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Randy DeJaynes
10-08-08

Randy L. DeJaynes, 57, a former English teacher at DeLand-Weldon High School, in DeLand, Illinois who pleaded guilty in August to one count of possession of child pornography has been sentenced in Macon County.

DeJaynes, who is also the former pastor of Christ Lutheran Church in Decatur, Illinois, was sentenced to two years probation and is prohibited from having contact the victim.

DeJaynes also must undergo sex offender treatment, pay fines and restitution totaling $12,945 and forfeit the computer seized by police.

The child pornography charge in Macon County arose from DeJaynes giving a teenage boy at DeLand-Weldon High School a digital camera with the understanding the boy was to take a picture of his genitals and e-mail it to DeJaynes. Police found one picture of the boy’s genitals on DeJaynes computer. As part of the August plea deal prosecutors in Macon County dropped three additional child pornography counts.

DeJaynes also faces three charges of aggravated battery and two charges of aggravated criminal sexual abuse in Piatt County. Those charges allege DeJaynes squeezed the buttocks of several of his male students at DeLand-Weldon High School, kissed one on the head and twice rubbed his sex organ against the knee of a student for the purpose of his personal sexual arousal. Reportedly these charges will be dropped when DeJaynes makes a court appearance in Piatt County on Wednesday.

Charges likely to be dropped in ex-DeLand Weldon teacher abuse case (10/07/08)

Stephen J. Chromi
10-01-08

Stephen Chromik, 25, a former teacher and soccer coach at Metamora High School in Metamora, Illinois has been arrested and charged with criminal sexual assault and aggravated criminal sexual abuse.

It is alleged that Chromik had sex with a student between the ages of 14 to 16 in May of this year.

Following his arrest Chromik was being held in lieu of $100,000 bond.

Reportedly Chromik’s case will be referred to a grand jury.

Chromik no longer works for the school, reportedly having resigned in July and moved from the area.

At the time of his arrest, Chromik was on probation for a felony aggravated assault case from Tennessee, a case which was pled down from a sexual battery charge. As a result of the Tennessee case Chromik was reportedly placed on five years’ probation beginning in 2005 and his probation was transferred to Peoria County, Illinois.

A preliminary hearing for Chromik has been set for October 2nd.

If convicted, Chromik could face between 4 and 20 years in prison.

Former Metamora Coach Indicted (10/01/08)
Ex-teacher to face sex charges (09/05/08)
Former Teacher and Coach Charged with Having Sex with a Student (09/05/08)

David Cameron
10-01-08

A former Carbondale teacher has pleaded guilty to sex acts with a child.

David Cameron made the plea in a Jefferson County courtroom Tuesday.

He was arrested four years ago when police broke up a child porn ring in Mt. Vernon.

Authorities say he was seen on tape committing a sex act with a 12 year old.

At the time, Cameron worked at Brehm Prep school in Carbondale. He faces between six and 60 years in prison. Five other men have already been convicted and sentenced for their involvement in the porn ring.

Cameron Pleads Guilty (10/01/08)

James C. Love
10-01-08

A former substitute teacher pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to child pornography charges. Thirty-seven-year old James Love, who taught in Unit 5 and District 87, will serve 20 years in federal prison for taking explicit photos of boys after he drugged and molested them at his Bloomington home last year.

Federal prosecutors say under the plea agreement, Love will remain on supervised release for life once he completes his prison sentence. Love was also supposed to face felony sex abuse and battery charges in McLean County, but those charges were dropped under the plea agreement.

Former substitute teacher pleads guilty to child porn (09/30/08)
Minister accused of sex abuse fit to stand trial (07/18/08)
Love trial on hold pending mental exam (2/08/08)
Delay granted in trial of minister accused of sex abuse (11/21/07)
Trial delayed for minister accused of sex abuse (7/12/07)
Accused minister faces more sex charges (5/07/07)
Love’s bond raised to $300,000 on new charges (5/09/07)
Bloomington minister pleads not guilty in sex abuse case (5/18/07)
Bloomington teacher is accused; minister expresses support for him (5/19/07)

Daniel Scott Markofski
09-16-08

An elementary school principal from Spring Grove, Illinois, is charged with sexual abuse and showing pornography to minors after he was found in a Wisconsin hotel room with two underage girls.

