Mohamed Dirshe
11-14-08

A former Leavenworth substitute teacher and high school basketball coach has pleaded not guilty to unlawful sexual relations with students.

The plea from Mohamed A. Dirshe, 26, followed a preliminary hearing Wednesday during which two teenage boys testified Dirshe had sexual relations with them while they were under the influence of alcohol.

Leavenworth County District Court Judge Gunnar Sundby ruled the evidence presented during the hearing met the standard necessary to have the case bound over for arraignment.

“Judge we can do arraignment today. He’s pleading not guilt to every count,” said Dirshe’s attorney, KiAnn McBratney.

Dirshe pretrial conference continued (12/11/08)
Dirshe pleads not guilty to unlawful sex with students (11/13/08)
Police say there may be more victims of sub teacher charged with having sex with students (3/27/08)
Leavenworth sub teacher charged with having sex with students (3/27/08)

Floyd M. Rogers Jr.
11-29-08

A former Basehor Elementary School teacher has pleaded no contest to three counts of attempted aggravated indecent liberties with children, according to authorities.

Floyd M. Rogers Jr. of Bonner Springs entered the plea Wednesday in Leavenworth County District Court. A trial for those charges had been scheduled for next week.

Rogers initially was charged with three counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child under 14 years of age. However, each count was amended to attempted aggravated indecent liberties as part of the plea agreement, District Attorney Frank Kohl said Friday.

Rogers is scheduled to be sentenced Jan. 9. He is being held in custody while he awaits sentencing. Because Rogers has no prior criminal history, Kohl said he would not oppose the judge granting probation in the case. The parents of the victims also said they would favor probation, he said.

Authorities said Rogers inappropriately touched three female students while working as a fifth-grade teacher at Basehor Elementary School. The crimes occurred during the 2004-2005 and 2005-2006 school years. Rogers later left the Basehor-Linwood School District after being placed on administrative leave, school officials said at the time.

The criminal charges stemmed from Rogers touching the outside of the victims’ clothing while inside the classroom and other students were present. However, the students in the classroom were not aware of what was going, Kohl said.

Former Basehor schoolteacher pleads no contest to fondling children (11/29/08)

Jennifer Liskey
11-12-08

A former substitute teacher for the Topeka school district has been arrested in connection with having sex with a child.

Jennifer Dawn Liskey, 38, of Topeka, was arrested in connection with unlawful sexual relations by a teacher with a student, criminal sodomy with a child 14 to 16 years old, and indecent liberties with a child 14 to 16 years old, Shawnee County Jail records showed. The offenses are felonies.

Liskey was booked into jail about 2 p.m. Monday. On Tuesday, she remained in custody in lieu of a $25,000 cash or professional surety bond, a jail official said.

Joe Zima, attorney for Topeka Unified School District 501, said Tuesday records showed Liskey worked at the district under the name of Jennifer Savage.

Savage worked as a paraprofessional at $8.87 an hour from Sept. 3, 2003, to March 3, 2006, then as an "emergency substitute" teacher from Sept. 11, 2006, to May 18, 2007, records showed. She was paid $80 per day as a substitute, records showed.

Substitute teacher arrested on sex crimes (11/12/08)
Former school employee in jail (11/12/08)

Richard Berkley
10-31-08

A former teacher at Dexter High School – has been arrested and charged for engaging in inappropriate sexual relations with a female student at the school while Berkley was still a teacher there, according to investigators and court documents.

He was taken into custody Oct. 19 and able to bail out immediately. One felony charge of unlawful sexual relations has been filed against Berkley with the district court in Winfield.

The formal criminal complaint - obtained by NewsCow - alleges that between Jan. 1, 2007 and May 9, 2008, Berkley engaged in lewd fondling or touching with the girl, who would have been 16 or 17 at the time. She is identified on the document by her initials and a birth date of February 7, 1991 is listed for her.

If convicted, Berkley, 42, faces a penalty of 5 months to 13 months in prison and a $100,000 fine.

Ex teacher accused of relations with student (10/31/08)

Bryce Mulkey
10-18-08

Bryce Mulkey, 27, a former music teacher at Central Heights High School in Richmond, Kansas has been arrested on suspicion of unlawful sexual relations with a 17-year-old student.

Following his arrest on Thursday, Mulkey was held in the Franklin County Jail.

