Peter Lamana
10-15-08

Peter Lamana

A former Boyertown High School math teacher was sentenced Tuesday in Berks County Court to four to 23 months in Berks County Prison for having a pornographic video of children on his personal computer at school.

Peter J. Lamana, 41, of Bethlehem also was sentenced by Judge Thomas G. Parisi to five years of probation. Lamana was convicted May 8 of having the video and acquitted of having nine pornographic photographs of children in November 2004. More



Jason Perkins
04-10-08

Jason Perkins

39-year-old former middle school teacher will spend 20 days in jail and five years on probation after pleading guilty today to 10 counts of second-degree exploitation of a minor.

Jason Garant Perkins gave an emotional confession of his sexual addiction after a prosecutor described nearly 200 images of child erotica and pornography found on his computer. The images included video of minors engaged in sex.

"I soothed myself it was only a fantasy world," Perkins said, adding that he has since joined Sex Addicts Anonymous and a 12-step program called Celebrate Recovery. More



George Fagan
10-14-08

Former America's Junior Miss choreographer George Fagan has pleaded guilty in Florida to sex charges involving a minor and faces six years in prison, plus four years probation.

In Seminole County, Florida, Fagan was accused of giving drugs and alcohol to teen girls he taught at his Lake Mary dance studio, then having sex with them. More



Todd Strang
10-14-08

Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen announced that on Monday October 13, 2008, attorneys for the Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ), acting as special prosecutors for Lafayette County, filed a criminal complaint in Lafayette County Circuit Court against Todd M. Strang of Shullsburg, Wisconsin, alleging 2 counts of having sexual intercourse with a high school student over the age of 16 while he was employed as a teacher at that same high school. The allegations are felony charges that carry a maximum penalty of fines of $10,000 and 10 years imprisonment for each count. More



Stephanie Harris
10-11-08

Stephanie Harris

A Level 4 sex offender was released from a Little Rock hospital after a psychiatric evaluation and returned to Fort Smith late Friday, according to police.

Nelson Sotolongo-Ramirez, 52, a Cuban national convicted of attempted rape in Fort Smith in 1995, returned to the area Sept. 28 after being incarcerated since 1995 for an attempted rape.

He is not charged or suspected of any crime at this time, but because of his arrest history which includes aggravated assault and firearm complaints, authorities want the public to be aware that he will be in the area, said Capt. Jarrard Copeland of the Fort Smith Police Department. More



Kaleb Tierce
10-10-08

A teacher initially placed on leave over a book controversy is charged with trying to have sexual contact with three students, even asking what one would do for a better grade, according to the indictment. More



Chad Michael Hutchins
10-10-08

Chad Michael Hutchins

A former Sunnyvale teacher was sentenced today to 10 years in federal prison after admitting to possession of child pornography.

Chad Michael Hutchins, 29, was arrested in June 2007 when police acting on a tip searched his Forney home and found three computers containing more than 600 images of child porn. Investigators determined he obtained the images using file-sharing software.

U.S. District Judge Sidney Fitzwater also ordered Mr. Hutchins to serve 15 years of supervised release after his prison term ends, and that he register as a sex offender. More



Keri Ann Brekne
10-10-08

Keri Ann BrekneA former teacher, described in court as someone who spent months trying to "brainwash" a student to make her a sexual tool, was sentenced to 15 to 30 years in prison today by a Northampton County judge who said it was the worst case of abuse she has seen.

The sentence against Keri Ann Brekne, 28, of Bethlehem came after the 15-year-old victim and her parents described Brekne as a cold, manipulative woman who used her position at a Warren County, N.J., middle school to win the girl's trust, ensnare her, isolate her and finally abuse her. More



Kenneth Langshultz
10-10-08

A former substitute teacher in Beacon Falls has been charged with having inappropriate sexual contact with a teenage student.

