Steven Yewcic
12-24-08

Newport News high school teacher is accused of having sex with a former student.

Police say Steven Yewcic is a teacher at Woodside High School.

Yewcic is being charged with five counts each of taking indecent liberties with a child and with contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

Police arrested Yewcic yesterday after a talking to him about a complaint about his relationship with a 17-year-old boy.

They say the boy is a former student, but does not attend Woodside now.

He is being held at the Peninsula Regional Jail in Williamsburg on a secured bond.

Newport News school officials say Yewcic is now suspended, and will not be in class again until after this case is over.

Newport News Teacher Arrested (12/24/08)

Ted Johnson
12-19-08

Ted Thomas Johnson was a popular teacher and an award-winning band director. He also had a dark side--an attraction to young girls that he could not always control.

Johnson, 48, was sentenced in Stafford Circuit Court yesterday to 20 years in prison with all but four years suspended.

He had previously pleaded guilty to aggravated sexual battery and two counts of attempted custodial indecent liberties with a child.

Johnson, a longtime former band director at Osbourn High School and a teacher at a middle school, molested three girls who were spending nights at his home with his daughter.

All three girls were either 12 or 13. None were students of his. According to evidence presented by prosecutor Michael Hardiman, an investigation began in February when a 13-year-old girl accused him of improperly touching her. The girl said she woke up at 6 a.m. Feb. 18 to find Johnson's hand on her buttocks.

Teacher sentenced to four years in molestation of young girls (12/16/08)
Teacher admits molesting girls (10/16/08)
Court date set for teacher accused of sexual assault (05/29/08)
Teacher faces additional sex charges (2/29/08)
Two More Victims Come Forward After Teacher’s Sex Crime Arrest (2/29/08)
Teacher Accused Of Attempted Sex Assault Of 13-Year-Old Girl (2/25/08)
STAFFORD MAN CHARGED WITH SEX CRIMES (2/25/08)

Rebecca Jane Shook
12-09-08

An elementary school teacher from Hampton is accused of being involved in an inappropriate relationship with a 15-year-old friend of the family.

Rebecca Jane Shook, 27, of Newport News, who is a teacher at Aberdeen Elementary School on Aberdeen Road, was charged on Nov. 7 with contributing to the delinquency of a minor, Newport News police spokeswoman Holly McPherson confirmed.

She said Shook was a friend of the victim and his parents. His parents contacted police after they found a text message Shook sent to the boy, who lives in Newport News.

Hampton schools spokeswoman Ann Stephens said Hampton City Schools are aware of the allegations and have taken "appropriate action."

Hampton teacher faces charges for contacting teen (12/09/08)

Anthony K. Haywood
12-07-08

A physical education teacher at Brentsville District High School has been charged with having sexual contact with two teenage students, police said Saturday.

Anthony K. Haywood, 27, of 10240 Launch Circle, Apartment 202, in Manassas, was arrested Friday at 2 p.m. at the Prince William County schools administrative office on Joplin Road, police spokeswoman Erika Hernandez said.

Detectives began investigating Wednesday after one of the teens filed a report with the school resource officer, Hernandez said.

Haywood is charged with having “inappropriate sexual contact” with two 16-year-old girls who attend Brentsville High School in Nokesville, Hernandez said. According to police, the incidents occurred after schools hours and did not happen on school grounds.

Dr. Robert Scott, Brentsville’s principal, said Haywood—a third year teacher—was placed on administrative leave Thursday morning.

“The superintendent’s staff and [county schools] Risk Management Office have been aware of this situation since it arose and did not hesitate to place Mr. Haywood on administrative leave when police investigators determined that there was enough evidence to pursue warrants,“ Scott wrote in a Saturday morning e-mail to students, parents and community members.

He said Brentsville’s guidance director and mental health team will meet with students in Haywood’s classes on Monday and Tuesday.

Teacher faces sex charges (12/07/08)

Dan Hegarty
12-01-08

A Fairfax County police have charged a local teacher with taking indecent liberties with a child and now both the police and parents of local children want to know whether or not this was an isolated incident.

On Nov.10, an eight-year-old boy reported that he was in the locker room of the Spring Hill Recreation Center around 8:30 p.m., changing clothes after going swimming, when he was approached and touched inappropriately by a naked man. The boy was not physically injured, and later that evening he reported the incident to his parents.

The child gave a description of the man to Fairfax County police, who released a composite sketch and flyers seeking information about the suspect.

On Tuesday, Dan Hegarty, 39, of Alexandria turned himself in to the police. He was identified with assistance from the public after the composite sketch was circulated.

