Melissa Diana Koehn
12-26-08

A teacher on leave from a private high school in Minnesota faces charges she had a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old girl who had been her student. Authorities said Melissa Diana Koehn, 30, of Kenosha, Wis., was charged by the Dakota County Attorney's office Tuesday with three felony counts of fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct and freed on $10,000 bail, the St. Paul Pioneer Press reported Wednesday.

An Apple Valley police officer said he found Koehn and the teen kissing in a car in a parking lot near a soccer field Saturday and became suspicious because of the apparent age difference between the two. He notified the girl's parents and turned the case over to a detective. Koehn had been the teen's teacher and coach last year at St. Croix Lutheran High School in West St. Paul, authorities said.

She continued to see the girl after starting her leave of absence from the school in June, sometimes sleeping over at the teen's home, police said. The girl still attends the school. According to the criminal complaint, the girl's parents told authorities they believed she had slept on the floor of their daughter's bedroom and were unaware of any sexual activity. Under Minnesota law, 16 is the age of consent for a sexual relationship. However, teachers, coaches or others in position of authority over a young person are prohibited from sexual contact with someone age 16 or 17.

Female teacher accused of sex with teen (12/26/08)

Kellie Ann Lundon-Cormican
12-19-08

A former teacher's aide from Crookston has pleaded guilty to charges that she had sex with a 14-year-old boy.

Thirty-nine-year-old Kellie Ann Cormican entered guilty pleas Wednesday to five counts of third-degree criminal sexual conduct which occurred in August, September and November of 2007.

As part of a plea deal, five charges of first-degree criminal sexual conduct were dropped.

According to the complaint, she told police that she thought the boy was 16, not 14.

Cormican testified that she is receiving counseling and is on medication. She remains free on bond. Sentencing is scheduled for Feb. 2.

Cormican worked for the Crookston school district for two years starting in 2004 as a special education paraprofessional. Her contract was not renewed for reasons unrelated to the case.

Former Minn. teacher’s aide pleads to sex charge (12/18/08)
Top attorney asks judge to throw out graphic allegations against former Crookston teacher (11/25/08)
Former Crookston teacher’s aide pleads not guilty to sex charge (12/12/07)
Paraprofessional charged for sex crimes with teen (12/06/07)
Substitute teacher accused of having sexual relationship with boy, 14 (12/05/07

Scott Charles Slocum
12-13-08

A longtime teacher in the Minneapolis public schools has admitted in court to possessing on computers in his home images of child pornography and others that showed him simulating sex acts with stuffed animals.

In exchange for his plea Thursday, Scott Charles Slocum, 53, of Eden Prairie had one of the three charges against him dropped in Hennepin County District Court. He was sentenced to 90 days in the workhouse and placed on probation.

According to state licensing records, Slocum taught at several schools in Minneapolis starting in 1993. Most recently, he taught at Washburn High School. His previous Minneapolis schools include: Anthony Middle School, South High School, Barton Open Elementary School, Olson Middle School and Waite Park Elementary School. Prior to Minneapolis, Slocum taught in the Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted, Norwood Young America and Litchfield districts.

According to the criminal complaint: In April 2007, Slocum's wife tipped off authorities that her husband had stored pornographic images on a computer in their Eden Prairie home.

Police examined five computers at the home and found more than 600 images depicting Slocum simulating sex acts with stuffed animals, along with photographs of children in sexual poses and other pornographic images involving children as young as 2, the complaint said. He was put on leave once police were notified, the school district said.

Minneapolis teacher admits to having child porn at home (12/12/08)
Mpls. Teacher Pleads Guilty To Child Porn Charges (12/12/08)
Minneapolis School employee charged with possessing child porn (08/21/08)
Teacher Charged With Child Pornography (08/21/08)
Minneapolis School Employee Busted for Possessing Child Porn (08/21/08)

Michael Anthony Johnson
12-10-08

St. Paul police arrested a substitute teacher at his home today for allegedly distributing pornographic images to children.

Michael Anthony Johnson, 40, is a substitute teacher at Community of Peace Academy, according to police. The charter school serves students in pre-kindergarten to 12th grade.

Investigators believes Johnson was viewing sexually explicit material on a school computer while students were present and allowed them to view material, a police press release said.

The investigation continues, police said. Police got a warrant and searched Johnson's home today, recovering several items, the release said.

Johnson was booked into the Ramsey County jail.

Police: Teacher showed porn to children (11/25/08)

William Rehnstrand
11-07-08

A hearing scheduled for former Superior teacher and School Board vice president William Rehnstrand, who is accused of sexually assaulting a 17-year-old boy during a school-sponsored trip to Eden Prairie, Minn., was postponed Wednesday and reset for next month, but the defendant spoke publicly for the first time since being charged.

