OH YES SHE DID: Teacher Caught Blowing a 13-Year-Old Student on Camera
Posted: May 16, 2018 Filed under: Crime & Corruption, U.S. News | Tags: Arizona, Brittany Zamora, Las Brisas Academy Elementary School, New York Post, Sexual Misconduct Leave a comment
Zamora was taken into custody Thursday on one count of obscene material transmission to a minor, according to the Arizona Republic. A court commissioner then found probable cause to hold her on suspicion of eight counts of sexual conduct with a minor, two counts of child molestation and one count of transmitting obscene material.
“I know baby! I want you every day with no time limit.”
Brittany Zamora, a 27-year-old teacher at Las Brisas Academy Elementary School in Goodyear, allegedly had sex with the 13-year-old student three times and also performed oral sex on him in her car during encounters from Feb. 1 through March 8, according to court records obtained by the Arizona Republic.
Zamora and the teen also traded naked photos, he told police, saying their relationship started when the married teacher began “flirting” with him in a classroom chat group. She then sent the teen a nude picture of herself and another clad in lingerie.
During one exchange, the teen told Zamora he wanted to have sex with her again, court records show.
“I know baby!” Zamora responded. “I want you every day with no time limit.”
In another message, according to court records, Zamora said: “If I could quit my job and (have sex with) you all day long, I would.”
Zamora was arrested last week after the teen’s parents found text messages indicating a sexual relationship between the pair. The texts were discovered because the boy’s parents had installed an app to monitor his phone, police said. Read the rest of this entry »
America’s Neo-Victorian Future
Posted: December 19, 2017 Filed under: Health and Social Issues, Mediasphere, U.S. News | Tags: #BelieveAllWomen, #MeToo, Feminism, Global Panic, Hollywood, Megan McArdle, Sex Panic, sexual harassment, Sexual Misconduct, Victorian, Washington D.C. Leave a comment
Megan McArdle writes: Last week I considered our culture’s vanishing burden of proof when a prominent man is accused of any sexual impropriety. Certainly I wouldn’t want the bad old days of sexual harassment to continue. But there must be some way to find justice for women who have been abused without rushing to punish men who may not have abused anyone.
You can think of crimes as a sort of pyramid: At the top, there are a relatively small number of actions that we can all clearly agree merit the severest sanction, if proven. And then, as you slide down the walls of the pyramid, a growing number of cases that are less and less bad. At the base of the pyramid is a gray area where reasonable people can disagree about whether the evidence is strong, or the behavior alleged merits any sanction.
What happens if we try to apply the sanctions that are clearly merited for the guys at the top to the guys in the middle? What happens if we try to move the line down until it encompasses more and more of the guys at the bottom? Read the rest of this entry »
THE APOCALYPSE IS HERE: Matt Lauer Accused of Sexual Harassment by Multiple Women, Garrison Keillor Fired Amidst Allegations
Posted: November 30, 2017 Filed under: Crime & Corruption, Health and Social Issues, Mediasphere, U.S. News | Tags: Garrison Keillor, Global Panic, Harrassment, Improper Conduct, Matt Lauer, NBC, Sexual Harrassment, Sexual Misconduct, Today Show, Variety 1 Comment
Ramin Setoodeh reports: As the co-host of NBC’s “Today,” Matt Lauer once gave a colleague a sex toy as a present. It included an explicit note about how he wanted to use it on her, which left her mortified.
On another day, he summoned a different female employee to his office, and then dropped his pants, showing her his penis. After the employee declined to do anything, visibly shaken, he reprimanded her for not engaging in a sexual act.
He would sometimes quiz female producers about who they’d slept with, offering to trade names. And he loved to engage in a crass quiz game with men and women in the office: “f—, marry, or kill,” in which he would identify the female co-hosts that he’d most like to sleep with.
These accounts of Lauer’s behavior at NBC are the result of a two-month investigation by Variety, with dozens of interviews with current and former staffers. Variety has talked to three women who identified themselves as victims of sexual harassment by Lauer, and their stories have been corroborated by friends or colleagues that they told at the time. They have asked for now to remain unnamed, fearing professional repercussions.
On Wednesday, NBC announced that Lauer was fired from “Today.” It was a stunning move for a co-host who was widely considered the crown jewel of the network’s news division, with a $25 million annual salary. The cause of his dismissal, according to sources, was a detailed complaint from another current NBC employee about inappropriate sexual conduct from Lauer that started on a trip at the Sochi Olympics in 2014 and continued for several months.
The employee met with human resources at NBC on Monday night … (read more)
Source: Variety
Minnesota Public Radio said Wednesday that it was severing all business ties with Garrison Keillor, the creator and retired host of “A Prairie Home Companion,” after allegations of “inappropriate behavior with an individual who worked with him.”
Over four decades, Mr. Keillor, 75, had created a financial juggernaut for the radio network with his weekly broadcast of songs, skits and tales of his fictional hometown Lake Wobegon, along with related books, recordings and other products.
In a statement he provided to The New York Times, Mr. Keillor said, “I’ve been fired over a story that I think is more interesting and more complicated than the version MPR heard. Most stories are.”
Effective immediately, MPR said, it will no longer distribute and broadcast Mr. Keillor’s remaining programs, “The Writer’s Almanac” and “The Best of A Prairie Home Companion Hosted by Garrison Keillor.”
‘HUFF DADDY’: New York Post Cover for Sunday, November 21, 2017
Posted: November 21, 2017 Filed under: Breaking News, Entertainment, Mediasphere, Politics, U.S. News | Tags: Al Franken, Arianna Huffington, media, New York, New York Post, news, Newspapers, Sex, Sexual Misconduct, Tabloid 1 Comment
BIRDS & BEES: Married Science Teacher Hunter day, 22, Arrested for Doing the Secret Handshake with Teen Boy Student
Posted: November 17, 2017 Filed under: Crime & Corruption, Education, War Room | Tags: Hunter Day, Oklahoma, Selfies, Sex, Sexual Misconduct, Teacher Leave a comment
A teacher in Oklahoma was arrested after allegedly having a sexual relationship with a student. (Canadian County Jail)
A married teacher in Oklahoma was arrested Wednesday, accused of having a sexual relationship with an underage student.
Hunter Day, 22, a science teacher at Yukon High School, was arrested by the Canadian County Sheriff’s Department on complaints of second-degree rape, facilitating sexual contact with a minor and possession of child pornography, KWTV reported. She is reportedly married to the school’s football coach.
“I’m no longer surprised by the people who commit these crimes, because predators come from all walks of life.”
— Canadian County Sheriff Chris West
Authorities said they investigated the relationship after being notified by the boy’s parents and finding explicit photos and messages on his phone, the report said.