State police say 59-year-old Kenneth Langshultz was arrested Thursday at his Prospect home on a warrant charging him with fourth-degree sexual assault and risk of injury to a minor. More



Richard Alexander Vives
09-09-08

Richard Alexander Vives, 42, a longtime soccer enthusiast on both the club and school scene, was arrested at the school on suspicion of oral copulation and sexual penetration, said Sgt. Lisa Banayat of the Santa Rosa Police Department. More



Steven Sanger
10-09-08

Margaret Keely Forty-one-year-old Steven Sanger also received 30 months of probation at his sentencing Tuesday in Kent County Circuit Court.

The former Byron Center High School science teacher and track coach was accused of using a digital camera to secretly snap images of the girl's underwear in June 2007.

Investigators found no photos. Sanger repeatedly denied the charge.

He was convicted in August of attempting to capture or distribute an image of an unclothed person.



Eduardo Rivas
10-09-08

Eduardo Rivas

A teacher arrested and charged with inappropriately touching a 10 year-old girl at Bliss Elementary School is sentenced in U.S. Federal Court, Tuesday.

Judge David Briones sentenced 56 year-old Eduardo Rivas to 4 years in prison, 10 years of supervised release and a $2,500 dollar fine.

Rivas was a 5th grade teacher at Bliss elementary.  Rivas touched the young girls breasts while reportedly helping her with an injury. More



Lee Edwards Fictum
10-08-08

Mathew LindholmA former St. Petersburg High School cross country coach has been arrested on a charge of having a sexual relationship with one of his female athletes.

Lee Edwards Fictum, 32, would skip work and have sex with the then-16-year-old girl before cross country practice, investigators said.

The sexual relationship lasted about 10 days in August 2007, when the girl's father confronted Fictum. More



Rob Williams
10-08-08

Lanier County High School's basketball coach is charged with the sexual assault of two students under the age of 16. The superintendent of schools, Keith Humphries, says Rob Williams turned himself into authorities Tuesday afternoon. Humpries says Rob Williams faces two charges. More



Daniel Toler
10-07-08

Daniel Toler, 46, a former math teacher at Sunnyside Elementary School in Stanton Heights, Pennsylvania has been arrested as the result of an Internet sting conducted by Naval Criminal Investigative Service. More



Willie Idlette Jr.
10-07-08

Willie Idlette Jr.

A court filing by former Wake Forest wide receiver Willie Idlette Jr. denies sex assault claims by a student at a Chattanooga private school where he worked.

The 24-year-old Idlette is charged with seven counts of statutory rape by an authority figure while he was working as a teacher and assistant football coach at Baylor School in 2007.

With the criminal case pending, Idlette denies all claims in the female student’s lawsuit that seeks damages from him and from Baylor School, which is his alma mater. More



Douglas Conrad
10-07-08

Douglas ConradA former city school district bus driver who admitted to having sexual contact with three boys between the ages of 12 and 14 was sentenced Tuesday to 60 days in the county jail.

As he was led out of the courtroom by two sheriff's deputies, Douglas Conrad, 35, had to walk past the mother of one of his victims. He lowered his head when he saw her and his glasses nearly fell from his face.

Two years ago, the woman — whose name is being withheld to protect her son's identity — allowed her son, 12 at the time, to live temporarily with Conrad. More




Mathew Lindholm
10-07-08

Mathew LindholmFormer Central High School girls basketball coach and business teacher Matthew Lindholm was sentenced Monday to five years intensive probation after previously pleading guilty to a felony charge of attempted sexual assault of a student during the 2007 school year. He must also register as a sex offender.

Lindholm, 33, confessed to kissing and fondling a 14-year-old female student who played basketball.

Family members and friends of the victim, along with members of Lindholm’s family, appeared at Monday’s emotional hearing.



Alan P. Hubbard
10-07-08

Alan P. HubbardA former Los Angeles school dean pleaded no contest Monday to a charge of failing to turn over evidence related to an alleged unlawful sexual relationship between an underage student and a teacher.

