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Timothy Andrew Kellis
06-21-08
After more than five hours of deliberation, jurors in this Latah County town found Timothy A. Kellis guilty of 12 felony counts of molesting four Boy Scouts at Camp Grizzly near Harvard last summer.
Kellis, who had served as a counselor at the camp, will be sentenced Nov. 12. He faces life in prison on nine counts of lewd conduct with a minor and one count of attempted lewd conduct with a minor. He also could receive 25 years in prison on each of two counts of sexual abuse of a child younger than 16.
He also is facing an unrelated charge of second-degree rape of a child in Asotin County. That case was placed on hold awaiting the outcome of the Latah County case.
Kellis guilty of molesting Boy Scouts (09/19/08)
Jury finds Kellis guilty on all counts (09/19/08)
Scout camp counselor guilty of molestation (09/19/08)
Alleged sex charges against ex-Tumwater teacher led to changes at Scout camp (09/19/08)
Teens testify in N. Idaho Boy Scout abuse case (09/17/08)
ID court summons jury in Boy Scout abuse trial (09/14/08)
Accused child molester back in Latah County Jail (KOZE-am Report)
Accused child molester back in Latah County Jail (06/21/08)
Tim Kellis pleads innocent (05/12/08)
Tumwater man arraigned on sex abuse charges (05/12/08)
Washington state band leader back in jail in abuse case (04/30/08)
Camp counselor accused of fondling minors turns himself in (04/29/08)
Kellis turns himself in, faces additional charges (04/29/08)
More charges filed against Kellis
Details emerge in sex charges against band director (04/17/08)
Tumwater band teacher pleads not guilty to sex charges (04/16/08)
Former Highland H.S. teacher facing child sex abuse charges (04/15/08)
Man arrested on Camp Grizzly sex charge (04/15/08)
Titus Epefanio
09-23-08
 Titus Epefanio, 30, a former basketball coach and teacher’s aide at Salk Middle School in Spokane, Washington has been convicted of child rape by a Spokane County jury.
Epafanio’s defense attorney presented a contention that Epefanio’s relationship with the girl remained innocent until the girl turned 16.
The victim and prosecutors told jurors they started having sex when she was 15.
Epefanio father a child with the girl and they lived together for a period, however the relationship reportedly soured.
A charge of sexual misconduct against Epefanio was dismissed by the judge because Epefanio was no longer employed by Spokane Public Schools when he and the girl first had sex.
At sentencing, Epefanio faces between 12 and 14 months in prison.
Former teacher’s aide guilty of child rape (09/23/08)
Teacher’s aide takes stand in rape trial (09/22/08)
Alan Eve
09-24-08
A Superior Court judge ruled it was not a crime for teacher Allan Eve to have sex with an 18-year-old student because the law is too vague.
That decision, issued this week by Judge Dennis Yule, means one of three counts against Eve for alleged inappropriate contact with female students at Richland High School will be dismissed.
The former music teacher was charged with having sex weekly with a student in the school's band supply room, a six-month relationship his attorney described as sexual intimacy between "two consenting adults." Since the law for first-degree sexual misconduct against a minor does not clearly define "minor" and only uses the phrase "at least 16 years of age," Yule said in his written decision, it "must be construed to apply only when a registered student is 16 or 17 years of age."
COURT: New trial set for former Richland teacher (09/24/08)
Richland teacher faces 1 less misconduct charge (08/15/08)
COURT: Judge considers dropping sex charges against former
Richland teacher (07/15/08)
Teacher in sex case argues for dismissal (05/08/08)
Former Richland, WA, music teacher pleads innocent (11/21/07)
Richland High teacher arrested for allegedly having sex
with student (11/16/07)
Former Richland, WA, High School music teacher
arrested (11/16/07)
Instructor resigns over misconduct allegations (11/02/07)
Richland High School Music Teacher Under Investigation
Scott Ballard
09-22-08
Scott Ballard, 33, a music teacher and band director at Medina Central High School in Medina, New York has been arrested on allegations of official misconduct for allegedly initiating relationships with two of his former students.
Reportedly Ballard turned himself in on Friday, as requested by New York State Police and was subsequently released on his own recognizance.
It is alleged by investigators that in 2004 and 2006 that Ballard engaged in inappropriate relationships with two then 17-year-old female students.
Reportedly rumors of Ballard’s alleged misconduct surfaced in 2004 and were investigated by school administrators who concluded the rumors were “hearsay” and that there were no substantial facts upon which to act.
Subsequently more rumors surfaced of a second improper relationship between Ballard and another girl. As a result the then school superintendent requested a police investigation.
Ballard is currently under a temporary protective order prohibiting him from being upon school property.
Ballard was arraigned in the Town of Shelby court, however his case is being transferred to the Village of Medina court.