[EX-COLORADO TEACHER SENTENCED FOR SEX ASSAULT OF MINOR: REPORT]
On the day of the arrest, the sheriff’s department said that Day and the teen had planned to meet at her house, KWTV reported. Deputies arrived at the residence and reportedly texted the teacher from the boy’s phone saying he’d arrived. Day responded to the message saying, “The doors [sic] unlocked as usual,” the report said.
Facebook (Hunter Day was reportedly wearing a Christmas cat t-shirt and workout shorts when investigators entered the home.)
When investigators entered the home, Day was sitting on the floor of her living room with candles lit and all of the lights off, authorities said. She was also reportedly wearing a Christmas cat T-shirt and workout shorts.
The teacher confessed to sending the boy illicit “bra and panty” photos and said he’d also sent her photos of his genitals, KWTV reported. Read the rest of this entry »
‘FRANKEN SLIME’: New York Post Cover for November 17, 2017
Posted: November 17, 2017 Filed under: Breaking News, Entertainment, Health and Social Issues, Mediasphere, Politics, U.S. News | Tags: Al Franken, Democrat, DNC, harassment, media, New York, New York Post, news, NYC, Sexual Misconduct, Tabloid, U.S. Senate 1 Comment
38 Women Have Come Forward to Accuse Director James Toback of Sexual Harassment
Posted: October 23, 2017 Filed under: Breaking News, Crime & Corruption, Entertainment, Mediasphere, U.S. News | Tags: Director, Harrassment, Hollywood, James Toback, Movies, Sex, Sexual Misconduct Leave a comment
Director James Toback told women that he could put them in movies. But then, they say, he sexually harassed them.
Glenn Whipp reports: He prowled the streets of Manhattan looking for attractive young women, usually in their early 20s, sometimes college students, on occasion a high schooler. He approached them in Central Park, standing in line at a bank or drug store or at a copy center while they worked on their resumes.
His opening line had a few variations. One went: “My name’s James Toback. I’m a movie director. Have you ever seen ‘Black and White’ or ‘Two Girls and a Guy’?”
Probably not. So he’d start to drop names. He had an Oscar nomination for writing the Warren Beatty movie “Bugsy.” He directed Robert Downey Jr., in three movies. The actor, Toback claimed, was a close friend; he had “invented him.” If you didn’t believe him, he would pull out a business card or an article that had been written about him to prove he had some juice in Hollywood. That he could make you a star.
But first, he’d need to get to know you. Intimately. Trust him, he’d say. It’s all part of his process.
NEW YORK, NY – JUNE 11: (L-R) Producer, writer and director Michael Moore and writer, director and actor James Toback attend Museum of the Moving Image Inaugural Envision Award Gala Dinner at Museum of the Moving Image on June 11, 2013 in New York City. (Photo by Monica Schipper/Getty Images)
Then, in a hotel room, a movie trailer, a public park, meetings framed as interviews or auditions quickly turned sexual, according to 38 women who, in separate interviews told the Los Angeles Times of similar encounters they had with Toback.
During these meetings, many of the women said, Toback boasted of sexual conquests with the famous and then asked humiliating personal questions. How often do you masturbate? How much pubic hair do you have? He’d tell them, they said, that he couldn’t properly function unless he “jerked off” several times a day. And then he’d dry-hump them or masturbate in front of them, ejaculating into his pants or onto their bodies and then walk away. Meeting over.
The women’s accounts portray James Toback as a man who, for decades, sexually harassed women he hired, women looking for work and women he just saw on the street. The vast majority of these women — 31 of the 38 interviewed — spoke on the record. The Times also interviewed people that the women informed of the incidents when they occurred.
Actor Alec Baldwin, left, speaks with director James Toback during a photo call for the film Seduced and Abandoned at the 66th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Tuesday, May 21, 2013. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)
As is often the case, none of them contacted the police at the time. When contacted by The Times, Toback denied the allegations, saying that he had never met any of these women or, if he did, it “was for five minutes and have no recollection.” He also repeatedly claimed that for the last 22 years, it had been “biologically impossible” for him to engage in the behavior described by the women in this story, saying he had diabetes and a heart condition that required medication. Toback declined to offer further details.
The women interviewed during The Times’ investigation offered accounts that differed from Toback’s recollections.
“The way he presented it, it was like, ‘This is how things are done,’” actress Adrienne LaValley said of a 2008 hotel room encounter that ended with Toback trying to rub his crotch against her leg. When she recoiled, he stood up and ejaculated in his pants. “I felt like a prostitute, an utter disappointment to myself, my parents, my friends. And I deserved not to tell anyone.”
“In a weird sense, I thought, ‘This is a test of whether I’m a real artist and serious about acting,’” remembered Starr Rinaldi, who was an aspiring actress when Toback approached her in Central Park about 15 years ago. Read the rest of this entry »
Weinstein Bonfire: Harvey Got Exposed Because He’s Not Profitable Anymore
Posted: October 16, 2017 Filed under: Cinema, Crime & Corruption, Entertainment, Mediasphere, U.S. News | Tags: "The Case Against the Iran Deal: How Can We Now Stop Iran from Getting Nukes?, Angelina Jolie, Ashley Judd, Asia Argento, Gwyneth Paltrow, Harvey Weinstein, Hollywood, Hookers, Mira Sorvino, Prostitution, Rosanna Arquette, Rose McGowan, scandal, Sexual abuse, Sexual Misconduct 1 Comment
A collective jaw dropped this week as Asia Argento, Gwyneth Paltrow, Angelina Jolie, Mira Sorvino, Rosanna Arquette and a host of other women joined Ashley Judd and Rose McGowan in speaking publicly about being harassed, mauled and even allegedly raped by Hollywood’s heavyweight gorilla, Harvey Weinstein.
Media outlets ironically wrung their hands and asked in big, bold block letters: How could this have gone on for so long? If everyone knew, why didn’t anyone say anything? And the inevitable: What can be done?
To answer these questions, let’s look beyond the Harvey-shaped elephant in the room. Behind the touted veneer of creative genius and imagination, the Hollywood studio system (an umbrella term that now encompasses movie studios, television networks, news organizations, tech companies and new media) was built on top of the cushions of the casting couch. And, as we’ve seen several times this year, that couch was never retired.
I witnessed a lot at Page Six — only a fraction of which ever hit the paper (for a multitude of reasons). But I will share one incident in May 2004 that has always summed up for me how this industry really feels about women.
[Read the full story here, at the New York Post]
I had gone to dinner with a friend who was in town for the upfronts (the big annual congregation where television network executives fly in from Los Angeles and present their upcoming slates of new shows). He worked at United Talent Agency and was psyched when I scored us an 8 p.m. reservation at the hottest place in town, Jean-Georges Vongerichten’s Spice Market, unfortunately, next to a table of three drunk and loud television executives, one of whom I knew headed up a cable network.
“I need a hooker while I’m in town,” one man quasi-yelled.
“Dude — the top-shelf whores go for $1,000 an hour, $5,000 a night,” the cable exec bragged to his friends.
