John Rogers Cochran
08-13-08

A former Ault high school teacher and UNC adjunct instructor has entered an Alford plea to a charge of unlawful sexual contact involving a teenager. John Rogers Cochran, 42, is accused of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old female student in 2006, while he was a teacher at Highland High School school. An Alford plea allows a person to maintain their innocence but also admits there is enough evidence that they could be convicted.

A charge of sexual assault on a child by a person in a position of trust was dropped as part of the plea bargain. Cochran will have to register as a sex offender and will no be allowed contact with anyone younger than 18, including his own children.

Former Ault Teacher Enters Plea In Student Sex Case (08/13/08)
Former teacher reaches a plea in sex assault case (08/12/08)
UNC adjunct professor arrested on charges of sex assault on teenager (9/20/07)
Warrant requested for former teacher accused of sex assault (9/14/07)
Weld teacher sought in student sex assault (9/14/07)
Sexual assault warrant requested for former Highland teacher (9/14/07)

Kathryn Gill
08-12-08

A former Fairless middle-school teacher admitted in court Monday to having a sexual relationship with an underage teen.

Kathryn Gill, 29, pleaded guilty to unlawful sexual conduct with a minor. Gill engaged in sexual conduct with a teenage boy between April and July, Curd said. The boy, who was older than 13 but younger than 16, attended a school in the district, but the prosecutor wouldn't say which one.

The charge is based on the boy's age, not on a teacher-student relationship. Defense attorney Anthony Koukoutas declined to comment on the case. In pleading guilty, Gill waived her right to have the charge presented first to a grand jury.

Stark County Common Pleas Judge Richard D. Reinbold Jr. is scheduled to sentence Gill next month. She faces up to five years in prison but the judge said he favors probation in some form. Gill will also be classified as a Tier II sex offender, Curd said, requiring her to register with the county sheriff twice a year for 25 years.

Ex-Fairless teacher admits sex with teen (08/12/08)
Former Fairless Teacher Admits Sex With Teen (08/12/08)
Ex-Fairless teacher confesses to sexual conduct with teen (08/12/08)

Yvette Starzyk
08-12-08

A former Hinkley High School athletic trainer accused of having sex with a student is working toward a plea agreement with prosecutors, her lawyer said Friday, July 25.

Yvette , 26, appeared on July 25 in Adams County Court in Brighton for a disposition hearing.

During the brief hearing,Starzyk's lawyer, Steve Barnes, said prosecutors have made a plea offer thatStarzykwill likely accept, but she needs more time to make a decision. The boy told police he had sex with Starzyk in 2004 at least twice while he was a student at Hinkley and she was the school's athletic trainer and a part-time substitute teacher, according to court documents.

Police arrestedStarzyklast month on suspicion of "sexual assault on a child-pattern of abuse" and sexual assault on a child by a person in a position of trust. Police designate the "sexual assault on a child-pattern of abuse" when the suspect alledgedly engages in two or more sexual incidents with a child.

Plea deal may be in the works for former Hinkley trainer (07/27/08)
Aurora substitute teacher arrested on child sex-assault charges (03/28/08)
Aurora Teacher Arrested for Sex Assault on Student (3/28/08)
High school trainer charged with sex assault (3/28/08)

Frank Lee Pierce
05-20-08

A Jefferson County teachers's aide who tried to solicit sex over the Internet from someone posing as an underage girl has been sentenced to three years of intense supervised probation, but will avoid jail time.

Frank Pierce, 31, was a teacher's aide at an elementary school and also coached girl's basketball in a recreation league, according to the Jefferson County District Attorney's office.

His sentence, handed down today, includes three years Sex Offender Intensive Supervision Probation. He'll also be required to register as a sex offender.

DA investigators arrested Pierce last November after they recorded him using sexually explicit language online to someone he believes was an underage teen. He actually was chatting to an undercover investigator.

Jeffco coach gets probation in child sex case (08/08/08)
Teacher’s Aide Sentenced For Internet Luring (08/08/08)
Teacher’s Aid Pleads Guilty To Sex Chat Charges (05/20/08)
Jeffco teacher’s aide arrested in sex sting (11/14/07)

William Paxton
05-30-08

I guess this music teacher will be singing a different tune if he ends up in prison. Maybe he should take up the skin flute.

Prosecutors say a school music instructor has pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a 17-year-old female student.The Jefferson County District Attorney's office says William Samuel Paxton sent the student several text messages every day and gave her a cell phone so they could talk. Prosecutors say Paxton then invited the student to his apartment twice where he sexually assaulted her.

Paxton was the student's coach in marching band.

The 43-year-old father of 3 faces up to 12 years in prison when he is sentenced in July. He also must serve 10 years to life of intensive supervision as a sex offender

Ex-band teacher gets 12 years in prison (07/31/08)
Former Music Teacher Sentenced In Sex Abuse Case (07/31/08)
Music teacher pleads guilty to sexually assaulting student (05/30/08)
Jeffco teacher held on suspicion of sex assault (10/23/07)
Investigators: Man who worked at 5 different schools sexually assaulted girls (10/23/07)
Music Teacher From 5 High Schools Accused In Sex Assault (10/23/07)

Mathew Lindholm
05-29-08

A former high school girls basketball coach charged in an alleged affair with a player may be taken off a court-ordered tracking device.

Deputy District Attorney Mark Hand told a judge Tuesday that attorneys representing 33-year-old Mathew Lindholm are expected to request the removal of a global positioning system (GPS) ankle monitor, a device which tracks Lindholm’s movements. Hand told District Judge Richard Gurley the request is expected at Lindholm’s next court date, June 10. The case is also set for plea hearing that day.