The picture of Hegarty's life has him surrounded by children. A longtime seventh grade math teacher at the exclusive Browne Academy in Alexandria, Hegarty is also a devoted and tremendously popular coach and referee for boys hockey in Montgomery County. His involvement with so many local children has made the news of his arrest extremely upsetting to parents.

Local Teacher Accused of Taking Indecent Liberties with Child (12/01/08)

James Scott Wilson
11-18-08

Former York River Academy teacher James Scott Wilson was indicted Tuesday in York County-Poquoson Circuit on eight felony counts of nonforcible sodomy for allegations of sex with a student. His trial date is set for Jan. 8 at 10 a.m.

Wilson, 39, waived his right to a preliminary hearing Sept. 29 in York County-Poquoson Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court.

Former York teacher indicted on 8 felony counts of sodomy (11/18/08)

Kelvin Johnson
11-13-08

A former teacher and coach in Hanover County facing sex charges there has been indicted in Henrico County on similar charges.

Henrico Commonwealth's Attorney Wade Kizer said today that Kelvin S. Johnson was indicted Monday by a grand jury on four counts of taking indecent liberties with a minor.

Johnson, 28, left the Hanover school system last month, said Hanover Superintendent Stewart D. Roberson. He said Johnson was a coach on the girl's basketball team and a shop teacher at Patrick Henry High School.

Johnson was released on bond after his arrest in Hanover on Oct. 28, police there said. He is listed in court records as living in the 14400 block of Three Oaks Court in Montpelier.

Johnson faces four counts in Henrico and one in Hanover of taking indecent liberties with a minor; each charge carries a maximum of five years in prison. He faces an additional felony charge in Hanover of using a computer to facilitate a sexual offense involving a child. Authorities in Hanover and Henrico declined to say whether the charges involve more than one juvenile.

Former Hanover coach faces sex charges (11/13/08)
Parents Want Answers (11/13/08)

Thomas best
11-11-08

The former Fredericksburg Christian School teacher who pleaded guilty in July to aggravated sexual battery, will spend 12 months in jail. Thomas G. Best, 53, was sentenced by Spotsylvania Circuit Judge David H. Beck to a total of 45 years on three charges, but 44 of those years were suspended.

Beck told Best that the decision came after hearing from witnesses about how remorseful Best is for his actions.

Beck said he also took into consideration the minimal risk that a counselor said Best was of being a re-offending sexual predator.

"He has shown an indication of a high degree of remorse," said David Heeb-ner, an expert in sex-offender treatment who evaluated Best.

Heebner added that Best was in the lowest range of recidivism for sex offenders.

Best pleaded guilty July 9 to indecent liberties and two counts of aggravated sexual battery of the woman, who is now 23 years old. He admitted to inappropriately touching her for more than six years.

Best's defense attorney, Mark Murphy, asked Beck to consider the counseling his client already completed as well as his desire to rehabilitate himself.

Former teacher sentenced in molestation case (11/11/08)
Former teacher faces battery charge (2/23/08)

Eric Scott Newman
11-30-08

A former Millbrook High teacher has been sentenced to three in jail for having an inappropriate relationship with one of his students.

Eric Scott Newman, 27, pleaded guilty Thursday in Frederick County Circuit Court to a misdemeanor count of to the delinquency of a minor. He had been scheduled to face a jury trial. Judge John R. Prosser sentenced Newman to a year in jail, but suspended nine months of the sentence.

He also ordered Newman, who lives in Hedgesville, W.Va., to pay a $1,000 fine. Additionally, Newman cannot seek employment in a public or private school for 10 years, under the terms of a plea agreement he and his attorney, Roger Inger, reached with the Frederick County Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office.

Commonwealth’s Attorney Glenn Williamson said Newman, while employed as a technical drawing teacher at Millbrook, had an inappropriate online relationship with a teenage student. The student sent Newman sexually suggestive pictures of herself, and subsequently, at the defendant’s request, nude photos.

Former teacher to serve jail time (10/30/08)
Ex-teacher indicted in W.Va. (10/30/08)
Former Va. teacher charged (11-08-07)

Ashley Esposito
09-12-08

Ashley Esposito was found guilty Thursday of contributing to the delinquency of a minor for buying alcohol for former students and providing them with booze at a party at her Harrisonburg apartment. Esposito was sentenced to 10 months in jail, with six months suspended and fined $350.

Felony charges of sodomy and taking indecent liberties with a child by a person in a custodial or supervisory relationship and another misdemeanor charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor are going before a grand jury on Monday. The felony charges carry a sentence of up to 10 years in prison.

Ex-Student-Teacher’s Abuse Case Certified (09/12/08)
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)

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)

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)