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He was sentenced to 50 years, with the first 49 to be served in prison.","verified_at":"2026-10-08"},{"added_at":"2026-10-07","bid":"marcie-zimmerman-wi-2026","case_status":"No Contest Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":null,"date":"2026-10-06","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"plea","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Marcie Zimmerman","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Plymouth High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"WBAY (Gray Media)","url":"https://www.wbay.com/2026/10/06/former-plymouth-teacher-pleads-no-contest-sexually-assaulting-student/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"WLUK Fox 11 (Sinclair)","url":"https://fox11online.com/news/local/former-plymouth-high-school-teacher-convicted-of-sexual-contact-with-student-marcie-zimmerman-text-messages-photos-videos-teen"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Seehafer News","url":"https://www.seehafernews.com/2026/10/07/former-plymouth-high-school-teacher-convicted-for-sexually-assaulting-a-student/"}],"state":"WI","state_name":"Wisconsin","summary":"Marcie Zimmerman, a former culinary teacher at Plymouth High School in Wisconsin, pleaded no contest on Oct. 6, 2026, in Fond du Lac County to two counts of sexual assault of a student by school staff. Other counts were dismissed. 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He was sentenced to nine to 16 years in prison and must register as a sex offender.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-04","bid":"bennet-schmitz-wi-2026","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":null,"date":"2026-09-24","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Greenfield School District","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Bennet Schmitz","noindex":false,"role":"coach","school":"Greenfield High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"WISN (Hearst Television)","url":"https://www.wisn.com/article/greenfield-coach-sexual-assault-student-wisconsin/73876320"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","derived_from":"wsau.com","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"WAOW","url":"https://www.waow.com/news/former-gtcc-employee-sentenced-for-child-enticement-sexual-assault/article_008c1816-9f2f-4e18-bf8a-e879c1183cf0.html"}],"state":"WI","state_name":"Wisconsin","summary":"Bennet Schmitz, a former assistant track coach at Greenfield High School, pleaded guilty in July 2026 to child enticement and sexual assault of a student by school staff. On Sept. 24, 2026, he was sentenced to one year in prison followed by six years of extended supervision and ordered to register as a sex offender for life.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-04","bid":"todd-baldwin-ca-2026","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Santa Clara","date":"2026-09-22","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"plea","district":null,"incident_type":"Child Pornography","name":"Todd Baldwin","noindex":false,"role":"staff","school":"Valley Christian High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of California","url":"https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndca/pr/former-high-school-operations-manager-pleads-guilty-enticement-underage-students"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"The Mercury News","url":"https://www.mercurynews.com/2026/09/22/former-san-jose-high-school-staff-member-pleads-guilty-to-child-pornography-charges/"}],"state":"CA","state_name":"California","summary":"Todd Baldwin, a former operations manager at Valley Christian High School in San Jose, pleaded guilty in federal court to two counts of online enticement of a minor and two counts of receipt of child pornography. Prosecutors said the victims were students at Valley Christian and Live Oak High School. Sentencing is scheduled for January 26, 2027.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-09","bid":"sydnie-haywood-md-2026","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Baltimore County","date":"2026-09-18","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Baltimore County Public Schools","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Sydnie Haywood","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Woodlawn Middle School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"CBS News Baltimore (WJZ)","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/former-baltimore-teacher-pleads-guilty-to-sex-charges-involving-former-student/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"The Baltimore Banner","url":"https://thebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/sydnie-haywood-sentenced-Y7SYD52WTRFAJIYTBBSYZIHVLQ"}],"state":"MD","state_name":"Maryland","summary":"Sydnie Haywood, a Spanish teacher at Woodlawn Middle School in Baltimore County, pleaded guilty in Baltimore County Circuit Court to nine counts of fourth-degree sexual offense involving one of her students. On Sept. 18, 2026, she was sentenced to three years in prison, followed by five years of supervised probation, and must register as a sex offender for 15 years.","verified_at":"2026-10-09"},{"added_at":"2026-10-10","bid":"leonard-romero-nm-2026","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":null,"date":"2026-09-17","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Leonard Romero","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Memorial Middle School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":403,"kind":"primary","outlet":"New Mexico Department of Justice","url":"https://nmdoj.gov/press-release/attorney-general-raul-torrez-announces-prison-sentence-for-former-middle-school-teacher-for-criminal-sexual-penetration-of-a-minor/"}],"state":"NM","state_name":"New Mexico","summary":"Leonard Romero, a former teacher at Memorial Middle School in Las Vegas, New Mexico, pled guilty in May 2026 to four counts of criminal sexual penetration of a minor (school employee) and one count of criminal sexual contact of a minor involving a student. A Fourth Judicial District Court judge sentenced him to 7.5 years in prison, followed by lifetime sex offender registration.","verified_at":"2026-10-10"},{"added_at":"2026-10-04","bid":"ray-anthony-waller-ca-2026","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":null,"date":"2026-09-15","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"plea","district":null,"incident_type":"Child Pornography","name":"Ray Anthony Waller","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Bullard High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of California","url":"https://www.justice.gov/usao-edca/pr/former-bullard-high-school-teacher-pleads-guilty-child-exploitation-offenses"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"ABC30 Fresno (KFSN)","url":"https://abc30.com/story/former-bullard-high-school-teacher-pleads-guilty-federal-sex-crimes/19836763/"}],"state":"CA","state_name":"California","summary":"Ray Anthony Waller, a teacher at Bullard High School in Fresno, pleaded guilty in federal court to sexual exploitation of a child, receipt of child sexual abuse material, and sending obscene material to a minor. Prosecutors said that between November 2024 and February 2025 he induced a minor to create and send sexually explicit images. 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On September 14, 2026, a Mobile County circuit judge sentenced him to two concurrent 20-year prison terms.","verified_at":"2026-10-11"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"katherine-albarado-la-2026","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"St. Mary Parish","date":"2026-09-09","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Child Pornography","name":"Katherine Albarado","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Morgan City High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Louisiana","url":"https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdla/pr/former-morgan-city-teacher-sentenced-five-years-federal-prison-sexually-enticing"}],"state":"LA","state_name":"Louisiana","summary":"Katherine Albarado, a former teacher at Morgan City High School, was sentenced to 60 months in federal prison for attempted possession of child pornography after previously pleading guilty. In May 2022, while employed as a teacher there, she used a personal email account to communicate with a student she knew to be 16 years old.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-04","bid":"pedro-deluna-iii-tx-2026","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Gillespie","date":"2026-09-03","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Harper ISD","incident_type":"Child Pornography","name":"Pedro DeLuna III","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Harper High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"FOX 7 Austin","url":"https://www.fox7austin.com/news/pedro-deluna-sentence-gillespie-county-texas"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KSAT 12","url":"https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2026/09/29/gcso-former-harper-isd-employee-sentenced-to-15-years-for-recording-people-in-high-school-dressing-room/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Texas Scorecard","url":"https://texasscorecard.com/local/harper-band-teacher-gets-15-years-for-child-sex-abuse-material/"}],"state":"TX","state_name":"Texas","summary":"Pedro DeLuna III, an assistant band director and theater teacher in Harper ISD, pleaded guilty to charges including invasive visual recording, possession of lewd visual material depicting a child, tampering with evidence and possession of child sexual abuse material. Investigators identified 10 victims, nine recorded in a dressing room at Harper High School. He was sentenced on Sept. 3, 2026, to 15 years in prison.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"allison-havemann-niedrach-nj-2026","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Monmouth","date":"2026-08-28","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Allison Havemann-Niedrach","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Freehold Intermediate School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"News 12 New Jersey","url":"https://newjersey.news12.com/former-freehold-teacher-sentenced-to-12-years-for-sexually-assaulting-student"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Patch","url":"https://patch.com/new-jersey/freehold/ex-freehold-teacher-pleads-guilty-sexual-assaulting-student"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Jersey Shore Online","url":"https://www.jerseyshoreonline.com/ocean-county/ex-freehold-teacher-from-jackson-takes-plea-deal-in-sex-case-avoids-trial-oc/"}],"state":"NJ","state_name":"New Jersey","summary":"Allison Havemann-Niedrach, a special education teacher at Freehold Intermediate School in New Jersey, pleaded guilty in January 2026 to first-degree aggravated sexual assault involving a student. She was sentenced in August 2026 to 12 years in state prison.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-11","bid":"mackenzie-naught-wa-2026","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Whitman","date":"2026-08-28","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Mackenzie Naught","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"St. John Elementary School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Whitman County Gazette","url":"https://www.wcgazette.com/story/2026/07/16/news/naught-guilty/46533.html"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"The Spokesman-Review","url":"https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2026/jul/10/former-st-john-teacher-pleads-guilty-to-having-sex/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":403,"kind":"news","outlet":"Lewiston Tribune (via East Idaho News)","url":"https://www.eastidahonews.com/2026/08/former-elementary-teacher-sentenced-for-felony-sexual-misconduct-with-a-minor/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":403,"kind":"news","outlet":"Pullman Radio","url":"https://pullmanradio.com/?p=542550"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KXLY (Morgan Murphy Media)","url":"https://www.kxly.com/news/former-st-john-teacher-sentenced-to-6-months-in-jail-for-sexual-misconduct-with-minor/article_3f22524f-c3c7-4e22-9af3-6033ef2c395e.html"}],"state":"WA","state_name":"Washington","summary":"Mackenzie Naught, a first-grade teacher at St. John Elementary School in Whitman County, Washington, pleaded guilty on July 10, 2026, to first-degree sexual misconduct with a minor involving a 16-year-old high school student. On Aug. 28, 2026, she was sentenced to six months in jail, one year of probation and 10 years of sex offender registration.","verified_at":"2026-10-07"},{"added_at":"2026-10-11","bid":"drake-galarneau-ny-2026","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Albany","date":"2026-08-21","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Cohoes City School District","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Drake Galarneau","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Cohoes High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"CBS6 Albany (Sinclair)","url":"https://cbs6albany.com/news/local/teacher-who-had-sexual-relationship-with-student-to-be-sentenced-drake-galarneau-cohoescohoes-high-school"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"WNYT (Hubbard Broadcasting)","url":"https://wnyt.com/?p=1203643"}],"state":"NY","state_name":"New York","summary":"Drake Galarneau, a former ninth-grade English teacher at Cohoes High School, pleaded guilty in June 2026 in Albany County Court to two counts of third-degree rape involving a student. On August 21, 2026, he was sentenced to four years in prison, followed by 10 years of probation and sex offender registration.","verified_at":"2026-10-11"},{"added_at":"2026-10-04","bid":"benjamin-smith-co-2026","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":null,"date":"2026-08-18","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Child Pornography","name":"Benjamin Smith","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Escalante Middle School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Colorado","url":"https://www.justice.gov/usao-co/pr/former-durango-middle-school-teacher-sentenced-40-years-prison-after-pleading-guilty"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"The Journal (Cortez)","url":"https://www.the-journal.com/articles/former-durango-middle-school-teacher-issued-a-40-year-sentence-for-sex-crimes-against-children/"}],"state":"CO","state_name":"Colorado","summary":"Benjamin Smith, a former teacher at Escalante Middle School in Durango, Colorado, pleaded guilty in federal court to production of child pornography, coercion and enticement of minors, and attempted coercion and enticement of minors. According to prosecutors, several of the victims had previously had Smith as a teacher at the school. He was sentenced to 40 years in federal prison and a lifetime of supervision.