“That’s all? All night?”
“All night — whatever you want — and these are working actresses.”
“No way — who are we talking about?”
The executive, in between ordering more bottles of Patron silver, proceeded to bray out the names of women who were indeed working actresses as well as models — including one woman who was cast in a show on his network. He was her boss.
“How do you think she got the job?” the executive joked, as the others high-fived him.
That incident always ate at me — it was the crystallization of just how lousy it is out there for women trying to either get a job, do their job or advance in one of the most powerful industries in America. Read the rest of this entry »
Former Kindergarten Teacher Heather Lee Robertson Accused of Student Threesome
Posted: April 25, 2017 Filed under: Crime & Corruption, Education, U.S. News | Tags: Arrest, Arrest warrant, Heather Lee Robertson, Houston Chronicle, Hudson Independent School District, Intimate relationship, Middle school, Sexual intercourse, Sexual Misconduct, Teacher, Texas, Trophy Club Leave a comment
Natalie Musumeci reports: A former kindergarten teacher in Texas is accused of having sex with four students –- two of whom she bedded at the same time, according to reports.
Heather Lee Robertson, 38, who taught for the Hudson Independent School District, was arrested Saturday on four counts of an improper relationship after cops opened an investigation into her sexual affairs with pupils, the Lufkin Daily News reported.
Robertson copped to the sex rendezvous and told police that she did not “require” the boys she slept with to use a condom because she was unable to have children, according to the news outlet.
Before police arrested Robertson, also a former high school teacher, they questioned students they believed were involved with her.
One student told police that his affair with Robertson began after spring break with the pair “chatting and sexting” on Snapchat, the newspaper reported.
Robertson allegedly asked the boy to come over to her apartment to have sex, and the boy asked if a friend could join, the boy told police. Read the rest of this entry »
OH NO SHE DIDN’T: Sarah Fowlkes: This Bad Teacher is All Smiles After Student-Sex Bust
Posted: March 21, 2017 Filed under: Crime & Corruption, Education, Law & Justice, Mediasphere | Tags: Harris County, Houston, Houston Chronicle, Houston Police Department, Lockhart High School, Sarah Fowlkes, Sex, Sexual Misconduct, Teacher, Texas 1 Comment
Yaro Steinbuch reports: Married Texas teacher Sarah Fowlkes couldn’t wipe the smile off her face for her mugshot after being accused of romping with a 17-year-old student, the Houston Chronicle reported.
Fowlkes, 26, was suspended from her job as an anatomy and physiology teacher at Lockhart High School after turning herself in to police Monday – hours after celebrating her birthday with her hubby.
The beaming blonde allegedly engaged in “sexual content with the intent to arouse or gratify the sexual desire” of the student, the Daily Star reported.
Detectives launched the investigation on March 10 after getting a tip from a school administrator. The probe led them to the boy, who had been in touch with Fowlkes, cops said.
Judge Sentences Former Substitute Teacher Mary Beth Haglin to 90 Days in Jail
Posted: March 8, 2017 Filed under: Crime & Corruption, Education, Law & Justice | Tags: Benjamin Netanyahu, Boy-Crazy Teacher, Cedar Rapids, County attorney, Iowa, Judge, Mandatory sentencing, Mary Beth Haglin, Plea, Preliminary injunction, Sexual Misconduct, Suspended sentence, Teacher, United States district court, Washington High Leave a comment
In addition to the jail time, Haglin also will have to serve a special sentence of parole for 10 years and be placed on the sex offender registry for 10 years due to the nature of the offense.
CEDAR RAPIDS — Trish Mehaffey reports: A judge on Friday sentenced former Washington
High substitute teacher Mary Beth Haglin to 90 days in jail for having a sexual relationship — that started in 2015 and continued into last year — with a 17-year-old Washington High
student.
Sixth Judicial District Judge Kevin McKeever said he didn’t think a deferred judgment and probation, as recommended by defense, and 180 days in jail, as recommended by prosecutor, were appropriate.
McKeever said he had considered all the facts of the case and both recommendations, but he believed the appropriate sentence was 360 days in jail. He did, however, suspend 270 days, which requires Haglin to serve 90 days in jail. He also placed her on supervised probation for two years.
Tell it to the judge
Haglin, 25, of Cedar Rapids, was found guilty by McKeever in December of sexual exploitation by a school employee, an aggravated misdemeanor. She agreed to a bench or nonjury trial based on the “minutes of testimony,” a limited summary of evidence the prosecution would present at trial.
In addition to the jail time, Haglin also will have to serve a special sentence of parole for 10 years and be placed on the sex offender registry for 10 years due to the nature of the offense.
[ALSO SEE – ‘It’s the School’s Fault I Had Sex with That Boy’]
McKeever also warned her that because this is a sexual offense she would be subject to an enhanced penalty — more prison time — for any future conviction.
Haglin, during the sentencing, apologized to the victim and the court. She never went into teaching for this to happen, she said.
“I’m more complex than this one snapshot in time,” Haglin told the judge.
Assistant Linn County Attorney Heidi Carmer said during the hearing these kinds of cases are particularly difficult because the best outcome for both the victim and the community have to be considered. But the facts in this case “can’t be overlooked.” There was an inappropriate relationship between a teacher and a student, she argued.
Carmer said 180 days in jail would hold her accountable, protect the victim and community and discourage others from this kind of crime.
Katie Frank, Haglin’s lawyer, asked the judge to consider a deferred judgment or a suspended sentence and probation. Frank argued that Haglin had no previous criminal history, and she believed it was the intent of the law, that because this wasn’t a forcible felony, she would be eligible for a deferred or suspended judgment. Read the rest of this entry »
OH NOT AGAIN: California Gym Teacher Corine Audiat Busted for ‘Unlawful Oral Copulation’ with Boy from her High School
Posted: December 4, 2016 Filed under: Crime & Corruption, Education, U.S. News | Tags: Chief of police, child molestation, Computer, Contra Costa Times, KPIX-TV, Oral sex, San Francisco, San Francisco Bay Area, San Francisco Chronicle, Sexual Misconduct Leave a comment
Her rap includes charges of contacting a minor for sex, sending harmful material to a minor with sexual intent and misdemeanor child molestation.
Tobias Salinger reports: A married 32-year-old California gym teacher and swim coach had sex with a boy who goes to her East Bay area high school, police said.
“This is an unfortunate situation that we are sure has generated anxiety and many questions within our community.”
Washington High School teacher Corine (Cory) Audiat was charged Wednesday with six felony sex crimes, including unlawful sex and oral copulation with a minor, according to Fremont police. School officials placed her on unpaid leave and said she would never teach in the district again.
Audiat and the teen carried on months of private conversations this year that became more and more inappropriate until they had sex, investigators said. Police arrested her on Thanksgiving.
