Middle-School Teacher Kills Self After Being Accused of Sex with Student
Posted: May 11, 2017 Filed under: Crime & Corruption, Education, Mediasphere, U.S. News | Tags: Bayelsa State, Chairman, Drake Middle School, efferson County Sheriff’s Office, English Language, Gretchen Krohnfeldt, Primary school, Rivers State Senior Secondary Schools Board, State school, Teacher, Yenagoa Leave a comment
Middle school teacher and married mother-of-three, 47, ‘kills herself in front of cops’ one day after she was accused of having sex with a student.
Snejana Farberov reports: A middle school teacher and married mother-of-three was found dead inside her home from a suspected suicide Tuesday, one day after she was accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a former student.
Gretchen Krohnfeldt, 47, was pronounced dead in her Arvada home at around 1pm. There was no immediate word on her cause and manner of death.
CBS Denver reported, citing unnamed police sources, that the eighth-grade social studies teacher at Drake Middle School took her own life as police officers were approaching her home to interview her about the alleged affair.
The suspected suicide was reportedly witnessed by at least one law enforcement official.
On Monday, Krohnfeldt was placed on administrative leave after a resource officer at Drake Middle School received a tip that the veteran educator had a tryst with a former student, who was now in high school.
Krohnfeldt was placed on administrative leave after a resource officer at Drake Middle School (pictured) in Jefferson County, Colorado, got a tip.
According to a statement put out by the Arvada Police Department and the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, the initial report was made by a Drake staffer.
The local CBS station reported that the school employee claimed to have seen Krohnfeldt engage in unspecified inappropriate behavior with the male student months prior, but the staffer only came forward about it this week. 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 »
Why Heroin and Classroom Sex Aren’t Enough to Get Teachers Fired Anymore
Posted: April 9, 2017 Filed under: Crime & Corruption, Education, Health and Social Issues, Think Tank | Tags: Akins High School, American Civil War, American Federation of Teachers, Anderson High School (Texas), Board of Education, Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, New York, Teacher Leave a comment
“But the legal system seems bent on protecting the rights of teachers to extraordinary degrees and leaves the students vulnerable.”
The controversial “conscience’’ standard has been around since the 1970s, when it was established by the state’s highest court.
The Court of Appeals wrote in Pell v. Board of Education that judges should typically defer to education officials because they are ultimately responsible for their 77,000 employees.
For decades, the ruling meant that judges rarely second-guessed DOE arbitrators’ disciplinary rulings. But experts, citing several overturned high-profile cases in recent years, say that way of thinking is rapidly changing.
For example, trial and appeals courts alike found it “shocking” that a Brooklyn high school teacher was canned for bringing heroin to court in a backpack.
The courts also were “shocked’’ at the firing of two female romance-language teachers over a topless tryst in a classroom.
Last month, the city was forced to appeal a court ruling that sent a Queens elementary school teacher back into the classroom even after she flunked three of her four previous performance ratings. 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 »
[VIDEO] Dallas Teacher Resa Woodward Fired After Porn Star Past is Revealed
Posted: February 4, 2017 Filed under: Education, Entertainment, Health and Social Issues, Mediasphere, U.S. News | Tags: adult film industry, All-girls STEAM academy, Dallas, Fox, media, Middle school, news, Pornography, Red Eye, Teacher, Texas, The Dallas Morning News, video 1 Comment
Eva-Marie Ayala reports: Resa Woodward, who taught science at the Young Women’s STEAM Academy at Balch Springs Middle School, was pulled from the classroom on Nov. 29.
“I taught in an all-girls STEAM academy that was all about empowerment for women. The sad thing is that if these girls find out that I’m being punished for something that I did nearly 20 years ago and had no control of and fought to get out of, well, what does that say about empowerment?”
District spokeswoman Robyn Harris said Woodward was still considered to be on administrative leave as of Tuesday. She declined to release additional details, citing personnel matters, saying only “the process continues.”
Woodward, 38, said she is fighting termination.
Records obtained by The Dallas Morning News this week show that the district was first made aware of Woodward’s work in the adult film industry after an anonymous tip on March 10. An internal 
review at the time cleared her of any policy violation.
“That involvement was not of my own choosing.”
— Resa Woodward
Woodward said district officials told her then that she could continue teaching unless her previous career became public. That happened this fall.
“I taught in an all-girls STEAM academy that was all about empowerment for women,” Woodward said Tuesday. “The sad thing is that if these girls find out that I’m being punished for something that I did nearly 20 years ago and had no control of and fought to get out of, well, what does that say about empowerment?”
“Woodward is a well-known activist in the Libertarian Party of Texas, where she serves as state membership coordinator and a district representative. She frequently contributes articles to various Libertarian-related websites.”
She added: “That involvement was not of my own choosing.”
Woodward said she was forced into pornography when she was living with an older man and they had financial troubles. She said she was able to leave the situation, finish school and become a teacher.
