Amanda Key
10-06-08
A suspended teacher at the Louisiana School for the Deaf has admitted e-mailing sexually explicit images and messages to a 16-year-old female student. Amanda Elizabeth Key pleaded guilty Friday through a sign language interpreter to a felony charge of contributing to the delinquency of a juvenile.
State District Judge Chip Moore in Baton Rouge gave Key a suspended two-year prison term and put her on active supervised probation for five years. She also must register as a sex offender. Key was one of five people arrested between November and April on sex-related charges involving students at the school. Three of the people are current or former teachers at the School for the Deaf. Former teacher Christopher Warren pleaded guilty in September to contributing to the delinquency of a juvenile. He admitted exchanging sexually explicit e-mails and photographs with the same student.
Teacher at La. school for deaf pleads guilty (10-07-08)
Teacher at state school pleads guilty (10/04/08)
Third teacher, 29, at School for Deaf charged in sex case (11/17/07)
Christopher Watson
08-19-08
A former Louisiana School for the Deaf teacher accused of maintaining an improper relationship with a female student will likely be put on probation after pleading guilty to contributing to the delinquency of a juvenile.
State District Judge Tony Marabella said he will sentence 39-year-old Christopher Watson on Oct. 21.
Watson, who was arrested in November on a charge of indecent behavior with a juvenile, pleaded guilty Wednesday to the lesser charge of contributing to the delinquency of a juvenile.
Marabella said he will likely give Watson a suspended two-year prison term and put him on probation for five years with conditions. Those conditions will be announced at the sentencing, he said.
Ex-teacher pleads guilty in sex case (09/19/08)
Two arrested in case involving student (11/16/07)
Two arrested in case involving student at state school for deaf (11/16/07)
Christopher Smith
08-18-08
A former teacher at Holy Savior Menard Central High School in Alexandria was arrested Friday after being accused of having "an improper relationship" with a female Menard student, Rapides Parish sheriff's officials said
Christopher D. Smith, 39, of Pineville is accused of having a relationship with the student off-campus that dates back as far as this past school year, according to a news release from Sheriff Charles F. "Chuck" Wagner Jr. Sheriff's officials said Smith was a Menard teacher up until a few days ago.
"In accordance with our safe environment policy for the Diocese of Alexandria, once the allegation was brought to my attention we followed diocesan procedure," Sister Ann Lacour, superintendent of schools for the Diocese of Alexandria Catholic schools.
Ex-teacher accused of 'improper relationship' with student (08-18-08)
Maurna Thornton
08-01-08
A former Vernon Parish 8th grade teacher will be spending five years behind bars for having sex with a student.
Today, 40-year-old, Maurna Thornton was sentenced to 5 years in prison, 5 years probation and a $2,500 fine
In May, Thornton pleaded guilty to 1 Count of Felony Carnal Knowledge of a Juvenile.
Her arrest came after the Vernon Parish Sheriff’s Office received complaints of inappropriate behavior between Thornton and a 14-year-old student.
Ex-teacher sentenced for carnal knowledge (08/01/08)
Former Hornbeck teacher pleads guilty (05/13/08)
Anthony Vincent Ularich III
06-02-08
Listen up class! We have a very special math lesson today. Please memorize this formula: 1 + 275 = 7. No, it's not "new" math. It's what happens when 1 teacher has 275 items of child porn, he gets 7 years in jail.
Former Slidell special-education teacher was sentenced today to seven years in prison for 275 counts of possessing child pornography.
Anthony Vincent "Vince" Ularich III, 60, was arrested in October after a computer technician found illegal images on his computer and reported him to authorities. He had resigned from his post at Slidell Pathways School a day before his arrest. The charge of possessing child pornography is punishable by no less than two years and no more than 10 years in prison.
Former St. Tammany teacher gets 7 years in porn case (06/02/08)
Teacher arrested on charges of child pornography (10/09/07)
Repairman Tips Police To Child Porn Suspect (10/09/07)
Monica Michelle Martin
05-28-08
Caddo Parish sheriff's deputies have arrested a substitute teacher for allegedly having sex with a student.
Sheriff Steve Prator said 27-year-old Monica Michelle Martin of Oil City was booked for prohibited sexual conduct between an educator and a student and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
Martin is accused of having a sexual relationship with an 18-year-old student who she met while working as a substitute at North Caddo High School in Vivian. Deputies say their relationship started around March and continued until recently.
Teacher arrested for having sex with student (05/28/08)
Caddo deputies arrest sub teacher for sex with student (05/28/08)
Caddo Parish Substitute Teacher Arrested For Having Relationship With Student (05/28/08)
Aaron J. Hammond
05-16-08
Aaron J. Hammond a teacher at Southern University Lab School was arrested Wednesday, accused of sexually harassing two 16-year-old students and having pornography on his classroom computer.
