John Shulick
08-23-08

A former Prince William County middle school teacher who was caught in a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old girl has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for producing child pornography. Fifty-three-year-old John B. Shulick of Catlett had been a teacher at Bull Run Middle School in Gainesville before his arrest in March. Shulick admitted in federal court in Alexandria that he made videos of a 16-year-old Fairfax County girl engaged in sex acts.

Police also found other images of child pornography on his computer. Shulick said in court papers that he met the girl on the Internet and she initially told him she was 19. According to authorities, the girl admitted she was having sex with Shulick after the mother's boyfriend saw her with an older man. Court papers give no indication that Shulick engaged in misconduct with any of his students.

Va. ex-teacher gets 15 years for child porn (08/22/08)
Middle school teacher pleads guilty to child porn charges (05/28/08)
Middle School Teacher Accused Of Producing Child Porn (3/28/08)
Va. Teacher Charged with Producing Child Porn (3/28/08)
Teacher Charged with Producing Child Porn (3/28/08)

Ting-Yi Oei
08-21-08

The assistant principal at Freedom High School in South Riding was arrested yesterday and charged with possession of child pornography.

Ting-Yi Oei, 59, of Reston, who has spent more than 29 years in area school systems, was taken into custody at the school and brought before a Loudoun County magistrate before being released, according to the sheriff’s office. Yesterday was the first day of school for Loudoun teachers and administrators.

Oei’s attorney, Steven D. Stone, called the charges “outrageous” and said his client was being “persecuted” by the commonwealth’s attorney. The grand jury handed down the indictment against Oei on Aug. 11, court documents show. But Stone said neither he nor Oei were informed of the charges until sheriff’s deputies showed up at the school yesterday.

“Everyone knows where Mr. Oei is. He’s not hiding out. If he were indicted and told about it, he would have gone in,” Stone said. “The timing raises questions. Why the public spectacle? Mr. Oei is a responsible person, and he intends to fight these charges because they’re wrong.”

Assistant Principal Charged With Child Pornography (08/21/08)
School official charged with possessing child pornography (08/20/08)

John Maddy
08-13-08

A former band director from our area finds himself in trouble with the law tonight and out of a job. 34-year-old John Maddy was the band director at Narrows High School in Giles County.

Investigators say the former band director at Narrows High School had a sexual relationship with one of his female students between Valentines day and August 1st.

During that time, the student celebrated her 17th birthday, and deputies say the father of two gave her a card that said “I love you.”

One of Maddy’s former students says it’s hard to believe.

Bayliegh Bowles, an eighth grader at Narrows High School told us, “He was a nice teacher. He was nice when we had him at class and stuff, and it was just weird.”

The school district did not agree to an on-camera interview, saying this case is a personnel matter. But the assistant superintendent tells WSLS that Maddy is no longer employed by the school district.

Narrows teacher accused of having sex with student (08/13/08)
Former high school band director faces child sex charges (08/12/08)

Michael Patrick Harris
06-15-08

Michael Patrick Harris, 31, a former health and physical education teacher at Landstown Middle School in Virginia Beach, Virginia has been sentenced on one count of indecent liberties with a custodial minor.

Harris was arrested in January 2007 on allegations that he touched the breast of a 13-year-old girl while she was changing clothes at his home.

The girl was a friend of Harris’ babysitter. One of Harris’ children, a 5-year-old daughter, was in the room at the time. Harris pleaded guilty in March of this year. On Friday Harris was sentenced to five years in prison, four of which were suspended. He was also ordered to complete a sex offender program, register as a sex offender and avoid unsupervised contact with anyone under 18.

Ex-Beach teacher sentenced for fondling 13-year-old girl (06/14/08)
Teacher who admitted touching teen to be sentenced Friday (06/11/008)
Beach teacher who admitted inappropriate touching is fired (06/11/08)

Melvin Antonio Smith III
06-06-08

A former coach at Washington and Lee High School has pleaded guilty to four felony counts of soliciting sexually explicit material from members of a girls’ softball team last year.

At a hearing Tuesday in Westmoreland County Circuit Court, Melvin Antonio Smith III, 21, also pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count of attempting to have sex with a child 15 years or older. In a plea agreement, Smith’s attorney, Vinceretta T. Chiles of Richmond, and Westmoreland Commonwealth’s Attorney Dean J. Atkins recommended that the court sentence Smith to 41 years in prison with all but 18 months suspended.