Prosecutors had alleged that Alan Hubbard, 49, a dean at Foshay Learning Center in South Los Angeles, learned of an illicit relationship between a Foshay teacher and that teacher's former student. Instead of going to authorities, Hubbard allegedly hid a romantic scrapbook prepared by the girl and discouraged her from testifying against his colleague, Steve Thomas Rooney. More



Gregory Jackson Rayburn
10-07-08

A 54-year-old history teacher at Rio Americano High School in Sacramento is suspected of having four female students dress up in revealing "military garb" for a photo shoot on school property, the second time he has been investigated for similar accusations at an area high school, authorities said.

Gregory Jackson Rayburn was booked into Sacramento County Jail on 15 counts of molesting a child under the age of 18 and two counts of sexual battery, according to jail records. All the charges are misdemeanors. More



Mathew Lindholm
10-07-08

Mathew LindholmFormer Central High School girls basketball coach and business teacher Matthew Lindholm was sentenced Monday to five years intensive probation after previously pleading guilty to a felony charge of attempted sexual assault of a student during the 2007 school year. He must also register as a sex offender.

Lindholm, 33, confessed to kissing and fondling a 14-year-old female student who played basketball.

Family members and friends of the victim, along with members of Lindholm’s family, appeared at Monday’s emotional hearing.



Terry Zane
10-06-08

Terry ZaneThe A Fresno Court has drastically reduced the charges against a Fresno teacher accused of 100 counts of possessing child pornography. Terry Zane, who was arrested back in August, now only faces one count.

The 57-year-old taught in the Fresno Unified School district for the past 17 years, most recently as a music teacher at Wolters and Lawless Elementary Schools. Back in August Police claimed to have found more than 1,000 pictures of children ages 3-17 were discovered on Zane's computer. More



Daid W. Hassler
10-06-08

Daid W. HasslerAn ex-religious studies teacher from Pasadena charged with possession of child pornography changed his plea to guilty Monday at a hearing in a Los Angeles federal court. Sentencing for Daid W. Hassler, 63, a former teacher at Mayfield Senior School of the Holy Child Jesus in Pasadena, was set for Jan. 26. Hassler, who had pleaded not guilty on Jan. 22, was arrested last November after a police search of his home uncovered numerous illegal images, including videos and pictures of underage children, stored on his computer, officials said. He has since resigned from the school, a Mayfield Senior School official said. More



Jason Isbell
10-06-08

A 31-year-old Sylvania man has been charged with the sexual assault of two girls he reportedly became acquainted with while serving as their substitute school teacher in a Bradford County School District, said state police at Towanda. More



Amanda Key
10-06-08

Amanda KeyAmanda Elizabeth Key pleaded guilty Friday to a felony charge of contributing to the delinquency of a juvenile. Key entered her plea through a sign language interpreter.

Key received a suspended sentence of two years in prison, five years of supervised probation and was ordered to perform 100 hours of community service.

Key is required to register as a sex offender

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Janet Hughes
10-06-08

Janet HughesThe trial of a former Jackson Middle School teacher accused of having a sexual relationship with a student has been postponed until the fall. Jury selection in the case of Janet Hughes, 33, was scheduled to begin on Monday, but attorneys asked to delay the trial until Sept. 29, Local 6 News partner Florida Today reported. It is the second delay since undercover police officers who were meeting at a church to discuss an unrelated case last April said they caught Hughes and the 16-year-old boy in a van parked outside the building.

Officers determined the two were about to have sex, and authorities said the two admitted to having had sex before. Hughes has pleaded not guilty to the charges. The case will go before Judge Charles Holcomb in Titusville. More



Margaret Keely
10-06-08

Margaret Keely Suspended Oxford High School teacher is facing termination as a result of her alleged role in her husband's alleged sexual abuse of a student.

Sixteen tenure charges were approved by the school board Sept. 22 against OHS special education teacher Margaret Sullivan Keely, who is facing misdemeanor criminal charge of failure to report (child abusive activities) as a mandated reporter (i.e. a teacher).

