Christopher B. Page
11-14-08

After spending 11 days behind bars, a former Churchill Junior High substitute teacher accused of having a sexual encounter with a 13-year-old female student was released Friday from the Salt Lake County jail.

Christopher Benjamin Page, 19, was arrested Nov. 3 after Sandy police found him and the girl both shirtless in a parked car. Page was charged in 3rd District Court with one count of forcible sexual abuse, a first-degree felony punishable by up to life. Bail was set at $150,000.
    But on Friday, Judge Mark Kouris ordered Page released to the supervision of Pre-trial Services, which monitors defendants deemed not to be a risk to flee or re-offend.

The judge set an 8 p.m. curfew, ordered no contact with the victim or anyone under the age of 18, and told Page not to teach any classes. A scheduling hearing was set for Dec. 9 before Kouris. ranite School District officials said they fired Page as soon as they learned of his arrest. Page, who started as a substitute teacher on Oct. 1, had taught class three times, school officials said. He had worked sweeping floors at Granite Schools for about three years previously.

Ex-substitute teacher accused of sex with student released from jail (11/14/08)
Teacher is jailed after alleged tryst with girl, 13 (11/06/08)
Substitute teacher arrested for sex abuse of 13-year-old student (11/06/08)

Joy Lynette Andrews
11-12-08

A staff member of the Cinnamon Hills Youth Crisis center in St. George has been arrested on charges of alleged sexual abuse involving a youth client.

33 year old Joy Lynette Andrews was taken into custody last night after school officials learned of an alleged sexual relationship between Andrews and a 17 year old female who had been participating in a crisis program.

Cinnamon Hills helps in the treatment of youth that have behavioral Issues, Chemical Dependency or Addiction Issues and Mental Health Issues. Andrews was arrested on charges of forcible sex abuse a 2nd degree felony and forcible sodomy a 1st degree felony. She was released this morning from the purgatory correctional facility after posting bail. The incident is still under investigation A staff member of the Cinnamon Hills Youth Crisis center in St. George has been arrested on charges of alleged sexual abuse involving a youth client.

Cinnamon Hills Youth Crisis Center Staff Member Arrested (11/12/08)

Jose Bernaf Fanjul
11-11-08

A West High School teacher accused of having sex with a 17-year-old student will go on trial next year.

Jose Bernardo Fanjul, 45, pleaded not guilty Monday in Salt Lake City's 3rd District Court to five counts of forcible sodomy, a first-degree felony, and five more counts of forcible sex abuse, a second-degree felony. Court minutes said a judge scheduled a three-day jury trial beginning Feb. 10.

Salt Lake County prosecutors accuse Fanjul of engaging in various sexual acts with a girl at West High School after hours. His next court appearance is scheduled for Dec. 22

West High teacher pleads not guilty to sex crimes charges (11/11/08)
Girl, allegedly abused by teacher, was at the center of an earlier sex abuse case (09/24/08)
Defense attorney says West High teacher targeted by student (09/19/08)
Teacher faces judge on charges of unlawful sex with student (09/11/08)
West High teacher suspected of sex with student (09/09/08)
Teacher arrested for having sex with student (09/09/08)

Arielle Beck
10-27-08

A second trial has been scheduled for a former Moab schoolteacher and coach who served prison time for sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl before the Utah Supreme Court overturned the conviction.

Arielle Beck, 29, will stand trial in a Salt Lake courtroom beginning April 20.

Beck was sentenced to prison for sexually abusing Kelly Sowell, a student who hanged herself two years after Beck's conviction. Last year, however, the state's high court ruled 7th District Judge Lyle R. Anderson overstepped the line of impartiality when he posed 48 questions to Beck while she was on the witness stand, possibly influencing the jury.

Sowell and Beck met in the summer of 2002 when Beck was an assistant softball coach for the teen's team. Beck later volunteered as a teaching assistant in the girl's English class. Prosecutors said Beck groomed the teen for a sexual affair, sending her love letters and E-mails.