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"jamelah-daboubi-oh-2026","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":"2026-10-08","county":"Franklin","date":"2026-08-10","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Jamelah Daboubi","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Horizon Science Academy Columbus High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","derived_from":"10tv.com","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"WHIO (Cox Media Group)","url":"https://www.whio.com/news/local/ohio-teacher-accused-inappropriate-relationship-with-15-year-old-student-pleads-guilty/5XNYM5FOAFBGNARWW5KOEOEI5Q/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","derived_from":"10tv.com","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Breitbart","url":"https://www.breitbart.com/crime/2026/03/22/ohio-teacher-28-pleads-guilty-to-sexual-conduct-with-15-year-old-student/amp/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","derived_from":"10tv.com","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"The Blaze","url":"https://www.theblaze.com/news/teacher-sexual-conduct-arrested-student-jamelah-daboubi-guilty-ohio"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"NBC4 Columbus (WCMH, Nexstar)","url":"https://www.nbc4i.com/news/local-news/columbus/ex-columbus-teacher-who-had-inappropriate-relationship-with-student-sentenced/amp/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","derived_from":"10tv.com (wbns)","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"WKRC Local 12 (Sinclair)","url":"https://local12.com/news/nation-world/former-ohio-teacher-pleads-guilty-sex-crimes-15-year-old-student-jamelah-daboubi-horizon-science-academy-columbus-crime-news"}],"state":"OH","state_name":"Ohio","summary":"Jamelah Daboubi, 28, a former English teacher at Horizon Science Academy in Columbus, pleaded guilty on Feb. 4, 2026 to amended charges of gross sexual imposition and unlawful sexual conduct with a minor, both fourth-degree felonies, involving a 15-year-old student. On Aug. 10, 2026 she was sentenced to six months in jail followed by five years of community control.","verified_at":"2026-10-08"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"jason-back-ky-2026","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":"2026-10-08","county":"Magoffin","date":"2026-08-10","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Jason Back","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Magoffin County High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","derived_from":"justice.gov","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"WYMT","url":"https://www.wymt.com/2026/08/11/former-teacher-sentenced-17-years-online-enticement-minor/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"WCHS-TV","url":"https://wchstv.com/news/local/former-kentucky-high-school-teacher-sentencing-for-enticing-minor-online"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Kentucky","url":"https://www.justice.gov/usao-edky/pr/former-magoffin-county-high-school-teacher-sentenced-online-enticement-minor"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Salyersville Independent","url":"https://salyersvilleindependent.com/former-mchs-teacher-sentenced-to-17-years/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Salyersville Independent","url":"https://salyersvilleindependent.com/former-teacher-pleads-guilty-in-federal-court/"}],"state":"KY","state_name":"Kentucky","summary":"Jason Back, 44, a former Magoffin County High School teacher, was sentenced August 10, 2026 to 17 years in federal prison for online enticement of a minor. According to his plea agreement, between March 6 and March 9, 2023, he sent a minor a series of sexually explicit text messages, including plans to engage in sexual intercourse. Prosecutors said he used his position as a teacher to entice the minor.","verified_at":"2026-10-08"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"john-gass-dc-2025","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"District of Columbia","date":"2026-08-10","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"plea","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"John Gass","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"District of Columbia International School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia","url":"https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/former-dc-high-school-teacher-pleads-guilty-coercing-and-enticing-minor"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"WJLA","url":"https://wjla.com/news/local/former-dc-teacher-pleads-guilty-to-child-sex-abuse-charges-john-aaron-gass-hyattsville-maryland-district-of-columbia-international-school"}],"state":"DC","state_name":"District of Columbia","summary":"John Aaron Gass, a history teacher at District of Columbia International School, a public charter school in Washington, D.C., pleaded guilty in federal court on August 10, 2026, to coercion and enticement of a minor involving a student. 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Seven counts involved girls at the school, and one involved a child at a trampoline park. 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Other charges were dismissed under a plea agreement, and sentencing was scheduled for September 14, 2026.","verified_at":"2026-10-11"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"brian-wrhel-wy-2026","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Laramie","date":"2026-07-01","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Laramie County School District 1","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Brian Wrhel","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Meadowlark Elementary","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Wyoming Tribune Eagle","url":"https://www.wyomingnews.com/news/local_news/elementary-teacher-who-sexually-abused-female-students-sentenced-to-27-30-years-in-prison/article_9b5e8949-631d-40d2-beae-b35e4d62c548.html"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Cowboy State Daily","url":"https://cowboystatedaily.com/2026/07/01/27-30-years-in-prison-for-former-cheyenne-teacher-on-child-sex-abuse-charges/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Wyoming Tribune Eagle","url":"https://www.wyomingnews.com/news/local_news/former-lcsd1-teacher-pleads-guilty-to-sexually-abusing-students/article_eeb21120-985e-48e1-9a8c-5d80cb876e3b.html"}],"state":"WY","state_name":"Wyoming","summary":"Brian Wrhel, a fifth-grade teacher at Meadowlark Elementary in Laramie County School District 1, Cheyenne, Wyoming, pleaded guilty in April 2026 to two counts of second-degree sexual abuse of a minor and no contest to one count of third-degree sexual abuse involving his students. 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He was sentenced in July 2026 to 13 years in prison on those counts and 10 years on child grooming and tampering with evidence counts, to run concurrently.","verified_at":"2026-10-11"},{"added_at":"2026-10-11","bid":"carrie-meredith-al-2026","case_status":"Convicted","corrected_at":"2026-10-11","county":"Mobile","date":"2026-06-24","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Other Misconduct","name":"Carrie Meredith","noindex":false,"role":"counselor","school":"Faith Academy","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Mobile County District Attorney's Office","url":"https://mobileda.org/faith-academy-counselor-found-guilty-by-a-jury-of-failure-to-report/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"FOX10 News (WALA)","url":"https://www.fox10tv.com/2026/06/24/former-guidance-counselor-sentenced-failing-report-inappropriate-relationship/"}],"state":"AL","state_name":"Alabama","summary":"Carrie Meredith, a guidance counselor at Faith Academy, was found guilty by a Mobile County Circuit Court jury of failing to report suspected sexual misconduct between a teacher and a student, as Alabama's mandatory reporting law requires. On June 24, 2026, she was sentenced to a suspended six-month sentence, six months of probation and a $500 fine.","verified_at":"2026-10-11"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"nicholas-jade-herrmann-tx-2026","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Potter","date":"2026-06-23","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Amarillo ISD","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Nicholas Jade Herrmann","noindex":false,"role":"coach","school":"Tascosa High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Texas","url":"https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndtx/pr/amarillo-isd-coach-sentenced-18-years-federal-prison-sexually-abusing-17-year-old"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"ABC 7 Amarillo (KVII)","url":"https://abc7amarillo.com/news/local/ex-tascosa-high-school-wrestling-star-coach-pleads-guilty-after-having-sex-with-student-nicholas-jade-herrmann-enticement-of-a-minor-text-messages-professional-flirtatious-sexual-improper-relationship-amarillo-isd-university-of-virginia-state-champion"}],"state":"TX","state_name":"Texas","summary":"Herrmann exchanged sexually explicit messages with a 17-year-old student and coerced her to sneak out of her house at night to meet him for sexual activity. He was sentenced to 18 years in federal prison for enticement of a minor.","verified_at":"2026-10-03"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"ryan-scott-schroeder-wi-2026","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Manitowoc","date":"2026-06-16","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Mishicot School District","incident_type":"Child Pornography","name":"Ryan Scott Schroeder","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Mishicot High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"FOX 11 Green Bay","url":"https://fox11online.com/news/crime/former-mishicot-teacher-sentenced-for-sexual-relationship-with-student-filming-videos-ryan-schroeder-judge-production-child-pornography-assaults-high-school"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"U.S. Attorney's Office, E.D. 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He was separately convicted in state court of repeated sexual assault of a child.","verified_at":"2026-10-03"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"bonnie-elizabeth-brown-ga-2026","case_status":"Convicted","corrected_at":null,"county":"Greene","date":"2026-06-11","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Bonnie Elizabeth Brown","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Nathanael Greene Academy","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":403,"kind":"news","outlet":"Athens Banner-Herald","url":"https://www.onlineathens.com/story/news/courts/2026/06/12/former-nathanael-greene-teacher-found-guilty-on-5-counts/90525039007/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"WSB-TV","url":"https://www.wsbtv.com/news/georgia/georgia-teacher-convicted-improper-sexual-contact-with-student-sentenced-prison/Q3BUAESS3BDFXGAP6FHJKHGGAM/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"ABC 33/40 (WKRC/Sinclair)","url":"https://abc3340.com/news/nation-world/teacher-sentenced-40-years-sexually-assaulting-student-bonnie-brown-sherri-mauldin-improper-sexual-contact-educator"}],"state":"GA","state_name":"Georgia","summary":"Bonnie Brown, a former language arts teacher at Nathanael Greene Academy in Greene County, Georgia, was found guilty by a jury on June 11, 2026, of five counts of first-degree improper sexual contact by an educator involving a student. Judge Stephen A. Bradley sentenced her to 40 years, with the first 15 to be served in prison, and she must register as a sex offender upon release.","verified_at":"2026-10-03"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"emmanuel-palacios-tx-2026","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Webb","date":"2026-06-01","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"United Independent School District","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Emmanuel Palacios","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Lyndon B. 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He was sentenced to 180 days in the Webb County Jail plus 10 years of probation and sex offender registration.","verified_at":"2026-10-03"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"jason-hoopes-ca-2026","case_status":"No Contest Plea","corrected_at":"2026-10-08","county":"Alameda","date":"2026-06-01","date_granularity":"month","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Jason Hoopes","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Bayhill High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"Alameda County District Attorney","url":"https://da.alamedacountyca.gov/district-attorney-ursula-jones-dickson-announces-prison-sentence-for-former-high-school-music-teacher-who-sexually-assaulted-student/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"The Berkeley Scanner","url":"https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2026/06/29/courts/berkeley-music-teacher-prison-sexual-assault-case/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"NBC Bay Area","url":"https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/former-teacher-sentenced-sexually-assault-student/4106237/"}],"state":"CA","state_name":"California","summary":"Jason Hoopes, a former music teacher at Bayhill High School in Berkeley, pleaded no contest to arranging to meet a minor with intent to commit a sexual offense, oral copulation with a person under 18, and unlawful sexual intercourse with a person under 18, all involving a student. He was sentenced to six years and eight months in state prison and must register as a sex offender for life.","verified_at":"2026-10-03"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"chad-kendall-oh-2026","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":"2026-10-05","county":"Summit","date":"2026-05-19","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Chad Kendall","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Archbishop Hoban High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":403,"kind":"news","outlet":"Cleveland.com","url":"https://www.cleveland.com/court-justice/2026/04/former-ne-ohio-teacher-pleads-guilty-to-sexually-abusing-2-students.html"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","derived_from":"fox8.com","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"WERE-AM 1490 NewsTalk Cleveland (iHeartMedia)","url":"https://newstalkcleveland.com/4051915/former-akron-teacher-gets-8-years-sexual-abuse-case/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","derived_from":"prosecutor.summitoh.net","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Akron.com / West Side Leader","url":"https://www.akron.com/articles/west-side-police-notes/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Summit County Prosecutor","url":"https://prosecutor.summitoh.net/sites/default/files/assets/press/5.19.2026%20Chad%20Kendall%20sentencing%20release.pdf"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Summit County Prosecutor","url":"https://prosecutor.summitoh.net/sites/default/files/assets/press/4.7.2026-chad-kendall-plea-release.pdf"}],"state":"OH","state_name":"Ohio","summary":"Chad Kendall, a former choir teacher and theater director at Archbishop Hoban High School in Akron, pleaded guilty in April 2026 to six counts of sexual battery involving two students. Four other charges were dismissed under a plea agreement. He was sentenced on May 19, 2026, to eight years in prison and designated a Tier III sex offender.