The official public school teachers are predators thread

[Denny Crane]

http://www.10news.com/news/16926109/detail.html

CHULA VISTA, Calif. -- A National City junior high teacher accused of having a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old female student pleaded not guilty Friday to 21 felony counts, including trying to dissuade a witness from reporting a crime.

Craig Edward Kelso, 37, who taught history at Granger Junior High, faces more than 15 years in prison if convicted, said Deputy District Attorney Enrique Camarena.

Besides the witness-related count, Kelso was charged with 10 counts of having unlawful intercourse with a minor, two counts of committing a lewd act on a child, four counts of oral copulation on a minor, three counts of penetration by a foreign object and one count of sodomy.

 

[Denny Crane]

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=...&id=6268952

Teacher accused of sex with student

KATY, TX (KTRK) -- A Katy ISD high school teacher is accused of having sex with a 17-year-old student.

Virginia Cammack, 35, is charged with having an improper relationship with a student. Cammack was a math teacher at Katy's Morton Ranch High School. School officials learned about the alleged relationship through an anonymous tip to the principal.

Assistant District Attorney Denise Oncken said, "The anonymous tip actually involved a parent, who had other children, who was aware of inappropriate sightings that she had had with this student"

Cammack has since resigned from the school. Prosecutors don't think Cammack had sexual relations with any other students.

 

[Denny Crane]

Chula Vista sure is popular for predators.

http://www.10news.com/news/16922623/detail.html

Local Teacher Accused Of Molesting Student

CHULA VISTA, Calif. -- A fifth-grade teacher was in custody Friday on suspicion of molesting a 6-year-old girl at his Chula Vista home, police said.

Eduardo Arturo Serrano, 56, allegedly molested the girl late last week and she told her mother, who called police, Chula Vista police spokesman Bernard Gonzales said.

Serrano is charged with once count of child molestation and one count of lewd conduct with a child, he said.

 

[Chutney]

My mom's been a special education teacher for 15 years..... now I can never think of her the same way again!

 

[Denny Crane]

New Jersey isn't immune.

http://www.mycentraljersey.com/apps/pbcs.d...8/NEWS/80718024

Woodbridge gym teacher, 37, gets 3 years for sex with teen

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.

 

[Denny Crane]

http://www.canada.com/deltaoptimist/news/s...b2-47848eead0d8

Former SDSS teacher's sex exploitation trial gets underway
Jessica Kerr, The Delta Optimist
Published: Wednesday, July 16, 2008

The trial of a former South Delta Secondary teacher got underway in Surrey Provincial Court yesterday morning.

Timothy Andronyk, a former automotive teacher at the Tsawwassen high school, is facing two charges of sexual exploitation stemming from alleged events involving a female student.

The defendant's lawyer, Russ Chamberlaine, entered a not guilty plea on both counts on behalf of his client.

 

[Denny Crane]

Nor is Canada immune.

http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news...a9-75e3d414d585

Selwyn teacher grew bolder with time: detective
PAUL CHERRY, The Gazette
Published: 9 hours ago

Details of how Selwyn House teacher Richard Doucet allegedly tried to lure a 13-year-old boy to a hotel in Virginia surfaced in court this week.

The 36-year-old faces several charges in two different judicial districts in Virginia, and Doucet had court dates in both cases this week. He was arrested May 8 in Fredricksburg, Va., during an investigation in which Detective John Chapman, an investigator with the Dumfries, Va., police department, posed as a 13-year-old boy over the Internet.

Doucet had been an elementary teacher at the private boys' school in Westmount since 1999. At the time of his arrest, he was homeroom teacher to Grades 3 and 5 at Selwyn House.

 

[Denny Crane]

New meaning of DWO

http://www.nbc6.net/news/16919405/detail.html

Teacher Accused Of Sex With Student Pleads Not Guilty
Student Claims He Had Yearlong Relationship With Margate Teacher

MARGATE, Fla. -- A teacher accused of having sex with a teenage student has pleaded not guilty.

Christine Jouini, 38, faces four charges of committing sexual acts with a minor.

Jouini, who taught at the Center Academy in Coral Springs, was arrested in June.

A 16-year-old student told another teacher that he had a sexual relationship with Jouini lasting more than a year.