“I’ve been trying to live my life as far away as possible from this stuff for a long time.”
— Resa Woodward
She tried to move on. Then a tip came to the district in March saying her film name was Robyn Foster.
A web-based adult film database lists Robyn Foster as active in the industry from 2001 to 2004 and associates that actress with 16 movies, including compilations of previously recorded material that was then released as recently as 2013.
“The caller was concerned because he/she did not want his/her child exposed to things like this,” according to the report. The tipster felt Woodward was trying to deceive the students and parents.
Kate Gorman Bauer, the district’s director of Professional Standards, searched the internet and confirmed that Woodward was in numerous pornographic videos and photos. Initially, Woodward denied the allegations, then confirmed it was her, according to the district’s investigation.
Woodward told district officials that activity stopped in 2001 and believed a man who knew her was retaliating against her by alerting the district, according to the report. Read the rest of this entry »
[VIDEO] Oklahoma Teacher Arrested for Doing an Underwear-Free Cartwheel in Class
Posted: February 2, 2017 Filed under: Education, Mediasphere, U.S. News | Tags: Lacey Sponsler, Oklahoma, Panties, Pawhuska High School, Snapchat, Student, Teacher, Undergarment, Underwear Leave a comment
Katherine Rodriguez reports: Lacey Sponsler, 34, allegedly exposed herself in front of students in the junior choir room of Pawhuska High School in Pawhuska after she did a cartwheel in front of students wearing a long dress without undergarments, KOTV reported.
A 17-year-old female student told police that Sponsler announced to the class that she was not wearing any underwear before she performed the cartwheel, talked about using drugs, and said that “14-year-old boys were like men,” Newser reported.
The student also told police that she saw Sponsler’s vagina “open and close, as her legs were in the air.”
A student reportedly captured a Snapchat video of the incident, which police got a hold of and prompted police to arrest Sponsler. Read the rest of this entry »
Corrupt Propagandist Seattle Public School Teachers to Wear Anti-Cop Shirts to School
Posted: September 15, 2016 Filed under: Education, Mediasphere, Politics, U.S. News | Tags: Activism, Black Lives Matter, Buckeye Union High School, Elementary school (United States), John Muir, KING-TV, Marxism, Primary school, propaganda, Property Taxes, Saul Alinsky, Seattle, Shirt, Socialism, Teacher 1 Comment
KING 5 reports teachers at John Muir Elementary School will allegedly be wearing t-shirts that read “Black Lives Matter, We Stand Together” to signify that they agree with Black Lives Matter’s mission.
“It’s something that can be controversial, but just the fact that our whole staff was on board with it, was pretty amazing to me.”
According to one of the teachers at the school, the entire staff will be participating.
“It’s something that can be controversial, but just the fact that our whole staff was on board with it, was pretty amazing to me,” she said.
Jennifer Whitney, who came up with the idea for the t-shirts, told KING 5, “It’s part of the oppression, the systemic oppression continues on that’s the reason that we’re not seeing changes.” Read the rest of this entry »
[VIDEO] Every High School Principal Should Say This
Posted: August 29, 2016 Filed under: Education, Mediasphere, Think Tank | Tags: America, Bernie Sanders, Character, Cultural Marxism, Democratic Party (United States), Dennis Prager, Diversity, High school, Identity Politics, Individual, Left-wing politics, Liberty, pluralism, race, School Principal, Teacher, United States Leave a comment
If every high school principal said this, it would change students’ lives and would change America. So what exactly should every high school principal say? Dennis Prager explains.
OH NO NOT AGAIN: Substitute Teacher Kasey Warren Busted for Sex with Two 16-Year-Old Male Students, Charged with Rape
Posted: August 20, 2016 Filed under: Crime & Corruption, Education, U.S. News | Tags: Carlisle County, Grand jury, Kasey Warren, Kentucky, Kentucky State Police, McCracken County, Rape, Students, Substitute teacher, Teacher, The Paducah Sun 1 Comment
Kasey Warren, 27, a former substitute teacher in Carlisle County Schools District, Kentucky, is accused of raping two 16-year-old male students on separate occasions in June.
A female substitute teacher has been charged with rape after she had sex with two male teenage students, police say.
Kasey Warren, 27, a former instructor within the Carlisle County Schools District, Kentucky, allegedly had sexual contact with two pupils aged 16.
One boy was allegedly attacked on or around June 3, police told Dailymail.com, while the other was attacked around June 14.
Police say she met the pair while working in the district in the latter half of the 2015-2016 term.
Cops revealed that both of the boys attended the same school, but said they will not be disclosing the name of the institution at this time.
Officers say the alleged attacks took place in neighboring McCracken County, but did not give any further details.