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"sherri-delle-mauldin-ga-2026","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Greene","date":"2026-05-18","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Sherri Delle Mauldin","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Nathanael Greene Academy","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"The Union-Recorder","url":"https://unionrecorder.com/2026/05/20/former-nga-teacher-pleads-guilty-to-sex-crimes-with-student-in-greene-co/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Fox News","url":"https://www.foxnews.com/us/former-georgia-christian-school-teacher-learns-fate-sexually-abusing-15-year-old-student"}],"state":"GA","state_name":"Georgia","summary":"Sherri Delle Mauldin, a former teacher at Nathanael Greene Academy, a private Christian school in Siloam, Georgia, pleaded guilty in Greene County Superior Court to sex crimes involving a 15-year-old male student. On May 18, 2026, she was sentenced to 12 years in prison followed by 25 years of probation and ordered to register as a sex offender. The school later closed.","verified_at":"2026-10-03"},{"added_at":"2026-10-11","bid":"wilson-jones-ms-2026","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":null,"date":"2026-05-18","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Corinth School District","incident_type":"Child Pornography","name":"Wilson Jones","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Corinth Middle School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"FOX13 Memphis","url":"https://www.fox13memphis.com/news/former-mississippi-teacher-sentenced-to-5-years-in-prison-for-creating-ai-porn-of-students/article_7970bb39-dd19-4e38-b604-63390fde601f.html"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Action News 5 (via WLBT)","url":"https://www.wlbt.com/2026/05/18/former-middle-school-teacher-sentenced-prison-creating-ai-generated-porn-students/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"WJTV","url":"https://www.wjtv.com/news/state/ex-mississippi-school-teacher-gets-5-years-after-pleading-guilty-in-ai-porn-case/amp/"}],"state":"MS","state_name":"Mississippi","summary":"Wilson Jones, a former teacher at Corinth Middle School, pleaded guilty in federal court in November 2025 to one count of possession of child pornography after using artificial intelligence to create sexually explicit videos depicting eight female students aged 14 to 16. 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She received a four-year sentence with 40 days in custody, covered by time served and credit, followed by probation. 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On May 13, 2026, he was sentenced to 375 months in federal prison, followed by 25 years of supervised release.","verified_at":"2026-10-03"},{"added_at":"2026-10-11","bid":"thomas-bernagozzi-ny-2026","case_status":"Convicted","corrected_at":null,"county":null,"date":"2026-05-13","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Bay Shore Union Free School District","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Thomas Bernagozzi","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":null,"sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Patch (Patch Media)","url":"https://patch.com/new-york/bayshore/ex-bay-shore-teacher-gets-50-years-child-sex-abuse-case-da"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"News12 Long Island (Optimum Media / N12N)","url":"https://longisland.news12.com/former-bay-shore-teacher-sentenced-up-to-50-years-for-sex-crimes-against-children"}],"state":"NY","state_name":"New York","summary":"Thomas Bernagozzi, a former third-grade teacher at Mary G. Clarkson Elementary School and Gardiner Manor Elementary School in the Bay Shore Union Free School District, was convicted at a jury trial of first-degree course of sexual conduct against a child, first-degree sodomy and three counts of possessing a sexual performance by a child involving former students. On May 13, 2026, he was sentenced to 33 1/3 to 50 years in state prison.","verified_at":"2026-10-11"},{"added_at":"2026-10-11","bid":"patrick-corr-nm-2026","case_status":"Convicted","corrected_at":null,"county":null,"date":"2026-05-11","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"conviction","district":"Albuquerque Public Schools","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Patrick Corr","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"John Adams Middle School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KOB 4 (Hubbard)","url":"https://www.kob.com/?p=1065735"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KRQE News 13 (Nexstar)","url":"https://www.krqe.com/news/albuquerque-metro/jury-convicts-former-albuquerque-teacher-of-rape/amp/"}],"state":"NM","state_name":"New Mexico","summary":"Patrick Corr, a former teacher at John Adams Middle School in Albuquerque, was found guilty by a jury of criminal sexual penetration of a minor, two counts of child abuse and providing alcohol to a minor. The victim was a 16-year-old student at the school where he taught. Sentencing had not been set when the verdict was reported; he faces up to 22.5 years in prison.","verified_at":"2026-10-11"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"jordan-roy-henderson-wa-2026","case_status":"Convicted","corrected_at":"2026-10-09","county":"Pierce","date":"2026-05-08","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Peninsula School District","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Jordan Roy Henderson","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Evergreen Elementary School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KOMO News (Sinclair)","url":"https://komonews.com/news/local/former-pierce-county-elementary-school-teacher-sentenced-for-child-molestation-sex-offender-superior-court-judge-jordan-henderson-maximum-sentence-pcsd-evergreen"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Gig Harbor Now","url":"https://www.gigharbornow.org/news/police-fire/peninsula-school-district-hit-with-new-lawsuits-related-to-teachers-child-molestation-conviction/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"Washington OSPI (Office of Professional Practices)","url":"https://ospi.k12.wa.us/sites/default/files/2026-07/hendersonj498491j.pdf"}],"state":"WA","state_name":"Washington","summary":"Jordan Roy Henderson, a former teacher at Evergreen Elementary School in the Peninsula School District, was found guilty on January 5, 2026, of 12 counts of first-degree child molestation involving four female students. On May 8, 2026, a Pierce County Superior Court judge sentenced him to 66 years to life in prison.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"eric-birth-mn-2026","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":"2026-10-06","county":"Winona","date":"2026-05-07","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Eric Dione Birth","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Winona Senior High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"La Crosse Tribune","url":"https://lacrossetribune.com/news/local/crime-courts/article_74fc3476-8774-524c-a261-16ebb56ecec2.html"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"Minnesota Attorney General","url":"https://www.ag.state.mn.us/Office/Communications/2026/05/07_Birth.asp"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"FOX 9","url":"https://www.fox9.com/news/former-winona-teacher-coach-sentenced-student-sexual-assault-cases"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"Minnesota Attorney General","url":"https://www.ag.state.mn.us/Office/Communications/2026/01/22_Birth.asp"}],"state":"MN","state_name":"Minnesota","summary":"Eric Dione Birth, a track coach and physical education teacher at Winona Senior High School in Minnesota, pleaded guilty in January 2026 to three counts of third-degree criminal sexual conduct involving three high school students in 2016, 2017 and 2022. He was sentenced on May 7, 2026, to 90 months in prison.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"salvador-fabian-ca-2026","case_status":"No Contest Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Kern","date":"2026-05-05","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"plea","district":"Kern High School District","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Salvador Fabian","noindex":false,"role":"coach","school":"Del Oro High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Bakersfield Now","url":"https://bakersfieldnow.com/news/local/former-del-oro-high-school-band-coach-pleads-no-contest-to-having-sex-with-a-student-court-crime-kern-high-school-district-bakersfield-california"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KUZZ (Buck Owens Production Co.)","url":"https://www.kuzz.com/2026/05/06/3575/"}],"state":"CA","state_name":"California","summary":"Salvador Fabian, 27, a former walk-on band coach at Del Oro High School, pleaded no contest on May 5, 2026 to charges of having sex with an underage student, according to Kern County court records. Five other counts were dismissed as part of a plea deal. He had been arrested after allegedly having sex with a 15-year-old girl on campus.","verified_at":"2026-10-03"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"david-wayne-feil-co-2026","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Douglas","date":"2026-05-04","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Douglas County School District","incident_type":"Child Pornography","name":"David Wayne Feil","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Roxborough Intermediate School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Denver Post","url":"https://www.denverpost.com/2026/05/06/douglas-county-child-sex-exploitation/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"23rd Judicial District Attorney's Office (Colorado)","url":"https://coda23.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/David-Feil-Sentencing.pdf"}],"state":"CO","state_name":"Colorado","summary":"David Wayne Feil, a former sixth-grade teacher at Roxborough Intermediate School in the Douglas County School District, was sentenced on May 4, 2026, to 10 years in the Colorado Department of Corrections followed by 10 years of intensive sex offender supervision. He pleaded guilty in March to two counts of sexual exploitation of a child. The investigation began with a March 2025 Safe2Tell tip from a student.","verified_at":"2026-10-03"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"michelle-mercogliano-pa-2026","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Chester","date":"2026-05-01","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"plea","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Michelle Mercogliano","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Conestoga High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"WPVI (6abc)","url":"https://6abc.com/post/former-conestoga-high-school-teacher-sentenced-admitting-having-sex-student-da/19038906/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"NBC10 Philadelphia","url":"https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/conestoga-high-school-teacher-michelle-mercogliano-pleads-guilty-sexual-assault-student/4396717/"}],"state":"PA","state_name":"Pennsylvania","summary":"Michelle Mercogliano, an academic support teacher at Conestoga High School in Chester County, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty on May 1, 2026 to two counts of institutional sexual assault and one count of corruption of minors involving a 16-year-old student. She was sentenced to a minimum of 15 months in Chester County Prison followed by at least 80 months of probation, and was classified as a Tier II sex offender.