Rehnstrand, 65, is charged with third-degree criminal sexual conduct for allegedly being in a position of authority and engaging in sexual penetration with a person at least 16 years old but less than 18, and because the defendant is more than 48 months older than the victim.

Rehnstrand sat in the Hennepin County courtroom Wednesday morning while his Minneapolis defense attorney, Robert Paule, and Hennepin County prosecutor Elizabeth Cutter met with Judge Philip Bush in his chambers.

When the parties came into the courtroom Paule said the hearing had been continued until December 2. Cutter declined comment.

Accused Superior educator speaks about sex assault allegation (11/18/08)
Former Superior educator charged with sexual assault during school trip (11/07/08)

Jason Kedl
11-16-08

A high school teacher in south-central Minnesota who was arrested in a child pornography investigation has pleaded guilty to three counts of possessing pornography.

Jason Kedl, 37, resigned from his teaching job at Red Rock Central High School in Lamberton before entering his plea, which was part of a deal with prosecutors.

Sentencing is scheduled for Nov. 24 in Redwood County Court. The plea deal calls for a sentence of 120 days in jail, no contact with anyone under 18 and other restrictions.

Red Rock teacher pleads to porn charges (11/16/08)
Minn. teacher charged with having child porn (08/13/08)

Joseph Ferarro
11-05-08

The trial of a former Mora High School, Minnesota, math teacher accused of showing pornographic images to one of his female students has once again been postponed – this time until Jan. 26 due to at least one of the prosecution’s witnesses having a scheduling conflict. Joseph Ferarro, a resident of Rush City, was accused back in January of engaging in multiple, sexually-explicit conversations with one of his high school students and of on at least two occasions showing the same student pornographic images stored on his school-issued computer.

Ferarro was due in court to face the charges last week, on Oct. 27. The trial’s latest postponement is the fourth in as many months after originally being scheduled to begin in June. Ferraro was put on administrative leave immediately after the allegations were brought forward, and he later resigned his position with the school district.

Three of the four images Ferraro was originally accused of showing the student have been thrown out by a judge during pretrial proceedings for not meeting Minnesota’s definition of pornography as defined by statute. Ferraro is not without his supporters. More than 30 witnesses have been subpoenaed to testify for the defense - including both teachers and students at Mora High School.

Trial of former Mora H.S. teacher pushed back one more time (10/29/08)
RC man charged with showing pornography to student (1/16/08)
Rush City man accused of showing adult images to student (1/16/08)

Kevin Jones
10-29-08

Kevin David Jones, 47, the transportation director for the Sibley East School District in Sibley County, Minnesota has been charged with five counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct on allegations that he had a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old female student.

Dion, the Sibley County Sheriff's department says it received a report of an ongoing sexual relationship between a school official and a 16-year old juvenile female back on September 29th of this year. Monday the department arrested Kevin David Jones of Gaylord. Jones is the transportation director and not a teacher. Authorities are charging him with five counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct.

Assistant Sibley County Attorney Don Lannoye says, "That's the most serious sex offense that there is in Minnesota. Those allegations have been made alleging numerous sexual encounters between the defendant and the victim."According to the criminal complaint, Jones and the student started their relationship by just talking, texting, and e-mailing in the summer of 2006. The student told authorities she spent almost every day at the bus garage where Jones works in 2006 and 2007.

Sibley East School Official Charged with Sexual Misconduct (10/29/08)

Charles Dunbar
09-06-08

A volunteer girl’s soccer coach at Proctor High School was being transported to Miami today to face federal charges that he distributed child pornography over the Internet.
Meanwhile school officials continue to investigate whether any of their students were victimized.

Charles  Dunbar, 29, of Iron River, coached at Proctor the past three soccer seasons and was going to coach this season until accused of a crime. He is charged in U.S. District Court in the Southern District of Florida with transporting by interstate commerce visual depictions of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct.

Proctor Superintendent of Schools Diane Rauschenfels said there is no evidence that any of the girl soccer players were victimized by Dunbar, but staff members from the Program for Aid to Victims of Sexual Assault will be available to the girls for counseling on Wednesday.

Volunteer soccer coach charged with distributing child porn (09/05/08)
Duluth soccer coach faces porn charges in Miami (09/05/08)

Lori Schulz
08-11-08

Lori Ann Schulz, 33, a former band teacher at Marshall Middle School and Junior High School in Marshall, Minnesota has been charged on allegations of having sexual contact with a 14-year-old female student.

It is alleged that Schulz had sexual contact with the girl, who was a junior high band member, from January to May of 2003.

Schulz has been charged with sexual conduct in the second degree and and sexual conduct in the fourth degree.

Schulz uses Alford Plea in criminal sexual conduct case (08/08/08)
Former Band Teacher Charged with Sexual Contact (06/04/08)
Former Marshall teacher charged with criminal sexual conduct (06/04/08)

NATHAN ANTRIM
07-05-08

Former girls hockey coach at Cooper High School wa sentenced to a year in the workhouse for having sex with one of his players.