Southern University Police arrested Aaron J. Hammond, 34, 23306 General Gardner Lane, Zachary. They booked him into Parish Prison on a count of indecent behavior with juveniles, according to booking documents.
Hammond, a 1992 graduate of Southern Lab who had been a teacher there since August, taught algebra I and physical science to middle school students, Southern University spokesman Ed Pratt said. Hammond was also the assistant coach of the high school boys’ basketball team.
Hammond was a freshman on the Southern University basketball team when it won the SWAC tournament in 1993 — the school’s first NCAA conference tournament victory.
Southern Lab School teacher arrested (05/16/08)
Baton Rouge teacher arrested (05/16/08)
Baton Rouge teacher arrested (05/16/08)
Phillip Cardwell
04-09-08
A former Lincoln Parish Teacher of the Year will appear in district court in Ruston today.
Phillip Cardwell, a former teacher at Simsboro High School, is charged with five counts of indecent behavior with two juveniles and one count of distribution of material harmful to minors.
Today's proceeding is a conference hearing in which Cardwell will appear with his attorney, Lewis Jones. Unless Cardwell pleads guilty, a trial date will be set.
A grand jury indicted him earlier this year on six counts involving two juveniles and dating to August 20th, 2006.
Ex-Simsboro teacher pleads guilty to contributing to delinquency (1/08/08)
Dino Jay Schwertz
03-12-08
Dino Jay Schwertz, 41, of Slidell, was booked at the City Jail over the weekend with six counts of aggravated rape against the 10-year-olds. Since his arrest was made public on Monday, two more boys have come forward with allegations of indecent behavior by Schwertz, who once worked at W.L. Abney Elementary School.
The mother of an 11-year-old Abney student filed a complaint Monday with Slidell police accusing Schwertz of indecent behavior. A complaint about Schwertz involving an 8-year-old Abney student was reported Tuesday, police said.
School officials sent home a letter Monday with Abney students offering limited details about the arrest but providing parents a number to call, said Linda Roan, spokeswoman for St. Tammany Parish public schools.
Janitor Accused of Raping 10-Year-Olds Faces New Allegations (3/12/08)
Elementary School Custodian Booked With Raping 10-Year-Old Boys (3/12/08)
More allegations against former Slidell custodian (3/12/08)
Police: Janitor Molested More Students At School (3/11/08)
Michael Lyons
03-18-08
36-year-old teacher at Isidore Newman School was arrested at the school Monday on charges he had sexual relations in Kenner with a 16-year-old girl beginning while she was his student at another school.
Michael Lyons, of 4141 E. Loyola Drive, Kenner, was arrested without incident at Newman shortly before noon, Kenner police spokesman Detective Shaun Watson said. However, ABC26 news reported the two met while Lyons taught at Mount Carmel Academy. The Web site ratemyteacher.com continues to list Lyons as a math teacher at Mount Carmel.
Lyons was booked with five counts of carnal knowledge of a juvenile, a felony. The five counts represent five separate occasions within the past year when Lyons had sex with the girl, Watson said, including at least once at Lyons' home. All the encounters were in Kenner, Watson said.
Newman Teacher Arrested And Charged With Sexual Misconduct (3/17/08)
Teacher charged with having sex with student (3/17/08)
Teacher/tutor suspected of having sex with student (3/17/08)
Byron Toups
03-17-08
The band director at Destrehan High School was arrested Tuesday on charges of having sex with a student at his home when the girl was only 16 years old.
St. Charles Parish deputies said that an investigation into 39-year-old Byron Toups began last summer with accusations from another student.
“A 17-year-old came forward and disclosed to the sheriff’s office that at the age of 16, she did have sex with Mr. Toups,” said Captain Patrick Yoes of the Sheriff’s Office. “During the summer, a 17-year-old alleged that Mr. Toups tried to kiss her.” In addition to the arrest, Eyewitness News has learned that Toups is the subject of a federal sexual harassment lawsuit filed on behalf of two girls. One of the girls claims that Toups had consensual sex with her when she was 18. The other girl says Toups made lewd comments to her and tried to kiss her at band camp last summer.
Destrehan band teacher pleads innocent to molestation charge (04/07/08)
Destrehan High School band teacher indicted (3/25/08)
Destrehan teacher must stay away from students (3/19/08)
Bond set for Destrehan teacher (3/19/08)
Deputies arrest Destrehan High School band teacher (3/18/08)
Band Director Charged With Sex Crimes (3/18/08)
Destrehan Band Director Arrested For Allegedly Having Sex With Student (3/18/08)
Destrehan High School teacher arrested (3/18/08)