The agreement also stipulates that Smith, who lived at Dunnsville in Essex County, register as a violent sex offender and avoid contact with his victims or their families.

Westmoreland coach sentenced for sex crimes (07/16/08)
Former coach pleads guilty to sex charges (06/05/08)
Coach’s charges dropped (04/20/07)

Paula Tomlin
05-30-08

For the second time in as many weeks, a Staunton city school employee has lost her job and faces felony charges. This time, it's a bus driver who's accused of having a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old student. At the beginning of this week, Paula Tomlin was a bus driver and part-time teacher's aide for Staunton schools. But now she's lost both those jobs and her freedom.

The 36-year-old was arrested Thursday night on felony charges in Staunton and Augusta County. She is charged with seven counts of indecent liberties with a child by a person in a supervisory role.

The alleged victim is a 16-year-old boy who attends classes at the Genesis Alternative School. Authorities say he and Tomlin began a sexual relationship about three weeks ago.

School officials say they learned of the alleged relationship this past Wednesday. School officials and police say Tomlin  would drop off all other students first, then swap the bus for her car.

School Bus Driver Facing Sex Charges (05/30/08)
Police: City bus driver had sexual relationship with student (05/30/08)

Ted Johnson
05-29-08

An October trial date has been set for the former Manassas teacher accused of sexually assaulting three underage girls at his Stafford County home.

Ted Thomas Johnson, 48, of 3 Horsepen Run in Stafford appeared in Stafford Circuit Court Wednesday for an arraignment hearing.

Johnson is charged with aggravated sexual battery, two counts of attempted aggravated sexual battery, taking indecent liberties with a minor and two counts of attempted indecent liberties.

Johnson is set to stand trial on those charges before a jury in Stafford Circuit Court on Oct. 15, according to court records.

Johnson was arrested on Feb. 26 after a 13-year-old girl reported that Johnson attempted to sexually assault her while she was at his house on Feb. 18, officials from the Stafford
County Sheriff’s office said at the time.

Court date set for teacher accused of sexual assault

Leonardo Brenes
05-28-08

Leonardo Brenes, 42, was a Spanish teacher at Colonial Heights Middle School, but also coached a girls soccer team at the high school. Prosecutors say it was there where the married man started an affair that lead to more than just one sexual encounter with one of the students.

In Colonial Heights, he is charged with attempted carnal knowledge of a juvenile and indecent liberties with a minor, both felony charges. If found guilty, he could be deported back to Costa Rica after serving his time. “This is ultimately a decision to be made by immigration authorities,” said Commonwealth’s Attorney William B. Bray. “But usually, a convicted felon with non-citizen status faces deportation.”

Brenes is scheduled to appear at Colonial Heights District Court at 2 p.m. June 26.

He faces similar felony charges in Prince George — indecent liberties with a minor and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Commonwealth’s Attorney Jay C. Paul confirmed that the charges involve the same underage student.

Colonial Heights teacher convicted in sex case (07/21/08)
CHHS school teacher found guilty (07/21/08)
Former teacher may get 10 years (05/28/08)
Teacher charged with sex crimes (12/05/07)
Colonial Heights teacher accused of having sex with high school student (12/04/07)

Norman McMillan
05-21-08

The Pasquotank County Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday charged a high school teacher with three counts of taking indecent liberties with a minor, an arrest report said.

Charles Elsbury Whedbee, 41, a teacher at Pasquotank County High School, was being held in the Albemarle District Jail with bond set at $30,000, Sheriff Randy Cartwright said.

Deputies began investigating the case a few weeks ago after receiving information from several sources alleging an illegal relationship between Whedbee and a 15-year-old student, Cartwright said.

Student accuses ex-choir director (06/19/08)
Former choir director charged (05/21/08)
Former McCaskey choir leader charged in sex scandal (05/21/08)
School sex suspect had criminal past (05/21/08)

Michael Jablonski
04-23-08

A Green Run High School girls volleyball coach charged with possessing child pornography was released on $1,500 bail Tuesday.

Michael Jablonski, 36, who teaches social studies at the school, told a judge at his hearing that he was molested as a child by a group of boys who tied him to a tree, said Larry Lockwood Jr., Jablonski's attorney. Jablonski is charged with two counts of possessing child pornography, which Lockwood characterized as "either two images or two separate video clips."

Police seized 80 CDs and 68 VHS tapes earlier this month from Jablonski's apartment, according to a search warrant return. They also took a computer jump drive, cell phone, memory card and floppy disks.