Cops say they received a report of the attacks on June 28, and a grand jury indicted Warren on Friday last week. 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 »
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 »
In Flagrante Delicto: Middle School Teacher Christine Taylor Invited a Teen to Her Home for Pizza, But His Mom Walked In On…
Posted: January 4, 2016 Filed under: Crime & Corruption, Education | Tags: aperville, Arraignment, Brooklyn, Child sexual abuse, Christine Taylor, Prison, Sexual abuse, Teacher Leave a comment
44-year-old teacher Christine Taylor of Naperville, Ill. has been accused of sexually abusing a 16-year-old teen after inviting the teen and his mother to her home for pizza on New Year’s Day.
“Around 9 p.m., police said Taylor convinced the victim’s mother to allow him to walk Taylor’s dog with her. Instead of walking the dog, Taylor allegedly took the boy to her bedroom and sexually abused him.”
Taylor, a language arts teacher at Jefferson Middle School, allegedly convinced the mother to let her son go with her to walk the dog. Little did the mother know that “walk the dog” meant “take him to the bedroom.”
“The mother apparently caught her in the act. Another resident in Taylor’s house called the police and Taylor was arrested.”
According to ABC7, “around 9 p.m., police said Taylor convinced the victim’s mother to allow him to walk Taylor’s dog with her. Instead of walking the dog, Taylor allegedly took the boy to her bedroom and sexually abused him.”
The mother apparently caught her in the act….(read more)
Netherlands: Teacher Strips Down to Spandex During Class to Teach Human Anatomy
Posted: October 13, 2015 Filed under: Education, Mediasphere, Science & Technology | Tags: Body Suit, CCTV, Human, Human Anatomy, media, news, Nude, Strip, Stunt, Teacher Leave a commentOH YES SHE DID: Sex with Student Gets Washington High School Drama Teacher Stephanie McCrea Sentenced to Prison
Posted: September 30, 2015 Filed under: Crime & Corruption, Law & Justice | Tags: Life imprisonment, Phoenix, Pinal County, Plea, Prison, Rape, Stephanie McCrea, Teacher Leave a comment
Stephanie McCrea seen in a photo from Evergreen High School Drama’s Instagram account
Prosecutors say McCrea and the boy had sex in her home and her office beginning in December.
VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — A former Vancouver high school drama teacher has been sentenced to five years in prison for having sex with a 15-year-old student.
“The witness tampering charge came from communication she had with the victim through a fake Facebook page. Prosecutors say she asked the boy to keep their relationship quiet and practiced what to say if he spoke to law enforcement.”
The Columbian reports that 36-year-old Stephanie McCrea previously pleaded guilty to four counts of third-degree rape of a child and one count of tampering with a witness.
[Also see – Vancouver drama teacher pleads guilty to sex with student]
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Prosecutors say McCrea and the boy had sex in her home and her office beginning in December….(read more)
Source: Q13 FOX News
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 »
‘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 »
Because, Science: Oregon Teacher Arrested After Burning Students with Tesla Coil
Posted: May 7, 2015 Filed under: Education, Law & Justice, U.S. News | Tags: District Attorney, Indictment, Oregon, Salem, Salem-Keizer School District, South Salem High School, Student, Teacher, Tesla coil 2 Comments
UPDATE, 7:01 p.m. – A prosecutor says he is not filing criminal charges against the teacher at this time.
SALEM, Ore. — An Oregon science teacher who police say used a Tesla coil to burn the phrase “I love mom” into the arms of students has been charged with criminal mistreatment.
Salem Police Lt. Steve Birr says the 37-year-old was arrested Tuesday at South Salem High School.
Birr says students used the coil in an exercise last Thursday. The teacher noted it could also be used to mark the skin and asked for volunteers.
He burned “I love mom” — with a heart to symbolize the word love — into their arms. Read the rest of this entry »
AGAIN? Math Teacher Arrested for Alleged Sex with Student; Boy’s Mom Found Texts from Teacher on Phone then Reported Her
Posted: April 23, 2015 Filed under: Crime & Corruption, U.S. News | Tags: Amber Leigh Anderson, Baton Rouge, Christian Life Academy, East Baton Rouge Parish, East Baton Rouge Parish Prison, East Baton Rouge Parish Public Schools, felony carnal knowledge of a juvenile, Louisiana, Math Teacher, sex offender, Teacher Leave a comment
Christian Life Academy Teacher Amber Leigh Anderson was booked Tuesday into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on a count of felony carnal knowledge of a juvenile
Ben Wallace reports: Following an investigation sparked by a recent complaint from a Baton Rouge high school student’s mother, sheriff’s deputies on Tuesday arrested a Christian Life Academy teacher accused of having a sexual relationship with the student about two years ago.
Amber Leigh Anderson, 27, a math teacher, engaged in the relationship with the student mostly during summer 2013 when the boy was a 15-year-old freshman at the school, according to an East Baton Rouge Parish
Sheriff’s Office report.
“She also said she picked up the victim and took him to her home, where they had sex…”
In April 2013, another student gave the victim Anderson’s cellphone number.
“Anderson characterized the relationship to deputies as ‘a mistake,’ the report says, and she apologized for ‘taking the victim’s innocence.’”
