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FRANKLIN — A former art teacher who admitted having a sexual relationship
with a female student has been sentenced to three years in prison.
Heather L. Thorsby, 35, was a teacher at Independence High School in
Williamson County. She was arrested May 15, 2007, after the girl’s
parents discovered nude photos of Thorsby on their daughter’s cell phone
and reported it to school officials.
The victim, who is now 19, told police that she and Thorsby had sexual
conduct three times in a darkroom at the school and “several times” at
Thorsby’s home.
The Tennessean does not identify victims of rape. Thorsby pleaded guilty
to four counts of statutory rape by an authority figure and two counts of
sexual battery by an authority figure and was sentenced to prison on
Monday. She is scheduled to begin her sentence on Aug. 20 and will remain
free on $10,000 bond.
Thorsby owes $12,574 in court costs.
Thorsby and the student formed a friendship as the girl was looking at
colleges, according to a written statement the girl gave to police.
Thorsby and the girl went to Memphis in November, 2006 and stayed in a
two-bedroom hotel room, where their sexual relationship began.
“I was giving her a back massage and one thing led to another,” the girl
wrote. “It was mutual contact between both of us.”
The girl repeatedly told police that Thorsby never forced her to have
sexual contact.
“I’m completely sorry and feel responsible for my actions and both our
actions,” the girl wrote. “I know what I’ve done and I’m ready for the
consequences.”
The girl told police she and Thorsby had plans to move to California and
live together.
Thorsby is currently living Franklin and is listed on the state’s sexual
offender registry.
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Bill Shatzer
> Teacher sentenced to three years in prison for sexual relationship with
> student
Ho hum.
"Sexual abuse allegations not first at county home
"Third time in eight years at least one employee at Mid-Western
Children's Home has been charged.
"Staff Report Wednesday, July 16, 2008
"For the third time in eight years, an employee at a church group home
faces allegations of having sex with a Butler County child living at the
home in southern Warren County.
"On Monday, July 14, Carolynn K. Hatcher, 25, was indicted by a grand
jury in Lebanon on six counts of sexual battery. She is pregnant after
reportedly having a two-month-long affair with a 16-year-old Middletown
boy sent by Butler County Childrens Services to Mid-Western Children's
Home in Pleasant Plain, according to police and court records.
"I think she thought she was in love with him," Warren County Prosecutor
Rachel Hutzel said Tuesday, July 15.
"Group home administrator Barry Boverie on Monday called the abuse an
"isolated" incident in Mid-Western Children's 41-year history.
"However, in 2000, a former preacher and teacher at the group home was
sentenced in Warren County Common Pleas Court to five years in prison
and labeled a sexual predator for the rest of his life for the 1993 rape
of a 12-year-old boy staying at the group home.
"The preacher, Roy N. Puckelwartz, then 44, and his wife managed the
youth home at the time. Puckelwartz pleaded no contest to one rape
charge and served four years in prison; he now lives in Florida,
according to the Ohio Department of Corrections.
"And in fall 2000, a man and his wife were fired after the agency
substantiated complaints that a 14-year-old girl was sexually abused at
the facility, said Butler County Children Services Director Michael Fox.
A Warren County grand jury did not return an indictment in the case
because of lack of evidence, he said.
"Also Tuesday, the boy Hatcher is accused of molesting who had been
missing since Sunday was found safe at his grandparents' home in
Middletown. His grandmother on Tuesday said the teen was "fine," but
declined further comment.
"Fox said the facility followed proper procedure in responding to the
Hatcher case and there's no evidence proper oversight wasn't followed.
"That's three too many (cases)," Fox said, "and that's not acceptable.
But is there something about that facility that puts kids at unusual
risk? We're trying to find out now."
http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2008/07/15/ddn071608hatcherfolo.html
"Ex-Baptist minister pleads guilty to child abuse
by Patricia M. Murret | Staff Writer
"A former Baptist minister and youth choir director in Gaithersburg
pleaded guilty last week to child abuse of a female youth choir singer
that occurred over four years in the 1990s.
"Timothy Chun-Chock Mann, 47, of Hoover, Ala., a former minister at
First Baptist Church of Gaithersburg, and recent choir director at an
Alabama congregation, will be sentenced on Sept. 29 in Montgomery County
Circuit Court. Under Maryland code, sexual child abuse is a felony
offense that brings a possible 15-year prison sentence."
http://www.gazette.net/stories/073008/montnew200341_32374.shtml
"Testimony concluded Wednesday morning against a former Longview
preacher who pleaded guilty to indecency with a child, but his sentence
will not be determined until late August.
"Charles Thomas Hogland, 59, of Longview has served as a pastor at
churches in several states and throughout Texas for about 40 years. He
was the pastor of Greggton Church of Christ when he was arrested in 2007
and accused of inappropriately touching a relative who was 10 years old
at the time. The church has since closed down, according to Assistant
District Attorney Jenny Huckle.
"Hogland pleaded guilty to three counts of indecency with a child and
waived his right to a jury trialMonday morning. District Court Judge
David Brabham will hear the evidence and determine Hogland's sentence.
Hogland facesprobation or between two and 20 years in prison on each count."
http://www.news-journal.com/hp/content/news/stories/2008/07/31/07312008_hogland_trial.html?imw=Y
"Ex-pastor pleads guilty to sex assault
"By RANDY ROSS
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
"A former Gladewater pastor pleaded guilty Tuesday to two counts of
aggravated sexual assault of a child. He could be sentenced today.
"Testimony in the sentencing trial of Larry Jackson, 55, of Kilgore will
continue today in a Gregg County court. He could be sentenced up to life
for each charge.
"Jackson was arrested in October.
"In her opening statement, Assistant District Attorney Jenny Huckle said
Jackson molested two sisters younger than 14 in the late 1990s.
"The oldest girl is now a sophomore in college, and the youngest girl
soon will be a college freshman.
"The Longview News-Journal is withholding the names of the girls because
they are victims of sexual abuse.
"Jackson was the pastor at Gladewater Church of Christ. The girls were
not members of the church, but occasionally attended when Jackson
supervised them."
http://www.news-journal.com/hp/content/news/stories/2008/07/16/07162008_jackson_trial.html?imw=Y
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Ben Wade
> Ho hum.
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"And over 4,000 Americans have paid with their lives for that little
adventure. Plus a half a trillion dollars in national treasure
You might compare that with the number of lives lost on 9-11. Or the
economic injury incurred from that event.
It would have been cheaper in both lives and money to just suffer
another 9-11 every six or seven years.
Peace and justice,"
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Ockham's Razor
Bill Shatzer <bshat...@comcast.net> wrote:
> Scratch wrote:
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> > Teacher sentenced to three years in prison for sexual relationship with
> > student
> "On Monday, July 14, Carolynn K. Hatcher, 25, was indicted by a grand
> jury in Lebanon on six counts of sexual battery. She is pregnant after
> reportedly having a two-month-long affair with a 16-year-old Middletown
> boy
Opposite sex and not a preacher.
> "However, in 2000, a former preacher and teacher at the group home was
> sentenced in Warren County Common Pleas Court to five years in prison
> and labeled a sexual predator for the rest of his life for the 1993 rape
> of a 12-year-old boy staying at the group home.
Whoops, a deviant as well as pederast and a preacher yet. Has he
endorsed anyone in the presidential campaign?
Further stories about pederast preachers snipped.
Gotta have that old time religion to really sin.
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With or without religion, you would have good people doing
good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good
people to do evil things, that takes religion.
Steven Weinberg
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news:scydnQPENL6EBg7V...@comcast.com:
>> Teacher sentenced to three years in prison for sexual relationship
>> with student
>
> Ho hum.
>
> "Sexual abuse allegations not first at county home
>
> "Third time in eight years at least one employee at Mid-Western
> Children's Home has been charged.
>
> "Staff Report Wednesday, July 16, 2008
>
> "For the third time in eight years, an employee at a church group home
> faces allegations of having sex with a Butler County child living at
> the home in southern Warren County.
Abbie Jane Swogger, 34: Teacher's aide at Highlands Senior High School
in Harrison, Pa., was arrested Feb. 22, 2008, for renting a hotel room
where police found beer, marijuana, an open condom wrapper and at least
four teenage girls and boys, including several of her 15-year-old son's
friends. Though categorically denying rumors she was having sex with
students from the school, Swogger was quoted as saying, "I was stupid,
very stupid. I already know I was and I can understand you looking at me
wrong. It's the biggest mistake I ever made in my whole life." Police
allege Swogger "asked or encouraged" two 15-year-old runaway girls to
have sex with her. According to a police papers, Swogger admitted to
having sex with a 17-year-old boy and asked police, "How serious is
that?" The one-time exotic dancer resigned Feb. 25, 2008.
Adrienne Laflamme
Adrianne Hockett: Accused of having sex with a 16-year-old special-needs
student in a Houston apartment she rented for the get-togethers. The boy
has testified the pair would "have sex, drink beer and smoke weed."
Adrienne Laflamme, 60: Science teacher at the Brevard County Juvenile
Detention Center in Cocoa, Fla., was arrested June 25, 2008, for having
a four-week heated affair with an inmate student, 17, within days of his
release. The boy's mother said the teacher regularly picked him up from
their home to have sex at her own residence. Laflamme had sex with the
student at least 15 times, including one threesome with a 14-year-old
boy. She has been charged with 15 counts of unlawful sex with minors and
one count of filing a false police report.
Alison Mosbeck
Alison Mosbeck, 33: History teacher at Dueitt Middle School in the
Spring, Texas, school district was arrested Oct. 26, 2007, for allegedly
having intercourse at least three times with one of her students, a
14-year-old boy. The mother of one of the students' friends saw text
messages from Mosbeck on the student's cellphone and alerted
authorities.
Allenna Ward
Allenna Ward, 24: Minister's daughter from Laurens County, S.C., was a
second-year teacher at Bell Street Middle School in Clinton, S.C., when
she was fired Feb. 28, 2007, for allegedly having sex with at least five
boys. Some of the purported victims, ages 14 and 15, were students at
Ward's school. Authorities say the married woman had sex with the boys
not only on campus, but also at a motel, in a park and behind a
restaurant. On Sept. 6, 2007, Ward pleaded guilty to six charges – three
second-degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor and three lewd acts
on a minor. "Today, I publicly admit my guilt and would like to
apologize. I sincerely apologize for the effects of my actions," she
told the court. On Feb. 19, 2008, she was sentenced to six years in
prison.