“This case is a very unfortunate situation for our community,” Fremont police said in a statement. They asked members of the public to assist in keeping the victim’s identity confidential and to contact investigators with any information they may know about the case.
Officials at Washington High School in Fremont, Calif., said Audiat would never work at the school or in the district again. (CBS SF BAY AREA)
Police said they had received a tip the day before Thanksgiving about Audiat’s affair with the boy. Detectives said they quickly tracked the messages between her and the teen starting earlier this year and arrested her the following day.
Both police and Fremont Unified School District Superintendent Jim Morris said investigators do not believe there were any other victims, KPIX-TV reported. Washington High administrators notified parents of Audiat’s arrest in a letter Thursday promising to make counseling available. Read the rest of this entry »
Santa Fe High School teacher Kelsey Gutierrez Busted for Screwing Two Male Students
Posted: November 29, 2016 Filed under: Crime & Corruption, Education, Law & Justice, Mediasphere, U.S. News | Tags: District Attorney, Kelsey Gutierrez, Prosecutor, Rape, Santa Fe High School, Sexual assault, Sexual Misconduct, Sexual Relationship, Teacher sex Leave a comment
A former Santa Fe High School teacher has been arrested and charged with three counts of having an improper relationship with a student raping a student.
“Gutierrez went to the student’s residence and had sex in his bedroom, court records show.”
Kelsey Gutierrez was arrested Monday, Nov. 28 and is being held in the Galveston County Jail with no bond.
“Investigators said Gutierrez admitted to having a sexual relationship with the student, and that they found evidence on both of their phones about meeting times and the student’s sexual performance.”
Gutierrez was an English teacher at Santa Fe High School, but was terminated after an investigation that began with a tip to authorities, prosecutors said.
“Gutierrez met with the 18-year-old Santa Fe High student around midnight Nov. 12 in the parking lot of the student’s residence. The two began kissing in the front seat of her car, then climbed into the back seat to have sex.”
Four days later, Gutierrez went to the student’s residence and had sex in his bedroom, court records show.
Investigators said Gutierrez admitted to having a sexual relationship with the
student, and that they found evidence on both of their phones about meeting times and the 
student’s sexual performance.
“Court documents state that in 2015 Gutierrez had a sexual relationship with another teen, who was still enrolled as a student at Santa Fe High School at the time.”
In May 2015, Gutierrez picked up the second student in her car, and they drove to a gas station parking lot, where they kissed in her car, according to prosecutors.
A few weeks later, court documents said Gutierrez picked up the second student and parked on the side of the road, where they made out in her car.
“Gutierrez and the second student met up a few months later and hooked up for a fourth time, according to court documents.”
The two ‘hooked up’ again at the second student’s residence, investigators said…(read more)
“As soon as the district learned of the allegations, an internal investigation began including campus administrators and the district police department, and the teacher’s employment with the district ended,” Santa Fe ISD officials said. Read the rest of this entry »
OH YES SHE DID: High School Cheerleading Coach Shelley Jo Duncan Got Nude With 14-Year-Old Male, Proposed Interesting Oral Act
Posted: September 23, 2016 Filed under: Mediasphere | Tags: cheerleading coach, KFOR-TV, lewd, Oklahoma, Oklahoma Bureau of Investigation, Oklahoma City, Oral sex, Sexual Misconduct, Shelley Jo Duncan, Tishomingo, Tishomingo High School 1 Comment
Is her husband the school district superintendent? YES!
Eric Owens reports: This week’s high school cheerleading coach arrested for allegedly getting undressed with a 14-year-old male and engaging in a festival of touching is Shelley Jo Duncan.
“Duncan called the teen ‘boo’ and ‘love’ in the romantic correspondence, according to police.”
For her full-time job, Duncan is an English teacher at an alternative high school in Tishomingo, Oklahoma, according to area CBS affiliate KXII-TV.
The very busy woman is also a reserve officer at the local community college in town — and married to Tishomingo Public Schools superintendent Kevin Duncan.
Agents with the Oklahoma Bureau of Investigation arrested Duncan, 48, on Friday morning in the alternative school 
parking lot.
“The 48-year-old Tishomingo High School cheerleading coach also described her plan to provide oral sex to the 14-year-old teen while simultaneously consuming a cough drop.”
Investigators began looking into Duncan’s extracurricular activities after the mother of the unidentified 14-year-old teen contacted Tishomingo police.
Did investigators find a large number of sexually explicit text messages? Yes!
Duncan called the teen “boo” and “love” in the romantic correspondence, according to police.
The 48-year-old Tishomingo High School cheerleading coach also described her plan to provide oral sex to the 14-year-old teen while simultaneously consuming a cough drop, police said.
The pair, separated in age by 34 years, used Snapchat to communicate — laboring under the apparent belief that their messages would eternally disappear into the Internet ether forever. Read the rest of this entry »
OH YES SHE DID: Teacher ‘Baby Boo’ Sara Domres Admits to Sex with 16-Year-Old, Sent Him Selfies During Her Honeymoon
Posted: August 5, 2016 Filed under: Crime & Corruption, Education, Law & Justice | Tags: Akola Airport, Child pornography, Elementary school, Investigation, Manslaughter, Minor, Plea, Sara Domres, Sexual assault, Sexual Misconduct, Student, Teacher, Underage, Wisconsin 1 Comment
WAUKESHA COUNTY, Wis. – A former high school teacher has pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a student while working at New Berlin West High School in Wisconsin.
“Investigators found evidence on Domres’ phone of the two referring to each other as ‘baby boo.”
Sara Domres, 28, pleaded guilty Thursday to two counts of sexual assault of a student by school staff, both felony charges. She will be sentenced on September 30.
According to court documents, the relationship between Domres and the 16-year-old male student began during the 2014-2015 school year. A criminal complaint states that the victim was in an English class taught by Domres, and the two “became friends and began to text each other a lot.”
“On the same day that her husband had his bachelor party during the 2015-2016 school year, Domres had sex with the boy at the Motel 6.”
Investigators found evidence on Domres’ phone of the two referring to each other as “baby boo.” Texts read, “I love you!” and, “You’re extremely attractive to me!!!”
Sara Domres in court
“The two also allegedly had sex at the Park and Ride on Moorland Road in New Berlin in July 2015.”
On the same day that her husband had his bachelor party during the 2015-2016 school year, Domres had sex with the boy at the Motel 6 off of Bluemound Road in the Town of Brookfield, according to court documents.
[Read the full story here, at Q13 FOX News]
The two also allegedly had sex at the Park and Ride on Moorland Road in New Berlin in July 2015.