TROOPERS: State police arrest Scott Ballard for allegedly having relationships with students. (09/22/08)
State police arrest Scott Ballard for allegedly having relationships with students. (09/22/08)
Medina HS Teacher Arrested for Misconduct (09/21/08)
Nestor Mora
09-11-08
 A Wenatchee resident Nestor Mora will get a 10-year prison sentence for one count of receiving child pornography via the Internet if a federal judge goes along with a deal reached between Mora and federal prosecutors.
One count of possessing child pornography would be dropped as part of the plea agreement filed Thursday in federal court in Spokane. The shortest sentence for receiving child pornography is five years in prison; the maximum term is 20 years. For possessing child pornography, there is no minimum sentence, and the maximum is 10 years in prison.
“We chose to go with the one that at least assured us of a five-year sentence,” said First Assistant U.S. Attorney Tom Rice. Mora is scheduled to be sentenced Dec. 5. The judge does not have to abide by the 10-year term agreed upon by the defense and prosecution. He could go as low as five years or as high as 20, as well as impose a fine of up to $250,000.
The judge also will decide whether the 17-month prison sentence Mora received in Chelan County Superior Court will be added to the federal sentence or run concurrently.
Plea deal: 10 years in prison for child porn (09/11/08)
Mora federal child-porn case heading to trial (08/21/08)
Feds amend indictment in child porn case (06/12/08)
Former teacher’s aide gets 17-month sentence for having sex with boy (06/04/08)
Mora admits guilt; may face lighter sentence (04/16/08)
Teacher’s aide denies sex charges at arraignment (3/19/08)
Mora’s interaction with students a concern before arrest (3/19/08)
Educator charged with rape (3/12/08)
Rape charges filed against teacher’s aide (3/11/08)
Scott Michael Riley
08-27-08
A former Federal Way elementary music teacher was charged Tuesday with molesting a young relative about five years ago. Scott Riley, 53, was charged with first-degree child molestation. The victim told authorities in July that she was 4 or 5 years old at the time of the incident.
Court documents filed Tuesday contend that Riley poses a threat to the safety of the community and that he may be conducting private music lessons with minor children. The charge arose after Riley pleaded guilty in December to assaulting an 11-year-old girl in his music room at Twin Lakes Elementary School. Riley avoided jail time and having to register as a sex offender by admitting to fourth-degree assault in a plea agreement.
Along with Riley’s 12-month suspended sentence in that case, King County Superior Court Judge Laura Gene Middaugh also sentenced Riley to undergo a sexual deviancy evaluation and complete all recommended treatment. In April, Riley disclosed to his sexual deviancy treatment provider that he touched the female relative sexually while she was staying overnight, documents state. He claimed to have been dreaming at the time. In July, the girl, now 10, told authorities how the molestation occurred while she was visiting Riley’s condominium. She said Riley touched her private area while she was in bed with him.
Former Federal Way teacher charged again (08/27/08)
Joseph Ryan Starkey
03-18-08
Police Saturday arrested two Longview men - including an R.A. Long High School math teacher - on suspicion of having a sexual relationship with the same 15-year-old girl.
Monday, Cowlitz County Superior Court Judge Stephen Warning found probable cause to hold Dennis Edward Baker, 38, of Longview for 16 counts of third-degree rape of a child and furnishing liquor to a minor. He set bail at $20,000 and scheduled arraignment for March 27. Baker has hired Jim Morgan as his attorney.
Warning found probable cause to hold Joseph Ryan Starkey, 25, of Longview for 13 counts of third-degree rape of a child, unlawful harboring of a minor and furnishing liquor to a minor. He set bail at $75,000, appointed the Office of Public Defense to Starkey's case and set arraignment for April 1.
Former R.A. Long teacher Starkey sentenced (08/02/08)
Former R.A. Long teacher pleads not guilty to rape charges (4/02/08)
RAL teacher among two men charged with third-degree rape of teen (3/18/08)
Ryann Springer
06-25-08
 A South Kitsap High School teacher accused of becoming sexually involved with one of her students has pleaded guilty to sexual misconduct, according to the Kitsap County Prosecutor’s Office.
Ryann C. Springer, 25, was arrested last month after school officials were alerted to a potential inappropriate relationship between the first-year teacher and a 17-year-old female student.
Springer, who had recently returned to teach with her mentor Patrick Olsen in SKHS’s athletic medicine department, was immediately placed on administrative leave and has remained in Kitsap County Jail since her arrest May 20.
Former South Kitsap teacher Springer to victim: ‘It was all my fault’ (07/22/08)
South Kitsap teacher pleads guilty to sexual misconduct (06/24/08)
Kitsap County Teacher Accused Of Having Sex With Student (05/22/08)
William Pickerel
06-21-08
A former Kennewick teacher and coach who molested several teenage boys during overnight trips to Seattle was sentenced today to an exceptional sentence of 10 years in prison.