35-year-old Nathan P. Antrim was sentenced to 365 days in the workhouse after Antrim pleaded guilty to third-degree criminal sexual conduct. He will get credit for 53 days served. The criminal complaint said the girls' father became suspicious and brought his concerns to school officials

Former Cooper hockey coach gets year in workhouse (07/03/08)
Rogers man sentenced for sex with minor (07/03/08)
Cooper Hockey Coach Sentenced 1 Year for Sex with 16-year-old (07/02/08)
HS Hockey Coach Charged With Having Sex With Girl (12/07/07)

Lori Ann Schulz
08-08-08

Lori Ann Schulz, 33, of Faribault pleaded guilty to the charge with an Alford Plea. Under an Alford Plea, Schulz does not admit her guilt but says based on the evidence, a jury could find her guilty of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old female student, from January to June 2003 in Marshall, court records said.

A charge of criminal sexual conduct in the second degree was dismissed.

Schulz was the victim's band teacher, court records said.

The victim read her victim impact statement in court last week.

"I don't remember most things from my eighth- and ninth-grade year, but I do remember what you did to me and how much it hurt me," the victim said, a copy of the transcript of the statement said.

Schulz received a stay of imposition on a sentence and must serve 90 days in jail. Schulz must pay a $500 fine, with $250 of it stayed, have no contact with the victim or the victim's family and follow other conditions.

Schulz taught junior high band in Marshall for five years before she resigned at the end of the 2006-007 school year.

Schulz uses Alford Plea in criminal sexual conduct case (08/08/08)
Former Band Teacher Charged with Sexual Contact (06/04/08)
Former Marshall teacher charged with criminal sexual conduct (06/04/08)

Eddie Eugene Himes
05-21-08

A former Cass Lake-Bena Middle School teacher pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges in a case in which he sent pornographic pictures of children back and forth on the Internet to other people.

In Beltrami County District Court, Eddie Eugene Himes, 65, of Bemidji, pleaded guilty to four counts of felony possession of child pornography and one count of felony dissemination of child pornography. His sentencing was set for July 21.

Himes, who was an emotional and behavioral disorders teacher at Cass Lake-Bena Middle School, resigned from his position March 13.

Former Cass Lake-Bena teacher sentenced for pornography charges (07/21/08)
Former teacher pleads guilty to pornography charges (05/21/08)
Teacher arrested on child porn charges (1/25/08)
Cass Lake Teacher Arrested For Child Pornography (1/25/08)
Cass Lake teacher arrested for possession and distribution of child pornography (1/25/08)
Cass Lake teacher in court to face child porn allegations (1/25/08)

Troy Michael Bernard
01-25-08

A teacher in the Montgomery-Lonsdale School District has been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a former student and player for the girls high school teams he has been coaching.

Troy Michael Bernard, 35, was arrested at the district’s high school, where he was supervising open gym, just after 8 p.m. Tuesday. He was charged in Le Sueur County District Court with first-degree criminal sexual conduct Wednesday and remained jailed Wednesday.

He’s accused of sexually assaulting a girl several times since she was 14 years old, including once in a storage room on school grounds. It was not clear Wednesday if Bernard would be allowed to return to teaching and coaching at the school. Ray Farwell, school district superintendent, did not return several phone calls to his house and office Wednesday afternoon and evening.

Teacher gets max sentence in sex case (1/26/08)
Coach Sentenced to 12 Years for Sexual Misconduct (1/25/08)
Former teacher gets 12 years in prison for sex with student (1/25/08)
Former teacher gets 12 years in prison for sex with student (1/25/08)
Former Montgomery-Lonsdale teacher pleads guilty to sexual contact with student (10/22/07)
There may be more victims in teacher sex case
Montgomery teacher charged with sex crime
Teacher charged with having sex with a student
Teacher, Coach Charged With Sexual Misconduct

Timothy Alan Bowland
01-22-08

Timothy Alan Bowland, 39,  Rush City, high school social studies teacher and varsity wrestling coach, appeared in court for the first time Tuesday, following allegations of sexual assault by a 17-year-old female student.

According to Rush City School District Superintendent Vern Koepp, the district was first made aware of an allegation by a student last Thursday afternoon, Jan. 17. The district contacted the Chisago County Sheriff’s Office and the Minnesota Department of Education immediately.

According to the criminal complaint, the original allegation was made to the principal and a high school counselor by a friend of the victim. She informed the staff members that the victim  confided in her that Bowland had engaged in sexual contact with her. 

Charges dropped against RC teacher (07/28/08)
Assault charges dropped against Rush City teacher (07/28/08)
RC teacher arrested on assault charges (1/22/08)
Rush City teacher is charged with sexual assault of student (1/20/08)