Sara Domres in court
Investigators were able to confirm the victim’s phone had been connected to the hotel’s Wi-Fi, and Domres “paid cash” for the room. Read the rest of this entry »
OH YES SHE DID 24-Year-Old Teacher Mary Beth Haglin: ‘It’s the School’s Fault’ I Had Sex with that Teen Boy
Posted: July 27, 2016 Filed under: Crime & Corruption, Education, Health and Social Issues, Law & Justice, U.S. News | Tags: Bad Teacher, Cedar Rapids, Cedar Rapids Community School District, Iowa, Mary Beth Haglin, New York Post, School district, sex offender, Sexual intercourse, Sexual Misconduct, Substitute teacher, United States Department of Education 1 Comment
A substitute teacher accused of having sex with a student is blaming education officials for her illegal indiscretions — claiming they failed to stop her, and “allowed” the relationship to blossom.
“These people all knew what was going on, and yet hey turned a blind eye because they wanted to protect their school. They didn’t want it to get into the limelight.”
In a series of interviews with reporters in Iowa, 24-year-old Mary Beth Haglin admitted to having sex 
with a 17-year-old boy for much of the 2015-16 academic year — and accused Cedar Rapids Community School District of complicity.
“They didn’t ban me. They never actually said they were banning me from school grounds, they never said they were banning me from working at any other school…”
“These people all knew what was going on, and yet hey turned a blind eye because they wanted to protect their school. They didn’t want it to get into the limelight,” Haglin told KGAN-TV, saying she first had sex with the boy last October. “They allowed this to happen. They knew in February.”
“…they never said they were banning me from thus-and-so many feet of any school. They never said any of that.”
Haglin, a sub at George Washington HS, was arrested on Friday and booked for sexual exploitation of a minor.
[Read the full story here, at New York Post]
She faces up to two years behind bars and having to register as a sex offender for 10 years. Read the rest of this entry »
UPDATE: ‘Naked Twister’ Mom Rachel Lehnardt Scores Big, Wins Lenient Sentence For Lewd Drunk Teen Sex Party
Posted: July 4, 2016 Filed under: Crime & Corruption, Health and Social Issues, Mediasphere, U.S. News | Tags: Atlanta, Birmingham, City Hospital, Georgia, Naked Twister, Rachel Lehnardt, Sexual Misconduct, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Twister 1 Comment
A Georgia mom who police say hosted a party for teenagers that included alcohol, drugs, sex and “naked Twister” has been
sentenced to probation, reports CBS affiliate WRDW.
Rachel Lehnardt, 35, allegedly confessed to her Alcoholics Anonymous sponsor that she lost custody of five children after the April 2015 party at her Evans home. Police say she allowed her 16-year-old daughter and the teen’s friends to drink alcohol and smoke marijuana.
A police report alleged Lehnardt participated in a game of “naked Twister” before having sex with an 18-year-old boy in a bathroom, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported at the time. Police said Lenhardt admitted to lewd acts in front of the group. They also allege Lenhardt said she fell asleep and woke up to find her daughters’ boyfriend, 16, having sex with her, the paper reported.
The Columbia County Sheriff’s Office investigated after her alleged confession to the Alcoholics Anonymous sponsor. She was reportedly charged with contributing to the delinquency of minors. She did not face sex charges because the age of consent in Georgia is 16, police told the paper. Read the rest of this entry »
Former Middle Teacher Serena Milan Admits Sexual Relationship with 14-Year-Old Student
Posted: June 30, 2016 Filed under: Crime & Corruption, Education, Health and Social Issues | Tags: Probation officer, Serena Milan, Sex offender registration, Sexual abuse, Sexual Misconduct, Teacher 1 Comment
Milan will serve 10 years probation on six felony counts of sexual battery by an authority figure and 22 felony counts of exploitation of a minor.
Jamie Satterfield reports: A former middle school teacher pleaded guilty Thursday to luring a 14-year-old student into a months-long sexual tryst, but she won’t be going to jail.
In a plea deal brokered between defense attorney Gregory P. Isaacs and Knox County Assistant District Attorney General Rachel Russell, Serena Milan, 28, received a probationary sentence.
“The charges included six counts of statutory rape by an authority figure for specific sex acts, as well as several charges of sexual exploitation of a minor related to sexting between the pair.”
Milan will serve 10 years probation on six felony counts of sexual battery by an authority figure and 22 felony counts of exploitation of a minor.
She also must register as a sex offender and remain on the registry for 20 years.
Her victim’s mother, who is suing Milan, Knox County Schools and a former coach at the school, approved the deal, according to statements made in Knox County
Criminal Court on Thursday.
“On at least one occasion she met up with the boy at West Town Mall and then had sex with him in her car, according to the lawsuit attorney Eddie Daniel filed in Knox County Circuit Court last week on behalf of the boy’s mother.”
Milan faced a 29-count indictment filed as the result of an investigation by Knoxville Police Department Investigator Patty Tipton after the boy’s mother learned of the relationship, which spanned five months in 2015. The charges included six counts of statutory rape by an authority figure for specific sex acts, as well as several charges of sexual exploitation of a minor related to sexting between the pair.
Milan was working as an English “intervention” instructor at Northwest Middle School when in February 2015 she began coaxing the boy with sexual advances, including graphic text messages and photographs. Court records state the two had sex on at least a half-dozen occasions, including in Milan’s classroom. Read the rest of this entry »
OH YES SHE DID: Middle School Teacher Kylie Rexann Modisette Busted for Sending Naked Selfies to 14-Year-Old Boy
Posted: April 10, 2016 Filed under: Crime & Corruption, Education, U.S. News | Tags: Kylie Rexann Modisette, Middle school, Minor, Naked Selfie, Nude Image, Selfie, Sexual Misconduct, Teacher, The Daily Caller Leave a comment
One nude image ended up getting shared widely by local youngsters.
Eric Owens reports: This week’s female teacher busted for using Snapchat to send nude selfies to a 14-year-old male teenager is Kylie Rexann Modisette.
Modisette, 28, is an English teacher in the single middle school in the small town of Huntington, Texas, reports area ABC affiliate KTRE.
The flurry of raunchy sexting occurred back in December, law enforcement officials say. Modisette knows the unidentified 14-year-old boy because he was previously a student in one of her classes at Huntington Middle School.
“Modisette, who has been employed by the school district for a little over 3 years, faces a misdemeanor charge of distributing harmful material to a minor. She was arrested on Thursday and then released after posting $1,500 bail.”
The teenager told Texas Ranger Travis Brazil that he had successfully deleted the nude photos of Modisette from his mobile phone.
[Read the full story here, at The Daily Caller]
However, the teen swore, someone else had taken a screenshot of a photo of Modisette posing in her birthday suit. Read the rest of this entry »
OH YES SHE DID: Middle School Teacher Jennifer Caswell Gets 10 Years In The Pokey For Sex With 15-Year-Old Male Student
Posted: August 17, 2015 Filed under: Crime & Corruption, Mediasphere, U.S. News | Tags: Bullhead City, Cannabis (drug), Daily News (New York), Jennifer Caswell, Mohave High School, Mohave Valley Daily News, Plea, Rape, Sexual Misconduct, Student, Teacher, Track and field 1 Comment
Caswell also faces a federal lawsuit from the victim’s father who is seeking $1 million in damages saying he faults the school for not notifying him or police when allegations first surfaced.