Beach coach, facing child porn charges, released on bail (04/23/08)
VA Beach teacher, coach arrested on child pornography charges (04/22/08)

Ivan Chavez
04-23-08

A former Richmond high school girls' soccer coach is being held without bail today after police arrested him Wednesday for allegedly having sex with a 15-year-old girl, officials said.

Richmond police Sgt. Brian Dickerson said Ivan Chavez, 24, was arrested on a $200,000 warrant.

Chavez was booked into the Martinez Detention Facility on suspicion of having unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor and contacting a minor with intent to commit a sexual offense, Dickerson said

Richmond soccer coach accused of rape (04/17/08)

Ashley Esposito
04-18-08

Arrest warrants released Friday show a former Turner Ashby High School student-teacher is scheduled to make her first court appearance in Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court on May 8.

On Wednesday, police arrested Ashley Esposito, 24, of Harrisonburg, who is under investigation for having a romantic relationship with an underage student and providing students with alcohol after she left her position at TA in December.

Esposito has been charged with two felonies: sodomy, and taking indecent liberties with a child by a person in a custodial or supervisory relationship, stemming from an incident at her apartment on Dec. 17, according to the Rockingham County Sheriff's Office and the Commonwealth's Attorney's Office.

Judge Continues Student-Teacher Sex Crime Case (05/09/08)
Court Date Set For Woman In Sex Case (04/26/08)
Trouble After School? (04/25/08)

Christopher Mathew Yates
04-18-08

A former Glenvar band director will serve time for taking indecent liberties with a teenage girl who was in his custody.

Christopher Mathew Yates was due to be in court Thursday morning, instead he's behind bars in Botetourt County. The Commonwealth's Attorney has reached an agreement with the former teacher so that he will plead guilty to a felony in July.

The Troutville resident will be sentenced to three years, but will only serve six months under the agreement. Once Yates gets out, he will be on probation and have to register as a sex offender.

Former teacher pleads guilty to sex with a minor (07/25/08)
Former Glenvar band director will serve time for taking indecent liberties with minor (04/17/08)
Band Director Charged With Taking Indecent Liberties (12/17/07)
Glenvar High School band director charged with taking indecent liberties with child (12/17/07)

Timothy Lynn Brumit
03-13-08

A former Batesburg-Leesville High teacher has pleaded guilty in a case involving a "minor" and child pornography.

Timothy Lynn Brumit, 48, of Aiken, has pleaded guilty to attempting to entice a person he believed to be a 13-year-old boy to engage in illicit sexual conduct and to transporting child pornography, via the Internet.
Brumit will be sentenced on June 6, 2008.

Midlands teacher sentenced to 25 years for child porn (06/18/08)
Former Batesburg-Leesville High teacher pleads guilty in Internet porn case (3/13/08)
SC teacher pleads guilty (3/13/08)
Batesburg-Leesville teacher to remain jailed (1/29/08)
Midlands teacher “CharmingTim-75″ to face sex charges in Virginia (1/29/08)
Teacher Accused of Child Porn to Remain in Lexington Jail (1/29/08)
S.C. minister accused in Va. of distributing child porn (1/25/08)
Lexington County Teacher, Minister Charged with Child Porn
SC minister and high school teacher accused in VA of distributing child porn
Aiken man arrested on charges of child porn
Lexington 3 teacher on leave after porn allegations (1/25/08)

Richard Chad Forsythe
03-18-08

A former Herndon teacher will serve 90 days in jail for taking indecent liberties with a minor at his Sterling home.

Standing in Loudoun Circuit Court March 14, Richard Chad Forsythe, 38, told Judge Thomas D. Horne that what he did should never have happened. "Sorry is probably an overused word that can't fix things or correct things, but I am terribly sorry this happened," he said. "This has been a tremendous life lesson."

Forsythe was arrested by the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office in June 2007 and charged with taking custodial indecent liberties with a minor. Forsythe, then a Herndon Middle School teacher, was charged by Fairfax County police in January 2007 after an investigation revealed his inappropriate contact with a 17-year-old Reston female in October 2006. The incident did not occur on school property. The sheriff's office charged him for the contact he had with the girl in Sterling.

Herndon Teacher To Serve 90 Days (3/18/08)
Former Teacher Pleads Guilty (1/30/08)
Teacher Faces New Charge Involving Minor (6/28/07)
Fairfax Teacher Charged With Taking Indecent Liberties (1/05/07)