration.
He was immediately removed from the classroom and his computer was confiscated, school officials said in a prepared statement today.
Beiser has been employed at the district since 2000, each year as a first-grade teacher, said Larry Knapp, assistant superintendent. Knapp said there is no history of any disciplinary issues with Beiser.
Chris Beiser, a teacher at Bloomfield Elementary School, submitted a letter of resignation Thursday, two days after the district's technology office discovered the incident and referred it to the adminstration.
He was immediately removed from the classroom and his computer was confiscated, school officials said in a prepared statement today.
Beiser has been employed at the district since 2000, each year as a first-grade teacher, said Larry Knapp, assistant superintendent. Knapp said there is no history of any disciplinary issues with Beiser.
Former S.C. teacher sentenced to 10 years for sex with student
LAURENS, S.C. (AP) — A former elementary school teacher pleaded guilty Friday to having sex with an 11-year-old student and was sentenced to 10 years in prison, a prosecutor said.
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