HOLLIS, Okla. (CBS Houston)– A former Oklahoma middle school teacher was sentenced to 10 years behind bars after admitting to having a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old student.
“I was in a very unhappy marriage and I received little to no attention from my husband… While working at Hollis Public Schools I started receiving attention from a student. I reacted poorly and irresponsibly.”
The attorney for 29-year-old Jennifer Caswell said he was surprised that the former teacher and mother was handed down a “severe” sentencing of 15 years in prison and eligibility for parole only after 8 1/2 years, as reported by New York Daily News.
“I’m not a monster and I’m not a predator…I made a stupid decision.”
Caswell pleaded guilty to six counts of second-degree rape, child enticement and forcible enticement, in addition to having to register as a sex offender upon release.
The former teacher appeared on an episode of Dr. Phil in May to defend her relationship with the teen, going as far as to say she envisioned walking down the aisle with him someday. Read the rest of this entry »
Dennis Hastert: THAT Explains It
Posted: May 29, 2015 Filed under: Breaking News, Humor, Law & Justice, Mediasphere, Politics, The Butcher's Notebook | Tags: Dennis Hastert, GOP, media, news, Sexual Misconduct, Speaker of the House, Wall Street Journal, WSJ Leave a comment
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‘What’s Up Babe?’ Brooklyn Teacher Claudia Tillery Says She Shouldn’t Be Fired for Having Sex With Her 12-Year-Old Student
Posted: May 23, 2015 Filed under: Crime & Corruption, Education, Health and Social Issues | Tags: Administrative leave, Baby Daddy, Classroom, Claudia Tillery, Julia Marsh, Middle school, Minor, Rape, Sexual Misconduct, Stephen Decatur Middle School, Student, Teacher, Text messaging, Underage, WSB-TV 1 Comment
In her decision, DOE officer Haydee Rosario notes that a DNA test revealed both the student’s and the teacher’s saliva were on the teacher’s comforter cover
Julia Marsh reports: A Brooklyn public-school teacher whines in a new lawsuit that she was unfairly fired from her job for bedding her 12-year-old student — even though DNA, videotape, text and financial records pin her to the dirty deed.
“Rosario also says the student recorded a video that shows his teacher putting her pants on in a motel room.”
Claudia Tillery, who spent her 15-year career at the Stephen Decatur Middle School, wants back in the classroom because a jury cleared her of criminal charges.
“Tillery and her young charge exchanged 8,000 text messages over two years using pseudonyms. In one message the teacher texted, ‘What’s up babe?'”
But a Department of Education hearing officer found in April that a “preponderance of the credible record evidence” proves that Tillery raped the youngster — then painted him as a “master manipulator” to duck a criminal conviction.
In departmental hearings, the standard of proof is lower than the “beyond a reasonable doubt” standard required for a criminal conviction. Tillery was arrested in 2011 and acquitted in 2014.
“…the officer sided with the DOE, which scoffed at Tillery’s claims that a 12-year-old ‘concocted a grand conspiracy and coerced her, a middle-school teacher, to ignore sound judgment and to put him into a fleabag motel and give him hundreds of dollars.’”
The mother of two argues in her Manhattan Supreme Court suit against the DOE that she was deprived of due process because the hearing officer used sealed evidence from her criminal case and didn’t give proper credit to her own witnesses.
[Read the full text here, at the New York Post]
The suit doesn’t mention that Tillery’s witnesses were her own children and her homeless, schizophrenic baby daddy. Read the rest of this entry »
It Must Be Spring: Bainbridge High Teacher Jessica M. Fuchs Pleads Not Guilty to Sexual Misconduct with Student
Posted: May 12, 2015 Filed under: Breaking News, Crime & Corruption, Health and Social Issues, Law & Justice, U.S. News | Tags: Administrative leave, Allegation, Bail, Bainbridge High School (Washington), Bainbridge Island, Bainbridge Island School District, Human sexual activity, Intimate relationship, Jessica Fuchs, Jessica M. Fuchs, Kitsap County, Police, Probable Cause, School district, Sexual Misconduct, Teacher, Washington Leave a comment
A 25-year-old Baingbridge High School teacher pleaded not guilty Monday to alleged sexual misconduct with a 16-year-old boy.
“Fuchs’ bail was reduced from $100,000 to $25,000, despite the victim’s mother’s pleas to keep the bail high, fearing Fuchs would try to get in contact with her son.”
Jessica M. Fuchs appeared in Kitsap County court Monday. She pleaded not guilty to charges of sexual misconduct with a minor, communication with a minor for immoral purposes, and tampering with a witness.
“Well protect me as best you can. Remember NOTHING COMES OUT EVER! About anything you have been to my house only once. Lie like you have NEVER lied before. And try to get your mom to side with you completely and say this was all a misunderstanding! And tell the investigator that!”
— Fuchs, in a message, attempting to convince the student to lie to detectives
Fuchs’ bail was reduced from $100,000 to $25,000, despite the victim’s mother’s pleas to keep the bail high, fearing Fuchs would try to get in contact with her son.
Fuchs’ is scheduled to next appear in court on June 9.
According to probable cause documents, police were contacted in late February by a Bainbridge Island High School Associate Principal who believed Fuchs was in a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old student. [KIRO News Video HERE]
“Fuchs also did an Internet search for “how to permanently delete cellphone records” on a school laptop. She also searched ‘Paternity Tests.'”
Police contacted the boy’s parents, and uncovered evidence that the boy communicated with Fuchs via the popular social media app SnapChat.
“Police received a warrant to investigate Fuchs’ electronic devices, and allegedly uncovered illicit text messages and graphic videos that Fuchs sent to the boy.”
At first, documents show, the boy denied anything sexual occurred between himself and Fuchs. However, the boy allegedly later admitted to his mother that he engaged in sexual relations with Fuchs at her home, saying that Fuchs’ husband even walked in and caught them in the act.
[Also see part 1: It Must Be Spring: Bainbridge High Teacher Jessica M. Fuchs Pleads Not Guilty to Sexual Misconduct with Student]
Detectives further investigated the case, allegedly discovering that Fuchs had done an internet search on how to permanently delete cell phone records in late February. Read the rest of this entry »
#ForMyBaby! Jessica M. Fuchs Sexual Misconduct Arrest Update: Teacher Caught by Her Husband Tried to Convince Student to Lie
Posted: May 8, 2015 Filed under: Breaking News, Crime & Corruption, Health and Social Issues, U.S. News | Tags: Administrative leave, Arrest, Bainbridge High School (Washington), Bainbridge Island, Bainbridge Island School District, Gross misdemeanor, Jessica M. Fuchs, Kitsap County, Police, Probable Cause, Sexual Misconduct, Teacher 1 Comment
UPDATE: Fuchs Pleads Not Guilty, Reveals She’s Pregnant
Documents just released allege that she was caught in a sex act with the student by her husband, and later tried to convince the 16-year-old boy to lie to investigators
“Well protect me as best you can. Remember NOTHING COMES OUT EVER! About anything you have been to my house only once. Lie like you have NEVER lied before. And try to get your mom to side with you completely and say this was all a misunderstanding! And tell the investigator that!”