Amanda Athey
Amanda Athey, 27: Charged Aug. 8, 2007, in Huntersville, N.C. with three
counts of indecent liberties with a female student and one count of
sexual activity with a female student. The relationship came to light
when the girl's father became suspicious of the Hopewell High School
English teacher's friendship with his daughter. She had told the father
she was married to a man named Cal but after her arrest, it came to
light she lived with another woman named Callie.
Amber Jennings, 31: Though Jennings was initially charged with having
sex with a 16-year-old, the counts against the Sturbridge, Mass., woman
were reduced to a single charge of disseminating harmful materials to a
minor. She reportedly admitted e-mailing naked photos of herself to a
former student. She received no jail time, only two years of probation
after pleading guilty in September 2005.
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Amber Marshall
Amber Marshall, 23: Northwest Indiana woman allegedly had sexual
contact, including intercourse, with several students at Hebron High
School, and turned herself into authorities, telling police she knew
what she did was illegal.
Amira Sa'Di, 30: Clayton County, Ga., math teacher at Mundy's Mill High
School was arrested and charged with sexual assault of a student in
November 2005. She reportedly remarked she didn't think her relationship
was inappropriate based on her Internet research, learning Georgia's age
of consent is 16.
Amy Bramhall, 33: Education technician was arrested in January 2006
after a 15-year-old boy at the alternative education school in Warren,
Maine, told police he had an ongoing sexual relationship with her.
Flirting allegedly eventually led to an estimated 200 sexual encounters.
In December 2006, she received three and half years in prison, with all
but one year suspended, and four years probation.
Amy Elder
Amy Elder, 28: Ripley High School teacher and softball coach in Memphis,
Tenn., was indicted June 4, 2008, on 15 counts, including rape and
sexual assault, after allegedly having had sexual relations with two
female students. "I'd heard rumors going around school that she's seeing
girls not guys," said one student, "but it wasn't none of my business."
Amy Lilley
Amy Gail Lilley, 36: Inverness, Fla., woman and softball coach at
Lecanto High School charged with a lesbian relationship with a
15-year-old girl. She received no prison time, being sentenced in
January 2006 to two years of house arrest and eight more years of
probation.
Amy McElhenny
Amy McElhenney, 25: Charged with having a sexual relationship with an
18-year-old male student, the 25-year-old Hebron High School Spanish
teacher and former Miss Texas contestant will not be serving any jail
time after a Denton County, Texas, grand jury refused to issue an
indictment in September 2006. While the age of consent in Texas is 17
years, a state law bans sexual relationships between educators and
students even if the student is of legal age and the relationship is
consensual. She could have faced 20 years in prison if indicted and
convicted.
Amy Northcutt
Amy Northcutt, 26: Former history teacher at Turlock Christian School in
Turlock, Calif. was arrested on June 2, 2008, along with her husband,
Justin Northcutt, 27, a substitute teacher at the same school, for
sending erotic text messages to a 16-year-old female student and
attempting to arrange group sex with her. Police were called in when the
girl's mother became suspicious of Mr. Nothcutt's attention toward her
daughter.
Andrea Fox, 33: German teacher at Easton Area High School in Palmer
Township, Pa., submitted her resignation June 17, 2008, after reportedly
being caught arranging a sexual rendezvous with a student. Sources said
Fox was found by school officials in May 2008 accepting an invitation
for sex from a 17-year-old student during an instant message chat on her
school computer. A criminal investigation was underway with local
police.
Angela Christine Coffey
Angela Christine Coffey, 34: Cheerleading coach and English teacher at
Meadowcreek High School in Norcross, Ga., gave birth to a baby girl in
April 2007 following what police called a consensual relationship with a
17-year-old student. The former student declined to cooperate with
prosecutors and has visited Coffey in jail since she pleaded guilty July
27 to sexual assault on a person in custody, jail records show. "It was
only a crime because of the status of the victim – student-teacher,"
Coffey's attorney said.
Angela Comer
Angela Comer, 26: Middle-school teacher from Tompkinsville, Ky., fled
with her alleged lover, her 14-year-old male student, before being
tracked down in Mexico where she reportedly planned to marry the boy.
Comer later claimed she was forced at gunpoint by the boy to go to
Mexico. She was indicted in January 2006 for illegal sex acts with a
minor and returned to Kentucky. Charges included felony custodial
interference, two counts of third-degree sodomy and four counts of
unlawful transaction with a minor relating to sexual acts. On May 9,
2007, Comer pleaded guilty to one-count of third-degree sodomy, and was
slated to serve 10 years in prison as part of a plea agreement.
Angela Palmerl
Angela Palmer, 20: Lunchtime monitor at Lasselle Elementary School in
Riverside County, Calif., was arrested on suspicion of child molestation
on June 10, 2008, after being caught in a compromising position in a
parked vehicle with a 16-year-old female student by deputies checking
suspicious activity. The incident occurred after summer break had begun.
"If school was not over, we would pull her in and do an administrative
leave," said the school's information officer
Angela Stellwag
Angela Stellwag, 24: Delran, N.J., woman accused of having sex in her
apartment with a 14-year-old boy she met in school. She was charged with
sexual assault for activity that allegedly took place in August 2004.
She pleaded not guilty in August 2006.
Anne Knopf
Anne Knopf, 39: Former substitute teacher at Prescott Middle School in
Wisconsin was charged Nov. 5, 2007, with sexual assault of a child under
16. She is accused of having a sexual relationship with the 13-year-old
former boyfriend of her own daughter.
Becci Hill
Becci Hill, 31: Martinsville, Ind., counselor at Sanders School in Wayne
Township arrested in 2006 for for sexual activity with a 15-year-old
autistic boy. Prosecutors say what started as a mentor relationship
turned into a sexual liaison that lasted a year. Hill would allegedly
park her car down the street from the boy's home, and he would climb out
his window to meet her in the middle of the night. In January 2007, Hill
pleaded guilty to sexual misconduct with a minor, and was given a
two-year prison sentence and forced to register as a sex offender.
Beth Raymond, 31: Private-school employee from Pownal, Maine, charged
with risk of injury to a minor and second-degree sexual assault of a
juvenile male at Eagle Hill School in Greenwich, Conn. In July 2006, she
was sentenced to 18 months prison.
Bethany Sherrill, 24: Daughter-in-law of school-board president charged
with molesting a 15-year-old middle-school student. Reports state
Sherill allegedly had oral sex with the boy and sent him coded text
messages. She resigned her position at Jefferson Elementary School in
Farmington, Mo., in February 2005 and eventually received 90 days in
jail and two years probation, and was forced to register as a sex
offender.
Brandy Lynn Gonzales
Brandy Lynn Gonzales, 27: The Houston-area teacher and her husband were
arrested in December 2006 for sexually assaulting students at an
elementary school two years earlier. Prosecutors allege that Gonzales
met a student at a local movie theater, where she performed oral sex on
the boy as well as another student at the theater. Husband Johnny
Gonzales is also charged with having performed sex acts with one teen.
Prosecutors told the judge they have sufficient evidence to file further
charges.
Brenda Baillargeon
Brenda Baillargeon, 39: Teacher's aide in the Amery School District of
Polk County, Wis., charged in November 2007 with having sex with a
16-year-old male student. The illicit seven-month sexual relationship
with the high-school student she tutored included road trips and
sneaking into his home in the early-morning hours for sex, according to
the criminal complaint. She was his first love, and they planned to be
married after she got a divorce, court records stated.
Cameo Patch
Cameo Patch, 29: Substitute teacher at Tooele High School in Tooele,
Utah, arrested for allegedly performing oral sex on a 17-year-old male
student. The sexual activity was allegedly consensual, and reportedly
took place off school grounds after the pair had exchanged phone numbers
in a restaurant. In November 2006, Patch was sentenced to no jail time,
despite comments from the judge that a man would have likely gone to
prison.
Carol Flannigan
Carol Flannigan, 50: Boca Raton, Fla., music teacher reportedly slept
with 11-year-old former student, and also had a simultaneous sexual
relationship with the boy's father. In a deposition, the boy's father
said he had the same sort of sexual relationship with Flannigan that
ex-President Bill Clinton had with Monica Lewinsky. In February 2006,
Flannigan was sentenced to five years prison as part of a plea deal.
Carrie McCandless
Carrie McCandless, 29: The former Colorado social-studies teacher, who
also happens to be married to the principal, was charged in November
2006 with having had sexual contact with a 17-year-old male student
during an overnight school camping trip. The instructor, who also
coached cheerleading, pleaded guilty April 24, 2007, to felonies of
tampering with physical evidence and contributing to the delinquency of
a minor. She also pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor of unlawful sexual
contact with a minor. She was not expected to serve any jail time.
Carrie O'Conner
Carrie O'Conner, 33: Counselor at Montgomery County High School in Mount
Vernon, Ga., arrested Aug. 13, 2007, for allegedly having sex with a
16-year-old male student. The relationship is said to have lasted from
January through July. According to police, the abuse was first reported
in March 2007 to a teacher and a probation officer, but they were
reportedly reluctant to inform the superintendent because O'Conner is
the superintendent's daughter.
Cathy Heminghaus
Cathy Heminghaus, 46: Special-education teacher from Ferguson, Mo.,
charged with statutory sodomy involving at least three of her students
at Ferguson Middle School. She reportedly told friends she had performed
oral sex on the children on several occasions in 2005. On July 9, 2007,
she pleaded no contest Monday to 25 counts; 21 of them involving
statutory sodomy.
Celeste Emerick, 32: Police in Huber Heights, Ohio, say the Wayne High
School teacher hosted a party where students were shown pornography.
Prosecutors charged her with one count of sexual battery, a felony in
Ohio.