 

[Denny Crane]

http://www.kake.com/news/headlines/25616914.html

Buhler Teacher Pleads Not Guilty To Sex Crimes Save Email Print
Posted: 10:44 AM Jul 18, 2008
Last Updated: 10:44 AM Jul 18, 2008
Reporter: Abby Barnett
Email Address: abby.barnett@kake.com

A Buhler High School teacher today pleaded not guilty to indecent liberties with an exchange student.

During a brief hearing in Reno County Court, Richard Young entered his plea and asked for a jury trial.

The debate coach is accused of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old foreign exchange student who stayed with him last fall.

Judge Richard Rome did not set a trial date for Young.

 

[Denny Crane]

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-...0,7863220.story

Jail term for ex-teacher in sex case

Associated Press
11:32 PM CDT, July 16, 2008

ELLSWORTH, Wis. - A former substitute teacher at Prescott Middle School faces nine months in jail for her sexual relationship with a 13-year-old student.

The criminal complaint says the boy went to the home of 39-year-old Anne Knopf once a week for more than a month for the encounters in early 2007.

Knopf pleaded guilty yesterday to repeated second-degree sexual assault of the same child. She was sentenced to nine months in jail, followed by five years probation.

She also is prohibited from having any contact with the victim and she must register as a sex offender.

 

[Denny Crane]

Give 'em all tenure!

http://www.wibw.com/localnews/headlines/25584909.html

Teacher Caught in Act with Student Will Not Have to Register as Sex Offender


MANHATTAN, Kan. - Katherine Harder, 31, appeared for arraignment and sentencing in the Pottawatomie County District Court Thursday.

Harder was found by police in a parked car with a 17-year-old student near Tuttle Creek Dam March 26, 2008.

Harder pled no contest to an amended count of Aggravated Endangering of a Child. The amended count is a level 9 person felony.

Harder was found guilty and sentenced to 6 months with the Dept. of Corrections. She was granted immediate probation for a period of 12 months.

The amended charge was more severe then the charge of Unlawful Sexual Relations, but does not require registration pursuant to the Offender Registration Act, however, the charge cannot be expunged.

The Pottawatomie County Attorney's office says this resolution was reached after extensive discussions involving the victim and his family, the state and the defendant and her attorney.

 

[Denny Crane]

http://www.abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/story?id=5403423&page=1


Former Teacher Found With Over 60,000 Child Porn Images
Former School Teacher Charged with Sexual Assault, Posession of Child Porn And Drug

July 18, 2008—

A former Bridgeport elementary school teacher has been charged with possessing thousands of child pornography pictures and videos, two months after police accused him of sexually assaulting a girl under 16.

Police officers arrested Thomas Bavedas, 38, at his home in Milford Thursday afternoon. He was held on $500,000 bond and was to appear in Milford Superior Court on Friday.

Authorities said Bavedas had more than 60,000 photographs and more than 3,000 video images of child pornography on his home computer, including some photos he allegedly took himself.

Bavedas intended to plead not guilty to the charges Friday, said his lawyer, Edmund Q. Collier. Collier said he also expected Bridgeport police to file additional child pornography charges.

Bavedas allegedly recorded himself committing a sex act in the presence of a minor and took some photos of naked children, said Officer Vaughn Dumas, a spokesman for Milford police.

Most of the images found on Bavedas' computer were downloaded from the Internet, Dumas said.

The preteen children in the photos allegedly taken by Bavedas were all from the Milford area, and investigators believe they have identified all of them, Dumas said.

Milford police are trying to identify the children in the other pictures and in the videos. It was not clear how many children Bavedas allegedly filmed or where they were filmed, police said.

Dumas said some of the videos have been turned over to Bridgeport police, whom he said are investigating Bavedas.

Bavedas was a fourth-grade teacher at Waltersville Elementary School in Bridgeport. He was charged in May with sexually assaulting a girl under 16 whom he knew three times between 2001 and 2005.

He was also arrested the same month on cocaine and marijuana possession charges, and he resigned from his teaching job. He posted $130,000 bail for the charges brought in May.

Collier said his client would not be able to post the new $500,000 bond.

Messages seeking comment were left with Bridgeport school officials and Bridgeport police.