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"jocelynn-sanroman-mi-2026-2","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":"2026-10-09","county":"Oakland","date":"2026-04-28","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Jocelyn Sanroman","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Oakside Scholars Charter School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"ClickOnDetroit","url":"https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2026/03/04/former-oakland-county-teacher-pleads-guilty-to-sexual-misconduct-with-teenage-student/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"FOX 2 Detroit","url":"https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/ex-waterford-teacher-sentenced-jail-sex-crimes-against-minor-she-tutored"}],"state":"MI","state_name":"Michigan","summary":"Jocelyn Sanroman, a teacher at Oakside Scholars Charter School in Waterford Township, Michigan, pleaded guilty to three counts of third-degree criminal sexual conduct involving a teenage student she was tutoring. A colleague reported her confession to school officials, prompting a police investigation. She was sentenced in Oakland County Circuit Court on April 28, 2026, to four to 15 years.","verified_at":"2026-10-03"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"robert-gilkey-meisegeier-wi-2026","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Dane","date":"2026-04-28","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Sun Prairie School District","incident_type":"Child Pornography","name":"Robert Gilkey-Meisegeier","noindex":false,"role":null,"school":null,"sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KFOX","url":"https://kfoxtv.com/news/nation-world/former-wisconsin-high-school-dean-sentenced-to-18-years-in-prison-for-producing-child-porn-doj-guilty-plea-judge"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"U.S. Attorney's Office, W.D. Wisconsin","url":"https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdwi/pr/former-sun-prairie-high-school-dean-students-sentenced-18-years-producing-child"}],"state":"WI","state_name":"Wisconsin","summary":"Robert Gilkey-Meisegeier, 31, a former Dean of Students in the Sun Prairie School District, was sentenced April 28, 2026 to 18 years in federal prison for producing child pornography, followed by 25 years of supervised release. He pleaded guilty in February 2026. Investigators found sexually explicit videos of a female student on his phone that she produced at his direction.","verified_at":"2026-10-03"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"kevin-russell-cobbs-ok-2026","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":"2026-10-10","county":"Canadian","date":"2026-04-23","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Child Pornography","name":"Kevin Russell Cobbs","noindex":false,"role":"principal","school":"Southwest Covenant High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":403,"kind":"news","outlet":"The Oklahoman","url":"https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/crime/2026/04/30/yukon-ok-former-principal-pleads-guilty-child-sex-crimes-locker-room-recording/89827077007/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":403,"kind":"news","outlet":"KFOR (Nexstar)","url":"https://kfor.com/news/local/former-yukon-private-school-principal-sentenced-to-up-to-10-years-for-child-pornography-locker-room-recordings/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"News 9 (Griffin Media)","url":"https://www.news9.com/crime/former-yukon-private-school-principal-pleads-guilty-child-porn-peeping-tom-charges"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","derived_from":"kfor (partially; also cites court records)","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"The Roys Report","url":"https://roysreport.com/christian-principal-peeping-tom-sentenced-after-posting-locker-room-cameras/"}],"state":"OK","state_name":"Oklahoma","summary":"Kevin Cobbs, former principal and boys' basketball coach at Southwest Covenant High School in Yukon, Oklahoma, pleaded guilty in January 2026 to child pornography and Peeping Tom charges involving students, including secretly recording students in the school locker room. On April 23, 2026, a judge ordered him to serve up to 10 years in prison and register as a sex offender.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"hearley-smith-nv-2026","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":"2026-10-07","county":"Clark","date":"2026-04-21","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Clark County School District","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Hearley Smith","noindex":false,"role":"principal","school":"Canyon Springs High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KTNV","url":"https://www.ktnv.com/news/crime/former-ccsd-assistant-principal-sentenced-for-sexual-misconduct-with-students"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":403,"kind":"news","outlet":"Las Vegas Review-Journal","url":"https://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/courts/abused-position-in-the-worst-possible-way-former-ccsd-assistant-principal-gets-max-for-sex-crimes-3790714/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"8 News Now (KLAS)","url":"https://www.8newsnow.com/crime/ex-ccsd-asst-principal-sentenced-to-at-least-8-years-in-las-vegas-sex-crimes-case/amp/"}],"state":"NV","state_name":"Nevada","summary":"Hearley Smith, a former assistant principal at Canyon Springs High School in the Clark County School District, pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree kidnapping and two counts of sexual conduct between certain employees or volunteers of school and pupil. On April 21, 2026, a judge sentenced him to eight to 20 years in prison and ordered him to register as a sex offender.","verified_at":"2026-10-03"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"caitlin-rock-nv-2026","case_status":"Convicted","corrected_at":"2026-10-05","county":"Washoe","date":"2026-04-17","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Washoe County School District","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Caitlin Rock","noindex":false,"role":"staff","school":"Billinghurst Middle School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"Washoe County District Attorney","url":"https://washoelife.washoecounty.gov/da/school-employee-convicted-in-child-sex-assault-case/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"Washoe County District Attorney","url":"https://washoelife.washoecounty.gov/da/da-hicks-announces-former-wcsd-employee-sentenced-to-life-in-prison/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"2News (KTVN)","url":"https://www.2news.com/news/former-wcsd-employee-sentenced-to-life-in-prison-in-student-sexual-assault-case/article_68e49da2-2854-11ef-bdf0-4fac2c45d9b1.html"}],"state":"NV","state_name":"Nevada","summary":"Caitlin Rock, a former Washoe County School District employee who worked at Billinghurst Middle School in Nevada as a resource for students with attendance issues, was found guilty by a jury in January 2026 on all 19 counts, including sexual assault of a child under 14, statutory sexual seduction and luring a child with computer technology, involving a 13-year-old student. On April 17, 2026, she was sentenced to life in prison, with parole eligibility after 144 years.","verified_at":"2026-10-03"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"mark-williams-dc-2026","case_status":"Convicted","corrected_at":null,"county":"District of Columbia","date":"2026-04-17","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"District of Columbia Public Schools","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Mark Williams","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Duke Ellington School for the Arts","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"U.S. Department of Justice","url":"https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/former-high-school-teacher-sentenced-16-years-prison-sexually-abusing-minor-student"}],"state":"DC","state_name":"District of Columbia","summary":"Mark Williams, a former teacher at Duke Ellington School for the Arts in Washington D.C., was sentenced to 16 years in federal prison for sexually abusing a minor student. The abuse began in 2014 when Williams was the student's teacher and involved sexual acts on campus.","verified_at":"2026-10-03"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"patrick-battillo-az-2026","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Maricopa","date":"2026-04-17","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Child Pornography","name":"Patrick Battillo","noindex":false,"role":"coach","school":"Peoria High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"AZFamily (KOLD)","url":"https://www.kold.com/2026/04/17/former-peoria-high-school-coach-sentenced-child-sex-crimes/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"FOX 10 Phoenix","url":"https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/mr-orng-faces-sentencing-child-sex-crimes"}],"state":"AZ","state_name":"Arizona","summary":"Patrick Battillo, a former Peoria high school basketball coach, was sentenced to 3.5 years in prison on three counts of attempted sexual exploitation of a minor. He pleaded guilty to soliciting pictures and videos from students at the high school where he coached.","verified_at":"2026-10-03"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"jessica-finley-nc-2026","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":"2026-10-09","county":"McDowell","date":"2026-04-16","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Jessica Patrick Finley","noindex":false,"role":"counselor","school":"McDowell High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"The McDowell News","url":"https://mcdowellnews.com/news/local/crime-courts/article_ee228add-9262-42fe-931c-d3718fff87d3.html"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"WLOS","url":"https://wlos.com/news/local/mcdowell-county-high-school-guidance-counselor-pleads-guilty-child-sex-crimes-investigation-detectives-innapropriate-communications-resignations-north-carolina-state-bureau-investigations-sexual-conversations-cell-phone-texts-plea-agreements-prison"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"FOX Carolina","url":"https://www.foxcarolina.com/2026/04/20/mcdowell-county-teacher-sentenced-child-sex-crimes-involving-14-year-old-student/"}],"state":"NC","state_name":"North Carolina","summary":"Jessica Patrick Finley, a guidance counselor and volleyball coach at McDowell High School in North Carolina, pleaded guilty during her trial on April 16, 2026, to charges including indecent liberties with a child, statutory sex offense with a child 15 or younger, and first-degree sexual exploitation of a minor. The charges involved an underage McDowell High School student. She was sentenced the same day to 28 years and four months to 40 years and six months in prison.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"john-henry-richards-iv-pa-2026","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":"2026-10-09","county":"Montgomery","date":"2026-04-06","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Norristown Area School District","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"John Henry Richards IV","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Blockson Middle School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Delco Times","url":"https://www.delcotimes.com/2026/04/07/ex-norristown-teacher-jailed-for-inappropriate-contact-with-girl-13/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"NBC10 Philadelphia","url":"https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/john-richards-blockston-middle-school-sexual-assault-montgomery-county-pennsylvania/4380911/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"WPVI (6abc)","url":"https://6abc.com/post/former-teacher-sentenced-attempted-sexual-assault-montgomery-county/18851308/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"The Philadelphia Inquirer","url":"https://inquirer.com/crime/john-richards-teacher-norristown-sentencing-20260406.html"}],"state":"PA","state_name":"Pennsylvania","summary":"John Richards IV, a former eighth-grade teacher at Blockson Middle School in the Norristown Area School District, pleaded guilty to attempted sexual contact with a student, solicitation, unlawful contact with a minor and corruption of minors involving a 13-year-old student. On April 6, 2026, he was sentenced in Montgomery County Court to 9 to 23 months in county jail.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"justin-travis-oh-2026","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":"2026-10-10","county":"Darke","date":"2026-04-06","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Greenville City Schools","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Justin Travis","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Greenville High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":403,"kind":"news","outlet":"WDTN","url":"https://www.wdtn.com/news/greenville-teacher-sentenced-to-prison-for-sexual-crimes-and-grooming/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"WHIO (Cox Media Group)","url":"https://www.whio.com/news/local/former-high-school-staff-member-learns-punishment-sexual-relationship-with-student/RGA5MFLGGNAXBE4QDI5IHJBD5M/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"WDTN","url":"https://www.wdtn.com/news/greenville-teacher-sentenced-to-prison-for-sexual-crimes-and-grooming/amp/"}],"state":"OH","state_name":"Ohio","summary":"Justin Travis, a former Greenville High School NJROTC instructor, was sentenced to four to six years in prison for sexual crimes against his 15-year-old student. He pleaded guilty to sexual battery, unlawful sexual conduct with a minor, and grooming. He will be a Tier III sex offender for life.","verified_at":"2026-10-03"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"william-schaub-il-2026","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Will","date":"2026-04-06","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"plea","district":"Indian Prairie School District 204","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"William Schaub","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Neuqua Valley High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Chicago Tribune","url":"https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/10/ex-neuqua-valley-teacher-pleads-guilty-to-grooming-16-year-old-student/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"NCTV17 (Naperville Community Television)","url":"https://www.nctv17.org/news/ex-neuqua-valley-teacher-pleads-guilty-to-grooming-avoids-prison-time/"}],"state":"IL","state_name":"Illinois","summary":"William Schaub, 56, a drama coach and teacher at Neuqua Valley High School in Naperville, pleaded guilty to a grooming charge on April 6, 2026 after being indicted on two counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse. He was sentenced to two years in prison at 50% with credit for 369 days of electronic monitoring. 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On April 2, 2026, a Cuming County district judge sentenced her to 10 to 15 years in prison. She must register as a sex offender for 25 years after release.