Daniel Scott Markofski, 47, is facing these kinds of allegations. Police are saying that all of the activity took place in the Milwaukee metro area involving teenagers from the Milwaukee area, not the Chicago area.

Former Northwoods Educator Pleads Guilty to Child Molestation Charges (09/16/08)
Teacher pleads not guilty to molestation charges (04/18/08)
Ill. principal faces sex chargesn Wis. (04/08/08)
Principal accused in sexual escapade with teen girls (04/08/08)

Ronald Suitts
09-16-08

Ronald D. Suitts, 56, a former German teacher at Larkin High School in Elgin, Illinois has been arrested and charged with criminal sexual assault on allegations of a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old female student.

The arrest is the result of a three month investigation conducted by Elgin Police after a now 22-year-old woman came forward alleging that Suitts carried on a relationship with the her from the fall of 2002 until the fall 2003.

During the course of the investigation, detectives obtained a search warrant permitting them to overhear and record conversations between Suitts and the alleged victim.

Bail for Suitts has been set in the amount of $100,000.

If convicted, Suitts faces up to 15 years in prison.

News media reports indicate that in July, 2005 Roand D. Suitts was arrested on allegations of sexually abusing a 15-year-old female student at the school.

Originally he was charged with four counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse for acts investigators say took place from Jan. 1, 2001, to July 1, 2004.

In January, 2007 it is reported that Suitts, in a plea deal, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor battery and was sentenced to two years strict probation, barred from teaching in Illinois classrooms and required to give up his teaching certificate.

Larkin teacher charged with having sex with teen (09/16/08)
Bond Set For Teacher Accused Of Sexual Assault (09/16/08)

Scott M. Brown
08-14-08

A central Illinois physical education teacher is facing child pornography charges for allegedly possessing computer video files that include images of underage girls having sex.

Decatur School District teacher Scott M. Brown was charged Tuesday with five counts of possessing child pornography with intent to disseminate. He's scheduled to be arraigned Friday.

Decatur police say they arrested Brown at his home July 18th. He posted $2,000 bail and is out of jail. School officials says Brown is on paid leave.

Decatur PE teacher charged in child-porn case (04-14-08)

George A. Langlotz
08-07-08

A teacher at a Lombard high school was out on bond Thursday night after being accused of having a sexual relationship with a student.

CBS 2 West Suburban Bureau Chief Mike Puccinelli reports that George Langlotz, a 57-year-old drivers' education from Glenbard East High School, is accused of having a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old senior at the school.

"The description that I have received is inappropriate touching of a sexual nature," said Naperville Police Lt. Dave Hoffman.

Driver’s ed teacher sentenced for sexual relationship (08/06/08)
Lombard Teacher Accused Of Having Sex With Student

Klint Wescom
06-27-08

Former track coach from Grayslake has been sentenced to periodic imprisonment for having sex with an underage athlete.

As part of a plea deal, Klint Wescom, 31, of the 300 block of Brittany Avenue in Grayslake, will serve 18 months. The former Grayslake Central High School track coach was charged with criminal sexual assault in May 2007 after a female athlete told police she and Wescom had sex off campus. The girl was 17 at the time. He was sentenced Thursday to periodic imprisonment.

Former coach sentenced in sex crime (06/26/08)
Coach charged with sex assault
Track Coach Accused Of Molesting 16-Year-Old Girl
Coach named in sex case

Andre N. Williams
TODAY: 06-13-08

The former girls baskeball coach at Peoria High School was sentenced this morning to three years in prison for having sex with a 15-year-old girl whom he once coached.

Andre Williams, 35, of 3809 N. Lehman Road, was sentenced by Judge Michael Brandt to prison in Peoria County Circuit Court.

During sentencing, Williams apologized and asked the judge for probation. Brandt, however, noted the seriousness of the offense and the need to deter others in rejecting Williams' probation plea.

