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Harry Hayman
He was found guilty at the Royal Court in Jersey of six offences against children and cleared of one charge. He was bailed for sentencing in December, for the offences which took place between 1976 and 1995. Hayman was convicted of indecently assaulting four of his young girl pupils during their piano lessons at his home. He was also found guilty of getting a boy to perform an act of gross indecency and of indecently exposing himself to a girl passing by his house. His victims reported varying different levels of abuse, including being touched indecently. The youngest victim was aged five or six at the time. Piano teacher guilty of sex acts (12/20/07)
Matthew Engelson  A 31-year-old North Brunswick High School history teacher and girls' soccer coach is facing five years in prison after admitting he fondled a 17-year-old female student. Matthew Engelson of Carver Place in Lawrenceville pleaded guilty Friday to a count of child endangerment, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Bruce Kaplan. He said Engelson will be required to surrender his teaching certificate and must avoid any contact with the student. A resident of Lawrenceville, Engelson had been earning $42,272 annually, according to state pension records. North Brunswick soccer coach pleads guilty (09/29/08)
Richard Koppenaal A Sussex County Technical School math teacher pleaded not guilty today to a 13-count indictment charging him with having sex with one male student and sexual contact with another. Richard Koppenaal, 38, of Frankford, who was arrested last November at the school in Sparta, allegedly had sex with a male student in the back of a classroom during a tutoring session, and in various spots in five towns, including an Andover motel and a Branchville park. Eleven of the 13 counts against Koppenaal relate to his alleged contact with this student. The remaining two indictments stem from allegations concerning a second teenager. Koppenaal faces up to 62 years in prison and fines of $830,000 on all counts. Koppenaal, who is married and has three young children, has no prior criminal record and denied the allegations during his arraignment today in state Superior Court in Newton. "We enter pleas of not guilty to all charges," said his defense attorney, Paul Selitto. There are currently no plea bargain offers on the table, Sussex County Assistant Prosecutor Francis Koch told Judge N. Peter Conforti. An unspecified plea offer had been made by prosecutors but had been rejected by Koppenaal, Koch said. Sussex County teacher denies student sex charges (09/15/08)
Demond Edwards A substitute teacher in the Perth Amboy schools, who last fall served as an assistant high school football coach, was arrested today and charged with having a sexual relationship with a female student at the high school. Demond Edwards, 25, of Fords, was charged with sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child, both second-degree offenses, after a joint inviestigation by the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office and the Perth Amboy Police Department revealed Edwards engaged in a sexual relationship with the student, Middlesex County Prosecutor Bruce Kaplan said. The investigation also found evidence that Edwards, a permanent substitute teacher at the high school since October 2006, sent "inappropriate" text messages to a second female student at the high school, the prosecutor said. Perth Amboy teacher pleads guilty to child endangerment (06/09/08)
Cesar Rivero
Cesar J. Rivero had been instant messaging online with a minor -- who, in fact, was a detective. Eventually, a meeting was arranged and Rivero was arrested. He is being held on $100,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, with a court date set for this Wednesday. Rojas, who lives on East 35th Street in Paterson, is a substitute teacher in the Newark school system, said Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli. He is charged with attempted endangering the welfare or a minor, luring, and and attempted sexual assault. Teacher caught in online sex sting (08/11/08)
Daniel W. Kerekes  A former physical education teacher at South Brunswick High School pleaded guilty to endangering the welfare of a child, admitting to having sex with a 16-yearold female student. Daniel Kerekes, 37, of South River, faces up to three years in prison for the offense. He has also agreed to give up his teaching certificate and cannot make contact with the victim. According to Middlesex County Assistant Prosecutor Christie Bevacqua, the relationship between Kerekes and the student had been going on from November 2007 through April 2008, when the arrest took place. Kerekes admitted to sexual acts with the girl both in school and at his home. Former S.B. gym teacher admits sex with underage student (08/00/08)
Robert Godfrey 
The former Ewing High gym teacher accused of sending naked pictures of himself to a 17-year-old student whom he allegedly had sex with has been indicted on sexual assault charges, Mercer County Prosecutor Joe Bocchini announced yesterday. Indictment: Gym teacher had sex with girl, 17 (08/01/08)
James Leonarczyk A Lebanon Borough resident who once worked as a teacher's aide at Phillipsburg Middle School has been indicted on charges of possessing and distributing child pornography, authorities said. James Leonarczyk, 40, was arrested in November by detectives from the Hunterdon County Prosecutor's Office Sex Crimes Unit after local authorities received unspecified information from the Rhode Island State Police. UPDATE: Ex-teacher’s aide indicted on child porn charges (08/01/08)
Gregg Decker A former substitute teacher in the Southern Regional School District has been indicted on charges of aggravated sexual assault in connection with allegations by a middle school student in 2005, according to court documents. Gregg D. Decker, free on $50,000 bail since being arrested more than three years ago, was named in a five-count indictment handed up by an Ocean County grand jury on Tuesday. Decker, 28, of Anchor Avenue in Barnegat is charged with first-degree aggravated sexual assault, second-degree sexual assault, second-degree official misconduct, third-degree endangering the welfare of a child and third-degree aggravated criminal sexual contact, court documents stated. Former substitute teacher at Southern Regional indicted in sex assaults (08/02/08)
Victoria Blevins
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The defense attorney for former Lopatcong Middle School teacher Keri Ann Brekne claims her sentence of 15 to 30 years is illegal. 