Cris Morris
Cris Morris, 30: The former teacher and track coach at Hurricane High
School in St. George, Utah, was sentenced on May 15, 2008, to 30 days in
jail for having sex with a male student. The mother of three's
relationship with the teen began after the then-17-year-old victim
"approached her with admiration" in the summer of 2007 and she began
texting him.
Chrissy Hisey
Crissy Hisey, 28: Sophomore English teacher at Vista Murrieta High
School in Murrieta, Calif., arrested May 1, 2008, for allegedly having a
sexual relationship with a 17-year-old girl at the school. "This started
out as a friendship and then developed into a sexual relationship," one
detective said, noting it had been ongoing for several months. Hisey was
charged with suspicion of lewd conduct with a minor, oral copulation
with a minor, child molestation and sending harmful material to a child.
Police said the "harmful material" involved photos and videos allegedly
found on cell phones of both the teacher and the girl. The alleged
sexual contact between Hisey and the girl reportedly happened both at
the woman's home and in Hisey's classroom after school hours.
Christel C. Gravlin
Christel C. Gravlin, 33: The Lisbon High School teacher from St.
Lawrence County, N.Y., was arraigned Dec. 10, 2007, on charges of rape
3rd degree, criminal sex act 3rd degree and endangering the welfare of a
child after allegedly having intercourse with a 15-year-old male
student. Allegations became known after an incident at a high school
basketball game on Nov. 30 when Gravlin, a married mother of two and
former beauty queen, made statements about an affair to a group of
students and others who were sitting near her. On March 3, 2008, she
pleaded guilty to a felony charge of third-degree rape, and on May 19,
2008, she apologized to the boy as she was sentenced to four months
behind bars.
Christina Gallagher, 26: Jersey City, N.J., woman received no jail time,
but was ordered to pay more than $1,000 in fines, sentenced to a
lifetime registration as a convicted sex offender and ordered to attend
therapy for having sex with a 17-year-old student in late 2004. The
former Rahway High School instructor was banned from teaching and seeing
the student with whom she had sex.
Christine Duda, 39: Teacher at the Normandy Alternative School in St.
Louis County, Mo., allegedly took a 16-year-old hearing-impaired male
student to her home for sex in December 2005. She was charged with two
counts of felony statutory rape and fired by the school district.
Christine Scarlett, 36: English teacher at Strongsville High School in
Ohio began a sexual relationship with the 17-year-old captain of the
football team, Steven Bradigan, in November 2002 and eventually gave
birth to Bradigan's son. Scarlett was fired from her teaching job, but
insists nothing improper happened during the time she was Bradigan's
teacher. She was never charged with any criminal wrongdoing.
Christine Jouini
Christine Brown Jouini, 38: The 11th and 12th-grade teacher at Center
Academy in Coral Springs, Fla., was arrested June 6, 2008, after police
learned she had been involved in a sexual relationship with one of her
male students for more than a year. The boy said the relationship began
when he was 16 years old and that he and Jouini had "sexual contact"
more than 100 times.
Christine Spaich
Christine Spaich, 28: Teacher and volleyball coach at Silverado Middle
School in Roseville, Calif., arrested April 6, 2007, for alleged
unlawful intercourse with a minor and other related charges. Police say
Spaich had a six-month relationship with a 16-year-old boy identified as
a former student at her school. Detectives said the relationship
appeared to be consensual and that the boy was not forced. Spaich
entered a "no contest" plea July 3, 2007, and was sentenced to four
months in jail, four years probation and 400 hours of community service.
An application for alternative sentencing could let the teacher avoid
jail time altogether.
Christy Anne Brown
Christy Anne Brown, 33: English teacher at Cyprus High School in Magna,
Utah, was arrested July 8, 2007, for allegedly having sex with one of
her students, a boy of 16. A police officer found her in a parked car
along with the boy, and told authorities she had been having relations
with the juvenile for three months. "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.
Crystal Wells
Crystal Wells, 33: Teacher at Deming High School in northeastern
Kentucky was sentenced to 5 years in prison April 14, 2008, for sex with
a 15-year-old male student. She had been facing six counts of rape, but
pleaded guilty to six felony charges of unlawful transaction with a
minor. Family members reportedly found text messages on the boy's phone
and felt they were indicative of a sexual relationship. "I have to treat
this the same as I would a male teacher and a female student," Judge
Robert McGinnis said. Wells' attorney stated the woman's marriage was
falling apart and a divorce was pending.
Danielle Jones
Danielle Jones, 32: Sixth-grade teacher at Stambaugh Middle School in
Auburndale, Fla., was arrested on June 5, 20008, on charges of having
sex with four teenage boys, two of whom were her students. The woman had
initiated the contact the previous summer by contacting her two previous
students through their MySpace accounts, telling them she missed them
and inviting them to her home.
Darcie Esson
Darcie Esson, 32: Parker, Colo., English teacher at Elizabeth High
School was arrested in December 2006 for allegedly having sex with a
17-year-old football player the day after her divorce was finalized.
According to the arrest affidavit, Esson and the teen had sex on the
floor of her hotel room while her two children, ages 4 and 8, and their
17-year-old babysitter slept on beds in the same room. Esson was charged
with sexual assault on a child by a person in a position of trust, a
Class IV felony.
Dawn Welter, 38: Sumner, Wash., teacher at Tenino High School charged
April 24, 2007, with second-degree sexual misconduct with a minor for
allegedly spending the night with a 16-year-old girl at a motel.
Charging papers state that on Feb. 17, Welter engaged in sexual contact
with the teen.
Deanna Bobo
Deanna Bobo, 37: Special-education teacher at Raymond E. Wells Junior
High School in Greenwood, Ark., allegedly had sex twice in 2005 with a
14-year-old boy in his own bed while his parents were not home. She
denied the charge, but was convicted in September 2006 of two counts of
first-degree sexual assault and sentenced to 12 years in prison.
Deborah Reeder
Deborah Reeder, 45: Substitute teacher from Coral Springs, Fla.,
arrested in December 2006, charged with having sex at least four times
with a 17-year-old boy who was a friend of one of her own three
children. The victim told police they had sex multiple times in her car,
her bed, on the floor of her bedroom and in the master bedroom shower.
Debra LaFave
Debra LaFave, 25: Tampa, Fla., area teacher received no jail time
despite having sex with her 14-year-old male student in a classroom and
her Hillsborough County home. In another county, Marion, she was accused
of having sex with the boy in an SUV. LaFave claimed at a March 2006
news conference she had a bipolar disorder. The boy's father said LaFave
should have received prison time in her plea deal, noting, "It's a
horrible, ugly thing that she's done."
Diane DeMartini-Scully, 45: Mattituck, N.Y., woman was the school
psychologist at East Hampton Middle School on Long Island when she was
accused of having sex with the 16-year-old boyfriend of her own
13-year-old daughter. She allegedly had intercourse and oral sex with
the boy on a number of occasions in May 2005 in her home and car. She
was arrested after allegedly secretly visiting her young paramour at his
new home in North Carolina.
Elizabeth Miklosovic
Elizabeth Miklosovic, 36: Grand Rapids, Mich., teacher at South Haven's
Baseline Middle School pleaded no contest to sexually assaulting a
14-year-old female student she "married" in a pagan ritual in June 2004.
Miklosovic is also accused of touching the girl's genitals while camping
in public parks. She told the judge before sentencing, "The entire
ordeal has been blown totally out of proportion for something that was
innocent, kind and nurturing in nature." She was sentenced to five to 25
years.
Elizabeth Munn
Elizabeth Munn, 32: Gloversville, N.Y., teacher was arrested for
statuatory rape of an eighth-grade male student half her age after
someone alerted police with a complaint. The social studies teacher, who
had worked in the Broadalbin-Perth School District for more than five
years, was considered a competent teacher and the news of her arrest was
called a surprise by a district official. According to the Fulton County
D.A., Munn admitted to being involved with the 15-year-old student over
the summer but wouldn't give any details.
Elizabeth Stow
Elizabeth Stow, 26: Tulare Western High School teacher from Fresno,
Calif., area convicted of having sex with three of her students was
sentenced in November 2005 to nine years prison, but the judge suspended
that sentence and gave her one year, followed by five years of
probation. She was also ordered to register as a sex offender.
Ellen Garfield, 43: Former student at Solomon Schecter School in Newton,
Mass., said his music teacher took him into an empty classroom where she
worked, partially disrobed, and coaxed him into having sex with her in
1998. Garfield was acquitted of all charges in September 2005.
Emily Morris, 28: Teacher at Leeds High School in St. Clair County,
Ala., faced a possible 20-year sentence, but received one year in jail
in December 2006 for having consensual sex with a 15-year-old student.
Erica Baker, 23: Teacher at Pfeiffer-Burleigh Elementary School in Erie
County, Pa., charged Nov. 13, 2007, in connection with a lesbian
relationship with a local teenage girl. Baker was just a student teacher
in training at Strong Vincent High School when she originally met the
female student. Police say the pair would drive to a parking lot at a
campground to engage in sexual contact.
Erica Rutters, 29: Teacher at Oxford Christian Academy in New Oxford,
Pa., allegedly wrote erotic messages to a 16-year-old student and had
sexual intercourse with him four times in her apartment. She pleaded
guilty to corruption of a minor, and received no jail time, just three
years of probation in March 2006.
Erica Umosella
Erica Umosella, 28: This southern New Jersey high school physical
education teacher was charged with three sex-related offenses, including
first-degree aggravated sexual assault, in May 2007 after an alleged
three-month relationship with a 17-year-old member of the girl's field
hockey team came to light in an anonymous letter to the principal.
Umosella, who has been teaching at the school since 2003, was released
from police custody after paying $50,000 in bail.
Erin McLean
Erin McLean, 30: Student teacher at West High School in Knoxville,
Tenn., who became sexually involved with student Sean Powell in 2005. On
March 10, 2006, police say McLean's husband, using a shotgun, killed the
18-year-old boy as he sat in his car outside the McLean's home. Eric
McLean was charged in the boy's death and is out on bail. Temporary
custody of the couple's children was awarded to the wife. Erin McLean
subsequently was hired, under her maiden name, at a Christian school,
but was dismissed after a parent complained of her attentions toward a
17-year-old boy. She disappeared in Sept. 2007 from Knoxville with her
children, telling an uncle she was going to Califoria to meet someone
she met on the Internet.