He was subsequently released on $2,000 bond.

On October 7th, the Central Heights School Board in a special meeting voted 5-0 to accept Bryce Mulkey’s resignation.

Mulkey was reportedly in his second year at the school.

Reportedly the Franklin County Attorney’s Office had not filed formal charges as of Friday morning.

Ex-Teacher Accused Of Sexual Contact With Teen (10/17/08)
Ex-Teacher Suspected Of Sexual Misconduct (10/17/08)
Former teacher arrested in sex case (10/17/08)
Ex-teacher jailed in Franklin County (10/17/08)
Special Board Meeting Minutes 10-7-08 (10/17/08)

Richard Young
10-17-08

A Reno County jury has found a former high school debate coach and teacher guilty of sex crimes.

The jury found Richard Young guilty of three counts of taking indecent liberties. The verdict was announced after 4:00 p.m. After their verdict, prosecutor Keith Schroeder asked the judge to allow the jury to go back into deliberations in order to decide whether to give the judge permission to sentence Young to more time in prison than state guidelines call for.

Shortly after 5 p.m., the jury came back out and announced that they believe the judge should be allowed to sentence Young to more prison time than he normally would be allowed to do. Young was accused of sexually abusing a 15-year-old foreign exchange student who was staying at his home last year.

Last week, the student testified that Young touched him inappropriately on two occasions. Young's three step-sons also testified for the prosecution that Young abused them hundreds of times when they were younger.

Wednesday, several former students and former exchange students testified in defense of Young. All of those who testified said Young never did anything inappropriate. Erik Mok who lived with Young for 7 years as an exchange student said Young never did anything inappropriate.

Former Teacher Guilty In Sex Crime Trial (10/17/08)
Jury finds Kan. teacher guilty of abusing student (10/17/08)
Buhler Teacher Pleads Not Guilty To Sex Crimes (07/18/08)
Former Teacher to Stand Trial On Child Sex Crimes (06/05/08)
Hearing is set for teacher in sex case (05/01/08)
Buhler Teacher Arrested On Sex Crimes (2/26/08)
Teacher arrested for sexual misconduct with student (2/26/08)
Buhler teacher arrested on charges of sex with student (2/26/08)

David Hazlett
09-15-08

A former Johnson County teacher has been sentenced to more than four years for using a computer to entice a minor to engage in sexual activity.

David Hazlett, 58, of Olathe, pleaded guilty in federal court in February to one count of using a computer to entice a minor to engage in sexual activity.

In his plea, Hazlett admitted that on Jan. 20, 2003, he chatted with two minor girls via web cam. He asked them to undress and show themselves to the camera, which they did. He saved the web cam images to the hard drive of his computer.

During that incident, he was posing as a boy named Ely. The crime was discovered in July 2007 when an apartment manager called the Johnson County Sheriff's Department to report that child pornography had been found on the computer in Hazlett's apartment. Hazlett had left the computer and other personal items behind when was evicted.

Fmr. Teacher Pleads Guilty to Computer Sex Crimes Against Kids (09/15/08)
Former teacher from Olathe pleads guilty in Internet sex case (2/26/08)
Former Johnson County teacher pleads guilty to sex charge (Same report, second source)
Ex-teacher faces child-porn charge (8/10/07)

Coen C. Potts
09-09-08

Former Auburn-Washburn USD 437 elementary art teacher Coen Potts this afternoon was sentenced to more than seven years in jail for possessing thousands of images of child pornography.

U.S. District Court Judge Julie Robinson trimmed a year off the recommended sentenced agreed to by Potts’ defense attorney and prosecutors as part of a plea deal. In June, Potts pled guilty to one count of receiving child pornography and one count of possessing child pornography.

Robinson said that Potts showed remorse and a desire to change. But the judge said she remained troubled that he had worked so closely with young children, that he had possessed marijuana on school grounds and that he was found with adult and child pornography as well as marijuana while awaiting trial.

Significant jail time, Robinson said, was required. She said she couldn’t forget about the children victimized in the photos and videos even if Potts hadn’t committed those acts. Consumers of child pornography, she said, help create a demand for such harmful actions.