A tenure charge is the first step toward firing a teacher or administrator who's been with a school district long enough to earn tenure. More



Marshall David Neal
10-06-08

Marshall David Neal former Garces Memorial High School teacher who had oral sex with a minor was released from jail about four months short of his 1-year sentence.

Marshall David Neal, 34, was released from jail on Tuesday, according to the Kern County Sheriff’s Department.

On Jan. 31, Neal pleaded no contest to one felony count of having oral sex with a person under 18, according to Kern County Superior Court records. As part of the plea deal, he was sentenced to a year in jail and a second charge of oral copulation was dismissed. More



Brooke Biggs
10-06-08

Brooke BiggsProsecutors filed two felony child seduction charges against a Grissom Middle School teacher Friday.

Police arrested Brooke Biggs at an Osceola home Thursday. Biggs teaches seventh and eighth grade PE at Grissom. She also coaches at Penn High School.

PHM says the alleged victim is a 16-year-old female high school student.

The Family Violence/Special Victims Unit started its investigation in July after the teen's parents contacted police. More




Charles Lloyd Degarmo
10-03-08

Charles Lloyd DegarmoSand Springs police arrested Charles Lloyd Degarmo at his home on the 3100 S. Summit block in Sand Springs Thursday afternoon. Degarmo was then booked into the Tulsa County Jail.

Police began investigating after a student accused Degarmo on Sept. 30 of going to her home and making "inappropriate contact... and sexual advances," Assistant Police Chief Mike Carter said.

Police are unsure if Degarmo was the girl's bus driver. They do believe he was acquainted with the victim's family, Carter said. Carter said that Degarmo resigned from his job as a school bus driver for Sand Springs when he found out he was under investigation. More



Christopher Parrett
10-03-08

Christopher Parrett, 33, reportedly a teacher at Capital High School in Helena, Montana has been arrested on a warrant issued in Arizona. on allegations that he had inappropriate sexual conduct with a male student beginning in 2006. More



Michael N. Runnestrand
10-03-08

Michael N. RunnestrandA former Carlsbad, Calif., teacher's aide has been sentenced to nearly eight years in prison on child pornography charges. Michael N. Runnestrand, 26, is accused of enticing a 13-year-old girl over the Internet to engage in sexually explicit conduct and produce videos and still images of that conduct.

The girl sent the videos and images to Runnestrand in California.Runnestrand met the girl in 2003 when he was a teacher's assistant in her sixth-grade class in California. Her family later moved to Michigan. More



Daniel G. Frick
10-03-08

Daniel G. FrickA former Morristown music teacher was sentenced to weekends in jail for inappropriate contact with a student last year.

38-year-old Daniel G. Frick of Potsdam was sentenced Thursday in Morristown Village Court to 60 days in the St. Lawrence County Jail and three years probation on a guilty plea to a charge of child endangerment.

Frick pled guilty in July to the charge stemming from incidents with a 16-year-old student between July and October, 2007 at the school. More



Sheila Vazquez
10-03-08

Sheila VazquezA Marion Superior Court judge sentenced a former Warren Township teacher to two years on home detention today for an improper relationship with a 15-year-old student.

Sheila Vasquez, 36, was arrested in May and charged with four counts of felony sexual misconduct with a minor. She pleaded guilty this morning to one count in exchange for a maximum eight years in prison. Prosecutors asked for at least four years in prison, but Court Commissioner Stan Kroh gave Vasquez two years in home detention, followed by four years on sex offender probation. She will have to register as a sex offender. More



Kelsey Peterson
10-03-08

Kelsey Peterson

A former math teacher sentenced to federal prison for a sex crime with a minor says the age of the 13-year-old schoolboy she fled with to Mexico didn't matter to her.

"We didn't see age anymore. ... In my mind he quit being a teenage boy. ... to me, he was a man," Kelsey Peterson said in a taped interview on ABC's "Good Morning America" aired Wednesday. Peterson, 26, was sentenced Monday to six years in federal prison and five years of supervised release. She also must register as a sex offender. More



Grey Nevelos
10-03-08

Grey NevelosFormer Estancia winning track coach Grey Nevelos pleaded guilty to contributing to the delinquency of a minor, a fourth degree felony and one of six counts he was charged with, at a pre-trial conference at Estancia District Court on Oct. 2.