As time progressed, Anderson and the victim “became extremely close to one another,” the Sheriff’s Office report says.
“The relationship lasted a few more months until the boy’s mother found some of the text messages on her son’s cellphone that had been sent by Anderson. At that point, the mother confronted the teacher, told her to quit texting her son…”
Text messages between the two soon became sexually charged, and in July, Anderson began having sex with 
the student, the report says.
The relationship lasted a few more months until the boy’s mother found some of the text messages on her son’s cellphone that had been sent by Anderson. At that point, the mother confronted the teacher, told her to quit texting her son and “reported the matter to the school’s administration,” the report says, effectively bringing an end to the relationship between Anderson and the student.
A woman who answered the phone Tuesday at Christian Life Academy said the school would not comment on the incident. It’s unclear what the mother told the administration. Read the rest of this entry »
Mary Kay Letourneau: ‘I Want to Get My Name Off Sex-Offender Register’
Posted: April 12, 2015 Filed under: Crime & Corruption, U.S. News | Tags: Barbara Walters, child rape, Marriage, Mary Kay Letourneau, Rape, Seattle, sex offender, Sex offender registration, Sixth grade, Teacher, Vili Fualaau Leave a comment
Before embarking on a sexual relationship with her 13-year-old student, Letourneau was a married schoolteacher and the mother of four children. Today she is a grandmother, but she remains a registered sex offender.
K.C. Blumm writes: “There is a story of us that has a life of its own, but it’s not our story,” Mary Kay Letourneau told Barbara Walters in a revealing interview on 20/20 Friday.
“There’s a process, there’s a form, you take it to court and then they grant it if it looks like it should be granted.”
The 53-year-old – who spent 89 months in prison for child rape as a result of her relationship with her then-student Vili Fualaau in 1996 – is looking forward to celebrating her 10th wedding anniversary with Fualaau next month and admitted that as the date 
approaches she’s been looking back on the events that shaped her life.
Before embarking on a sexual relationship with her 13-year-old student, Letourneau was a married schoolteacher and the mother of four children. Today she is a grandmother, but she remains a registered sex offender.
“Recently I said, ‘It’s been 10 years, why don’t I lift that?’ ” she told Walters of her status. “There’s a process, there’s a form, you take it to court and then they grant it if it looks like it should be granted.”
Letourneau, who also said that she’d like to return to teaching, admitted that earlier this year she was banned from visiting her sick teenage daughter in hospital because of her sex offender status.
While Fualaau said he remained faithful to Letourneau in his “heart and mind” while she was in prison, the former teacher says he wasn’t.
“He wasn’t faithful,” she said. “I said he did his thing, I was gone!”
However, the pair did stay in touch while Letourneau was in jail, even though they were banned from contacting each other. The couple communicated through their young 
daughters, who helped Fualaau propose to Letourneau.
“He had sent a message and they came in singing Hawaiian, ‘Will you marry me?’ They knew daddy would be proposing to mommy as soon as she got to leave [prison].”
As the talk turned to the couple’s children – Audrey, 17, and Georgia, 16, who were born when Fualaau was barely in his teens – Letourneau and her husband revealed that they don’t always see eye to eye when it comes to parenting.
“When the girls get in trouble, I wouldn’t handle it the way she would,” Fualaau, 31, admitted. “It will be a two-hour talk. I’ll be sitting there thinking, ‘When will this be over!’ A lot of the time I’ll give her a hard time about it but actually [it] works in the end.”
While Fualaau added that his wife is “a very good mom,” Letourneau revealed that he’s also a strict father to his girls.
“He told them several years ago, they’re not permitted to have a boyfriend,” Letourneau said. Read the rest of this entry »
BREAKING: Elementary Teacher Suspended Following ‘Get Well Cards’ To Cop Killer
Posted: April 10, 2015 Filed under: Crime & Corruption, Education, U.S. News | Tags: Baruch College, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Mumia Abu-Jamal, Daily Mail, Fraternal Order of Police, Mumia Abu-Jamal, New Jersey, orange, Philadelphia Police Department, Philadelphia Student Union, Teacher Leave a comment
Abu-Jamal, 60, is a former Black Panther serving life in prison for the 1981 murder of white Philadelphia Officer Daniel Faulkner
ORANGE, NJ – An elementary school teacher has been suspended for having her third-grade students write “get well” letters to an inmate convicted of killing a cop.
“Zunig tweeted moments after sending the letters saying, ‘Just dropped off these letters to comrade Johanna Fernandez. My 3rd graders wrote to Mumia to lift up his spirits as he is ill. #freemumia”
In a statement to NJ.com, district officials criticized the assignment given by teacher Marylin Zuniga to write letters to former death row inmate Mumia Abu-Jamal.
“It had been a long time since we had seen Mumia smile. He chuckled as he read excerpts from these touching letters.”