Elementary art teacher sentenced to prison (09/08/08)
Former topeka art teacher pleads guilty to child porn charges (06/02/08)
Fired Pauline art teacher pleads guilty (06/02/08)
Former teacher indicted on child porn charges (03/11/08)
Teacher fired but not charged in drug case (11/22/06)

Marsha J. Mote
06-21-08

Former Tyro Community Christian School teacher Marsha J. Mote, 37, pled no contest Tuesday in Montgomery County District Court to a charge of aggravated indecent liberties with a child, following an arrest by police for a bond violation at the Coffeyville Aquatic Center.

On June 20, Mote reportedly was arrested at the Coffeyville Aquatic Center as she allegedly went there to drop off her two daughters. Mote was accompanied by a female adult at the time, and a private citizen reported her being at the pool.

Coffeyville police went to the scene and placed her under arrest for violation of her bond conditions that stated she is to remain away from minors. Mote is free on a $20,000 bond.

Former teacher pleads no contest in indecent liberty charge (06/21/08)

Tabitha Adams
05-30-08

A former Dodge City teacher has been sentenced to a "hard 25" life sentence for taking indecent liberties with an 8-year-old girl. District Judge Van Hampton sentenced Tabatha Adams, 36, Thursday to life in prison without possibility of parole for 25 years, said Ford County Assistant County Attorney David Belling.

Adams pleaded guilty in March to one count of aggravated indecent liberties with a child. She was arrested in December after someone found explicit digital pictures of Adams and her boyfriend, 28-year-old Zachary Noble, of Falls City, Neb., and turned them over to the police.

Adams was a second-grade teacher at Sacred Heart Catholic School at the time. The victim was a student at the school, but not 1 of Adams' students. Adams later resigned.

She also faces charges in Nebraska, where the crimes are alleged to have occurred.

Teacher gets ‘hard 25′ for abusing 8-year-old (05/30/08)
Adams accepts plea bargain (3/21/08)
Dodge City teacher busted after pictures surface (12/21/07)
Dodge City Teacher Accused in Sex Crimes (12/21/07)
Two Arrested in Sex Case (12/21/07)
Teacher accused of sexual misconduct (12/20/07)
Dodge teacher arrested on molestation charges (12/20/07)
Diocese official: Teachers may have not been prepared to spot signs of abuse (12/20/07)

Keith E. Marshall
05-02-08

A special education teacher who spent nearly 25 years in Topeka Unified School District 501 surrendered his teaching license last month after pleading no contest to a misdemeanor count of sexual battery against a female student.

Keith E. Marshall, 48, gave up his special needs teaching license at the April Kansas State Board of Education meeting in connection with "inappropriate conduct" with an 18-year-old student, according to board records

The case involved a May 11, 2007, incident when Marshall was monitoring in-school detention at Capital City Schools, said Shawnee County District Attorney Robert Hecht. Marshall used his cell phone camera to take pictures of the girl's breast, although the girl wasn't forced in the photographing, Hecht said.

Sex case costs teacher his license (05/02/08)

Katherine J. Harder
05-05-08

At approximately 10:00 p.m., on March 26th a Pottawatomie County Deputy Sheriff while on patrol investigated a vehicle parked in the Spillway Marina Park area of Tuttle Creek Dam, according to the Pottawatomie County Sheriff's Dept. During the initial contact, it was discovered that the occupants of the vehicle were a 32 year old female and a 17 year old male.

Further investigation determined that the 32 year old female inside the vehicle was Katherine J. Harder, a Manhattan High School teacher and the male juvenile was a student at the same school. Harder was arrested for Unlawful Sexual Relations and was taken to the Pottawatomie County Jail. A District Spokesperson says Harder, a third year Language Arts teacher has resigned.

Teacher enters plea in sex case (07/17/08)
Teacher Caught in Act with Student Will Get Not Have to Register Sex Offender (07/17/08)
Teacher pleads no contest to endangerment in incident with student (07/17/08)
Teacher, accused of having sex with student, resigns a second time (04/16/08)
Manhattan teacher fired over student sex scandal (04/04/08)
MHS teacher denied request after alleged sex scandal (04/03/08)
Manhattan teacher withdraws her resignation (4/02/08)
High school teacher charged with sexual relations with student (3/27/08)
Area Teacher Caught In The Act With Student (3/27/08)
Teacher found in parked car with teen jailed (3/27/08)
Manhattan area teacher arrested for allegedly having sex with student (3/27/08)