Milford police seized Bavedas' home computer when they arrested him on the sexual assault charges in May and later discovered the child pornography, authorities said.

Bavedas' arrest on Thursday was first reported by the New Haven Register and Connecticut Post. He is charged in the new case with first-degree possession of child pornography, importing child pornography, two counts of employing a minor in an obscene performance, four counts of risk of injury to a minor and two counts of voyeurism.

"We all knew that the charges were coming since the date of his first arrest," Collier said. "They're extremely serious charges. I think Mr. Bavedas has taken steps to deal with whatever issues he may have."

 

[Denny Crane]

http://www.4029tv.com/news/16915246/detail.html

Ex-Teacher Admits To Sex With Student
Incident Happened At Previous Job

PARIS, Ark. -- A former Paris High School coach has pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a teenager.

Daniel Utter, 34, was arrested in February after a former student claimed she had a sexual relationship with him when he worked for the Cabot school district.

Utter began coaching senior girls basketball and teaching social studies at Paris High School in August.

He resigned his job on the day of his arrest.

 

[Denny Crane]

http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites...sid=4&fid=1

Ex-teacher sentenced in sex case

By Bill Bishop

The Register-Guard

Published: July 17, 2008 12:00AM

A former Eugene substitute teacher, Sarah Jayne Bridges, 24, was sentenced Wednesday to five years of probation and 60 days in jail for sexual contact with a middle school-age boy in two off-campus encounters earlier this year.

Bridges admitted having sexual intercourse and other sexual contact on two occasions with the 15-year-old victim in March. She pleaded guilty to one count each of third-degree rape and third-degree sodomy.

As part of her sentence, Bridges must undergo sex offender treatment, register as a sex offender and refrain from contact with minors without approval of her probation officer, according to court records.

In a statement in court, Bridges expressed remorse for violating the trust placed in her by the victim?€™s parents. It is The Register-Guard?€™s policy not to identify juvenile victims of sex crimes.

Bridges also was ordered to pay $1,000 in assessments. The conviction carries an automatic revocation of her teaching license.

Bridges met the victim in her role as a substitute teacher in Eugene, where she worked about 153 days from September 2006 until her arrest.Bridges was arrested June 6 and posted $5,000 to secure her release from jail one day later.

Because of jail overcrowding, she most likely will serve no more than 10 days of the 60-day sentence, Chief Deputy Lane County District Attorney Alex Gardner said.

 

[Denny Crane]

Sadly, I can post articles like this all day. This is just yesterday's news, too. New ones every day. It's a freakin' epidemic and since it's not the catholic church involved, it barely gets any notice. Just a short article on page 32 of the newspaper.

http://www.mcall.com/news/local/all-a1_3br...0,5826934.story

Secret cell phone discovery ended teacher's sex abuse of girl

By Tyra Braden | Of The Morning Call

It started innocently enough with a few rides home and an occasional text message. The 12-year-old girl couldn't have known that the young teacher was befriending her to satisfy perverse sexual desires.

But a Northampton County prosecutor said the relationship escalated into a nightmare, with 28-year-old Keri Ann Brekne blindfolding the New Jersey girl with a belt, tying her to a bed and sexually assaulting her.

''She did whatever she wanted to do then,'' Assistant District Attorney

Patricia C. Broscius said. ''When she was done, she would ask [the girl] if she was OK.''

The assaults occurred over six months while Brekne was teaching seventh-grade social studies at Lopatcong Township Middle School in Warren County, N.J., and living in Bethlehem. She was arrested in January.

On Wednesday, she pleaded guilty to five felony counts of aggravated indecent assault. She faces 50 years in prison and will have to register as a sex offender under Pennsylvania's version of Megan's Law for the rest of her life.

Despite her guilty plea, Brekne's lawyer disputed Broscius' description of her as a conniving, controlling, dangerous predator who ''groomed'' the girl, enticing her to sneak away from her parents for sexual trysts at Brekne's home and giving her a ''secret'' cell phone so the two could keep in touch.