— Teacher Marylin Zuniga
School officials said they “vehemently deny” having prior knowledge of the assignment, and said Zuniga neither sought prior approval nor notified parents about this “unauthorized activity.”
According to FOX and Friends, Zunig, a teacher at Forest Street School in Orange, New Jersey, had her third graders write letters to Abu-Jamal. The letters were delivered by Johanna Fernandez, a professor of history at Baruch College.
Zunig tweeted moments after sending the letters saying, “Just dropped off these letters to comrade Johanna Fernandez. My 3rd graders wrote to Mumia to lift up his spirits as he is ill. #freemumia”
Fernandez says Mumia appreciated the public school children’s letters. Read the rest of this entry »
Gifts & Affection: ‘Teacher Of The Year’ Darcy Smith Accused Of Raping 14-Year Old Student
Posted: March 7, 2015 Filed under: Education, Health and Social Issues, Law & Justice, U.S. News | Tags: Child sexual abuse, Darcy M. Smith, Darcy Smith, King County Superior Court, KOMO-TV, Police, Rape, SeaTac, Sexual abuse, Teacher, Washington, Washington State 3 Comments
SeaTac, Wash. (CBS SEATTLE) – A Highline School District elementary teacher, previously named “Teacher of the Year” in the region, is facing child rape charges from allegations she sexually abused a former student living in her home.
“The boy, now 19, told police that Smith, his sixth grade teacher, brought him into her home when he was 12 and began having sexual relations with him…He claims Smith showered him with gifts and affection, but that abuse intensified when Smith drank.”
King County prosecutors have charged Darcy M. Smith, 41, with three counts of child rape, alleging that she brought a boy in to live at her home when he was 12 years old and started to sexually abuse him the following year in 2008, KOMO-TV reports. The boy told police they first had sex when he was 14 and the abuse continued until he moved out of Smith’s Renton home at age 18.
“Smith told him not to say anything and made him promise not to tell . . . (she) said she would go to jail and be in big trouble if he told,” police said in charging papers. He “said he was a boy, thought it was cool.”
Court documents suggest Smith, who taught most recently at McMicken Heights Elementary School, was actively engaging in sexual misconduct with the boy when she was named regional teacher of the year in 2012.
[Highline teacher charged with rape of former student Highline Times]
[Suddenly, We’re Discovering That Sexual Abuse of Boys by Women Is Vastly More Common Than Previously… pjmedia.com]
[Teacher Of The Year Allegedly Raped 14-Year-Old Student The Inquisitr]
The boy was allegedly living with Smith with his mother’s permission as her home was closer to the hospital in which he was recuperating from an injury.
“There is a lot more to this story than is contained in the cursory investigation that was done prior to the filing of these charges. Darcy looks forward to vigorously defending herself and to being exonerated.”
Smith’s attorney, Brad Meryhew, tells KOMO that she denies the allegations and has maintained her innocence since investigators first contacted her regarding the “false allegations.” In a recorded interview with investigators, Merhew says detectives failed to interview Smith’s husband or any others who would have been present in the home during the young boy’s alleged time living there. Read the rest of this entry »
Former Special-Ed Teacher Admits Sex Crimes
Posted: March 5, 2015 Filed under: Crime & Corruption, Law & Justice, U.S. News | Tags: Centennial High School, Prison, Rape, Riverside Superior Court, Sex Crime, Sexual assault, Summer Hansen, Teacher, Underage Boys Leave a comment
RIVERSIDE – (INT) – Former Corona special-ed teacher Summer Hansen is expected to get a 3-year jail sentence when she returns to Riverside Superior Court April 3rd.
She pleaded guilty Friday to 16 sex-related crimes involving five underage boys when they were students at Centennial High School.
The incident occurred over a 12-month period in her classroom, a utility room, in her vehicle and at the home of one victim.
Hansen, 32, was charged in 2013.
via INT
Oh, Here We Go Again: Darcy Smith, Elementary School Teacher, Charged with Child Rape for Allegedly Having Sex a Former Student, Starting When He Was 14
Posted: February 5, 2015 Filed under: Crime & Corruption, Education | Tags: ABC News, Battery (crime), Child sexual abuse, Darcy Smith, Highline Public Schools, King County Sheriff's Office, National Teacher of the Year, Sex, Sexual intercourse, Sixth grade, Student, Teacher, Waynoka 7 Comments
SEATTLE — A 41-year-old elementary school teacher has been charged with child rape for allegedly having sex with a former student starting when he was 14 and living in her home with her husband and children, court documents showed Thursday.
Darcy Smith, a teacher at McMicken Heights Elementary School, was charged Monday with three counts of third-degree child rape.
In May 2014, the former student reported to the King County Sheriff’s Office that when he was 12 years old and in the 6th 
grade, he moved into the Renton home of his 6th-grade teacher, Darcy Smith. He said that when he was 14, they started having sex and that continued until he was 18 and moved out of Smith’s house, a sheriff’s detective said in the court documents.