Harry Hayman, 69, said he may have tickled a child "once or twice in a jokey way" and would encourage pupils with a hug, but never "in a bad way". 
A 34-year-old schoolteacher from Paterson thought he was meeting a 14-year-old Bergen county girl for sex when he showed up at a planned meeting spot -- and was arrested by detectives.
Charges against a former Monroe High School gym teacher accused having a sexual relationship with a female student have been reduced because the alleged victim has refused to cooperate with investigators, prosecutor said in court today.
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Craig Yarnall
07-18-08
A 37-year-old Woodbridge middle school gym teacher was sentenced to three years in prison today following his May guilty plea to official misconduct for having sex with a teenage girl.
But Craig Yarnall, a former teacher at Colonia Middle School and a former junior varsity girl's soccer coach at Colonia High School, may serve as little as 60 days in prison if he is accepted into a intensive parole supervision program, his attorney said.
Yarnall also must give up his teacher's license and can never hold a public job in New Jersey.
Woodbridge gym teacher, 37, gets 3 years for sex with teen (07/18/08)
Colonia gym teacher sentenced to three years for affair with 16-year-old (07/18/08)
Woodbridge teacher pleads guilty to official misconduct for having sex with student (05/22/08)
Colonia soccer coach held on $150K bail in student sex case (1/30/08)
Woodbridge middle-school teacher arraigned on teen-sex charges (1/30/08)
Colonia teacher, coach charged with having sex with student (1/29/08)
Woodbridge middle-school gym teacher charged with sexual assault (1/29/08)
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Donna Goebel
06-12-08
A 44-year-old Westampton woman was indicted today by a Burlington County grand jury for the alleged sexual assault of a teenager who attends a school where she worked as a teacher's aide, authorities said.
Donna Goebel of the first block of Church Street was charged with one count of sexual assault involving a 16-year-old boy, said Burlington County Prosecutor Robert D. Bernardi.
Police learned of the assault after Goebel's husband phoned them on Jan. 24 to report that he had found evidence - reportedly sexually explicit photos - that led him to suspect his wife was having "inappropriate relations" with a student.
Woman charged with sex assault of boy, 16 (06/12/08)
Sex Assault Case Against S. Jersey Schoolteacher Moves Forward (06/12/08)
Accused aide’s husband: Leave her in jail (02/08/08)
Husband Who Turned In Teacher’s Aide Says Family ‘Torn Apart’ (02/08/08)
Nude Pics Found By Husband Of Teacher Charged With Sex Assault (02/08/08)
Teacher’s aide suspect in sexual assault of student (02/08/08)
Press Release From he Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office (2/07/08)
Teacher’s aide suspect in sexual assault of student (2/07/08)
Husband Calls Police After Suspecting Wife Of Underage Sex (2/07/08)
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Christopher Welch
05-30-08
An athletic trainer and gym teacher working at both high schools in the West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District has been charged with multiple sex offenses for touching six female athletes at one of the schools, police said.
Christopher Welch, 38, of Newtown, Pa. was arrested Wednesday and charged with four counts of aggravated criminal sexual contact in connection with the investigation, which was launched on December 28, 2007 after a principal at High School North received information about the alleged incidents.
Mr. Welch was suspended with pay that day, soon after school officials received information about the incident, police said.
Gym teacher charged with sex abuse in West Windsor (05/30/08)
Teacher charged with groping 6 students (05/30/08)
WW-P instructor charged with sex crimes (05/30/08)
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WTF? Is this a man, woman or beast? We think "it" is simply a pervert. This guy went a bit too far when he was "tickling the ivorys". He has sick pervert written all over him.
A South Jersey piano teacher is charged with sexually assaulting a 13-year-old boy. Charles Lessig, 64, turned himself in to authorities Thursday. He's accused of molesting the teen between March and May while giving piano lessons at the boy's home in Mount Laurel.
Lessig is being held on $30,000 bail.
Piano Teacher Charged With Sexually Assaulting Boy (05/30/08 )
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Paul Stanziale
05-28-08
A suspended Sussex Technical School teacher has avoided criminal prosecution on charges he placed his face on the chest of a female student, but will not return to work at the high school, attorneys said Tuesday.
Paul Stanziale, 51, will have a clean record if he completes 50 hours of community service and follows all rules during 12 months in Pre-Trial Intervention, a form of probation that diverts first-time offenders from actual prosecution.
Assistant Prosecutor Francis Koch said Stanziale — who did not enter a plea to the charges — must have no contact with the alleged victim or her family.
Stanziale will submit a letter of resignation to Sussex Tech, but he will not be barred from teaching elsewhere, attorneys said. The defense presented the letter to Judge N. Peter Conforti during the court hearing.