 

[Denny Crane]

http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/408141.html

‘Predator’ label stays in teacher sex cases
ADAM LYNN; adam.lynn@thenewstribune.com
Published: July 9th, 2008 01:00 AM
A Pierce County judge refused Tuesday to declare unconstitutional a law that classifies as “predatory” certain sex crimes committed by teachers.

Superior Court Judge D. Gary Steiner ruled that public defender Melanie MacDonald hadn’t proved beyond a reasonable doubt that the law violates the rights of Jennifer L. Rice, a former Tacoma elementary school teacher accused of having a sexual relationship with two boys.

One boy was 10 and Rice’s student when she began having sex with him last year, according to charging documents.

Rice stood to shave 61/2 years off her potential sentence had she prevailed Tuesday. But Steiner said he was “generally in agreement” with deputy prosecutor Grant Blinn’s position after an hourlong hearing.

“It is a difficult decision and a very important decision,” the judge said in denying MacDonald’s motion to dismiss the predatory designation against Rice.

MacDonald had argued that the law, which the Legislature passed overwhelmingly in 2006, was unconstitutional because it wrongly curtails the powers of prosecutors. It states that prosecutors “shall” add the predatory designation against teachers charged with first- or second-degree child rape or first-degree child molestation where the victim is a minor student.

Under the separation of powers doctrine, it’s up to prosecutors, not lawmakers, to determine what crimes to charge, MacDonald argued.

The prosecutor has the role of determining who should be charged, what they should be charged with and who should be given the benefit of a plea bargain either because of mitigation or because of the facts of their case, she said.

 

[Denny Crane]

http://www.twincities.com/ci_9902949

Prescott, Wis. / Teacher guilty of sex with boy, 13
Woman ordered to stay away from daughter's ex
By Jessica Huang
jhuang@pioneerpress.com
Article Last Updated: 07/17/2008 12:08:38 AM CDT

A former Prescott, Wis., substitute teacher pleaded guilty Wednesday of having a sexual affair with her daughter's 13-year-old ex-boyfriend.

Anne Knopf, 39, was convicted of second-degree sexual assault and was ordered to stay away from the victim and other boys younger than 18 for five years. She was also sentenced to nine months in jail and required to register as a sex offender.

But before Pierce County Circuit Judge Robert Wing made his ruling, the boy's mother stood and read a statement through tears.

"I have lost trust in not only my son, but in everyone," she read. "Think of my son. How can he possibly have trust in any adult?"

Afterward, she warned parents to know who's talking to their children, especially online.

The Pioneer Press doesn't usually identify the victims of sexual assaults and isn't naming the boy or his family.

It was a string of e-mail and instant messages that tipped the boy's family to the affair. The boy's father had installed a monitoring program on the boy's computer and found a long exchange between his son and "Island Girl."

He gave the conversation to police about 4 a.m. May 17.

About three hours earlier, the father had gotten a telephone call from his ex-wife saying their son and her car were missing, according to court records. The father found the vehicle parked near Knopf's house.

 

[Master Shake]

Dear god, I'm glad I'm in high school. But I wouldn't mind having a hot female teacher come on to me though...

 

[Thoth]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Chutney @ Jul 19 2008, 10:01 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>My mom's been a special education teacher for 15 years..... now I can never think of her the same way again!</div>

Both of my parents were professional educators. They are long since out of the game. I recall them griping about the bureaucrats in the district offices and the state politicians who were tight w/ the funding.

 

[Denny Crane]

http://www.news10.net/news/local/story.asp...883&catid=2

Lathrop Teacher Faces Child Sex Allegations

SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY, CA - A Lathrop teacher has been arrested on charges of lewd and lascivious acts with children under 14 years of age.

Michael Berchtold, 32, of French Camp surrendered to detectives Wednesday afternoon. The arrest warrant alleges two counts of lewd or lascivisious acts on a minor and three counts of annoying or molesting a child.

Berchtold taught third grade at Joseph Widmer, Jr. Elementary School in Lathrop. Investigators said there were three female victims, ages 8 and 9, who were enrolled at the school at the time of the incidents.

Manteca school district administrators say Berchtold has not been placed on leave since school is out for summer. If the investigation is not concluded by the start of school he will be placed on leave.

Administrators assume the acts took place on school campus but are not certain if it was during school hours. The accusations were brought on the last day of school by a student in Berchtold's class.