William Pickerel, 72, pleaded guilty in May to two counts each of third-degree child molestation and first-degree sexual misconduct with a minor, all felony charges. King County prosecutors asked Superior Court Judge Charles Mertel for the exceptional sentence because he used a position of trust to commit the sexual assaults. Pickerel is also charged in Benton County Superior Court with first- and second-degree sexual misconduct with a minor. The prosecutor's office there has said the charges will be dropped once Pickerel's case wraps up in King County.
Former Kennewick teacher gets 10 years in child-molestation case (06/20/08)
Kennewick teacher pleads guilty to student sex charges (05/09/08)
William Pickerel Behind Bars Again for Sex Crimes (11/30/07)
Former Kennewick Teacher Charged with Sex Crimes in King County (11/30/07)
Kennewick families to get letter about retired teacher (10/27/07)
Not Guilty Plea for Teacher Accused of Sexual Misconduct (10/25/07)
Kennewick teacher charged with sexual misconduct (10/24/07)
Long-time Kennewick Teacher Accused of Sex with Student (10/22/07)
James Gilbertson
06-15-08
James Sterling Gilbertson, 27, a former business math and accounting teacher and assistant coach at Guthrie High School in Guthrie, Oklahoma has been charged with numerous sex-related counts alleging female student victims.
Gilbertson is reportedly charged with three counts of forcible oral sodomy, three counts of sexual battery and five counts of rape by instrumentation.
Gilbertson came to the attention of authorities after the mother a female student received a text message on her cell phone which she believed was intended for her daughter. The mother apparently approached school officials who in turn contacted police.
Among other allegations against Gilbertson that have arisen as a result of police interviews with students are two girls claim they had sexual relationships with him, one girl says Gilbertson once touched her leg and sent her text messages over her objections and one girl claims that Gilbertson sent a nude picture of himself to her cell phone.
Guthrie coach accused of sex with students (06/14/08)
Ex-Guthrie teacher charged with 11 sex-related counts (06/13/08)
Vernon Heizer
05-17-08
 Fifty-one-year-old Vernon E. Heizer, former Grand Coulee Dam Middle School teacher has avoided a jail sentence for now.The has pleaded guilty to having sex with a 15-year-old student.
The Okanogan County Superior Court to two years and 10 months, and the judge suspended all but the nine months he already has spent in jail.
Heizer must successfully completing three to four years of outpatient sex offender treatment to stay out of prison by. Deputy Prosecutor Jennifer Richardson says the girl's family agreed to the sentence so she won't have to testify in court.
Sentence suspended for former teacher (05/17/08)
Ex-teacher may avoid prison in Grand Coulee Dam child rape (05/17/08)
Former Grand Coulee teacher enters plea (3/13/08)
Ex-Grant County teacher busted again (9/16/07)
Grand Coulee teacher charged with raping student (7/24/07)
Grand Coulee Middle School teacher arrested on child rape charges
Grand Coulee teacher arrested on child rape charges
Grand Coulee teacher arrested in Okanogan County
Timothy Sheehan
05-12-08
Timothy Sheehan, 50, a former teacher at Whitman Middle School in Seattle, WA, pleaded guilty to possession of depiction of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct. The person who turned him in was Sheehan's ex-girlfriend.
His ex-girlfriend told police that Sheehan tiold her he fantasized about having sex with and killing young boys.
Sheehan has resigned from tho school and once sentenced, will be required to register as a sex offender. Until this week, Sheehan continued to be paid by Seattle Public Schools despite being suspended from work.
Avoiding jail, teacher ordered to get treatment for having child porn (06/13/08)
Woman Says She Lived In Fear After Exposing Teacher To Police (05/12/08)
Seattle Teacher Enters Plea To Child Porn Charge (06/12/07)
Teacher charged with possessing child porn
Seattle Teacher Charged With Possessing Child Porn
Seattle teacher charged with posessing child porn
Phil McGee
04-18-08
A former longtime physical-education teacher in Seattle faces up to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty this week to molesting four sisters he groomed for 10 years, first with rides home from school and later as a helpful, generous "Grandpa."
Phil McGee, 74, taught at B.F. Day and Rainier View elementary schools from 1994 until he was put on leave in April 2005 and fired in October 2006.
King County prosecutors said he molested the girls -- sisters in one family -- from 2002 to 2006, beginning when the youngest was about 7 and the oldest was 15.
"It's sad, because they were vulnerable on so many levels," said Senior Deputy Prosecutor Julie Kays. Jury selection in McGee's trial had begun when he suddenly pleaded guilty Thursday to five counts of child molestation.
McGee, who had worked as a police chief in tiny Grand Coulee in Eastern Washington, ran a lively after-school ballroom dance class at B.F. Day, where he worked until 2002. There, he coached an all-girls group, made their costumes and gave them rides home. His oldest victim was in his class.
Seattle PE teacher sentenced for molesting sisters (06/12/08)
Guilty plea to molesting sisters (04/18/08)
Former Seattle Teacher Charged With Child Molestation (03/29/07)
Police looking for PE teacher accused of molestation (03/27/07)
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