Franca and Antonia Munoz-Juvera
Franca and Antonia Munoz-Juvera, 26: These twin sisters – both teachers
– were arrested in Southern California in December 2006 in connection
with alleged lewd acts with an underage female student. Only Franca was
charged with "unlawful contact" – Antonia was charged with being aware
of the incident and failing to report it as required under California
law. An 18-year-old female roommate was also arrested because she
"facilitated the crime." On June 6, 2008, Franca was sentenced to 240
days in jail. Antonia and the roomate were sentenced to 120 days in jail
to be served on weekends.
Gay Lyn Turley
Gay Lyn Turley, 42: Mesa High School teacher and softball coach in
Scottsdale, Ariz., was arrested on Dec. 19, 2007, after a 20-year-old
woman who had lived with her told police of their sexual relationship
that began when she was 16 and a student at Mesa. The relationship had
soured between the pair earlier in the year.
Georgianne Harrell, 24: Teacher at Holley Elementary School in
Sylvester, Ga., charged with performing oral sex on a 9-year-old boy in
April 2005, allowing students to gaze down her blouse and slashing her
wrists with glass in front of her students. Though she originally
pleaded not guilty, she changed her plea to guilty just before trial,
and was sentenced to 25 years in prison for aggravated child
molestation.
Gwen Cardozo
Gwen Cardozo, 33: Teacher at Wasson High School in Colorado Springs,
Colo., accused of having sex with a 17-year-old male student. Police
charged her with sexual assault on a child by one in a position of
trust, and Cardozo resigned her position in March 2005. She pleaded
guilty in July 2005 and received a deferred sentence, meaning no jail
time if she remains trouble-free for four years.
Heather Lea Burroughs
Heather Lea Burroughs, 23: Substitute teacher at Pahokee Middle-Senior
High in Pahokee, Fla., arrested Jan. 22, 2007, for allegedly performing
a sex act on a student in an empty classroom during school hours. Palm
Beach County district officials did not release the student's name, age
or gender, but arrest records indicate the student was between 12 and
18. If convicted of the first-degree felony of sexual assault, Burroughs
could face up to 30 years in prison and a $10,000 fine.
Heather Ingram, 30: Mathematics, science and business teacher at
Chatelech Secondary School in Sechelt, British Columbia, had sex with a
17-year-old student. The relationship cost Ingram her job and reportedly
led to the breakup of her 12-year common-law marriage to a man four
years her senior.
Heather Kennedy
Heather Kennedy, 25: Popular math teacher and track coach at Wantagh
High School on Long Island, N.Y, was arrested March 27, 2008, and
charged with statutory rape. She was accused of having sex with a
16-year-old male student in the parking lot of a neighboring high
school. One shocked student said, "I'm really shocked. She's an amazing
teacher. She's willing to do anything with the students." On July 22,
2008, while awaiting sentencing after having pleaded guilty, Kennedy was
charged with having another five sexual trysts with the boy. "Almost
immediately after she walked out of court, she was having contact with
the victim by phone and in person," Nassau County District Attorney
Kathleen Rice said.
Heather Thorsby
Heather Thorsby, 34: Art teacher at Independence High School in
Franklin, Tenn., indicted in November 2007 on seven counts, including
three charges of statutory rape. Thorsby is accused of inappropriate
behavior with a 17-year-old female student. The relationship reportedly
began as a friendship, but turned sexual, with alleged contact at school
and home. Thorsby was sentenced to three years in prison on July 28,
2008.
Jacquelyn Faith Garrison, 19: Substitute teacher at South Central High
School in Winterville, N.C., was indicted in January 2006 on charges she
was having an improper relationship with a 15-year-old student. The case
involves some 50 phone calls and text messages exchanged between
Garrison and the boy, who reportedly became uncomfortable when things of
a sexual nature came up.
Jamie Armstrong
Jamie Armstrong, 25: Science teacher at Tara High School in East Baton
Rouge, La., was arrested in April 2007 for allegedly having sexual
relations with a 16-year-old female student, including one occasion at
the school. The girl was not in Armstrong's class, but was tutored by
her several times per week. According to a probable cause affidavit, the
girl she told deputies she visited Armstrong at her residence on several
occasions and had consensual sex with her at least three times, even
spending the entire night with the instructor.
Janelle Batkins
Janelle Batkins, 42: French teacher at Roseville High School in
Roseville, Mich., was arrested in September 2007 and charged with two
counts of third degree criminal sexual conduct for a relationship with a
17-year-old student that had begun the previous December and lasted
until June. The former "teacher of the year" resigned her position.
Janelle Bird
Janelle Marie Bird, 24: Accused of having a two-year affair with a
15-year-old student from East Hill Christian School, in Pensacola, Fla.
Declaring her love for the boy, she was charged with two counts of lewd
and lascivious battery and two counts of unlawful sexual activity with a
minor. Though Bird could have received 30 years upon conviction, she was
sentenced in 2006 to two years in state prison.
Janet Hughes
Janet Hughes, 32: Viera, Fla., teacher at Jackson Middle School in
Titusville, Fla., arrested April 23, 2007, after detectives found her in
the company of a 16-year-old male student inside a van in a church
parking lot. According to the arrest affidavit, Hughes, who is a wife
and mother, admitted to engaging in sexual activity with the boy on at
least one occasion.
Janet Parker
Janet Parker, 26: This East Texas teacher might have gotten way with her
alleged sexual relationship with a male student if the teen hadn't had a
screensaver on his cell phone that featured a tobacco product. The woman
had been investigated by authorities in late 2006 when suspicions were
aroused, but nothing could be proved. The tobacco screensaver resulted
in the phone being confiscated at school in May 2007 and other
"inappropriate" images of Parker were discovered. A warrant revealed
similar images on her own computer and she is now facing nearly two
dozen charges.
Jaymee Wallace
Jaymee Wallace, 28: Basketball coach in Tampa, Fla., charged with having
an 18-month lesbian relationship with a student. Authorities say the
student, who was 15 when she met Wallace, voluntarily had sex with the
coach more than 50 times, in a parking lot at Busch Gardens and often at
Wallace's own apartment while a fellow classmate was in an adjacent
room. According to the police report, the sexual relationship reportedly
began in early 2003, after the student received a note from Wallace
saying she "found her attractive and wanted to know if she felt the same
way." On Dec. 5, 2007, Wallace was sentenced to three years of prison,
followed by three years of sex offender probation.
Jennifer Cisco
Jennifer Cisco, 30: School nurse at Green Forest High School in Green
Forest, Ark., arrested on Nov. 14, 2007, for a sexual relationship with
a 17-year-old male student and providing two 17-year-old male students
with beer. The school recently received a grant for $10,000 to start a
school-based health clinic study. Cisco applied for the grant and the
school was rather excited about getting the program off the ground.
Jennifer Dempsey
Jennifer Dempsey, 28: Spanish teacher at Oswego County High School,
Syracuse, N.Y., was arrested March 25, 2008, for having an inappropriate
relationship with a 16-year-old male student. Dempsey had been suspended
from teaching two months before after a parent complained of
inappropriate electronic messages sent to "three of four" of her
children.
Jennifer Dorland
Jennifer Dorland, 42: Grade 7 and 8 teacher at Rothwell-Osnabruck
School, Ingleside, Ontario, was found guilty on Dec. 20, 2007, of sexual
assault, invitation to sexual touching and sexual interference with a
13-year-old boy in September 2004. She admitted she had sent
inappropriate e-mails to the former student, but denied she had engaged
in a sexual relationship with the young male. "It was absolutely a
terrible, horrible idea. I have been paying for that e-mail and
conversation for two years," she said.
Jennifer Mally
Jennifer Mally, 26: English teacher and cheerleading coach at Paradise
Valley High School in Phoenix, Ariz., arrested in May 2007 and charged
with 29 counts of sexual conduct with a minor. Police said the parents
of the victim – a 16-year-old male student – contacted the school about
a possible sexual relationship between their son and Mally that may have
been going on since October 2006.
Jennifer Rice
Jennifer Rice, 31: Tacoma, Wash., teacher arrested Aug. 11, 2007, for
allegedly kidnapping and raping her 10-year-old student numerous times.
Rice was an instructor at McKinley Elementary School whose contract was
not renewed after the school received complaints she was socializing
inappropriately with students. Authorities say Rice admitted she raped
the fourth-grade boy at a rest stop, and court documents indicate the
pair had intercourse several times on previous occasions, including once
in the boy's home. On Sept. 10, 2007, prosecutors filed additional
charges against Rice for allegedly raping another boy, age 14- to
16-years old.
Jennifer Tarkenton
Jennifer Tarkenton, 34: Teacher at Greenwood Lakes Middle School in Lake
Mary, Fla., was arrested on Nov. 30, 2007, on three counts of lewd or
lascivious battery on a child after police found her and a 14-year-old
male student in her car. The boy told deputies that he and Tarkenton had
sex inside the vehicle after she picked him up at his house, drove to a
nearby pharmacy and purchased condoms.
Joan Marie Sladky, 28: Redwood City, Calif., woman sentenced to six
months in county jail for having sex with a 16-year-old student after
pleading no contest to four counts of unlawful sexual intercourse, oral
copulation and penetration with a foreign object. The Spanish teacher's
relationship with the boy spanned six months, as she reportedly had sex
with him once at his home and three times at her residence, which was on
the property of the private Baptist church and school where she taught.
Jodi Church
Jodi Church, 26: Teacher at Manual High School in Peoria, Ill., arrested
March 2, 2007, for allegedly having sex with a 16-year-old male student.
Church faced one count of criminal sexual assault, a felony punishable
by up to 15 years in prison. She also faced federal charges of
enticement for allegedly using MySpace.com to try to persuade a
different 16-year-old male student to have sex with her.