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"sean-brooks-md-2025","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Baltimore","date":"2026-04-02","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"plea","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Sean Brooks","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Perry Hall High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"CBS Baltimore","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/gym-teacher-pleads-guilty-maryland-abuse-minor/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"The Baltimore Banner","url":"https://www.thebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/perry-hall-high-school-teacher-sean-brooks-sexually-exploiting-students-7N2SHQLPNFAGVKVDVPTQ7AGOAQ/"}],"state":"MD","state_name":"Maryland","summary":"Sean Brooks, 40, a physical education teacher at Perry Hall High School in Baltimore County, pleaded guilty April 2, 2026 to assault, sexual abuse of a minor and other offenses after being accused of sexually abusing minors on school property. Under the plea agreement he faces a mandatory minimum of four years in prison, and sentencing was set for September 21.","verified_at":"2026-10-03"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"william-schumann-kline-mt-2026","case_status":"Convicted","corrected_at":null,"county":"Rosebud","date":"2026-04-02","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"William Schuman-Kline","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Colstrip High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KRTV","url":"https://www.krtv.com/news/crime-and-courts/montana-teacher-sentenced-to-prison-for-sexual-abuse-of-student"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Billings Gazette","url":"https://billingsgazette.com/news/state-regional/crime-courts/article_7e4c33b3-dece-4348-8ab4-eb1e3f5d9295.html"}],"state":"MT","state_name":"Montana","summary":"William Schuman-Kline, a former teacher at Colstrip High School, was convicted by a jury in January 2026 of three felonies, including sexual assault and sexual abuse of children, involving an underage student. Prosecutors said the abuse occurred on school property, including his classroom, and that he used Snapchat to send nude images. On April 2, 2026, he was sentenced to 30 years in state prison with 15 suspended.","verified_at":"2026-10-03"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"evan-whitt-bradley-wy-2026","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Platte","date":"2026-03-30","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Evan Whitt Bradley","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Wheatland High School / Wheatland Middle School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Cowboy State Daily","url":"https://cowboystatedaily.com/2026/03/31/judge-rejects-plea-gives-wheatland-band-teacher-harsher-molestation-term/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Gillette News Record","url":"https://www.gillettenewsrecord.com/news/local/article_ae949779-157f-4280-a0ce-2ab39fa9b384.html"}],"state":"WY","state_name":"Wyoming","summary":"Evan Whitt Bradley, 35, a former band teacher at Wheatland's middle and high schools, was sentenced March 30, 2026 for sexually abusing two female students. He had pleaded guilty to first- and third-degree sexual abuse of a minor and sexual exploitation of children. District Judge Edward Buchanan declined to follow the plea agreement's recommended 40-to-50-year term and imposed a longer prison sentence.","verified_at":"2026-10-03"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"kathryn-prior-tx-2026","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Rusk","date":"2026-03-30","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Henderson Independent School District","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Kathryn Prior","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":null,"sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"CBS19","url":"https://www.cbs19.tv/article/news/local/former-henderson-isd-ag-teacher-pleads-guilty-to-inappropriate-relationship-with-student/501-f7c2d7fa-4177-4631-bb23-3a9021737108"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KLTV","url":"https://www.kltv.com/2026/03/30/former-henderson-isd-teacher-gets-180-days-relationship-with-student/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Kilgore News Herald","url":"https://kilgorenewsherald.com/2026/03/30/former-henderson-isd-ag-teacher-pleads-guilty-to-inappropriate-relationship-with-student/"}],"state":"TX","state_name":"Texas","summary":"Kathryn Prior, 36, a former Henderson ISD teacher, pleaded guilty to having an inappropriate relationship with a student. She was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 10 years probation, and must relinquish her teaching license.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"paul-masko-mi-2026","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Muskegon","date":"2026-03-25","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Ravenna Public Schools","incident_type":"Child Pornography","name":"Paul Masko","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Ravenna High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":403,"kind":"news","outlet":"WOOD TV","url":"https://www.woodtv.com/news/ottawa-county/former-ravenna-teacher-gets-18-years-in-prison-for-sexual-exploitation/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"WGHN","url":"https://wghn.com/2026/03/26/former-ravenna-teacher-sentenced-for-sexual-exploitation-of-minor/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Grand Haven Tribune","url":"https://www.grandhaventribune.com/news/education/ravenna-teacher-admits-to-having-inappropriate-relationship-with-student-takes-federal-plea-deal/article_b997bfb3-d098-5217-add8-7497743be768.html"}],"state":"MI","state_name":"Michigan","summary":"Paul Masko, a former special education teacher at Ravenna High School, pleaded guilty in federal court on November 18, 2025 to sexual exploitation of a minor involving a 16-year-old student. On March 25, 2026, he was sentenced to 18 years in federal prison.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"john-rose-va-2026","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Rockingham","date":"2026-03-23","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Rockingham County Public Schools","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"John Rose","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Elkton Middle School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Local 12 (WKRC)","url":"https://local12.com/news/nation-world/former-middle-school-teacher-gets-6-years-sentence-prison-sex-crimes-with-student-carnal-knowledge-indecent-liberties"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Rocktown Now","url":"https://rocktownnow.com/news/218812-former-rcps-teacher-receives-11-years-for-sexual-abuse-against-a-student/"}],"state":"VA","state_name":"Virginia","summary":"John Rose, a former middle school teacher in Virginia, was sentenced to six years in prison (20 years with 14 suspended) after pleading guilty to six counts of indecent liberties and two counts of carnal knowledge. The victim was 14 at the time of the carnal knowledge charges.","verified_at":"2026-10-03"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"tera-johnson-swartz-co-2026","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Douglas","date":"2026-03-19","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Tera Johnson-Swartz","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"STEM School Highlands Ranch","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Fox News","url":"https://www.foxnews.com/us/teacher-year-finalist-gets-14-years-sexual-relationship-student-she-kept-contacting"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"23rd Judicial District Attorney's Office (Colorado)","url":"https://coda23.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Tera-Johnson-Swartz-Sentenced.pdf"}],"state":"CO","state_name":"Colorado","summary":"Former Colorado teacher and Teacher of the Year finalist Tera Johnson-Swartz was sentenced to 14 years in prison after pleading guilty to sexual exploitation of a child and cybercrime. She had a sexual relationship with a student and continued to contact the victim.","verified_at":"2026-10-03"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"jan-barlow-me-2026","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":"2026-10-08","county":"Franklin","date":"2026-03-18","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Jan Barlow","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Spruce Mountain High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Sun Journal","url":"https://www.sunjournal.com/2026/03/18/former-jay-teacher-pleads-guilty-to-sexual-exploitation-of-minor-tampering-with-victim/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","derived_from":"wmtw.com","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"WABI (WMTW report)","url":"https://www.wabi.tv/2026/03/21/former-maine-art-teacher-spend-9-months-jail-sex-crimes-involving-teen-girl/"}],"state":"ME","state_name":"Maine","summary":"Jan Barlow, a former art teacher at Spruce Mountain High School in Jay, Maine, pleaded guilty on March 18, 2026, to sexual exploitation of a minor and dissemination of sexually explicit material involving a 15-year-old student. He was sentenced to a total of 11 years with all but nine months and one day suspended, followed by probation.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"donovan-michaud-md-2026","case_status":"Convicted","corrected_at":"2026-10-06","county":"Baltimore","date":"2026-03-16","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"conviction","district":"Baltimore County Public Schools","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Donovan Michaud","noindex":false,"role":"staff","school":"Overlea High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"CBS Baltimore","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/former-baltimore-county-school-worker-convicted-sex-crime-student-overlea/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"The Baltimore Banner","url":"https://www.thebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/donovan-michaud-sex-offense-student-overlea-high-school-SVJXL4RVIJE63DTBTGRTBKRTH4/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":404,"kind":"news","outlet":"CBS Baltimore","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/former-baltimore-county-school-worker-convicted-of-sex-crime-involving-student/"}],"state":"MD","state_name":"Maryland","summary":"Donovan Michaud, 30, a former building services worker at Overlea High School in Baltimore County, was convicted March 16, 2026 of a fourth-degree sex offense involving a 17-year-old student. He pleaded not guilty but agreed to a summary of the facts, and the judge rejected his argument that he was not a person in a position of authority. He received a one-year suspended sentence and three years of supervised probation.","verified_at":"2026-10-03"},{"added_at":"2026-10-11","bid":"justin-daniel-dennis-oh-2026","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Butler","date":"2026-03-12","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Lakota Local Schools","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Justin Daniel Dennis","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Lakota East High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"FOX19 (Gray)","url":"https://www.fox19.com/2026/03/12/ex-lakota-east-teacher-sentenced-sex-crimes-involving-student/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":404,"kind":"news","outlet":"Journal-News (Cox Media Group Ohio)","url":"https://www.journal-news.com/crime/exlakota-east-teacher-gets-prison-for-attempted-sexual-battery-involving-student/FCDSKVEIJBDBDLJ7TC5UMPJ5I4"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"WKRC Local 12 (Sinclair)","url":"https://www.local12.com/news/local/former-tri-state-teacher-sentenced-to-prison-for-sex-with-student-lakota-cincinnati-butler-county-justin-dennis-sexual-battery-sentence-guilty-plea-classroom"}],"state":"OH","state_name":"Ohio","summary":"Justin Daniel Dennis, a former social studies teacher and student-group advisor at Lakota East High School, pleaded guilty in January 2026 to three counts of attempted sexual battery involving a 17-year-old student. On March 12, 2026, he was sentenced to four and a half years in prison and designated a Tier III sex offender, and his educator license was permanently revoked.","verified_at":"2026-10-11"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"christopher-morris-ky-2026","case_status":"Convicted","corrected_at":null,"county":"Jefferson","date":"2026-03-09","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Jefferson County Public Schools","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Christopher Morris","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":null,"sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"WLKY","url":"https://www.wlky.com/article/christopher-morris-sentencing-jcps-coach-teacher/70685236"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"WAVE News","url":"https://www.wdrbwave.com/2026/03/09/former-jcps-aide-basketball-coach-sentenced-70-years-prison/"}],"state":"KY","state_name":"Kentucky","summary":"Christopher Morris, a former Jefferson County Public Schools teacher and basketball coach, was convicted by a jury on 27 counts, including sodomy and sexual abuse, involving two boys who were 14 to 16 at the time. On March 9, 2026, a judge reduced the jury's recommended 165-year sentence to Kentucky's maximum of 70 years.","verified_at":"2026-10-03"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"isaias-garza-nj-2025","case_status":"Convicted","corrected_at":"2026-10-07","county":"Cumberland","date":"2026-03-06","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Isaias Garza","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"ExCEL School (Bridgeton)","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"News 12 New Jersey","url":"https://newyork.news12.com/ex-cumberland-county-high-school-teacher-sentenced-in-student-sex-assault-case"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Press of Atlantic City","url":"https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-courts/article_257c15cb-eb4d-4ce6-b3d3-9ed1695ac498.html"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"New Jersey 101.5","url":"https://nj1015.com/isaias-garza-teacher-sentencing/"}],"state":"NJ","state_name":"New Jersey","summary":"Isaias Garza, a former teacher at the ExCEL school in Bridgeton, was found guilty by a Cumberland County jury on October 3, 2025 of sexually assaulting a sixth-grade student at the school in 2004 and 2005, and of witness tampering and bribery. On March 6, 2026, he was sentenced to 14 years in New Jersey State Prison.","verified_at":"2026-10-07"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"justin-m-mcghee-nj-2026","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Monmouth","date":"2026-02-20","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Middletown Township Public Schools","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Justin M. McGhee","noindex":false,"role":"coach","school":"Middletown High School North","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":403,"kind":"news","outlet":"NJ.com","url":"https://www.nj.com/monmouth/2026/02/ex-nj-high-school-basketball-coach-sentenced-to-prison-for-sexually-assaulting-student.html"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","derived_from":"app.com","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Patch","url":"https://patch.com/new-jersey/middletown-nj/popular-middletown-north-coach-gets-5-1-2-years-sleeping-teen-girl"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Jersey Shore Online","url":"https://www.jerseyshoreonline.com/monmouth-county/former-teacher-coach-sentenced-to-prison-sex-assault-case/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"RLS Media","url":"https://www.rlsmedia.com/node/61679"}],"state":"NJ","state_name":"New Jersey","summary":"Justin M. McGhee, the head girls basketball coach and a physical education teacher at Middletown High School North in New Jersey, pleaded guilty in November 2025 to a second-degree sexual assault charge involving a student. On February 20, 2026, he was sentenced to five and a half years in state prison, Megan's Law registration and parole supervision for life.