Detectives said Berchtold has also been involved in Lathrop area youth programs, including youth sports and church activities.

The investigation is continuing, detectives say.

 

[bbwMax]

We had a Pedophile at my school. Mr Mace, He taught Maths.

 

[Denny Crane]

http://www.wctv.tv/news/headlines/25523414.html

Teacher Sentenced in Sex Case
Posted: 6:19 PM Jul 16, 2008
Last Updated: 6:19 PM Jul 16, 2008
Reporter: Julie Montanaro
Email Address: julie.montanaro@wctv.tv

A former Rickards High School history teacher accused of having sex with one of his students is headed to prison.

29 year old Michael Tamayo was sentenced Wednesday afternoon to four years in prison and six years of sex offender probation.

He entered a no contest plea to the sexual battery charges earlier this month.

Tamayo was arrested last spring and accused of having a sexual relationship with a 16 year old student.

 

[Denny Crane]

Not sure about you guys, but I find this to be one of the better kept government secrets. I can post more and more of these, and will every day, that shows it's a very widespread and too frequently occurring problem. It's not that the news doesn't cover any one of them, it's the sum total of all of them that add up to an epidemic, and it's not infrequent that the schools cover up a lot of these things by transferring the teachers.

 

[pegs]

 

[Denny Crane]

The pictures are all mug shots, you want to see em?

 

[pegs]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Denny Crane @ Jul 19 2008, 12:26 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>The pictures are all mug shots, you want to see em?

</div>

Mug shots of the girls?

 

[Denny Crane]

Of the perps.

 

[Denny Crane]

Another day, another flood from this epidemic.

http://www.ketv.com/news/16944736/detail.html

OPS Teacher Gets Up To 5 Years For Sex Assault
Norris Middle School Teacher Admits To Conduct

OMAHA, Neb. -- A former Omaha Public School teacher was sentenced Monday to up to five years in prison for sexually assaulting a teenage girl.

Collin Holcomb, 38, admitted to having sexual contact with one of his science students at Norris Middle School. In court on Monday, Holcomb said his actions were horrible, and said he wanted to become a productive citizen.

The county attorney said Holcomb targeted the 13-year-old victim three years ago and started meeting with her in Churchich Park. Some suspicious neighbors called police and Holcomb was arrested for third-degree sexual assault.

 

[Denny Crane]

http://www.inrich.com/cva/ric/news.apx.-co...07-21-0192.html

Colonial Heights teacher convicted in sex case

Monday, Jul 21, 2008 - 04:48 PM Updated: 05:19 PM



A Colonial Heights teacher today was found guilty of having an inappropriate sexual relationship with a high school student.

Leonardo Brenes, 42, was a Spanish teacher at Colonial Heights Middle School and coached soccer at Colonial Heights High School. He had a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old student who played soccer.

In the trial today, Colonial Heights Circuit Court judge Herbert Gill found Brenes guilty of taking indecent liberties while maintaining a supervisory relationship with the victim and of carnal knowledge of a juvenile. The maximum sentence for each felony is five years.

Brenes' sentencing is scheduled for October 6.

In September, Brenes is expected to go to trial in Prince George on similar charges.

-- Luz Lazo

 

[Denny Crane]

http://www.progress-index.com/articles/200...89028825641.txt

BREAKING NEWS: CHHS school teacher found guilty

Published: Monday, July 21, 2008 4:07 PM EDT

Leonardo Brenes, 42, also a high school Spanish teacher, was found guilty by Judge Herbert Gill for having an affair with a 17-year-old soccer student. Brenes had been charged with attempted carnal knowledge of a juvenile and indecent liberties with a minor. The maximum sentence for each felony is 5 years. Brenes, a Costa Rican immigrant, also faces possible deportation after serving his time.

The victim testified during the trial that she had fallen in love with Brenes because he served as a male role model and father figure that she never had because her father was in prison for child molestation. She also said that she had been molested as a child herself, though not by her father. The young woman testified that she had sex with Brenes at his home last summer while his children were playing upstairs and his wife was out running errands.

Brenes will be sentenced Oct. 6. He is also scheduled for a Sept. 4 trial in Prince George County on similar charges related to the same girl.