Julia Lund
Julia Lund, 28: Language teacher at Chaska High School in Minnesota,
arrested in December 2006, charged with third-degree sexual assault for
allegedly performing oral sex on a 17-year-old male student. The victim
told police he first noticed Lund staring at him in the school hallway,
before she asked him to contact her. Lund allegedly told the boy her
husband was away and she was lonely. During her trial, Lund's defense
argued not all wrongdoing was criminal. The jury agreed, and acquitted
her on July 16, 2007.
Julie Pritchett, 34: Female special education teacher and sponsor of the
Fellowship of Christian Athletes club at Clay-Chalkville Middle School
in Jefferson County, Ala., was charged in June 2008 with having sex with
at least eight high school students between the ages of 15 and 19. When
Pritchett discovered she was being investigated, she reportedly changed
her phone number, shut down her MySpace account and resigned from her
teaching position where she was a tenured teacher.
Kanesa Hopkins
Kanesa Hopkins, 31: "Teacher of the Year" at Westview Middle School in
Goose Creek, S.C., was fired in May 2007 in the wake of allegations she
had sex with a 14-year-old female student four years earlier. Court
documents indicate Hopkins was also the girl's Sunday School teacher and
police said church officials questioned the amount of time the two spent
together in December 2002. The relationship allegedly became sexual in
January 2003.
Karen Patton
Karen Patton, 41: English teacher and cheerleading coach at Scott
Memorial Middle School in Wytheville, Va., resigned in January 2006
after she was charged with having oral sex with a 13-year-old student.
Patton was arrested after the boy's mother went to police with instant
messages between the boy and Patton, and what appeared to be a
handwritten letter from Patton that referenced a sexual relationship. On
March 12, 2007, she pleaded no contest to two counts of carnal knowledge
and one count of non-forcible sodomy.
Karen Robbins
Karen Robbins: Laurens County, S.C., woman was charged on Sept. 23,
2007, with criminal sexual conduct with a minor and committing a lewd
act upon a child. Police say the incidents took place in her car and in
her home. The alleged crimes occured when the former teacher was working
at Bell Street Middle School in Clinton. This is the same school where
teacher Allenna Ward, also on this list, had sex with five boys.
Katherine J. Harder
Katherine J. Harder, 31 Language arts teacher at Manhattan High School,
near Topeka, Kansas, was arrested March 26, 2008, when a deputy on
patrol found the woman and a 17-year-old male student allegedly having
sexual relations in a parked car near a local dam. While Kansas teens
can legally consent to sex at age 16, it is a felony for teachers to
have relations with any student of any age who attends the school where
they work. Harder resigned her position then rescinded her decision. The
school board voted to fire her on April 2, 2008.
Katherine Tew
Katherine Tew, 30: Married English teacher from Greenville, N.C.,
arrested for having sex with a 17-year-old boy. She taught at South
Central High School in Winterville, N.C., and was convicted of taking
indecent liberties with a child, but found not guilty of the more
serious sex charge. She was not given prison time, and lost her teaching
license for at least two years.
Kathy White, 39: Teacher at Lumberton High School in Lumberton, Texas,
charged with having sex with a 17-year-old student. The victim, Michael
Ferguson, alleges: "She just started grabbing me and hormones were on
and it just happened." Ferguson provided KBTV-TV with an e-mail
allegedly sent by White, in which the teacher told him, "I get these
cravings for YOU and that's not NORMAL! If I had it my way, I'd do you
once a week just because it's good."
Kelly Dalecki
Kelly Lynn Dalecki, 26: Elementary-school teacher from St. Augustine,
Fla., pleaded no contest to charges she had sex with a 13-year-old boy
in 2003. The boy's parents reportedly found more than 50 sexually
explicit e-mails and pornographic pictures allegedly sent by Dalecki on
his computer. Dalecki was sentenced to nearly a year in prison.
Kelsey Peterson
Kelsey Peterson, 25: Sixth grade math teacher and basketball coach at
Lexington Middle School, Neb., was arrested Nov. 3, 2007, in Mexicali,
Mexico, with a 13-year-old boy from her school with whom she is believed
to have been having a sexual relationship. The boy was an illegal alien
in the United States. Peterson faces charges of kidnapping, child abuse,
and contributing to the delinquency of a minor, as well as federal
charges for transporting a minor across a foreign border for sexual
activity.
Kimberly Lynch
Kimberly Lynch, 37: Macedon, N.Y., woman was a teacher's aide at
Palmyra-Macedon High School who admitted having a sexual affair with a
16-year-old male student, including in school halls, in a car and at the
boy's home in February 2004. The married mother of three reportedly
detailed the tryst in love letters the local newspaper said included
discussion about having a baby together.
Kirsten Kinley
Kirsten Kinley, 27: Special-education teacher at Hammond Middle School
in Howard County, Md., arrested in February 2007 for alleged sexual
activity with a 15-year-old boy on New Year's Eve 2004 and in January
2005. Court documents indicate the boy told police the pair chatted
online when Kinley asked him if "he was a virgin and then asked him to
have sex with her." He also said Kinley warned him not to tell anyone
about their discussions or their planned activity. She was originally
charged with two counts of third-degree sex offense, two counts of
fourth-degree sex offense and two counts of solicitation of a minor. On
Aug. 28, 2007, Kinley pleaded guilty to one count of third-degree sex
offense.
Kristen Margrif
Kristen Margrif, 27: Mayville, Mich., teacher accused of having sex with
a 16-year-old male student in her car or at his summer workplace in June
and July 2005. She was given a one-year delayed sentence in June 2006 on
three felony counts of second-degree criminal sexual conduct with a
student, meaning she'll only have to serve probation if she remains
trouble-free for a year.
Kristi Oakes
Kristi Dance Oakes, 32: Teacher allegedly had sex with a 16-year-old boy
who was in her biology class the previous year. Oakes resigned from her
post at Seymour High School in Sevierville, Tenn., and reportedly lost
her home and even the job she took at a grocery store after resigning
from the school system because of the charges. In July 2006, she pleaded
guilty and was sentenced to six months in jail.
Lakina Stutts, 40: School-bus driver admitted to cops she had sex with a
14-year-old student in her home and in a car outside the boy's home.
Laura Lynn Findlay, 30: Band teacher at Ricker Middle School in Buena
Vista Township, Mich., charged with having sex with at least 5 students,
one as young as 14. She was sentenced in August 2006 to at least seven
and as much as 25 years in prison.
Lauren Cosgrove
Lauren Cosgrove, 28: This 7th-grade teacher at Strickland Middle School
in Denton, Texas, found herself in jail, charged with two counts of
aggravated sexual assault of a child, for allegedly having a two-day
sexual relationship with a former student, 13, in July 2007. She was
babysitting the boy at the time.
Leslie Baird
Leslie Baird, 42: Teacher at Tooele High School in Tooele, Utah,
arrested in 2006 for allegedly having sex with two male students, ages
17 and 18. The mother of the 17-year-old boy said her son's grades
dropped from straight As to barely passing in the wake of the activity,
and he no longer participates in sports. In January 2007, Baird was
sentenced to undergo a 90-day psychological evaluation at Utah State
Prison after pleading guilty to a felony charge of forcible sexual
abuse. Her judge was Mark Kouris, the same jurist who came under fire
for giving Cameo Patch, another teacher at the same school, no jail time
for performing oral sex on a 17-year-old male student.
Lisa Robyn Marinelli
Lisa Robyn Marinelli, 40: An educator in Tampa Bay, the investigation
into her activities was launched after a 17-year-old boy's father told
investigators he saw his son "holding his pants together and putting
them back in place" after getting out of Marinelli's 2007 Chrysler 300.
Spokesman Kevin Doll of the Pasco County sheriff's office said she was
arrested March 24, 2008, and accused of unlawful sex with a minor. She
also is accused of giving the boy a pair of underwear as a memento.
Marinelli was the third Tampa Bay area teacher to be charged in a short
period of time with a sex-related crime against a minor. In Hillsborough
County, former Davidsen Middle School math teacher Stephanie Ragusa and
Freedom High English teacher Mary Jo Spack of Wesley Chapel were accused
of having sex with underage students.
Lynn Saunders, 38: A former basketball star at the College of Staten
Island, the gym teacher at St. Paul's School in New Brighton, N.Y., was
arrested in March 2005 for allegedly molesting a 12-year-old girl whose
family she had befriended. Saunders admitted to touching the girl's
breasts and genital area on several dates in February 2005. She received
no jail time, only probation and registration as a sex offender. The
family is now suing Saunders and the Archdiocese of New York, claiming
the girl became suicidal and still suffers from "severe emotional shock,
trauma, embarrassment, anxiety and other psychological injuries."
Margaret De Barraicua
Margaret De Barraicua, 30: Sacramento, Calif., area woman arrested in
February 2005 after police found her having sex with a 16-year-old male
student in her car while the woman's toddler was strapped into a seat in
the back. She pleaded guilty to four felony counts of statutory rape and
in November 2005 was sentenced to a year in jail and five years formal
probation.
Maria Saco, 28: Math teacher at Lincoln Middle School in Passaic, N.J.,
sentenced in 2005 to a year in jail for an intimate relationship with a
teen student who was 14 when they first met. Saco reportedly gave the
boy a key to her apartment.
Mariella Brenlla
Mariella Brenlla, 40:Ponce De Leon Middle School teacher in the
Miami-Dade district was arrested on Aug. 22, 2007, following an
investigation sparked by a former student who alleged sexual contact
some four years before when the child was a 14-year-old eighth-grader.
"(Students) come here and it's supposed to be like a protective zone for
them, a safe zone for them, and not a zone where they have to be afraid
if a teacher's going to come onto them," said a parent reacting to news
of the arrest.
Mary Jo Spack
Mary Jo Spack, 45: Honors English teacher at Freedom High School in
Tampa, Fla., arrested March 20, 2008, after she allegedly met two male
students at a liquor store, took them to a motel, and had sex with one
of them in the shower as four other students overheard in the next room.
The boy's boasting about having had sex with a teacher eventually caught
the attention of a school resource officer. "I think the public feels
this is an epidemic, and I'm very concerned about it," said Hillsborough
County School Board member April Griffin, who called for a special
meeting to discuss the recent rash of teacher sex scandals.