“(Nevelos) did knowingly and intentionally engage in a course of conduct, including the offering of alcoholic beverages, the touching of (the first victim’s) unclothed buttocks under the pretext of treating a lower back injury, the engaging or attempting to engage her in graphic conversations concerning any sexual activities that she may have engaged in, commenting on his sexual prowess with specific reference to her perceived needs by way of invitation to join him in such activities” and asking her to his home by offering massages, alcohol and showing videos, the seconded amended criminal information states. More



Cara Dickey
10-03-08

Cara DickeyA former South Buffalo Charter School teacher who lost her job after authorities learned she had "an inappropriate relationship" with an eighth-grade pupil has been charged with rape, after being accused of meeting with him weeks after the original incident in mid-June.

Cara Dickey, 30, of Clarence, faces new charges of second-degree rape and criminal contempt, for violating an order of protection in the case. Dickey is being held in lieu of $50,000 bail pending a felony hearing at 3 p.m. Tuesday in West Seneca Town Court. More



Yvette Starzyk
10-03-08

Yvette StarzykA former Hinkley High School athletic trainer who police say had sex with a student will plead guilty to attempted sexual assault on a child in exchange for prosecutors dropping more serious charges against her.

Yvette Starzyk, 26, appeared in Adams County Court on Monday, Sept. 29, for a disposition hearing.

Starzyk accepted a plea deal that stipulates she will plead guilty to the felony attempted sexual assault charge in exchange for prosecutors dropping other charges, including sexual assault on a child-pattern of abuse and sexual assault on a child by a person in a position of trust. More



William H. Constable
10-02-08

William H. ConstableA Nantucket man who died two months after being sentenced to federal prison on child pornography charges died of natural causes, according to the office of the New York City Chief Medical Examiner.

William “Howe” Constable died from heart disease, Grace Burgess, a spokeswoman for the medical examiner, said yesterday.

Constable - who was sentenced in June to 25 years in federal prison - died August 13 while at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn. He was 55. More



Sheral Lee Smith
10-02-08

Sheral Lee SmithThe Rankin County Sheriff’s Department is bringing four additional counts of statutory rape against a 37-year-old Brandon woman previously accused of having a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old boy.

Sheriff Ronnie Pennington would not elaborate on the additional charges. He said the charges stem from incidents with the same teenager.

A previous Clarion-Ledger story reported the boy is a student at New Summit School in northeast Jackson, where Sheral Lee Smith, 37, worked briefly. She was not the boy’s teacher, and the alleged sexual relationship occurred prior to her working there. More



Kenneth Alaimo
10-02-08

Kenneth AlaimoKenneth T. Alaimo, a history teacher and boy’s head soccer coach at Gainesville High School in Gainesville, Florida has been arrested on allegations of engaging in a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old female student.

Alaimo is charged with four counts of unlawful sexual acts with a minor.

It is alleged that Alaimo and the girl met at Alaimo’s home on different occasions between April and September and engaged in sexual contact. It is further alleged that the girl kept a journal listing dates when she had sexual contact with Alaimo. More



Standley Greene
10-02-08

The former head of the Lakin Correctional Facility's education program has been charged with having sex with an inmate.

Forty-year-old Standley Greene was arrested Wednesday by State Police after he agreed to turn himself in at Mason County Magistrate Court.



Mark Edward Craft
10-02-08

Mark Edward CraftA middle school teacher is in jail on charges he had sex with an underage girl.

Crayton Middle School math teacher Mark Edward Craft, 47, was arrested Wednesday and charged with having sex with a 15-year-old girl at his apartment, Lexington County Sheriff's officials said this morning.