Accused teacher gets PTI (05/28/08)
Sussex Tech teacher arrested on sex charge (2/01/08)
Daily Record Report of Arrest (2/01/08)
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Pamela Balogh
05-09-08
A teacher and coach convicted of sexually assaulting a girls basketball player she coached at Immaculata High School was sentenced today to seven years in prison. Pamela Balogh, 40, abused a 15-year-old girl starting in 2004 in the coach's office, her car, her home and at her sister's house.
After resigning from Immaculata in September 2005, Balogh was a teacher and coach at North Hunterdon High School -- her alma mater -- until her December 2006 arrest.
Balogh will serve concurrently a seven-year sentence for second-degree sexual assault, four years for third-degree criminal sexual contact and one year for fourth-degree criminal sexual contact.
Former basketball coach gets seven years for sexually assaulting player (05/09/08)
High school coach convicted of abusing former player (12/06/07)
Former coach admits trysts with student (12/05/07)
Former Immaculata coach rejects plea offer in sex assault case (7/27/07)
October trial for Somerville basketball coach (7/27/07)
Sex trial to begin for former coach (11/25/07)
Teacher accused of sexually assaulting student (12/15/06)
Coach Accused of Molesting Player in School (12/15/06)
Former College Hoops Star Accused Of Molesting N.J. Player (12/15/06)
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James Darden
04-25-08
A once beloved Teaneck middle school teacher was sentenced Friday to 8½ years in prison and lifelong parole for sexually assaulting a former student.
“You realize what you have done to this child?” Morris County Superior Court Judge Salem Vincent Ahto said to James Darden. “You made her a woman well before her time in a very inappropriate way.”
Darden, 37, said he had no explanation for his deeds and apologized to his victim.
The victim, who is now in her 20s and is studying to be a teacher, said Darden, as someone who abused trust, is a “monster” who should be locked up for a long time.
She also denounced some teachers who were present at the sentencing to support Darden, and that her experience with “these poor examples of role models” is what prompted her to choose a career in teaching.
Ex-Teaneck teacher sentenced (04/25/08)
Teaneck teacher admits sex with teen (12/17/07)
Charges filed against Teaneck teacher
Teaneck teacher’s bail down slightly
Teaneck teacher James Darden accused by another former student
N.J. Teacher Accused Of Sex With Teen Student
Teaneck teacher held on $250,00 bail
Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Press Release
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Ralph E. Fraunfelter
03-13-08
A man who served as a volunteer football coach at Buckeye Trail High School last season has been arrested by the Licking County Sheriff's Office for allegedly soliciting what he thought was a 15-year-old girl for sex.
Ralph E. Fraunfelter, 34, of Piedmont, was arrested March 5 and charged with attempted unlawful sexual conduct with a minor, a fourth-degree felony.
Fraunfelter, whose bond was set at $20,000 in the Licking County Municipal Court, has since been suspended from all his duties with the East Guernsey Local School District.
"He was suspended immediately from all affiliation with East Guernsey schools," said Superintendent Dr. Richard Hall. "We have informed him that he is relieved of all duties associated with the school district."
According to minutes from a previous East Guernsey Board of Education meeting, Fraunfelter, who is not a teacher, was approved as a volunteer football coach for the 2007-08 school year.
Fraunfelter was reportedly in Mount Vernon on business for his employer at the time when he solicited Licking County Sheriff's Det. Chris Barbuto, who was posing as a 15-year-old Newark girl, via the Internet.
Former coach arrested in sex sting (3/13/08)
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Joseph E. Macanga
03-13-08
FBI agents in New Jersey arrested a former priest Wednesday who is currently a teacher and coach at a Burlington County middle school on federal charges of possessing and distributing child pornography, law enforcement sources told WNBC.com. Joseph E. Macanga was arrested at his Lumberton home Wednesday.
He is scheduled to appear in federal court in Trenton, law enforcement sources told News 4 New York. According to court documents, investigators from the FBI's Innocent Images initiative, which targets individuals suspected of being involved in online sexual exploitation of children, identified Macanga as a participant in an Internet chatroom.
Child-porn case snares Lumberton teacher (04/24/08)
N.J. Teacher, Also An Ex-Priest, Arrested On Child Porn Charges (04/23/08)
Teacher charged with distributing child porn (04/23/08)
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Alexis Anderson
04-19-08
A Monmouth County grand jury on Friday indicted a former Neptune Middle School teacher on charges of child endangerment. Alexis Anderson, 24, of Neptune, is accused having had sexually explicit telephone conversations with one of her eighth-grade science students.
Those conversations were with a 14-year-old middle school student and took place between January and July 2007, according to the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office. No sexual contact between the two was alleged, prosecutors said. Following the indictment, Anderson turned herself in to the Monmouth County Sheriff's Office, where she was photographed and fingerprinted and ultimately released on her own recognizance by Superior Court Judge Francis P. DeStefano. She faces up to 10 years in state prison if convicted of the offense, prosecutors said.
Neptune teacher indicted on child endangerment charges (04/19/08)
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