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-12","bid":"juan-manuel-pantoja-troncoso-ca-2026","case_status":"Convicted","corrected_at":null,"county":"Riverside","date":"2026-02-19","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Coachella Valley Unified School District","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Juan Manuel Pantoja Troncoso","noindex":false,"role":"coach","school":"Toro Canyon Middle School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"City News Service (via KESQ)","url":"https://kesq.com/news/2026/02/19/thermal-soccer-coach-who-sexually-abused-girls-sentenced/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"NBC Palm Springs (Entravision)","url":"https://www.nbcpalmsprings.com/local-and-community/2026/02/19/former-soccer-coach-sentenced-to-61-years-for-sexual-abuse"}],"state":"CA","state_name":"California","summary":"Juan Manuel Pantoja Troncoso, a girls soccer coach in the after-school program at Toro Canyon Middle School in Thermal, was convicted by a Riverside County jury in October 2025 of forcible lewd acts on a child, contacting a minor to commit a sexual offense and related counts involving five students. On February 19, 2026, he was sentenced to 61 years and four months in state prison.","verified_at":"2026-10-12"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"robert-l-dinkins-il-2026","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Ford","date":"2026-02-18","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley School District","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Robert L. 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On February 17, 2026, she was sentenced to more than 51 years in prison followed by extended supervision.","verified_at":"2026-10-11"},{"added_at":"2026-10-11","bid":"lindsey-robert-stuart-fl-2026","case_status":"Convicted","corrected_at":null,"county":"Bay","date":"2026-02-16","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Bay District Schools","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Lindsey Robert Stuart","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":null,"sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"State Attorney, 14th Judicial Circuit (Florida)","url":"http://sa14.fl.gov/2026/02/18/3-life-sentences-for-teacher-who-had-sexual-relationship-with-14-year-old-student/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"WJHG","url":"https://www.wjhg.com/2026/02/16/former-middle-school-band-director-rutherford-sentenced-life-prison/"}],"state":"FL","state_name":"Florida","summary":"Lindsey Robert Stuart, a former middle school band director in Bay District Schools, was found guilty by a jury in January 2026 of three counts of sexual battery on a child by a person in custodial authority involving a 14-year-old student. On Feb. 16, 2026, he was sentenced to three concurrent life sentences and designated a sexual predator.","verified_at":"2026-10-11"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"richard-c-colon-fl-2026","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Seminole","date":"2026-02-16","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Richard C. Colon","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Lake Mary High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"FOX 35 Orlando","url":"https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/richard-colon-former-lake-mary-teacher-sentencing-innapropriate-contact-minor"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Office of the State Attorney, 18th Judicial Circuit of Florida","url":"https://sa18.org/press-release/former-lake-mary-high-teacher-sentenced-to-27-years-for-sex-with-student/"}],"state":"FL","state_name":"Florida","summary":"Richard C. Colon, 57, a former teacher and assistant coach at Lake Mary High School, pleaded guilty in November 2025 to three counts of sexual battery on a child by a person in custodial authority and one count of possession of material depicting sexual conduct by a child. On Feb. 16, 2026, he was sentenced to more than 27 years in prison and adjudicated a sexual predator.","verified_at":"2026-10-03"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"julie-rizzitello-nj-2026","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":"2026-10-10","county":"Monmouth","date":"2026-02-11","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Wall Township Public Schools","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Julie Rizzitello","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Wall High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Fox News","url":"https://www.foxnews.com/us/new-jersey-teacher-who-slept-students-family-bagel-shop-learns-prison-sentence"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Jersey Shore Online","url":"https://www.jerseyshoreonline.com/brick/former-teacher-sentenced-to-10-years-in-student-sex-assault-case/"}],"state":"NJ","state_name":"New Jersey","summary":"Julie Rizzitello, 37, a former Wall High School English teacher, pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree sexual assault involving two students. On February 11, 2026, she was sentenced in Monmouth County Superior Court to 10 years in state prison, with Megan's Law registration and parole supervision for life.","verified_at":"2026-10-03"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"katie-ann-hanson-mn-2026","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Rice","date":"2026-02-03","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Katie Ann Hanson","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Northfield Middle School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KIMT","url":"https://www.kimt.com/news/former-southern-minnesota-teacher-sentenced-for-sexual-communications-with-students/article_ae828b08-a750-47ff-8591-caf3c0f52f1f.html"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"CBS Minnesota (WCCO)","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/northfield-teacher-nude-photos-hanson-sentencing/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KIMT","url":"https://www.kimt.com/news/former-southern-mn-educator-pleads-guilty-to-sending-nude-photos-to-students/article_d81e7f50-3d4b-4ec4-9990-039327ea1375.html"}],"state":"MN","state_name":"Minnesota","summary":"Katie Ann Hanson, a former teacher at Northfield Middle School in Minnesota, pleaded guilty to one count of engaging in electronic communication relating or describing sexual conduct with a child, involving high school students. She was sentenced on February 3, 2026, to five years of probation and 200 hours of community service.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-11","bid":"sterrett-oney-neale-ut-2026","case_status":"Convicted","corrected_at":null,"county":"Salt Lake","date":"2026-02-02","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Sterrett Oney Neale","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"West High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"Salt Lake County District Attorney's Office","url":"https://www.saltlakecounty.gov/district-attorney/Media/former-west-high-teacher-sentenced-to-prison-for-sex-crimes/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"The Salt Lake Tribune","url":"https://www.sltrib.com/news/education/2026/02/04/former-west-high-teacher-sterrett/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KJZZ (Sinclair)","url":"https://kjzz.com/news/local/former-west-high-teacer-sentenced-to-prison-for-sex-crimes-against-student"}],"state":"UT","state_name":"Utah","summary":"Sterrett Oney Neale, a former West High School teacher in Salt Lake City, was convicted at trial in November 2025 of three counts of object rape, two counts of forcible sodomy and two counts of forcible sex abuse involving a 17-year-old student. On February 2, 2026, he was sentenced to indeterminate prison terms with a minimum of 11 years and a maximum of life.","verified_at":"2026-10-11"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"jordan-a-cobb-ky-2026","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":"2026-10-09","county":"Magoffin","date":"2026-01-30","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Jordan Cobb","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Magoffin County Middle School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"U.S. Department of Justice, Eastern District of Kentucky","url":"https://www.justice.gov/usao-edky/pr/magoffin-county-man-and-former-teacher-sentenced-attempted-online-enticement-minor"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"WKYT","url":"https://www.wkyt.com/2026/03/19/former-magoffin-county-teacher-pleads-guilty-soliciting-minor"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"LEX18","url":"https://www.lex18.com/news/crime/former-salyersville-teacher-accepts-prison-sentence-in-child-sexual-exploitation-case"}],"state":"KY","state_name":"Kentucky","summary":"Jordan Cobb, 32, a former Magoffin County Middle School teacher in Kentucky, was sentenced on January 30, 2026, to 132 months in federal prison for attempted online enticement of a minor after sending sexually explicit Snapchat messages to a former student. In March 2026 he pleaded guilty in Magoffin Circuit Court to procuring a minor by electronic means and harassing communications involving a 14-year-old student, under an agreement for five years to run concurrently with the federal sentence.","verified_at":"2026-10-03"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"brian-chubon-ca-2026","case_status":"No Contest Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Merced","date":"2026-01-14","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"plea","district":"Gustine Unified School District","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Brian Chubon","noindex":false,"role":"principal","school":"Gustine High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":0,"kind":"news","outlet":"Modesto Bee","url":"https://www.modbee.com/crime/article315400017.html"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Los Banos Enterprise","url":"https://losbanosenterprise.com/news/education/2026/civil-lawsuit-filed-against-gustine-unified-mcoe-and-former-administrator/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Westside Connect","url":"https://www.westsideconnect.com/news/crime-records/former-gustine-high-vice-principal-admits-to-sex-crimes-involving-student/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Westside Connect","url":"https://www.westsideconnect.com/news/local-news/former-gustine-high-vice-principal-district-named-in-sex-abuse-lawsuit/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":false,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KMPH Fox 26","url":"https://kmph.com/news/local/modesto-schools-blame-merced-for-not-revealing-principals-sex-charges"}],"state":"CA","state_name":"California","summary":"Brian Chubon, a former vice principal at Gustine High School who later became principal of Roosevelt Junior High School in Modesto City Schools, pleaded no contest on Jan. 14, 2026, in Merced County Superior Court to one felony count of unlawful sexual intercourse with a 17-year-old student. Prosecutors dismissed a second charge. 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On January 14, 2026, he was sentenced in Frontier County to 90 days in jail and five years of probation and fined $7,500.","verified_at":"2026-10-11"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"wymon-wayne-smith-or-2026","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Washington","date":"2026-01-14","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Wymon Wayne Smith","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Banks High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KATU (KCBY)","url":"https://kcby.com/news/local/former-banks-high-school-teacher-sentenced-to-75-months-for-sex-abuse-of-students"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Washington County District Attorney's Office","url":"https://washingtoncountyda.org/da/news/2026/01/14/former-high-school-teacher-enters-guilty-plea-sex-abuse-case-involving-students"}],"state":"OR","state_name":"Oregon","summary":"Wymon Wayne Smith, a former teacher at Banks High School in Oregon, pleaded guilty on January 14, 2026 to first-degree and second-degree sex abuse involving two students. Judge Kathleen Proctor sentenced him to 75 months in prison, followed by ten years of post-prison supervision, sex offender registration and loss of his teaching certification.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"jesus-moore-nh-2026","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":null,"date":"2026-01-13","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Jesus Moore","noindex":false,"role":"coach","school":"Lawrence High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"Department of Justice","url":"https://www.justice.gov/usao-nh/pr/former-school-employee-sentenced-121-months-federal-prison-travel-intent-engage-illicit"}],"state":"MA","state_name":"Massachusetts","summary":"Jesus Moore, a basketball coach at Lawrence High School in Massachusetts, pleaded guilty in federal court in New Hampshire to one count of travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct. In March 2022 he arranged for a Lawrence High School student to travel to a New Hampshire motel, where he engaged in sexual conduct. On January 13, 2026, he was sentenced to 121 months in prison and 10 years of supervised release.