Mary Kay Letourneau
Mary Kay Letourneau, 34: Des Moines, Wash., teacher did prison time
after having sex with a sixth-grade student, Vili Fualaau, in 1996 and
eventually had two children by him. She originally had Fualaau in her
second-grade class at Shorewood Elementary School in Burien, Wash. The
couple has since married.
Melinda Deluca
Melinda Deluca, 29: Sign-language teacher at Copper Hills High School in
West Jordan, Utah, was fired in December 2005 for allegedly having
sexual intercourse twice with a 16-year-old male student she reportedly
had been "grooming" for sexual activity. The case took a bizarre turn in
the summer of 2006, when Deluca was found beaten and had to be airlifted
to the hospital, claiming two teen boys attacked her as payback. In
reality, she made up the claim in an apparent attempt to get sympathy.
In January 2007, she was sentenced to 90 days in jail. The victim'
mother said she initially "hated [Deluca] with every part of my being,"
but later expressed forgiveness, saying "even though she's hurt my
family, I've grown to love her."
Melissa Bare, 35: Kitts Hill, W.V., teacher of language arts and writing
at Rock Hill Middle School in Ironton, W.V., indicted April 23, 2007, on
two counts of sexual battery. Bare pleaded innocent to charges she had
sexual contact with a 16-year-old male student in February 2007.
Melissa Deel
Melissa Michelle Deel, 32: Bristol, Tenn., teacher at Virginia Middle
School pleaded guilty to crossing the state line into Virginia to have
oral sex with a 13-year-old male student in December 2004. As part of
her plea agreement, Deel agreed never to profit from the crime, as well
as have no contact with the boy and his family without court permission.
She was sentenced in 2005 to a year and two months prison.
Melissa Moss
Melissa Moss, 27: Teacher at Barat Academy in Dardenne Prairie, Mo.,
allegedly e-mailed two topless photos of herself to one of her
15-year-old students. She was charged Feb. 26, 2008, with furnishing
pornographic material to a minor, a misdemeanor.
Meredith Hollen, 40: Former teacher at the prestigious Graland Country
Day School in Denver arrested Nov. 2, 2007, for allegedly sexually
assaulting a male student off campus before the schoolyear began. She
was charged with two counts of sexual assault on a child and another
count of sexual assault on a child by a person in a position of trust.
Meredith Kane
Meredith Kane, 24: English teacher at Kansas' Lawrence High School was
sentenced on Dec. 19, 2007, after having been convicted of having sex
with a 15-year-old male student during the 2006-2007 school year – even
after she was arrested and released on bond. She had hoped to avoid
prison time by arguing her actions were impulsive due to an undiagnosed
bi-polar disorder, but the judge gave her 59 months behind bars.
Michelle Kush
Michelle Kush, 29: Substitute teacher at Boone County High School in
Florence, Ky., allegedly had sex with a 15-year-old boy several times
during summer break. She was charged with two counts of rape and one
sodomy count. In August 2006, Kush was sentenced to 60 days in jail, 30
days on house arrest and five years probation.
Michelle Morano, 33: Cedar Grove, N.J., woman taught English at West
Essex High School when she was arrested March 23, 2007, for allegedly
having a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old male student. She was
charged with sexual assault. Morano's involvement with the student
reportedly came to light when insurance officials were conducting an
unrelated investigation at the school.
Michelle VanMeter
Michelle VanMeter, 35: Catholic studies teacher in Fort Wayne, Ind.,
pleaded guilty Jan. 15, 2008, to having sex with multiple boys, ranging
from age 12 to 15. In June 2007, VanMeter gave birth to a baby, and a
paternity test revealed with 99.9 percent certainty the 15-year-old was
the father of the child. In a separate case, VanMeter pleaded guilty to
a single count of child molesting, stemming from the molestation of
another boy. Those allegations surfaced during the investigation of the
first case.
Michelle Zulkowsky
Michelle Zulkowsky, 28: Teacher's aide at North Penn High School in
Lansdale, Pa., was arrested April 30, 2008, as she blew the whistle on
her own "secret love" with a with a 16-year-old male student in the
English as a Second Language program. Zulkowsky indicated she "did not
have any control over her feelings," according to her arrest affidavit.
She reportedly began to supervise the boy in September 2007, and by
January 2008, "she told him that she loved him and that she wanted to be
with him."
Natalie Fraxedas, 23: Spanish teacher at Santaluces High School in
Lantana, Fla., was fired in June 2008 after allegedly having sex with an
18-year-old male student. "I believe that you want to be with me," she
expressed to the student in a handwritten letter. "So I let my guard
down and decided then to let you in my heart." Fraxedas also told him,
"I give you good grades to help you out so you don't have to worry about
this class. I wish I could do more for you." No criminal proceedings
were expected because the consensual sex was with someone 18 and took
place off campus.
Natasha Sizow
Natasha Sizow, 24: First-year social studies teacher and girls' swimming
coach at Granby High School in Virginia Beach, Va., arrested in
February 2008 for allegedly sending erotic pictures of herself via cell
phone to students. A police spokesman said she was accused of sending
photos of herself "in various stages of undress." The students involved
were a male and a female, both 17. Sizow was charged with two counts
each of indecent liberties and use of a communications device to
facilitate crimes against children.
Nicole Barnhart
Nicole Andrea Barnhart, 35: Highlands Ranch, Colo., woman reportedly
told police she loves the 16-year-old boy with whom she was having sex.
A teacher at Ponderosa High School, she pleaded guilty to felony sexual
assault on a child, resulting in a two-year prison sentence and a
minimum of 10 years in a sex-offender probation program.
Nicole Long
Nicole Long, 29: English teacher at Ayersville High School in Ohio
resigned her teaching post after being accused of raping a 17-year-old
boy. She pleaded guilty in January 2005 to a charge of sexual battery,
and was sentenced in March to three months in jail.
Nicole Pomerleau, 31: English teacher at Olympic High School in
Charlotte, N.C., arrested in March 2004 for allegedly having a sexual
relationship with her 16-year-old student. The age of consent in North
Carolina is 16, but teachers having sex with students is an exception to
the law. Though Pomerleau admitted the affair, she got no prison time
and did not have to register as a sex offender.
Pamela Balogh
Pamela Balogh, 39: Gym teacher and coach at a Somerset, N.J. Catholic
high school was charged in December 2006 with sexually assaulting a
15-year-old female student over a period of 10 months. Authorities say
the assaults happened mainly in Balogh's office.
Pamela Diehl-Moore
Pamela Diehl-Moore, 43:When this former teacher at Woodrow Wilson Middle
School in Clifton, N.J., pleaded guilty in January 2002 to having sex
during the summer of 1999 with a 13-year-old male student in her
7th-grade class, she expected to be sentenced to three years, based on a
deal worked out with prosecutors. But at her May hearing, Judge Bruce A.
Gaeta sentenced her to probation, saying: "I really don't see the harm
that was done here and certainly society doesn't need to be worried. I
do not believe she is a sexual predator. It's just something between two
people that clicked beyond the teacher-student relationship. ... And
don't forget, this was mutual consent." Following an appeal by
prosecutors, Diehl-Moore was sentenced to serve three years in September
2002.
Pamela Smart
Pamela Smart, 22: Media-services director at Winnacunnet High School in
Hampton, N.H., had convinced her 15-year-old lover to murder her
husband. She was arrested in 1993 and is now serving a life sentence.
The Nicole Kidman film "To Die For" is based on her story.
Pamela Rogers Turner
Pamela Rogers Turner, 27: Former model and beauty-pageant contestant
also taught at Centertown Elementary School in McMinnville, Tenn. She
was arrested in February 2005 for allegedly having a three-month sexual
relationship with a 13-year-old boy. She resigned her teaching position
and was charged with 15 counts of sexual battery and 13 counts of
statutory rape. Originally sentenced to 270 days in August 2005, she got
in additional trouble in April 2006 for sending text messages, nude
photos, and sex videos of herself to the same boy while using her
father's cellphone. In July 2006, she was sentenced to serve eight years
for violating her probation, and in January 2007, was given an
additional two years for sending the photos.
Rachel Burkhart
Rachel Burkhart, 25: Teacher at Lenoir City High School in Tennesee
resigned in May 2008 amid allegations she had an inappropriate
relationship with an 18-year-old male student. Burkhart stepped down
after Lenoir City School Superintendent Wayne Miller confronted her.
Miller said in a statement, "When an incident such as this happens, it
undermines the foundation of what every teacher should stand for. It
breaches the trust that teachers spend their entire career nurturing and
offends everyone associated with education. It saddens me when one
teacher has the ability to so negatively impact our community."
Rachel Holt
Rachel Holt, 34: Sixth-grade science teacher at Claymont Elementary
School in Delaware reportedly acknowledged that in the last week of
March 2006, she had sexual intercourse with her male student 27 times,
and that she once performed oral sex on him. All of the sexual
encounters allegedly occurred at the teacher's apartment. Though
originally indicted on 28 counts of first-degree rape, Holt pleaded
guilty Jan. 22, 2007, to a single count of second-degree rape, and was
ordered to prison to await sentencing. On March 16, 2007, she was
sentenced to 10 years in prison.
Rachelle Vantucci, 32: Ex-substitute teacher from Geneseo, N.Y.,
admitted having sex with a 16-year-old boy she met at a local riding
stable. After pleading guilty, Vantucci agreed to surrender her teaching
license and register as a sex offender.
Rebecca Boicelli
Rebecca Boicelli, 33: Redwood City, Calif., woman gave birth to a baby
and DNA test results gave prosecutors enough evidence to prove the
father is Boicelli's former student, who was 16 at the time of
conception. She was sentenced to two years in prison.
Rebecca Becker and Maria Zurita
Rebecca Becker, 28, and Maria Zurita, 28: This teacher and teacher aide
were arrested in May 2007 and charged with statuatory rape after the
pair took two 16-year-old male students from the youth home where they
worked to one of their houses for a Memorial Day weekend of sex. The
school's search for the missing boys turned up letters written by one of
the teachers that were sexually explicit and inappropriate, authorities
said.
