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Meagan Belnap
09-05-08

A middle school worker is accused of inappropriately touching children.

Caldwell Police Sgt. Tony Thompson says Meagan Belnap worked as a temporary tracker at Syringa Middle School. Trackers are hired to take care of special needs students by following them around to class, read to them and make sure everything is going OK.

But police say not everything was OK when Belnap allegedly inappropriately touched one child and engaged in inappropriate conduct with three others. It apparently happened last school year.

The school resource officer heard rumors from students at the school about the incidents. After an investigation, officials turned over their findings to prosecutors. A grand jury indicted her on four counts of sexual abuse of a child.

Middle school worker accused of inappropriately touchings kids (09/05/08)
Substitute teacher indicted for sexual abuse of a child (09/05/08)

Timothy Andrew Kellis
04-15-08

Idaho State Police arrested a western Washington man in Moscow on Saturday on charges that he had unlawful sexual contact with minors while he was working at Camp Grizzly.

Timothy Andrew Kellis, 38, of Tumwater, Wash., has been charged with one court of felony sexual abuse of a child and two counts of lewd conduct with a minor younger than 16, according to an ISP news release. The abuse allegedly occurred while Kellis was a counselor at Camp Grizzly, a Boy Scout camp near Harvard, Idaho.

The ISP release states that Detective Lyle Bolon began investigating allegations against Kellis on April 10. Bolon concluded that Kellis “fondled and engaged in lewd and lascivious contact” with two boys “as a continuous course of conduct” in the summer of 2007.

Accused child molester back in Latah County Jail (KOZE-am Report)
Tim Kellis pleads innocent (05/12/08)
Tumwater man arraigned on sex abuse charges (05/12/08)
Washington state band leader back in jail in abuse case (04/30/08)
Camp counselor accused of fondling minors turns himself in (04/29/08)
Kellis turns himself in, faces additional charges (04/29/08)
More charges filed against Kellis
Details emerge in sex charges against band director (04/17/08)
Tumwater band teacher pleads not guilty to sex charges (04/16/08)
Former Highland H.S. teacher facing child sex abuse charges (04/15/08)
Man arrested on Camp Grizzly sex charge (04/15/08)

Michael Kee Dann
03-17-08

The former Highland High School assistant band teacher who pleaded guilty to sexually abusing one of his students was sentenced Monday morning.

Michael Kee Dann previously admitted to having an inappropriate sexual relationship with one of his band students. Monday, Dann said he was sorry for what he did then Judge Peter McDermott gave him the state's recommended sentence.

In February, 32-year-old Dann pleaded guilty to one felony count of lewd and lascivious conduct with a child under the age of 16. Before he was sentenced, Dann told Judge McDermott he wanted to publicly apologize to the victim, the families involved, and members of the community who have been hurt in this case. He said he made a gross error in judgement and is mortified by his actions.

Dann Sentenced to 15 Years (3/17/08)
Band Director Charged with Lewd Conduct (11/21/07)
Teacher Charged with Lewd Conduct (11/21/07)

Keith Neil
02-12-08

Former Borah High School marketing teacher Ronald Keith Neil pleaded guilty in federal court in Boise Tuesday to possessing child pornography on a school district laptop computer he had at his home. Neil was placed on administrative leave on September 5 and resigned his position December 19. Sentencing is set for May 14 at 1 p.m. at the federal courthouse in Boise.

Neil, 41, faces a maximum penalty of ten years in prison and a fine of $250,000.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents discovered Neil’s activity after an unrelated investigation revealed that Neil’s personal credit card and home e-mail address had been used to purchase access to child pornography Web sites. The transactions dated back as far as the fall of 2002. Neil also obtained pornographic images from other individuals using peer-to-peer file sharing software and Windows Messenger.

Former Borah High teacher headed to prison (05/14/08)
Former Borah High teacher admits to possessing child porn (2/12/08)
Teacher had child porn on school laptop (2/12/08)

Randy Eddy
12-12-06

After a three month investigation, a Grand Jury indicted 36-year-old Randy Eddy of Sexual Battery with a Minor.  Eddy is a teacher and coach at Parma Middle School, a post he’s held for five years.  He spent two years at Meridian Middle School prior to that.

The middle school teacher is accused of having a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old high school student. Norton placed Eddy on administrative leave when police launched their probe last December.

“These are terrible. You always err on the side of protecting students at all times.  And we want to do that in this case as well,” Norton said. “It’s a very difficult situation because we want to respect the rights of everyone involved.”

Ex-teacher admits to sex offense; placed on probation
Parma teacher charged with sexual battery