BAINBRIDGE ISLAND — A 25-year-old female teacher at Bainbridge High School was arrested Thursday for alleged sexual misconduct with a 16-year-old boy.
“At first, documents show, the boy denied anything sexual occurred between himself and Fuchs. However, the boy allegedly later admitted to his mother that he engaged in sexual relations with Fuchs at her home, saying that Fuchs’ husband even walked in and caught them in the act.”
Now, documents just released allege that she was caught in a sex act with the student by her husband, and later tried to convince the 16-year-old boy to lie to investigators.
“Detectives further investigated the case, allegedly discovering that Fuchs had done an internet search on how to permanently delete cell phone records in late February.”
The Bainbridge Police Department said Jessica M. Fuchs was booked into the Kitsap County Jail on charges of sexual misconduct with a minor, communication with a minor for immoral purposes, and tampering with a witness. She is being held on $100,000 bail.
“Police received a warrant to investigate Fuchs’ electronic devices, and allegedly uncovered illicit text messages and graphic videos that Fuchs sent to the boy. She allegedly sent videos titled ‘ForMyBaby!,’ that show her without clothes.”
According to probable cause documents, police were contacted in late February by a Bainbridge Island High School Associate Principal who believed Fuchs was in a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old student. Read the rest of this entry »
It Must Be Spring: Bainbridge Island High School Teacher Jessica M. Fuchs Arrested for Alleged Sexual Misconduct with Juvenile
Posted: May 7, 2015 Filed under: Crime & Corruption, Education | Tags: Administrative leave, Arrest warrant, Bainbridge Island, Bainbridge Island School District, Communication with a Minor for immoral purposes, Jessica Fuchs, Jessica M. Fuchs, Kitsap County, Sexual Misconduct, Tampering with a Witness, Teacher, Washington State 2 Comments
UPDATE: Fuchs Pleads Not Guilty, Reveals She’s Pregnant
BAINBRIDGE ISLAND, Wash. — A 25-year-old female teacher at Bainbridge High School was arrested Thursday for alleged sexual misconduct with a juvenile male victim, police said.
“Mrs. Fuchs cusses in class sometimes. That’s part of why the kids all like her, because she acts like a teenager so much.”
Fuchs was arrested today by the Bainbridge Police and transported to Kitsap County Jail.
Jessica M. Fuchs is charged with:
- Sexual Misconduct with a Minor in the 1st degree, a felony
- Communication with a Minor for immoral purposes, a gross misdemeanor
- Tampering with a Witness, a felony
Bail was set at $100,000, police said.
“Another thing that’s really cool about her is that none of her homework was ever due until 3:30 p.m. You could do it after school and still get credit for it.”
— female classmate of the victim and a chemistry student of Fuchs
For insidebainbridge.com, Julie Hall reports:
…A female classmate of the victim and a chemistry student of Fuchs told Inside Bainbridge, “It’s too bad because she’s a really good chemistry teacher, the only one who can get it through to me.”
The student, who wishes to remain anonymous, said she saw her teacher as a friend: “Mrs. Fuchs cusses in class sometimes. That’s part of why the kids all like her, because she acts like a teenager so much. . . . She always let people come in before or after school for help.”
The student added, “Another thing that’s really cool about her is that none of her homework was ever due until 3:30 p.m. You could do it after school and still get credit for it.”
[Arrested Teacher Is a BHS Graduate and a ‘Friend’ to Students]
“At this time the police do not have any indication that there are additional victims involved,” a Bainbridge Police Department news release said.
The Bainbridge Island Review‘s Brian Kelly reports:
Principal Mary Alice O’Neill, in an email to parents, said Bainbridge police had arrested a teacher — Fuchs was not mentioned by name in the email — “on felony and misdemeanor charges, including sexual misconduct with a minor.”
“We understand the sad and unsettling nature of the allegations and resulting arrest. We want you and your student to feel the environment at BHS supports their physical, and emotional safety, as well as academic growth,” O’Neill added. “Toward that end, we will continue to make counselors and staff available to help support our students.”
The department was first contacted on Feb. 25 by a member of the Bainbridge Island School District regarding allegations of inappropriate conduct between a female teacher and a juvenile male, the release said. Read the rest of this entry »
High School Teacher Julianna Ortiz Mills Charged with Indecent Liberties with a Student
Posted: February 2, 2015 Filed under: Crime & Corruption, Law & Justice, U.S. News | Tags: English Teacher, Felony, indecent liberties, Intimate relationship, Iredell County, Julianna Ortiz Mills, North Carolina, Rape, Sex, Sexual Misconduct, South Iredell High Schoo, Statesville 1 Comment
Mills was placed under a $10,000 secured bond
A teacher at South Iredell High School was charged after having a sexual relationship with a student, according to the Iredell Sheriff’s Office.
“Deputies say the student is over the age of 16, but according to North Carolina law it is a felony for a teacher to have a sexual relationship with a student at the same school.”
The investigation began when an Iredell County deputy saw a suspicious vehicle parked in an undeveloped residential area. The deputy said a woman, later identified as 37-year-old Julianna Ortiz Mills, was standing next to the vehicle and a younger male was sitting inside.
[Also see – Joy Morsi Update: Queens Gym Teacher Gets Probation For Sex With Underage Students]
After both were questioned at the Sheriff’s Office, Mills was arrested and charged with one count of sexual activity with a student by a teacher and one felony count of taking indecent liberties with a student by a teacher. Read the rest of this entry »
UPDATE: Tacoma Teacher Meredith Powell Pleads Not Guilty in Latest Sex Charge
Posted: April 8, 2014 Filed under: Breaking News, Crime & Corruption, Education | Tags: Debbie Cafazzo, Lincoln High School, Meredith Powell, News Tribune, Plea, Sexual Misconduct, Student, Tacoma Washington, Teacher 3 Comments
Former Lincoln High School teacher Meredith Powell pleaded not guilty Tuesday, April 8, 2014, to an additional charge stemming from her alleged sexual misconduct with students. DEBBIE CAFAZZO — Staff writer
The News Tribune‘s Debbie Cafazzo is the local reporter covering this case, it looks like she went to the arraignment, which was held in Pierce County Superior Court early this afternoon.
According to court documents, a trial date has been set for June 12th, 2014, unless another there’s another continuance, for example, if another students steps forward and new charges are added. A jury trial was originally scheduled for April 24th, but was granted a continuance after the 4th student came forward. Today Powell entered a plea to the new count of sexual misconduct in the second degree.