Beck has been charged with one count of sodomy, a first-degree felony, and three counts of forcible sexual abuse, a second-degree felony. She also faces misdemeanor charges for child abuse, supplying alcohol to a minor and allowing an unlicensed person to drive.

Moab teacher faces second sex abuse trial (10/27/08)
Ex-teacher gets new trial in child-sex-abuse case (8/12/07)

Gabriel E. Carlin
10-21-08

A 34-year-old Washington City man scheduled for sentencing Tuesday on two counts of third-degree felony attempted sexual abuse of a child was ordered to undergo a diagnostic evaluation instead.

Gabriel E. Carlin appeared before 5th District Judge Eric Ludlow, who ordered Carlin to turn himself in at the Washington County jail Friday by 6 p.m. to be taken into custody by the Department of Corrections, which will perform the evaluation. Carlin, a former teacher, pastor and day-care operator, was originally charged with four counts of first-degree felony aggravated child sex abuse for kissing and fondling an 11-year-old girl in March 2006. At the time, Carlin owned the now-defunct East Harbor Christian Academy in Washington City where the victim was a student.

Heidi Nestel, an attorney with the Utah Crime Victims Legal Clinic representing the victim in the case, asked Ludlow on Tuesday to have Carlin taken into custody immediately. She claimed Carlin was a flight risk and that his freedom on $100,000 bond is causing mental distress to the family, who wants to see him in prison. Ludlow was not swayed, but warned Carlin to report to the jail Friday or face an automatic prison term.

Evaluation ordered for ex-teacher in child sex-abuse case (10/21/08)
Evaluation ordered for St. George pastor, former teacher (10/21/08)
Ex-Teacher Said He Tried To Sexually Abuse 11-Year-Old Girl
Ex-teacher admits to attempted sexual abuse (06/12/08)
Pastor Arrested on Sex-Abuse Charges (03/16/06)

Jami Lish
08-01-08

A school teacher is facing serious charges for having sex with a teenage student. It's another case in what seems to be a disturbing trend.
Prosecutors in Box Elder County charged the 27-year-old teacher based on one incident that allegedly happened in her home. But people who know the teacher tell us she may have been in a relationship with this student for at least a year.

If convicted, Jami Lish could spend 15 years to life in prison. This week, prosecutors charged Lish with first-degree felony rape. Their investigation actually began late last year.

High school teacher facing sex charges in relationship with student (08/01/08)

Jennifer Candida Gonzales
06-05-08

A former junior-high-school teacher who was accused of having sexual relations with a 16-year-old boy pleaded guilty to reduced charges on Monday.

Jennifer Candida Gonzales, 33, of Payson, entered guilty pleas in Provo's 4th District Court to two counts of attempted forcible sexual abuse, a third-degree felony. The charges were reduced from forcible sexual abuse, a second-degree felony. "She just wants to get it behind her," said Mike Esplin, Gonzales's defense attorney.

She just wants to get it behind her," said Mike Esplin, Gonzales's defense attorney. "She's going to accept responsibility for her conduct and try to get on with her life, basically."

A sentencing hearing for Gonzales was scheduled for July 28. Attempted forcible sexual abuse carries a penalty of up to 5 years in prison.

Payson teacher to serve jail time for sex charges (07/28/08)
Payson man pleads guilty to gun charge (06/13/08)
Former teacher pleads guilty to sex charges (06/04/08)
Payson teacher arrested on sex charges (4/02/08)
Man Chases Wife With Gun After Catching Her With Teenager (4/01/08)
Jail Booking Record for Jennifer Gonzales

Scott Rogers
05-17-08

Well, here we go. We're starting the week off with a real sicko.

Cache County elementary school teacher has been charged with child sex abuse. 33-year-old Scott Rogers taught at Thomas Edison Charter School South in Nibley.  He faces two counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child and has now been suspended with one week of school left.