Rebecca Bogard
Rebecca Bogard, 27: Teacher at the alternative school in Biloxi, Miss.,
was arrested Jan. 18, 2008, charged with sexual battery of a teenage
male student at the school. The complaint was filed by the parent of the
boy, who was under the age of 16. A judge set her bail at $50,000, and
she was released.
Rebecca Ann Bramlett
Rebecca Ann Bramlett, 33: Teacher at Baines Middle School in the Fort
Bend Independent School District of Texas was arrested May 2, 2008, and
charged with sexual assault of a child for allegedly having a sexual
relationship with a teenage boy. The investigation began when Bramlett
was pulled over on a minor traffic stop with the student in her car.
When a sheriff's deputy began talking to Bramlett, she reportedly said,
"We are having an affair and I am taking him home."
Rebecca Lee Kelley, 24: Tucson, Ariz., teacher at Salpointe Catholic
School was indicted in April 2007, accused of having a sexual
relationship with a 17-year-old boy. Kelley was originally was indicted
on four counts of sexual conduct with a minor under 18, but on Oct. 15,
2007, she pleaded guilty to one count of failure to report a reportable
offense and three counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor,
and was expected to avoid any mandatory prison time and having to
register as a sex offender.
Rebekah Todd
Rebekah Todd, 25: Health and physical education teacher at White River
High School in Buckley, Wash., resigned after she was accused of
performing oral sex on a 17-year-old boy. She had pleaded guilty to
attempted second-degree assault and was expecting a sentence of 30 days
in home detention. On March 14, 2007, the judge sentenced Todd to six
months in jail.
Rebecca Robertson-Shaffer, 25: Spanish teacher at Hilton Head Island
High School, South Carolina, pleaded guilty in 2004 to committing a lewd
act on a 15-year-old male student the previous year and received an
8-year suspended sentence and three years of probation. Three years
later, on Dec. 2, 2007, the male victim filed a civil suit, charging the
Beaufort County School District and the school board with neglegence
because they did nothing to prevent the abuse from occurring and
under-reacted afterward. The suit recounts incidents where the teacher
allegedly was "grooming" the boy "in plain view" of school
administrators and would "inappropriately touch, rub against and/or hug
the then-minor plaintiff."
Regina McKay, 33: Computer teacher at Geronimo High School in Cotton
County, Okla., pleaded no contest on April 7, 2008, to the second-degree
rape of her 17-year-old male student in 2006. The boy told police McKay
offered to buy him cigarettes and alcohol if he would come to her home
and have sex with her. In school, the victim said McKay would make him
sit beside her at a table and she would rub her foot up and down his
legs. If he tried to move, he said she'd get angry. McKay received a
sentence of five years, but would need to serve just 30 days behind
bars, and only on weekends.
Rhianna Ellis
Rhianna Ellis, 24: Social-studies teacher at the High School for Health
Professions and Human Services in Manhattan, N.Y., allegedly began a
10-month sexual relationship with an 17-year-old player on the school's
basketball team, and reportedly gave birth to his baby. The teen boy
even introduced Ellis to his parents, never indicating she was his
teacher.
Robin Gialanella, 26: Teacher at Silver Bay Elementary School in Toms
River, N.J., engaged in kissing, and inappropriate conduct and
conversations with two sixth-grade boys, ages 11 and 12, in 2003 and
2004. She was sentenced to 364 days in jail with psychotherapy, must
register as a sex offender, will be under lifetime supervision and must
surrender her New Jersey teaching certificate.
Robin Winkis, 29: English teacher at Central York High School in York,
Pa., allegedly had sex with a 17-year-old boy after giving him alcohol.
Authorties accused her of five alleged sex acts during October and
November 2005. She pleaded guilty as part of a deal, and was sentenced
to two to 23 months in jail.
Samantha Solomon
Samantha Solomon, 29: Guidance counselor at the High School for Health
Professions and Human Services in Manhattan, N.Y. was fired after school
bosses learned she was having sex with a teenage boy. She denies the
allegations, attributing them to rumors gone wild.
Sandra Borrego
Sandra Borrego, 41: Dance instructor at Most Precious Blood Catholic
School in Corpus Christi, Texas, was indicted Jan. 24, 2008, on charges
she repeatedly sexually assaulted one of her 13-year-old students.
Borrego was indicted on 22 counts of aggravated sexual assault of a
child, and was ordered to undergo testing to determine if her baby
daughter had been fathered by her alleged victim. Arrest records
indicate the boy said he had sexual contact with Borrego on 20 to 30
occasions behind a curtain in the school's cafeteria, as well as at her
house.
Sandra "Beth" Geisel
Sandra "Beth" Geisel, 42: English teacher at Christian Brothers Academy,
an all-boys school in Albany, N.Y., allegedly had sex three times with a
16-year-old male student in May 2005, including once on school grounds
in the football stadium's press box. Originally indicted in September
for three counts of third degree rape, she pleaded guilty to a single
count of rape and was sentenced to six months in jail, and ranked as a
Level 1 sex offender, the lowest risk.
Sarah Bridges
Sarah Bridges, 24: Substitute teacher in Eugene, Ore., arrested June 6,
2008, in connection with the rape, sodomy and sexual assault of a middle
school boy. Bridges allegedly engaged in sexual activity with the
student at an off-campus location in March 2008. She was charged with
third-degree rape and two counts each of third-degree sodomy and sexual
assault. A MySpace page with Bridges' name and photo featured the quote,
"We ride never worried about the fall." District spokesman Kelly McIver
told the Register-Guard newspaper: "You get deviants every once in a
while and they do things that make you stop and think twice. It's really
sad because students and parents should be able to trust teachers."
Sarah Joel
Sarah Joel , 31: Teacher at Narcoossee Community School in Osceola
County, Fla., arrested Jan. 25, 2008, for allegedly having sexual
relations with one of her former male students who was 15 at the time.
The boy told authorities that when he called Joel to talk about his
problems, Joel would pick him up and take him to her home. She faces
three counts of lewd and lascivious battery, a second-degree felony.
Shannon Best
Shannon Best, 33: Social studies teacher at Sanderson High School in
Raleigh, N.C., resigned April 14, 2008, after being charged with taking
indecent liberties with an 18-year-old female student. A police
spokesman indicated the encounter occurred at a residence but would not
specify the location. Although the alleged victim is of legal age,
police said criminal charges were being pursued because of the
teacher-student nature of the alleged encounter. Best was released from
the Wake County jail after posting a $5,000 bond. On June 18, 2008, Best
pleaded guilty to a charge of misdemeanor attempted crime against nature
and giving alcohol to a student. She received a 45-day suspended jail
sentence, 18 months unsupervised probation, and was ordered to pay a
$250 fine and court costs. She did not have to register as a sex
offender.
Sharon Rutherford
Sharon Rutherford, 31: The 9th-grade English teacher at Coffeeville High
School in Alabama was sentenced on Dec. 12, 2007, to three years in
prison and five years probation for having sex with two males students
under 16-years of age. According to one of her former students, the two
broke off their relationship after Rutherford asked him to kill her
husband, "then she got with 8 more of my friends." Rutherford faces more
time in prison for soliciting murder.
Shebana Rajput
Shebana Rajput, 35: Biology and physical science instructor since August
2005 at Jones Senior High School in Trenton, N.C., resigned her position
May 21, 2008 – just two days before she was arrested in her home for
alleged sexual conduct with a 17-year-old student whose gender was not
released. Sheriff's officials say she had sexual relations with the teen
in her home on nine separate occasions between March and May of 2008.
Rajput was charged with eight counts of sexual activity with a student
and one count of sex offense with a student. She was held on $100,000
bail as authorities looked into the possibility she was involved with
additional students.
Shelley Allen, 35: Teacher's aide from Cherokee County, Texas, was
arrested in June 2005. Allen was charged with sexual assault of a child
and faces a possible 20 years behind bars.
Sheila Vazquez
Sheila Vazquez, 36: High-school teacher at the Renaissance School in
Warren Township, Ind., was arrested and suspended in May 2008 after
allegations of sex with a 15-year-old male student during a "lunch"
outing during school hours. According to a police report, the student
said conversations began innocently in February when he told his teacher
he was bored in school. Vazquez responded she had something that would
keep him busy. The two met in a classroom after school on several
occasions to kiss and embrace, according to the student. Vasquez, who
faces four counts of child molestation, allegedly arranged to take the
student to lunch as a reward for hard work. They went to her home where
they had sex, the student told police.
Sherry Brians
Sherry Brians, 41: Middle-school language-arts instructor in
Buttonwillow, Calif., originally arrested in January 2006 on suspicion
of engaging in lewd acts with a 12-year-old male student, a felony that
involves sexual contact. She originally pleaded not guilty to two counts
of annoying or molesting a child under 18, but on March 12, 2007,
pleaded no contest to reduced charges of misdemeanor battery and
contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
Sheryl A. Namahine
Sheryl A. Nawahine, 35: Idaho teacher at Fruitland High School indicted
on Sept. 21, 2007, on three felony counts for exchanging explicit text
messages with a member of the school's football team. She allegedly sent
over 1,000 messages, including a photo and video, to the boy – a close
friend of her own teenage son and daughter. "I take full responsibility
for my actions," she wrote in a statement. "I knew better the whole
time. All the text and picture (sic) was generated by me, and no one
else." Both Nawahine and the teen say no sexual contact occurred.
Stephanie Burleson: Volleyball coach and teacher at Floresville High
School in Texas, pleaded guilty in June 2005 to all charges for
molesting a 16-year-old female student. She was sentenced to 10 years
probation, and required to register as a sex offender.
Stephanie Giambelluca
Stephanie Giambelluca, 24: First-year teacher at J.D. Meisler Middle
School in Metairie, La., was arrested in December 2006 on charges of
molestation and indecent behavior with a 12-year-old male. Police say
the acts were captured on videotape, recorded by Ryan Mapes, 18, who was
babysitting the boy. Giambelluca allegedly disrobed to her underwear,
performed a suggestive dance for the boy and performed oral sex on Mapes
in front of the young student.