The victim said that he came to live in Smith’s home after he broke his collarbone in the 6th grade and Smith took him to the hospital and invited to stay with her family. He said his mother and Smith agreed that he could live with Smith and her family because she spoke English and lived closer to the hospital.
Also, he said, his mother was concerned because his older brother was involved in gangs and was a bad influence. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Embarrassed and Mortified’: Oklahoma High School Teacher Confessed to Sex with Student Inside Teacher’s Lounge Multiple Times
Posted: January 23, 2015 Filed under: Crime & Corruption, Education, U.S. News | Tags: Battery (crime), Daresa Poe, Law of Oklahoma, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, Sex education, Sexual intercourse, Statutory Rape, Student, Teacher, Teachers Lounge, Underage, Woods County 2 Comments
WAYNOKA, Oklahoma — An Oklahoma teacher has admitted to having sex with a student multiple times in the teacher’s lounge at the school according to state officials
The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation questioned Daresa Poe, 32, after receiving an anonymous tip reported KFOR-TV.
According to a Woods County affidavit, investigators questioned the Waynoka School teacher and the student on Tuesday, only hours after the two had sex in the student’s pickup.
The two allegedly had been meeting up since December, both admitting to having sex in Daresa’s home, in the student’s vehicle, and several times in the school teacher’s lounge.
The affidavit includes a written confession by Poe:
“I am Daresa Poe, a wife, mother and teacher. I have made a horrible mistake. I have let my judgment falter and I am embarrassed and mortified for the decisions I have made in the last two weeks. I have had sexual intercourse with a student. I am so very sorry for the [decisions] I have made. I would take it back in a heartbeat if the chance was given to me…I hold a position of importance where people and student[s] look up to me and I have failed. For this I am truly sorry.”
Waynoka School officials did not comment on the matter, but did confirm that Poe had been suspended with pay. Poe has been a teacher at the school for six years. Read the rest of this entry »
California Beach Blanket Bingo Busted
Posted: January 18, 2015 Filed under: Crime & Corruption, Education, U.S. News | Tags: California, camping, Covina, Oral sex, Orange County Sheriff's Department (California), San Clemente State Beach, South Hills High School (West Covina, Student, Teacher, West Covina Leave a comment
- Melody Lippert, 38, allegedly met up with a group of male students at San Clemente State Beach in November
- She gave the group alcohol and engaged in a sexual act with one student
- Lippert returned a few weeks later to meet the group with another teacher, 30-year-old Michelle Ghirelli, and the pair had sex with two students
Pete D’amato reports: Two Covina women were arrested Saturday for engaging in sexual encounters on the beach with their high school students, police said.
South Hills High School teacher Melody Lippert, 38, met up with a group of male students from her high school at a beach in San Clemente in November of last year, CBS reports.
Lippert reportedly gave the group alcohol and then engaged in a sexual act with one of the students, according to deputies.
Afterwards, she reportedly made plans to meet up with the students a second time at the same spot, bringing along another teacher 30-year-old Michelle Ghirelli. Read the rest of this entry »
Joy Morsi Update: Queens Gym Teacher Gets Probation For Sex With Underage Students
Posted: January 17, 2015 Filed under: Crime & Corruption, Law & Justice, U.S. News | Tags: Child pornography, Gym Teacher, Human sexual activity, Joy Morsi, Nebraska, New York Post, Plea, Rape, sex offender, Teacher, Underage 3 Comments
A Ridgewood gym teacher has been sentenced to 10 months probation for pleading guilty to having sex with two underage male students, though she will have to complete a year’s worth of therapy in order to avoid jail time.
Joy Morsi, 40, was arrested in June when a student at the Grover Cleveland High School, where she taught since 1999, accused her of having a year-long sexual relationship with him when he was only 16. A second 16-year-old boy later came forth to accuse her as well, and she pleaded guilty on Friday to rape and criminal sexual act charges.
In addition to sentencing her to a year-long out-patient program for a diagnosed depressive disorder, a Queens Supreme Court judge also ordered that she give up her teaching license and register as a sex offender…(read more)
The New York Post reports:
A Queens gym teacher pleaded guilty to having sexual relations with two of her students and was sentenced to a year of outpatient psychiatric counseling Friday, officials said.
If she completes the therapy, Joy Morsi, 40, will be sentenced to 10 years’ probation, a Queens Supreme Court judge ordered. Morsi must also give up her teaching license and register as a sex offender.
The Ridgewood teacher admitted to having sex with a 16-year-old Grover Cleveland High School student and exposing herself and performing a sex act on a second 16-year-old student, officials said. Her attorney said she had a diagnosed “depressive disorder.” (read more)
Learning-Disabled Student’s Family Sues for $11 Million After Alleged Sex With Teacher
Posted: October 30, 2014 Filed under: Crime & Corruption, Law & Justice, Mediasphere, U.S. News | Tags: Lawsuit, learning disability, Options Public Charter School, Oral sex, Rape, sexual contact, Symone Greene, Teacher, Washington D.C. 1 Comment
The substitute teacher allegedly performed oral sex on the teen
The family of a 17-year-old D.C. high school student has filed a lawsuit for $11 million, claiming a substitute teacher maliciously made sexual contact with him earlier this month. Symone Greene, 22, was working at Options Public Charter School in Northeast D.C. Friday, Oct. 17 when she first met the victim, a football player at the school.