Rogers has been at the school for three years, first teaching fourth grade, then second grade.  School officials say a pre-hire background check turned up nothing out of the ordinary.

Cache elementary teacher in abuse case free on bail (05/20/08)
Cache County teacher accused of child sex abuse (05/18/08)

Cris Lynn Morris
05-15-08

Former Hurricane High teacher and track coach was sentenced Thursday to 30 days in jail for having sex with a 17-year-old male student.

"I want to apologize to all I have hurt, in my family and his [victim's family]," Cris Lynn Morris said in 5th District Court. "I know I made a terrible mistake and want to do what's needed now to move forward with our lives."

Judge G. Rand Beacham sentenced the 30-year-old woman - who had pleaded guilty to three third-degree felony counts of unlawful sexual misconduct as part of a deal with prosecutors - to three years' probation and 30 days in Washington County's Purgatory Correctional Facility.

Teacher sent to jail for sex with teen (05/16/08)
Former Hurricane teacher to spend 30 days in jail for sex with student (05/15/08)
Teacher faces prison time for sex with student (3/05/08)
Hurricane teacher makes court appearance on rape charges (10/30/07)
High school teacher arrested on investigation of rape (10/25/07)
Teacher to face charges (10/25/07)
Female teacher arrested on rape charges in southern Utah (10/24/07)

Lawson Sweat
02-15-08

He was once a popular coach and teacher at Piute High School.

Now, Lawson Sweat is an alleged rapist. Sweat resigned his position in October after police launched an investigation about sexual misconduct.

But that investigation is over and the Piute County attorney has filed formal charges against Sweat.

Sweat faces two counts of raping a sixteen year old girl that attended the school in 2005. According to an affidavit filed with the court, that’s when Sweat invited “two teens to his home”. Once there, investigators said, “Sweat provided both girls with beer and watched movies.” After one of the teens left, “Sweat began to kiss the alleged victim and started to remove her clothes.”

Former Piute coach and teacher faces teen rape charges (2/15/08)

Kamron Klitgaard
01-26-08

A popular drama teacher was arrested after a two-month police investigation revealed that computers he used at Roy High School and at home contained images of child pornography.

Kamron Klitgaard, 42, was booked and released from jail Friday on suspicion of sexual exploitation and distributing pornographic material. He faces two felony and 10 misdemeanor counts.

Klitgaard was put on unpaid leave after a district investigation Jan. 4, when students and parents were told he was absent because of an illness.

The Weber School District planned to fire Klitgaard on Feb. 1, after giving him 30 days' notice.

Roy Police Chief Greg Whinham said a forensics computer lab found pornographic images on two school computers that Klitgaard used and another at his home.

Child pornography case dropped against ex-teacher (07/22/008)
Popular drama teacher arrested for child porn on computers (1/26/08)
Utah Teacher Jailed For Child Porn On High School Computers (1/26/08)

Leisa Ward
01-26-08

A 37-year-old Utah mother -- and former substitute teacher -- has admitted to engaging in illegal sexual acts with at least five teenage boys.

Leisa Ward, a mother of four, pleaded guilty on child sex-related charges in a deal that led prosecutors to drop the most serious counts against her.  Ward agreed to plead guilty on charges of unlawful sexual conduct and, as a result will not be charged with anything else.

Ward was arrested in Nov. 2007 following reports that she engaged in sexual activities with at least five boys, whose ages were 16 or 17 at the time.  Nephi Police said the allegations started as rumors that were eventually corroborated.

Ward, who formerly taught as a substitute teacher in the Juab County School District, will be sentenced on Feb. 28 but due to her plea deal she will avoid serious felony and misdemeanor child sex and lewdness charges.  However, she still will face sentencing on 11 charges stemming from the illegal sex acts.

Utah Mother Admits To Sex Acts With Teen Boys (1/20/08)
Mom of 4 admits to 11 felonies (1/19/08)