Lindholm, who’s been forced to wear the GPS monitor since his arrest on Feb. 20, has had no violations detected by the system over the past three months, Hand said.

Under the terms of a protection order, Lindholm is currently not allowed contact with his former players and is prohibited from being at Central High.

Hand said the District Attorney’s Office hasn’t yet taken a position on the expected GPS removal bid.

Ex-coach may get off GPS tracker (05/29/08)

Jeremy Dennis
05-28-08

The former drama teacher at Mountain Range High School was arrested last week after accusations surfaced that he sexually assaulted a student. Jeremy Dennis, 25, was arrested on May 23 for two counts of felony sex assault on a child by a person in a position of trust.

He is also charged with sex assault in a pattern of abuse. The Mountain Range High School administration sent a letter to parents on the day of the arrest explaining the situation.

Dennis is accused of having inappropriate contact with a student three days before his arrest. The school administration says Dennis had resigned prior to his arrest, saying he was taking another teaching position.

Former drama teacher accused of sexual assault (05/28/08)

Michael Gaylor
05-27-08

Thompson School District teacher Michael Gaylor was sentenced Tuesday morning to 12 months in jail for attempted sexual exploitation of a 16-year-old girl.

Judge James Hiatt, after hearing emotionally-packed statements from the victim, her mother, Gaylor’s father, Dan, and Gaylor himself, handed down the decision and also sentenced Gaylor to 10 years of sexual offender intensive supervised probation.

Gaylor was immediately taken to the Larimer County Detention Center to begin serving his sentence.

Gaylor, a Walt Clark social studies teacher since 2003, pleaded guilty to attempted sexual exploitation of a child and sex assault with a 10-year age difference in March for fondling a friend of his daughter’s while the girl, Gaylor’s daughter and Gaylor watched a movie at the Gaylor residence in November.

Loveland teacher to spend year in prison for sex crime (05/27/08)
Loveland teacher gets year in jail in sex case (05/27/08)
Loveland teacher pleads guilty to sex charge (3/13/08)
Records say accused teacher admitted sex assault to police (3/13/08)
Police: Gaylor admits assault (3/12/08)
Teacher accused of sex assault faces more charges (1/17/08)
Teacher accused of sex assault granted contact with daughter (12/21/07)
Walt Clark Middle School teacher arrested (12/14/07)
Teacher charged with sexual assault (12/14/07)
Loveland teacher accused of sexual assault (12/14/07)

Darcie Esson
05-23-08

Darcie Esson, 33-year-old former Elizabeth High School teacher admitted Tuesday to having sex with one of the school's 17-year-old football players while the team was in Glenwood Springs last November.

Darcie Esson pleaded guilty to o

Former teacher gets 10 years to life of probation, 90 days jail in student sex case (12/13/07)
Teacher, student appear in court in sex case (9/07/07)
Teacher accused of sex with teen going to court
Arrest Affidavit (In ‘PDF’ format)
New Sex-Assault Charges Filed Against Teacher
Teacher Had Sex With Teen With Her Children Nearby

Lloyd Pollard
04-17-08

A musician who has taught instrumental music at several local studios has been arrested for sexual assault. According to the Boulder County Sheriff's Office, Lloyd Pollard, 47, of Lyons, was arrested Friday on two counts of sexual assault on a child by one in a position of trust and two counts of aggravated incest.

The victims have not been identified. Pollard has performed professionally around the state in addition to his teaching.

Investigators are concerned there may be more victims. They say they have been in touch with the management of the studios where Pollard taught.

Musci teacher Arrested (04/17/08)

Nicole Marie Sirbu
04-17-08

A Jefferson County grand jury has indicted a former Jefferson County teacher and coach on a charge of tampering/destruction of physical evidence.

Nicole Marie Sirbu, 29, was a teacher at Stony Creek Elementary School and a coach for the combined Columbine and Chatfield high school pole-vaulting team from Sept. 1, 2006, until Oct. 1, 2007.

On Sept. 26, 2007, the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office began investigating an allegation that Sirbu had "inappropriate sexual contact" with a 17-year-old Columbine student on the pole-vaulting team.

Sirbu had exchanged numerous e-mails with the student using her work e-mail address and her work laptop, investigators said.

Ex-Jeffco teacher accused of tampering to hide alleged affair (04/17/08)
Former teacher, coach indicted; accused of destroying evidence of alleged affair (04/17/08)

Andrew Charles Weaver
12-14-07

A former teacher at Brighton High School has a mid-April court date after he allegedly used the Internet to arrange sex with a minor and sent pictures of his genitalia to an undercover investigator.

Andrew Charles Weaver, 28, of Adams County, appeared Thursday in a Mesa County courtroom, where Judge Gretchen Larson set Weaver's bond at $25,000.

Authorities arrested Weaver last month on suspicion of Internet sexual exploitation of a child. He's accused of engaging in sexually explicit conversation with a law enforcement officer posing as a 14-year-old girl, and also of sending live pictures via the Internet of him rubbing his genitalia.

Coach continued teaching after he was caught in a sex sting (04/09/08)
Brighton High School teacher arrested in Internet sex sting (04/07/08)
Former Brighton High Teacher Accused In Internet Sex Case (04/04/08)
Ex-teacher accused of using Internet to arrange sex with minor (04/04/08)
Ex-teacher accused of seeking sex with teen (04/03/08)