Former Central High School coach sentenced to prison (06/13/08)
Former Coach Is Sentenced To Prison (06/13/08)
Educator pleads guilty to abuse (4/02/08)
Judge lowers bond for teacher accused of having sex with students
Teacher Taken Into Custody (07/02/07)
Police Search For Accused Teacher (6/29/07)
Peoria High coach indicted
District 150 teacher indicted on four sex charges
District 150 teacher released from jail

Charles Christopher
06-03-08

Two days before his wedding in October 2006, federal authorities arrested a middle school teacher in Sterling, Ill., for attempting to lure a girl he believed was 13 years old over the Internet. On Monday, Charles Christopher, 29, learned he will serve the 10-year mandatory sentence for attempting to entice a girl named Ashley — actually Detective Michael Swore from Burlington, Iowa — from his school computer.

Christopher, described as an “All-American” guy by some of the 31 people who wrote letters of support to U.S. District Judge John Jarvey, called himself a sex addict during an emotional plea for understanding.

“I never would harm a child,” Christopher said, after saying he believes God is using his arrest to “save my life” from an addiction that would probably have been “the death of me.” He vowed to use his education and experience to help others, as well as continue with the Sex Addicts Anonymous program.

Ill. teacher sentenced for attempting to lure teen over Internet (06/03/08)
Christopher pleads guilty (10/04/07)
Illinois teacher pleads guilty to seeking sex with Iowa girl (10/04/07)
Accused predator to change plea (9/28/07)
Teacher linked to potential offenses (8/27/07)
Motion is denied to dismiss sex case (8/18/07)
Prosecutor defends indictment of former Sterling teacher (7/13/07)
Christopher wants federal solicitation charges dropped
Christopher enters not guilty plea
Teacher arrested

Steven J. Kemp
05-21-08

A pretrial conference for a former West Central High School teacher and coach was continued in Warren County Circuit Court Wednesday. The pretrial conference for Steven J. Kemp, 34, Monmouth, has been rescheduled for 9 a.m. July 23.

Kemp is facing three counts of sexual assault and two counts of criminal sexual abuse. He is accused of having intercourse with a 17-year-old female on three occasions between March and August 2007 and fondling the student’s breasts on two occasions in July and August of 2007.

Pretrial hearing continued for former coach facing sex charges (05/21/08)
Former teacher pleads not guilty to sex charges (2/26/08)
Former West Central coach in court (1/08/08)
Reaction to West Central coach’s arrest (11/08/07)
Former teacher/coach arrested for sexual assault (11/07/07)

Chad Roby
05-14-08

A former Mt. Prospect middle school teacher who coached sports in Glenview got 2 years in prison after he pleaded guilty Wednesday to one count of possession of child pornography stemming from online chats with an undercover Indiana police detective posing as a 13-year-old boy, officials said.

Chad Roby, 34, of the 300 block of Hamilton Avenue in Elgin was originally charged with two counts of attempted child molestation, two counts of child solicitation and one count of dissemination of matter harmful to minors.

He was sentenced by Cook County Circuit Judge Larry Axelrood in Skokie.

Roby taught 6th-grade English and social studies at River Trails Middle School in Mt. Prospect for six years until his resignation shortly after he was arrested June 13, 2006, outside the Clay Terrace Mall in Carmel, Ind., where he had gone for what he thought would be a rendezvous with the boy, court records said. Roby had sent the detective sexually suggestive pictures before going to the mall, the records said.

Former Mt. Prospect teacher gets 2 years for child porn (05/08/08)
Suburban teacher charged in internet sex sting (06/21/06)
Parents Express Shock At Coach’s Arrest (06/19/06)

Alonso Bracey
04-14-08

Alonso Bracey was convicted in February of sexually abusing five boys between the ages of 11 and 13.

Bracey was the basketball coach at Barton Elementary School on the city's South Side. Monday's delay came after Bracey's attorney asked for a new trial, claiming the jury was pressured to reach a quick verdict.

It will be at least another month before the victims of former basketball coach and choir director may have closure. The family of the boys he was convicted of molesting expected his sentencing Monday but were unpleasantly surprised by when criminal court Judge Stanley Sacks was forced to continue the case.

The families of convicted child molester Bracey left court Monday morning without the justice they came for. "I felt like justice was going to be served today," said LaTonya Barker, victim's mother, in tears.