“According to documents, the two later met up in her classroom, where she allegedly performed oral sex on the teen. The victim recorded the sex act and later shared the video with his teammates and a childhood friend.”
The student, who is described as having a learning disability, told police he was working as an office assistant and helped Greene twice that day in her English class. The student said he flirted with Greene during class, gave her his cell phone number, then texted her, asking if she was “kinky.”
According to documents, the two later met up in her classroom, where she allegedly performed oral sex on the teen. The victim recorded the sex act and later shared the video with his teammates and a childhood friend.
“The student said he flirted with Greene during class, gave her his cell phone number, then texted her, asking if she was ‘kinky’.”
The teen’s mother filed a $11 million lawsuit Tuesday in Prince George’s County against Greene, the D.C. Public Charter School Board, the court-appointed receiver and custodian of Options Public Charter School Joshua Kern and SOS Personnel, the private Delaware company that initially hired Greene. Read the rest of this entry »
Queens Teacher Accused of Sex with Students Being Treated for Psychiatric Disorder
Posted: September 20, 2014 Filed under: Crime & Corruption, Education, U.S. News | Tags: District Attorney, Grover Cleveland High School, Joy Morsi, Morsi, New York, Physical education, Queens, Ridgewood, Ridgewood New Jersey, Teacher 1 Comment
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Joy Morsi, 39, who allegedly had sex with two teenage boys who attended Grover Cleveland High School in Ridgewood, missed a court appearance because she was being tested for psychiatric disorder, her attorney said. She is due back in court Oct. 6.
The Queens gym teacher accused of bedding two 16-year-old students is having her head tested, it was revealed Monday.
“My client has been hospitalized”
Joy Morsi, 39, was a no-show at a routine court appearance because she’s being treated for an unspecified “psychiatric disorder,” her lawyer Paul Molina told the judge.
Students across the street from Grover Cleveland High School allegedly watch a video of Morsi, performing oral sex on a 16 year-old student. JB Nicholas/New York Daily News
She allegedly hooked up with a student in June, days after a relationship with another teen collapsed when she became jealous of him inviting a girl to the prom, authorities have said.
[Also see – Wanna Wrassle? Queens Gym Teacher Joy Morsi Raped 16-Year-Old Wrestler in School, Second Student Comes Forward]
The former teacher at Grover Cleveland High School in Ridgewood is facing multiple counts of statutory rape and criminal sexual act for extracurricular activities with boys under the age of 17. Read the rest of this entry »
BREAKING: Boy-Crazy Former Teacher’s Student Sex Error Meets Correctional System: Meredith Powell Sentenced to 6 Months in Jail
Posted: August 29, 2014 Filed under: Breaking News, Crime & Corruption, Education, Law & Justice, U.S. News | Tags: Child sexual abuse, Lincoln High School, Meredith Powell, News Tribune, Powell, Tacoma Public Schools, Tacoma Washington, Teacher Leave a comment
Former Lincoln High School teacher Meredith Claire Powell tears up as she hears her sentence in Pierce County Superior Court on Friday, August 29, 2014. LUI KIT WONG Tacoma News Tribune Staff photographer
After hearing that Powell will spend only six months in jail, several cursed, and one family member stormed out of the courtroom.
“I wish I could take back what happened to the students that I failed. Sorry doesn’t take away anything that happened, but I hope they can move forward with as little impact as possible.”
— Meredith Powell
Stacia Glenn reports: A former math teacher who had sex with two students at Tacoma’s Lincoln High School cried Friday after a judge sentenced her to six months in jail.
“Ms. Powell repeatedly talked about letting her students down. The reality is she committed child rape.”
— Shannon McMinimee, attorney for Tacoma Public Schools
Meredith Powell, 25, told the court she prays every day for the two teenage boys and is heartbroken that they and their families are suffering.
“I feel like words can’t even express how sorry I am,” Powell said. “I wish I could take back what happened to the students that I failed. Sorry doesn’t take away anything that happened, but I hope they can move forward with as little impact as possible.”
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- The Meredith Powell Letter: “Obviously nothing physical or emotional ever happened between (the boy) and I, nor would it ever…”
She said she’s been attending weekly counseling and now faces problems that fueled her behavior, including being molested in her youth.
Pierce County Superior Court Judge Frank Cuthbertson said he believes Powell is remorseful, which is why he suspended all but six months of a 5-year sentence and ordered her into a three-year sex offender program open to first-time offenders.