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-12","bid":"juvent-josue-ramirez-id-2026","case_status":"Convicted","corrected_at":null,"county":"Canyon","date":"2026-01-08","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Juvent Josue Ramirez","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Canyon-Owyhee School Service Agency (COSSA)","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"Canyon County Prosecuting Attorney's Office","url":"https://www.canyoncounty.id.gov/60716-2/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KBOI 2 (idahonews.com)","url":"https://www.idahonews.com/news/local/former-wilder-teacher-sentenced-to-prison-for-sexual-battery-of-a-minor-student"}],"state":"ID","state_name":"Idaho","summary":"Juvent Josue Ramirez, a former business teacher at the Canyon-Owyhee School Service Agency (COSSA) in Wilder, Idaho, was convicted of felony sexual battery of a minor involving a female student. On January 8, 2026, he was sentenced to 14 years in prison with 3 years fixed, received a 50-year no-contact order, and must register as a sex offender.","verified_at":"2026-10-12"},{"added_at":"2026-10-12","bid":"nicholas-brandon-moseby-ca-2025","case_status":"Convicted","corrected_at":null,"county":"Contra Costa","date":"2025-12-31","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"San Ramon Valley Unified School District","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Nicholas Brandon Moseby","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":null,"sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":403,"kind":"news","outlet":"Livermore Vine","url":"https://www.livermorevine.com/courts/2025/12/31/former-srvusd-teacher-sentenced-to-3-years-8-months-in-child-sex-abuse-case/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Contra Costa News","url":"https://contracosta.news/2026/01/05/ex-san-ramon-biology-teacher-cheer-coach-gets-prison-for-child-exploitation/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Patch (citing Bay Area News Group and DanvilleSanRamon)","url":"https://patch.com/california/danville/amp/33095413/former-danville-teacher-coach-found-guilty-on-most-sexual-abuse-counts-reports"}],"state":"CA","state_name":"California","summary":"Nicholas Brandon Moseby, a former biology teacher and cheer coach in the San Ramon Valley Unified School District, was convicted by a jury in October 2025 of felony lewd act on a child and sending harmful material to a minor, plus misdemeanor counts, involving minors including students; he was acquitted on one count and the jury deadlocked on another. On December 31, 2025, he was sentenced to three years and eight months in prison.","verified_at":"2026-10-12"},{"added_at":"2026-10-10","bid":"madison-lynn-bergmann-wi-2025","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"St. Croix","date":"2025-12-19","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Hudson School District","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Madison Lynn Bergmann","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"River Crest Elementary School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Hudson Star-Observer (Forum Communications)","url":"https://www.hudsonstarobserver.com/news/former-river-crest-teacher-madison-bergmann-sentenced-to-six-years-in-prison/article_0e718ca2-efc1-492a-96e8-ad7c5f811f2b.html"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"WEAU 13 (Gray)","url":"https://www.weau.com/2025/12/22/former-hudson-teacher-sentenced-child-sexual-assault-case/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KSTP 5 (Hubbard)","url":"https://kstp.com/kstp-news/top-news/former-hudson-elementary-school-teacher-gets-6-years-in-prison-for-sex-crimes-against-child/"}],"state":"WI","state_name":"Wisconsin","summary":"Madison Lynn Bergmann, a fifth-grade teacher at River Crest Elementary School in Hudson, Wisconsin, pleaded guilty on Sept. 29, 2025, in St. Croix County to one count of child enticement and two counts of sexual misconduct by school staff involving a student in her fifth-grade class. On Dec. 19, 2025, she was sentenced to six years in prison followed by six years of extended supervision and must register as a sex offender.","verified_at":"2026-10-10"},{"added_at":"2026-10-12","bid":"aaron-d-anderson-ky-2025","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"McCreary","date":"2025-12-18","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Aaron D. 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Anderson, a former assistant principal at McCreary Central High School in Kentucky, pleaded guilty in federal court to attempted online enticement of a minor after contacting a student through a school messaging platform. In his plea agreement he admitted to enticing the victim to engage in sexual contact in his office. On December 18, 2025, he was sentenced to 120 months in federal prison followed by 10 years of supervised release.","verified_at":"2026-10-12"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"nathaniel-erfurth-ak-2025","case_status":"Convicted","corrected_at":null,"county":"Kenai Peninsula","date":"2025-12-18","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Kenai Peninsula Borough School District","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Nathaniel Erfurth","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Soldotna High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Alaska Public Media","url":"https://alaskapublic.org/news/public-safety/2025-12-29/erfurth-to-serve-20-plus-years-in-student-sex-abuse-case"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KDLL","url":"https://www.kdll.org/local-news/2025-12-18/erfurth-to-serve-20-plus-years-in-student-sex-abuse-case"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Peninsula Clarion","url":"https://www.peninsulaclarion.com/news/erfurth-found-guilty-on-28-counts-for-sex-abuse-exploitation-of-a-minor/"}],"state":"AK","state_name":"Alaska","summary":"Nathaniel Erfurth, a history teacher at Soldotna High School and former local teachers union president, was found guilty by a jury in August 2025 of 24 counts of second-degree sexual abuse of a minor and four counts of unlawful exploitation of a minor involving a former student. He was sentenced in December 2025 to 77 years and one month, with 20 years and one month to serve.","verified_at":"2026-10-03"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"lisette-ortega-veles-ca-2025","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"San Diego","date":"2025-12-11","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Lisette Ortega Veles","noindex":false,"role":"aide","school":"Mar Vista High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"New York Post","url":"https://nypost.com/2025/09/14/us-news/california-school-aide-lisette-ortega-veles-pleads-guilty-to-having-sex-with-student/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"NBC 7 San Diego (City News Service)","url":"https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/ex-imperial-beach-school-aide-sex-with-student-will-serve-no-jail-time/3944525/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KGTV 10News (City News Service)","url":"https://www.10news.com/news/local-news/ex-campus-aide-pleads-guilty-to-sex-crimes-involving-mar-vista-high-school-student"}],"state":"CA","state_name":"California","summary":"Lisette Ortega Veles, a student support aide at Mar Vista High School in Imperial Beach employed through an outside contractor, pleaded guilty on September 11, 2025, to unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor and oral copulation with a minor involving a 17-year-old student. On December 11, 2025, she was sentenced to six months in a county work furlough program and probation, plus a 10-year protective order.","verified_at":"2026-10-03"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"nixel-ortiz-ne-2025","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Madison","date":"2025-11-21","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Madison Public Schools","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Nixel Ortiz","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":null,"sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"1011Now","url":"https://www.1011now.com/2025/11/21/former-nebraska-teacher-sentenced-probation-after-sexually-abusing-student/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Norfolk Daily News","url":"https://norfolkdailynews.com/select/former-madison-teacher-sentenced-to-probation-for-sexual-encounter-with-student/article_30c8127b-c337-437e-8214-91da6ec98d28.html"}],"state":"NE","state_name":"Nebraska","summary":"Nixel Ortiz, a middle school English teacher with Madison Public Schools in Nebraska, pleaded guilty in October 2025 to a reduced charge of attempted first-degree sexual abuse by a school employee involving an 18-year-old high school student. On November 21, 2025, she was sentenced to two years of probation and fined $2,000, and she must register as a sex offender for 25 years.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"carissa-jane-smith-mo-2025","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":"2026-10-05","county":"Pulaski","date":"2025-11-19","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Dixon R-1 School District","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Carissa Jane Smith","noindex":false,"role":"aide","school":null,"sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","derived_from":"krcgtv.com","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Fox News","url":"https://www.foxnews.com/us/former-missouri-substitute-teacher-gets-10-years-giving-students-money-drugs-sex"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KRCG 13","url":"https://krcgtv.com/news/local/former-dixon-r-1-teacher-sentenced-to-ten-years-for-sexually-abusing-a-student"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KJLU","url":"https://www.kjluradio.com/newsroom/former-dixon-teacher-who-paid-students-for-sex-is-sentenced-to-10-years-in-prison/article_133b3b13-b5cd-433d-a262-634018ec078f.html"}],"state":"MO","state_name":"Missouri","summary":"Carissa Jane Smith, 31, a former paraprofessional and long-term substitute in the Dixon School District, was sentenced on November 19, 2025 to 10 years in prison. She pleaded guilty in September 2025 to one count of endangering the welfare of a child and two counts of sexual contact with a student, after initially being arrested on 19 counts. The sheriff's office said she offered students money, marijuana and alcohol in return for sex.","verified_at":"2026-10-03"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"elena-bardin-ky-2025","case_status":"Convicted","corrected_at":"2026-10-06","county":"Adair","date":"2025-11-13","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Elena Bardin","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Adair Juvenile Detention Center","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"WKRC Local 12","url":"https://local12.com/news/nation-world/elena-bardin-kentucky-english-married-teacher-acquitted-murder-plot-sentenced-jail-convicted-sexual-abuse-student-divorce"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Laker Country (WJRS)","url":"https://lakercountry.com/2025/11/bardin-sentenced-to-14-years-in-adair-juvenile-detention-sexual-abuse-case/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"WKRC Local 12","url":"https://local12.com/news/nation-world/kentucky-english-teacher-convicted-sexual-abuse-student-acquitted-murder-plot-husband-incarceration-verdict-adair-county-elena-bardin"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":403,"kind":"news","outlet":"Court TV","url":"https://www.courttv.com/news/ex-teacher-to-be-sentenced-for-sex-crimes-involving-incarcerated-minor/"}],"state":"KY","state_name":"Kentucky","summary":"Elena Bardin, an English teacher at the Adair juvenile detention center in Kentucky, was convicted by a jury in September 2025 of sexual abuse, unlawful transaction with a minor and distribution of obscene material to a minor involving a juvenile held at the facility. She was acquitted of solicitation of murder and was sentenced in November 2025 to 14 years in prison.