For the record, this is what Meredith Powell was reported to be charged with. RCW 9A.44.096 – Sexual misconduct with a minor in the second degree. (more after the jump) The following is from today’s News Tribune:
Debbie Cafazzo reports: Former Lincoln High School teacher Meredith Powell pleaded not guilty Tuesday to an additional charge stemming from her alleged sexual misconduct with students.
Supporters of former Lincoln High School teacher Meredith Powell surround her in the hallway of the Pierce County Courthouse after she entered a plea of not guilty Tuesday, April 8, 2014, to an additional charge stemming from her alleged sexual misconduct with students. DEBBIE CAFAZZO — Staff writer
[Flashback: Meredith Powell in Custody of Her Mother: Boy-Crazy High School Teacher Accused of Rape Resigns]
The 24-year-old former Tacoma math teacher pleaded not guilty Feb. 7 to two counts of third-degree child rape and one count of communication with a minor for immoral purposes.
Scene: Meredith Powell is alleged to have engaged in oral sex with two of her students in her classroom here at Lincoln High School in Washington
Those charges were based on allegations that she engaged in sexual acts with three of her male students, ages 15 to 17, earlier this year….(read more) The News Tribune
Dear God! http://t.co/LUDYk90FHR Take the plea bargain! @punditfap@instapundit
— Robert Stacy McCain (@rsmccain) April 9, 2014
Robert Stacy McCain has posted news and comments about this Tacoma teacher, as well as faithfully tracking similar, less-reported adult female sex predator cases that have been tumbling out in just the last few months, inconveniently interrupting the male-predator #RapeCulture narrative. Here’s McCain’s summary of why this case gets more attention:
Having recently written several items (e.g., “She Craved the Taste of Boy Flesh,” Jan. 12, and “Police: Ex-Teacher Tonya Drueppel, 33, Had Sex With 13-Year-Old ‘Girlfriend’,” Jan. 30) about sex-crime cases involving female teacher, I notice that this latest case in Tacoma is getting more media coverage than most, with reports at the Daily Mail, Daily Callerand NY Daily News. This can be explained simply: (a) the accused teacher is a skinny young blonde with a nice smile, (b) she seems to have had a habit of posting selfies on Facebook and Pinterest, providing lots of photo potential, and (c) the affidavit offers lurid details.
The Meredith Powell Letter: “Obviously nothing physical or emotional ever happened between (the boy) and I, nor would it ever…”
Posted: March 26, 2014 Filed under: Education, U.S. News | Tags: Boy-Crazy Teacher, Crime, Lincoln High School, Meredith Powell, Michael E. Allen, Pierce County, Rape, Sexual Misconduct, Snapchat, Social media, Tacoma Washington, Texting, Twitter 7 Comments
Technology and social media feature prominently in the sexual misconduct allegations against Meredith Powell, top, and Michael E. Allen. News Tribune Staff Photo Illustration
Crossing the line online: When teacher-student exchanges become improper
Technology, social media provide easy pathway for inappropriate teacher-student relationships — underscored by the cases of two Pierce County educators charged recently with sexual misconduct
[See more: [VIDEO] Libido Update: Boy-Crazy Teacher Meredith Powell Arrested]
The News Tribune‘s Debbie Cafazzo writes: Texting takes just a few seconds. Maybe a tad longer if you’re tapping a tiny phone keyboard while drunk.
But writing an old-fashioned letter of apology about those texts takes considerably more time — and 10 pages of neatly lettered notebook paper.
“Obviously nothing physical or emotional ever happened between (the boy) and I, nor would it ever, but the fact that we ever text at all about non-school related things, or that we ever sent inappropriate messages, under joking pretenses or not, was completely unprofessional, inappropriate & wrong.”
— Former Lincoln High School Teacher Meredith Powell, to the girlfriend of one of her students
Such a letter, from former Lincoln High School teacher Meredith Powell to the girlfriend of one of her students, is contained in documents released by Tacoma Public Schools as part of its investigation into the 24-year-old math teacher’s alleged misconduct.
In it, Powell wrote she was sorry for behaving badly: “Obviously nothing physical or emotional ever happened between (the boy) and I, nor would it ever, but the fact that we ever text at all about non-school related things, or that we ever sent inappropriate messages, under joking pretenses or not, was completely unprofessional, inappropriate & wrong.”
Michael E. Allen, a 33-year-old Curtis High School teacher, was charged with five counts of first-degree sexual misconduct with a minor. DEAN J. KOEPFLER — Staff photographer
Pierce County prosecutors allege Powell was doing far more than drunk texting with some of her male students.
Hers was one of two back-to-back cases in February in which Pierce County teachers were charged with sexual misconduct.
In both cases, technology didn’t directly cause the alleged inappropriate behavior but may have abetted it.
Court documents accuse Powell of misconduct with three boys, ages 15 to 17. The allegations range from kissing, groping and oral sex in her Lincoln classroom to sending out pictures of herself in the bathtub and in bed through an application called Snapchat, designed to deliver images that disappear from a recipient’s electronic device in seconds.
She pleaded not guilty last month to two counts of third-degree child rape and one count of communication with a minor for immoral purposes. She quit her job and surrendered her teaching license.
[VIDEO] Libido Update: Boy-Crazy Teacher Meredith Powell Arrested
Posted: February 11, 2014 Filed under: Crime & Corruption, Education, Law & Justice, Mediasphere | Tags: Boy-Crazy Teacher, Crime, Human sexual activity, Lincoln High School, Meredith Powell, Pierce County, Rape, Sexual Misconduct, Tacoma Washington 11 Comments
Note: The ‘Meredith Powell Sex Tape” video in circulation is fake.
The cam-show video that’s in multiple places on YouTube, purporting to be disgraced former Tacoma teacher Meredith Powell shakin’ her booty for a webcam, is just a woman who looks sorta like Powell. Get real. It’s not her. You know what’s real? This is real:
The mislabeled “Meredith Powell webcam video” is getting a lot of web searches and misdirected traffic (we’re getting a lot here, too, because of the word “video”) but there’s no credible evidence that it’s her. If it was Powell, I guarantee, you’d see it splashed all over TMZ, or Drudge.
If you want to see NSFW Meredith Powell material, you might want to check out this court document. (see first page above, page two is below the news video) It’s hilariously–or disturbingly–graphic. Bordering on pornographic. There was unmistakable sexual contact.
If you’re a parent, you might not think it’s funny in the least. If you’ve ever been on the wrong end of sexual misconduct or abuse between adult and minor, or a teacher and student, regardless of whether the perp was male or female, you definitely won’t find it funny.
We’ve been covering the Powell story since it broke. Here’s some links:
[Boy-Crazy Teacher Meredith Powell Raped Tacoma Teenagers, Police Say]
[More: The Meredith Powell Letter]