Stephanie Ragusa
Stephanie Ragusa, 28: Math teacher at Martinez Middle School in Lutz,
Fla., was arrested March 13, 2008, accused of having sex with a
14-year-old boy. She reportedly met the boy on campus while working as a
special education teacher at Davidsen Middle School the previous
schoolyear. Ragusa allegedly had sex with the student twice in her car
and once in her apartment between October 2006 and May 2007. An arrest
affidavit from investigators says the victim's story was verified by his
knowledge of tattoos of a flower and an insect on Ragusa that are
visible only if she is undressed. She was arrested a second time on
April 15, 2008, for sex with another boy, and then while free on bail,
was arrested a third time on April 28 for allegedly having sex yet again
with one of her previous victims.
Stephanie Ann Stein
Stephanie Ann Stein, 31: The former English teacher at Plymouth
Christian Academy in Canton, Mich., was arrested on Sept. 17, 2007,
after the mother of a 15-year-old student saw her leaving the boy's home
for the second time. She admitted to police she was having sex with the
boy, knew it was wrong and was in the process of severing the
relationship. During the course of their investigation – police say they
also learned about a racy – nude – photo the teacher sent to the
student. According to the Detroit News, instant messages and e-mails
between the victim and Stein showed early on that the young man wanted a
long-term relationship with her and to save her from what he thought was
an abusive marriage. He also testified he fantasized about having
children with her. On June 17, 2008, the mother of two young children
was found guilty of two counts of third-degree criminal sexual conduct,
sending sexually explicit photographs to a minor and using a computer to
send those images.
Susan Clickner
Susan Clickner, 47: The 8th-grade science teacher at Blanchard Middle
School in Lowell, Mass., was sentenced to serve 18 months for having sex
with one of her students in the back seat of her car. Clickner had been
accused of luring the 14-year-old during the summer of 2005 into the
back seat of her car and molesting him. He later told his parents, who
notified police. She also was ordered to register as a sex offender.
Tabitha Adams
Tabitha Adams, 35: Second-grade teacher at Sacred Heart Cathedral School
in Dodge City, Kansas, was arrested on Dec. 18, 2007, on charges of
sexual exploitation of a child, aggravated criminal sodomy and
aggravated indecent liberties with a child. Her bond was set at
$500,000. Neither the police department nor the church would release the
victim's age or gender.
Tamara Ryman
Tamara Ryman, 37: Married algebra teacher at Bellaire High School in
Houston under investigation for possibly having an inappropriate
relationship with a former student for whom she is the legal guardian.
Police say on March 18, 2007, they found Ryman in a parked van with the
16-year-old, and the boy had his pants down. Both Ryman and the teen
were charged with criminal trespassing.
Teresa Engelbach
Teresa Engelbach, 21: Substitute teacher from Pevely, Mo., was charged
March 16, 2007, with having sex with a 14-year-old male student, whom
she reportedly knew for years as a friend of her brother. Jefferson
County authorities charged her with three counts of statutory rape and
one count of statutory sodomy for incidents allegedly occurring between
Feb. 1 and March 13, 2007.
Toni Allexy, 38: Cheerleading coach in Paradise, Calif., entered a
surprise no contest plea in court May 6, 2008, to a felony child
endangerment charge. Allexy was accused in 2007 of furnishing alcohol to
two 14-year-old boys at her residence, and fondling one of them during
the ride home. "Very intoxicated, the mother gave my very drunk son and
another boy and girl a ride home," a letter from one of the boy's
mothers states. "On the ride home the mother (Allexy) put her hand down
my son's pants and began to fondle him, the other kids were in the back
seat, which (Allexy) would not allow to come up front with my son."
Toni Woods
Toni Lynn Woods, 37: Middle-school teacher in Braxton County, W.Va.,
confessed in 2005 to having sexual intercourse with three juveniles a
total of four times and oral sex with one of those juveniles and another
juvenile a total of four times. She reportedly described herself as a
"monster" when she pleaded guilty. She resigned, surrendered her
teaching certificate, and was given consecutive sentences of one-to-five
years on four counts of third-degree sexual assault.
Traci Tapp
Traci Tapp, 28: Gym teacher at Hammonton High School in New Jersey
accused of sexual contact with three male students, including having sex
in her home multiple times in one night with a 16-year-old. In January
2006, she avoided any jail or probation time by admitting inappropriate
touching, but she lost her teaching license.
Wendie Schweikert
Wendie Schweikert, 36: Laurens, S.C., elementary teacher arrested in
February 2006 for having sexual intercourse with an 11-year-old male
student at E.B. Morse Elementary School. Police said the married woman
had relations with the boy on three separate occasions dating back to
2005, not only on campus but also in her car near a miniature golf
course near Greenville, S.C.
Yvette Starzyk
Yvette Starzyk, 26: Female athletic trainer and substitute teacher at
Hinkley High School in Aurora, Colo., was fired and charged with sexual
assault on a former student, a boy of 15. She turned herself in March
28, 2008. She reportedly had an ongoing sexual affair with the boy, with
the encounters taking place at several locations away from the school.
Authorities were also investigating the possibility more victims were
involved with Starzyk.
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Woman pleads guilty to sex with student
Lesbian teacher rapist off hook – no jail time
Again! Homosexual teacher gets no jail for teen assault
Judge: No prison time for 'gay' rapist teacher
Teacher investigated for 'raping' boy quits
Again! Woman 'has sex with boy, 12'
U.S. teacher sexpidemic spreading across planet
Did 'rapist' teacher have sex with 3 other boys?
Again! Woman accused of intercourse with boy
Teacher-student sex OK, says prof
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'Pure nastiness': Teacher too sexy for God?
10-year-old forced to lick teacher's toes
Another teacher faces sex charge
Scratch
@fe07.news.easynews.com:
> Bill Shatzer wrote:
>
>> Ho hum.
>>
Obviously 'BS' could care less if our children are being sexually assulted
on the Taxpayer dime.
Bill Shatzer
> Ben Wade <th...@ten.yuma> wrote in news:BgNkk.162475$bC5.157946
> @fe07.news.easynews.com:
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>
>>Bill Shatzer wrote:
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>>>Ho hum.
> Obviously 'BS' could care less if our children are being sexually assulted
> on the Taxpayer dime.
I'm really rather more concerned that children are being sexually
molested than I am about on whose dime it is occuring.
Although in your proffered example, there's simply no evidence that the
sexual contact occurred "on the taxpayer dime".
Nothing seems to have happened during school hours or on the school campus.
Peace and justice,
Ben Wade
> Nothing seems to have happened during school hours or on the school campus.
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Scratch
Pretty obvious you don't care much on this issue or have read a lot or
you woudl know that coat closts and gyms are consider school property.
Bill Shatzer
> Bill Shatzer <bshat...@comcast.net> wrote in
> news:uPqdnTewjqpNRA7V...@comcast.com:
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>
>>Scratch wrote:
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>>>Ben Wade <th...@ten.yuma> wrote in news:BgNkk.162475$bC5.157946
>>>@fe07.news.easynews.com:
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>>>
>>>
>>>>Bill Shatzer wrote:
>>>>>Ho hum.
>>>Obviously 'BS' could care less if our children are being sexually
>>>assulted on the Taxpayer dime.
>>I'm really rather more concerned that children are being sexually
>>molested than I am about on whose dime it is occuring.
>>Although in your proffered example, there's simply no evidence that
>>the sexual contact occurred "on the taxpayer dime".
>>Nothing seems to have happened during school hours or on the school
>>campus.
> Pretty obvious you don't care much on this issue or have read a lot or
> you woudl know that coat closts and gyms are consider school property.
Pretty obvious you don't read your own postings or you'd see that the
events occurred in a motel room in Memphis.
Rather decidedly not school property.
And no mention of coat closets [1] or gymnasiums at all!
[1] Coat closets?! The lady was an art teacher, fergawdsakes, not a
contortionist!
Peace and justice,
Scratch
Gee dummy if you had not cut all of the names I posted UNDER THE STORY
you could have checked the stories out and not actully looked like a
fool. No, in the story I posted it was not in a closet or a gym but in
the teachers names in the long list yes it was.
You really really need to get a clue. You snippped all the names you
fraud!
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Teacher Sex Update: DNA Samples From Three People Found in Classroom
Closet - Shawn Trotter
Earlier this year, a 16-year-old girl claimed that she and South Fork
High School (Florida) history teacher Shawn Trotter had sex in a closet
in his classroom three times in January this year. New DNA tests not only
confirm that, but also point to bodily fluids of yet another person found
in carpet taken from the closet. Here's more from TC Palm:
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'Favorite teacher' indicted on student sex charges
NorthJersey.com ^ | 09.14.06 | John Petrick & Margaret K. Collins
Posted on Thursday, September 14, 2006 9:27:05 PM by Coleus
Timothy "Tim" Zisa was a track coach and defensive coordinator of the
football team at Wayne Hills High School.
First it was secretly making out in an empty classroom or track team
closet with his girl students, authorities say. Then it was full-fledged
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
sex once the students reached the magic number: age 18.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Meanwhile, Wayne teacher Timothy "Tim" Zisa had achieved schoolwide
regard by students as "The Chillest Teacher Ever" and "very nice to look
at" in post- ings on the popular Web site RateMyTeachers.com
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Another Teacher Nabbed For Student Sex
Gym instructor, 27, charged with raping boy, 13
FEBRUARY 8--Meet Pamela Joan Turner. The 27-year-old Tennessee woman is
the latest teacher to be arrested for allegedly carrying on a sexual
relationship with a student, in this case a 13-year-old boy. Turner, a
gym instructor at Centertown Elementary School, was charged this week
with 13 counts of statutory rape and 15 counts of sexual battery for
encounters with the child, which allegedly occurred at school and in the
boy's home. If convicted of the numerous felonies, Turner could face
decades in prison. Below you'll find an excerpt from the 28-count
indictment returned against Turner, who is pictured above in a Warren
County Sheriff's Department mug shot. (6 pages)
>
> [1] Coat closets?! The lady was an art teacher, fergawdsakes, not a
> contortionist!
>
> Peace and justice,
>
--
Ben Wade
> Pretty obvious you don't read your own postings
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