The sheriff's department said Craft and the girl exchanged text messages after meeting on a social networking Web site. Investigators accuse Craft of posing as a 16-year-old boy who said he wanted to meet the girl. More



Deirdre Peterson
10-02-08

Deirdre Peterson, 41, an English teacher at Fortuna Union High School in Fortuna, California has been charged with felony unlawful intercourse with a minor and annoying or molesting a minor. Peterson is alleged to have had sex with an underage male student during June of this year. More



Sandra Binkley
10-02-08

Sandra BinkleyThe Sumner County teacher arrested last week on one count of statutory rape surrendered to authorities Wednesday on three new charges.

Authorities allege Sandra Binkley, a math teacher at Portland High School, had sexual relationships with two additional students at the school, the first dating back nearly a year. Police said Binkley had sex with the first student in a classroom closet on two occasions, in November 2007 and then again in August of this year. More



Ashley Flores
10-2-08

Ashley FloresA former Ponca City teacher is charged with second-degree rape after prosecutors said she had a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old former student.

Ashley Renee Flores made an appearance in a Kay County courtroom Wednesday to face the charges. Flores, 26, resigned in July after teaching for three years at East Junior High.

Police said she engaged in sexual activity with the 14-year-old at least six times over the summer. More



Dustin Powers
10-01-08

Dustin Powers

A former Mansfield City Schools teacher already serving four years for sexual battery could face up to another 24 years behind bars. Dustin Powers, 36, was indicted on three counts of unlawful sexual conduct with a minor. Indictments were released Monday by the Richland County Prosecutor’s Office.

Also indicted was a Bellville police officer currently on unpaid administrative suspension. Maurice King, 33, 3555 Possum Run Road, was indicted for attempted receiving stolen property (four counts), dereliction of duty (two counts), failure to report a crime and receiving stolen property. More



Jennifer Tarkenton
10-01-08

Jennifer Tarkenton A former middle school teacher accused of having sex with a 14-year-old student in her SUV pleaded no contest to a reduced charge today and was sentenced to five years probation.

Jennifer Tarkenton, who has since gotten married and goes by Jennifer Nero, was arrested Nov. 30, shortly after she and the student were discovered in her Ford Focus on a deserted stretch of road near Lake Mary.

A neighbor had called authorities, saying a suspicious vehicle was parked on the road. When a Seminole County deputy arrived, the vehicle was rocking and the windows were fogged up, according to court records. More



Brian Brosh
10-01-08

Brian Brosh, a chemistry and physical sciences teacher at Elizabeth Forward High School in Elizabeth, Pennsylvania has been arrested on charges of endangering the welfare of children, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse and corruption of minors on allegations that he had a sexual relationship with a female student four years ago. More



Tawni Wimberley
10-01-08

Tawni WimberleyA former Flagstaff High School teacher accused of having sex with teenage boys has pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual conduct with a minor.

Tawni Wimberley faces up to 18 months in prison on each count but could receive probation under terms of a plea agreement. The 30-year-old computer and technology teacher was on a leave of absence when she had improper relationships with 16-year-old and 17-year-old boys in 2007. Police alleged that Wimberley had consensual sexual relationships with "several" male students, most of them legal adults. More



David Cameron
10-01-08

David CameronA 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. More



William Lee Hunter Jr.
10-01-08

William Lee Hunter JA former Tulsa elementary teacher pleads guilty to spying on little boys in the bathroom.      

William Hunter, Junior, says he hid a video camera in an air vent inside the boys' restroom at Springdale Elementary.

He's already serving four years probation for a previous child pornography charge.  Hunter will be sentenced in November. More

 



James C. Love
10-01-08

James C. LoveA 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. More



Reza Ross Pourdavood
09-30-08

Reza Ross PourdavoodA Langston professor and a Jones Public Schools employee have been arrested in connection with the alleged sexual abuse of an Edmond teenage girl.

Reza Ross Pourdavood, 53, and Leah Pourdavood, 40, both of Edmond, were arrested Thursday by Edmond Police, according to a police report. Reza Pourdavood was arrested on seven complaints of child sexual abuse. Leah Pourdavood was arrested on one complaint of enabling child abuse. More