Powell must register as a sex offender and can have no contact with children without adult supervision, with the exception of her younger sister. Read the rest of this entry »
High School High: Teacher Found In Classroom Intoxicated, Without Pants
Posted: August 6, 2014 Filed under: Education, Health and Social Issues, U.S. News | Tags: Bob Haley, Chief of police, Drunk Teacher, Houston, KOKI-TV, Lorie Hill, No Pants, Oklahoma, Police officer, Teacher, Teacher Lorie Hill, Vodka, Wagoner High School 1 Comment
“They didn’t know who she was, she was apparently new and was supposed to start yesterday.”
For CBS Houston, Benjamin Fearnow reports: A newly-hired teacher was found intoxicated and not wearing any pants inside an Oklahoma high school classroom on her first day of work, according to Wagoner police.
[More Teacher Bad Behavior – VIDEO – Libido Update: Boy-Crazy Teacher Meredith Powell…]
[More – Teacher Busted for Sex with Student and Sending Nude Pics…]
Police arrested Lorie Hill after two Wagoner High School teachers found her intoxicated and without pants in an empty classroom she was claiming to
be her own, KOKI-TV reports. Recently hired by Wagoner Public Schools, Hill was reporting for her first day on the job as all teachers were also returning for their first day back in school from summer break.
“When our officers interviewed her she did admit to having had some vodka yesterday morning before she came to school.”
— Police Chief Bob Haley
Wagoner Police say she admitted to drinking and authorities found an empty cup in her vehicle that contained an odor of vodka, but there was not enough evidence to prove that she commuted to work under the influence. There were no credible witnesses at her home in Claremore to prove a DUI charge, so Hill was only arrested for public intoxication.
“I don’t know, as an adult, I just don’t know how you can be a professional teacher and teaching young people, and then show up drunk.”
— Parent of Wagoner High school student
“When our officers interviewed her she did admit to having had some vodka yesterday morning before she came to school,” said Haley.
[Related – Meredith Powell in Custody of Her Mother: Boy-Crazy…]
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On Monday, police officers found her in the principal’s office, where the school staff had been detaining Hill since finding her without pants inside the classroom. Read the rest of this entry »
Another Sex-For-Grades Scandal: Teacher Kalyn Thompson Charged with Rape
Posted: May 14, 2014 Filed under: Crime & Corruption, Education | Tags: Creek County Oklahoma, Oklahoma, Rape, Sex for grades, Student, Teacher 3 Comments
For The Daily Caller, Eric Owens reports:
First-year English teacher Kalyn Thompson has been charged with second-degree rape for allegedly having a series of sexual escapades with one of her male students, reports Tulsa CBS affiliate KOTV.
“It’s sad because they’re vulnerable to it and obviously he’s getting a good grade from it.”
— Creek County Detective Chrissie Underwood
Police say the Kellyville High School teacher gave the unidentified student a stellar, 98-percent, straight ‘A’ grade after their relationship took off. He had been flunking English just the semester before. Read the rest of this entry »
Houston Middle School Teacher Accused Of Giving Lap Dance To Student In Front Of Class
Posted: April 26, 2014 Filed under: Crime & Corruption, Education, U.S. News | Tags: Aldine Independent School District, Houston, Houston Chronicle, KHOU, Lap dance, Smith, Stovall Middle School, Teacher 2 Comments
HOUSTON (CBS Houston) — A middle school teacher reportedly admits that she gave a student a birthday lap dance in front of the entire class.
KHOU-TV reports that 42-year-old Felicia Smith gave the lap dance to a 15-year-old boy inside a Stovall Middle School classroom on Feb. 26.
According to court documents, Smith stopped the teenage boy from going to his next class and the entire class told him to sit down in a chair placed in the front of the room.
The Houston Chronicle reports Smith then gave the boy a “full-contact lap dance” and the boy told authorities she touched him all over his body, including placing her head between his legs.
At the end of the four-minute long lap dance, Smith reportedly told the boy, “ I love you, baby. Happy birthday.” Read the rest of this entry »
Teacher Saralyn Gayle Portwood Accused Of Forcibly Performing Oral Sex On Student
Posted: April 25, 2014 Filed under: Crime & Corruption, Education, U.S. News | Tags: CBS, Dallas Morning News, Oral sex, Princeton High School, Saralyn Gayle Portwood, Saralyn Portwood, Special Ed, Special education, Teacher, Texas 3 Comments
Andres Jauregui reports: A special education teacher faces felony charges for allegedly forcibly performing oral sex on a teenaged boy inside of her Texas high school office.
Saralyn Gayle Portwood was arrested on April 17 for suspicion of having an inappropriate relationship with a student. She’s been suspended from Princeton High School pending the outcome of the investigation
[CBS Dallas Fort Worth has a news video]
In an interview with authorities, her 17-year-old alleged victim, who is not enrolled in special education classes, said that the 30-year-old teacher began harassing him at school earlier this year. She would compliment his appearance and inappropriately brush against him and touch him, he said. 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.
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