Coach convicted of sex abuse sentenced to life in prison (06/04/08)
Sentencing delayed in sex assault conviction (04/14/08)

Jon White
04-04-08

A former Unit Five teacher has been sentenced to 48 years in prison on eight counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse of young girls. Jon White's sentencing comes after two days of emotional testimony in a Champaign County Courtroom.

White, who had been free on bond, was taken into custody after Judge Harry Clem passed the sentence. White's sentencing came after Judge Clem heard testimony that White was a "moderate to severe" risk to commit additional sexual crimes.

That opinion from a clinical therapist who works exclusively with sex offenders. The therapist said White showed "a progressive pattern of sexual deviance".

White apologized in court, to his family, his victims, and to school officials in Normal and Urbana. The Champaign County prosecutor had requested the maximum of 56 years in prison, but said she was satisfied with the sentence.

White sentenced to additional 12 years for sex abuse (04/29/08)
White still faces additional time on McLean County charges (04/05/08)
Ex-Teacher Sentenced To Prison (04/04/08)
Former Teacher Pleads Guilty To Sexual Abuse (2/20/08)
Former teacher pleads guilty to molesting students (2/20/08)
White pleads guilty to Urbana sexual abuse charges (2/20/08)

Vicente Pecina
04-03-08

Highland Park police charged a Northbrook school cafeteria worker Wednesday with 50 counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse and seven counts of possession of child pornography.

Police executed a search warrant Wednesday afternoon at the Highland Park home of Vicente Pecina, 345 Temple Ave., and seized computer equipment. Files containing child pornography were discovered on at least one of the computer drives removed from Pecina's apartment, according to a police statement.

Police have interviewed a 15-year-old boy from Highland Park who has told investigators he was sexually abused by Pecina up to 50 times during a 15-month period, said Cmdr. Gerald Cameron of the Highland Park Police Department.

Forensic investigators with the Lake County States Attorney's Office are continuing to comb through multiple hard drives from Pecina's apartment, Cameron said.

Pecina, 35, has been cooperating with police, Cameron said.

Northbrook School Cafeteria Worker Charged with Criminal Sex Abuse (04/03/08)

Dennis Goggin
03-22-08

Chicago Firefighter and girls swimming coach at Lincoln Park High School has been charged with indecent solicitation of a child and criminal sexual abuse, officials said Saturday.

Dennis Goggin, 42, of the 3600 block of South Union Avenue in Chicago, was arrested Thursday in Elmhurst and is being held in the DuPage County Jail in lieu of $150,000 bail, said Elmhurst Police Sgt. Steve Weatherford.

Chicago Public Schools spokesman Mike Vaughn said it was unclear how long Goggin had been coaching at the school, but said he was fired Friday.

Goggin has also been placed on paid administrative leave from the Chicago Fire Department.

Firefighter charged with soliciting child on Net (3/23/08)
Lincoln Park High School coach charged in sex abuse case (3/22/08)

Laura E. Sieradzki
03-11-08

A former McHenry High School teacher admitted in court Tuesday to having sexual contact with a 17-year-old male student in 2006 as part of a plea bargain in which she will stay out of jail if she steers clear of further trouble for the next two years.

Laura E. Sieradzki, 34, was sentenced to two years' probation, ordered to pay a $5,000 fine and must register as a sex offender under the deal in which she pleaded guilty to a reduced charged of criminal sexual abuse.

A former Palatine resident now living in Freeport, she also received a 180-day sentence in the McHenry County jail but will not serve that time unless she violates the conditions of her probation.

Sieradzki, at the time a special-education teacher at McHenry High School's West Campus, initially was charged with criminal sexual assault and aggravated criminal sexual abuse stemming from the March 29, 2006, incident. If convicted of those charges she would have faced a minimum of four years in prison and been required to register as a sex offender for the rest of her life.

Ex-McHenry High teacher admits to sexual encounter with student (3/11/08)
Former McHenry High School teacher pleads guilty to sexually abusing student (3/11/08)
Former McHenry teacher admits to sexual abuse of student (3/11/08)