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Kelsey Peterson
10-03-08

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. She pleaded guilty in July to a charge of transporting a minor across state lines to have sex.

Peterson was the boy's sixth-grade math teacher at Lexington Middle School in south-central Nebraska during the 2005-06 school year and started having sex with him in November 2006, according to court documents.

The pair disappeared in October, soon after the district's superintendent confronted Peterson about allegations of an inappropriate relationship with the boy.

Ex-Neb. teacher in state court on student sex case (10/08/08)
Ex-teacher says middle schooler was a man to her (09/29/08)
Ex-Neb. teacher gets 6 years in student sex case (09/29/08)
Ex-Neb. teacher gets 6 years in student sex case (09/29/08)
Former teacher who fled to Mexico with student sentenced today (09/29/08)
Former Lex teacher pleads guilty in minor sex case (07/02/08)
Lawyer: Lexington teacher to plead guilty (07/01/08)
Runaway Teacher Will Plead Guilty (07/01/08)
Federal judge sets trial for former teacher (04/18/08)
U.S. grants temporary parole to boy who fled with teacher (1/31/08)
New passport verifies age of boy who fled with teacher to Mexico (1/16/08)
Tears Punctuate Not Guilty Plea (11/29/07)
Runaway Teacher Pleads Not Guilty (11/29/07)
Lexington teacher pleads not guilty to federal charges (11/29/07)
Teacher who fled to Mexico to be arraigned in federal court (11/28/07)
Peterson in Nebraska (11/28/07)
MEXICAN POLICE SAY LEXINGTON BOY IS 13 (11/15/07)
Birth certificate shows boy in teacher-sex case is 13 (11/15/07)
Teacher Who Fled With Student Fired (11/13/07)
Attorney wants proof of boy’s age in teacher-student sex case (11/12/07)
Mexican Relishes Hunt for US Fugitives (11/11/07)
No Bail For Nebraska Teacher Accused Of Taking Boy (11/07/07)
Boy: Friendship With Teacher Led to Sex (11/07/07)
Boy describes journey to Mexico with former teacher (11/07/07)
Reaction: from ‘real shame’ to ‘everybody makes mistakes’ (11/06/07)
Lexington Teacher May Take Weeks to Appear in Nebraska Court (11/06/07)
Teacher accused of fleeing to Mexico with boy, appears in court (11/05/07)
Teacher Nabbed in Mexico With 13-Year-Old Student Faces Court Hearing (11/05/07)
Teen with family in Mexico, teacher faces federal court hearing Monday (11/04/07)
FBI Agents Find Nebraska Teacher, Student In Mexico (11/03/07)
Teacher Arrested in Mexico, Boy Released (11/03/07)
Teacher, Student Arrested in Mexico (11/03/07)
Police: Boy, Teacher Entered Mexico Tuesday (11/02/07)
Teacher, Student May Have Fled to Mexico (11/02/07)
Cops search for boy, 13, teacher in apparent affair (11/01/07)
Teacher and her 13-year-old student on the run (11/01/07)
Search Continues For Teacher And Teen (11/01/07)
Police Searching for Teacher and Boy (11/01/07)
Police search for teacher who ran off with student (11/01/07)
Female Teacher, 13-Year-Old Student Missing (11/01/07)
Who Is Kelsey Peterson? (11/01/07)

Stephanie Draper
08-01-08

A former middle school teacher accused of having a sexual relationship with a student six years ago pleaded not guilty Friday morning in Sarpy County District Court.

Stephanie A. Draper, 35, of Blair, Neb., faces up to 50 years in prison if convicted of first-degree sexual assault of a child.

Sarpy County authorities issued a warrant for Draper's arrest July 18. According to an affidavit requesting the warrant, the student, now 21, told an investigator that he and Draper had a relationship between February and April 2002, when he was 14.

Former teacher pleads not guilty in sex assault case (08/01/08)
Former Teacher Arrested in Sex Assault Investigation (07/23/08)
Sexual Assault, Blackmail Case Involves Teacher, Students (07/23/08)
Former Millard teacher turns self in, then posts bail (07/23/08)
Ex-teacher sought in sex assault of student (07/23/08)

Jason Cunningham
5-27-08

A 33-year-old Malcolm High School teacher will be attending pretrial diversion instead of facing trial on two misdemeanor counts of sexual assault.

Teacher Jason Cunningham of Lincoln no longer teaches at the school.

Had he been convicted, he faced up to a year behind bars on each count.

Sheriff's deputies say the allegations were made in January, when an 18-year-old girl said Cunningham touched 1 of her inner thighs in October at the high school. Another girl reported that Cunningham rubbed 1 of her inner thighs while they returned from a school event in late August or early September.

Former Malcolm teacher won’t face sex charges (05/27/08)
Malcolm teacher charged with sex assault of two girls (2/21/08)
Malcolm Teacher Charged With Sexually Assaulting 2 Girls (2/21/08)
Malcolm High teacher accused of sex assault (2/19/08)

Sanford Kaplan
05-16-08

Sanford Kaplan, 57, a soccer coach at Northeast High School in Lincoln, Nebraska as well as a a youth soccer coach for the Capitol Soccer Association and an adjunct professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has been arrested in connection with the alleged abuse of teenage boys.

Six counts were of child abuse in connection with allegedly binding the youths and suspending them from the rafters of his garage. The seventh charge is false imprisonment, which is restraining someone under terrorizing circumstances.

Charges stun coach’s circle (05/16/08)
Court Documents Detail Extent of Lincoln Man’s Suspected Abuse (05/15/08)
Soccer coach faces 14 felony charges (05/15/08)
Lincoln soccer coach held in sex case (05/15/08)

Collin Holcomb
04-15-08

A middle school science teacher pleads no contest to third degree sexual assault. Police say Collin Holcomb had sexual contact with a former student on several occasions at a park near 52nd and B. She was 14 at the time.

Holcomb taught science at Norris Middle School for four years before his arrest. Neighbors became suspicious and called police after they saw his truck parked near the park several times last year.

One complained to police that a man was meeting a "young girl" there. Court records show a judge reduced Holcomb's bond from $1 million to $100,000 but he's required to stay "in the presence" of his parents and has to continue psychiatric treatment. He'll be sentenced in July.

Former Omaha teacher sentenced for sex crime (07/21/08)
OPS Teacher Gets Up To 5 Years For Sex Assault (07/21/08)
Middle School Teacher Pleads No Contest to Sexual Assault (04/15/08)
OPS Teacher Arrested For Sexual Assault
Teacher’s Bond Set At $1M In Sexual Assault Case (05/18/07)
Assault Investigation (05/18/08)