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-11","bid":"dayton-corbett-la-2025","case_status":"Convicted","corrected_at":null,"county":"Caddo","date":"2025-11-12","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Dayton Corbett","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Byrd High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Caddo Parish District Attorney","url":"https://www.caddoda.com/post/dayton-corbett-convicted-of-prohibited-sexual-contact"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","derived_from":"caddo parish district attorney","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"The Shreveport-Bossier City Advocate (Manship)","url":"https://www.shreveportbossieradvocate.com/news/shreveport-byrd-coach-teacher-guilty-sexual-contact/article_e6ac482c-63d9-448c-ad9e-f9a4a6a7355d.html"}],"state":"LA","state_name":"Louisiana","summary":"Dayton Corbett, a former history teacher and football coach at Byrd High School in Shreveport, was found guilty in a bench trial of prohibited sexual contact between an educator and a student, involving a student during the 2021-22 school year. On November 12, 2025, he was sentenced to six months in jail, suspended, one year of supervised probation, and 15 years of sex offender registration.","verified_at":"2026-10-11"},{"added_at":"2026-10-11","bid":"kassidy-alexander-ks-2025","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Johnson","date":"2025-11-12","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"De Soto USD 232","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Kassidy Alexander","noindex":false,"role":"aide","school":"Lexington Trails Middle School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":403,"kind":"news","outlet":"Johnson County Post","url":"https://johnsoncountypost.com/?p=274226"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KCTV5 (Gray)","url":"https://www.kctv5.com/2025/11/13/former-de-soto-paraprofessional-sentenced-having-sexual-relationship-with-student/"}],"state":"KS","state_name":"Kansas","summary":"Kassidy Alexander, a former paraprofessional at Lexington Trails Middle School in the De Soto district, pleaded guilty in September 2025 to one count of unlawful sexual relations with a male student older than 16. In November 2025 she was sentenced to 36 months of probation with an underlying 34-month prison term, and 25 years of sex offender registration.","verified_at":"2026-10-11"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"jeffrey-knight-ma-2025","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Norfolk","date":"2025-10-27","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Jeffrey Knight","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Cohasset Middle School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"NBC Boston","url":"https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/former-cohasset-middle-school-teacher-sentenced-in-sexual-assaults-on-students/3834788/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Boston.com","url":"https://www.boston.com/news/crime/2025/10/29/former-south-shore-teacher-charged-with-sexually-assaulting-students-pleads-guilty/"}],"state":"MA","state_name":"Massachusetts","summary":"Jeffrey Knight, 64, a former Cohasset Middle School teacher, pleaded guilty and was sentenced October 27, 2025 in Norfolk Superior Court to two and a half years in prison for sexually assaulting two students from his 7th- and 8th-grade classes. He had previously been convicted of assaulting a third Cohasset student and was sentenced in that case in 2021. He also received five years of probation, including no contact with children under 16 except his grandchildren.","verified_at":"2026-10-03"},{"added_at":"2026-10-11","bid":"jesse-rex-orndoff-or-2025","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Jackson","date":"2025-10-23","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Rogue River School District","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Jesse Rex Orndoff","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Rogue River Junior-Senior High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Rogue Valley Times","url":"https://rv-times.com/2025/10/23/former-rogue-river-teacher-sentenced-to-4-years-for-sexually-abusing-minor/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KOBI-TV NBC5","url":"https://kobi5.com/news/crime-news/former-teacher-sentenced-to-prison-guilty-of-sex-abuse-related-charges-28598"}],"state":"OR","state_name":"Oregon","summary":"Jesse Rex Orndoff, a former teacher and coach at Rogue River Junior-Senior High School, pleaded guilty to three counts of second-degree sexual abuse, first-degree online sexual corruption of a child and an attempted display-of-a-child count involving a student. On October 23, 2025, a Jackson County judge sentenced him to four years in prison and about six years of post-prison supervision, with sex offender registration.","verified_at":"2026-10-11"},{"added_at":"2026-10-11","bid":"abdul-jameel-wright-mn-2025","case_status":"Convicted","corrected_at":null,"county":null,"date":"2025-10-17","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Abdul Jameel Wright","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Harvest Best Academy","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"Hennepin County Attorney’s Office (county prosecutor)","url":"https://www.hennepinattorney.org/news/news/2025/October/wright-sentencing"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"Hennepin County Attorney’s Office (county prosecutor)","url":"https://www.hennepinattorney.org/news/news/2025/September/wright-verdict"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":403,"kind":"news","outlet":"Sahan Journal (independent nonprofit)","url":"https://sahanjournal.com/public-safety/abdul-wright-minnesota-teacher-of-the-year-sentenced-sexual-abuse/"}],"state":"MN","state_name":"Minnesota","summary":"Abdul Jameel Wright was an eighth-grade language arts teacher at Harvest Best Academy who was convicted at a bench trial of first-degree criminal sexual conduct involving a student. On October 17, 2025, he was sentenced to 172 months in prison, with ten years of conditional release and required offender registration.","verified_at":"2026-10-11"},{"added_at":"2026-10-11","bid":"brian-hoogendijk-or-2025","case_status":"Convicted","corrected_at":null,"county":"Tillamook","date":"2025-10-17","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Nestucca Valley School District","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Brian Hoogendijk","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Nestucca High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Tillamook Headlight-Herald","url":"https://www.tillamookheadlightherald.com/news/former-nestucca-teacher-found-guilty-of-sexual-abuse/article_b558623e-ce00-4334-b591-c07fb880e7b3.html"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KATU","url":"https://katu.com/news/local/nestucca-teacher-sentenced-to-30-days-in-jail-for-sex-abuse-conviction-brian-hoogendijk-probation"}],"state":"OR","state_name":"Oregon","summary":"Brian Hoogendijk, a former teacher at Nestucca High School, was convicted by a jury in September 2025 of three counts of third-degree sexual abuse, a misdemeanor, involving a student; he was acquitted on a fourth count. On October 17, 2025, he was sentenced to 30 days in jail and 60 months of probation and ordered to undergo a sex offender evaluation.","verified_at":"2026-10-11"},{"added_at":"2026-10-11","bid":"cory-kapahulehua-az-2025","case_status":"Convicted","corrected_at":null,"county":"Maricopa","date":"2025-10-17","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Cory Kapahulehua","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Arizona Agribusiness and Equine Center (Mesa campus)","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":403,"kind":"news","outlet":"KTAR News","url":"https://ktar.com/arizona-news/mesa-teacher-sex-crimes-sentence"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Arizona's Family (KTVK/KPHO)","url":"https://www.azfamily.com/2025/10/28/ex-mesa-teacher-sentenced-180-years-prison-sex-with-students"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KUTV","url":"https://kutv.com/news/nation-world/former-teacher-sentenced-to-187-years-in-prison-for-having-sex-with-2-teenage-students-maricopa-county-phoenix-arizona-attorneys-office-sexual-predators-molestation-abuse-assault"}],"state":"AZ","state_name":"Arizona","summary":"Cory Kapahulehua, a teacher at the Arizona Agribusiness and Equine Center charter high school in Mesa, was found guilty by a jury in September 2025 of 17 felony counts, including sexual conduct with a minor, involving two students aged 14 and 17. On October 17, 2025, he was sentenced to 187 years in prison. An appeal was pending as of October 2026.","verified_at":"2026-10-11"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"andrew-palmore-tx-2025","case_status":"Convicted","corrected_at":null,"county":"Hays","date":"2025-10-16","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Hays Consolidated ISD","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Andrew Palmore","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Blanco Vista Elementary School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":403,"kind":"news","outlet":"KXAN","url":"https://www.kxan.com/news/crime/former-central-texas-teacher-of-20-years-sentenced-to-life-in-prison-for-continuous-sexual-abuse-of-a-child/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Hays Free Press","url":"https://www.haysfreepress.com/article/25696,former-hays-cisd-teacher-receives-life-for-sexual-abuse-of-children"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"FOX 7 Austin","url":"https://www.fox7austin.com/news/former-texas-elementary-school-teacher-gets-life-in-prison-for-sexual-abuse-of-children"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"CBS Austin","url":"https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/former-hays-cisd-teacher-sentenced-to-life-for-continuous-child-sexual-abuse"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Gray News (KSWO)","url":"https://www.kswo.com/2025/10/22/teacher-sentenced-prison-after-decades-child-sexual-abuse/"}],"state":"TX","state_name":"Texas","summary":"Andrew Palmore, a former teacher at Blanco Vista Elementary School in Hays CISD who previously taught at Casey Elementary School in Austin, was found guilty by a Hays County jury of continuous sexual abuse of children. On October 16, 2025, the same jury sentenced him to life in prison without the possibility of parole.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"justin-preuschl-sd-2025","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Minnehaha","date":"2025-10-14","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Child Pornography","name":"Justin Preuschl","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Whittier Middle School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"U.S. Attorney's Office, District of South Dakota","url":"https://www.justice.gov/usao-sd/pr/sioux-falls-teacher-sentenced-over-24-years-federal-prison-producing-child-pornography"}],"state":"SD","state_name":"South Dakota","summary":"Justin Preuschl, a former teacher at Whittier Middle School in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, pleaded guilty in July 2025 to four counts of production of child pornography, three counts of attempted production, and one count of transfer of obscene materials to a minor. Victims included some of his own students. On October 14, 2025, he was sentenced to 24 years and 4 months in federal prison and 7 years of supervised release.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-11","bid":"jerome-c-riscovallez-ks-2025","case_status":"No Contest Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Leavenworth","date":"2025-10-10","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Leavenworth School District","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Jerome C. Riscovallez","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":null,"sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KSHB 41 (Scripps)","url":"https://www.kshb.com/news/crime/former-leavenworth-teacher-sentenced-to-10-years-in-prison-for-child-sex-crimes"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Tonganoxie Mirror","url":"https://www.tonganoxiemirror.com/top-news/2025/oct/15/former-leavenworth-district-teacher-sentenced-for-sex-crimes/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KCTV5 (Gray)","url":"https://www.kctv5.com/2025/10/10/former-kansas-teacher-sentenced-prison-sexual-abuse-multiple-students/"}],"state":"KS","state_name":"Kansas","summary":"Jerome C. Riscovallez, a former elementary teacher in the Leavenworth School District, pleaded no contest to two counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child involving students in his classroom. 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On October 6, 2025 she was sentenced to 15 years in prison and lifetime Tier III sex offender registration.","verified_at":"2026-10-11"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"joel-munzila-ia-2025","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":null,"date":"2025-09-29","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Iowa City Community School District","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Joel Munzila","noindex":false,"role":"aide","school":"Iowa City West High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"USA Today","url":"https://witness.usatoday.com/story/news/local/2025/10/07/ex-iowa-city-west-high-paraeducator-avoids-prison-time-for-sexual-exploitation/86565523007/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"The Gazette (Cedar Rapids)","url":"https://www.thegazette.com/news/crime-and-courts/former-iowa-city-paraeducator-sentenced-to-probation-instead-of-prison/article_f53391dc-b198-5d0f-a299-7a9a71c66007.html"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KCRG","url":"https://www.kcrg.com/2025/10/02/iowa-city-schools-employee-avoids-prison-sexually-exploiting-student/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"The Daily Iowan","url":"https://dailyiowan.com/2025/03/13/former-iowa-city-paraeducator-pleads-guilty-to-sexual-exploitation-of-a-student/"}],"state":"IA","state_name":"Iowa","summary":"Joel Munzila, a former paraeducator at Iowa City West High School, pleaded guilty in March 2025 to sexual exploitation by a school employee involving a student. 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A judge sentenced him to 20 years in prison on each charge, and he must register as a sex offender for life.","verified_at":"2026-10-03"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"kim-kenneth-wilson-ca-2025","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":"2026-10-10","county":"Sacramento","date":"2025-08-22","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Kim Kenneth Wilson","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Del Paso Heights Elementary School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"USA Today","url":"https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/crime/2025/08/23/california-teacher-filmed-students-child-sexual-abuse/85797338007/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Sacramento County District Attorney","url":"https://www.sacda.org/2025/08/former-elementary-school-teacher-sentenced-for-child-sexual-assault/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":403,"kind":"news","outlet":"EdSource","url":"https://edsource.org/updates/twin-rivers-unified-settles-6-million-sex-abuse-suit-as-teacher-faces-prison-time"}],"state":"CA","state_name":"California","summary":"Kim Kenneth Wilson, a longtime teacher at Del Paso Heights Elementary School in Sacramento, pleaded guilty on February 25, 2025, to nine counts of committing lewd acts upon a child and admitted multiple-victim and position-of-trust allegations involving female students. 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The victim was a student receiving special education services at the school. On August 18, 2025, Witt was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison followed by 5 years of supervised release.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-12","bid":"brian-crowder-il-2025","case_status":"Convicted","corrected_at":null,"county":"Cook","date":"2025-08-12","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Chicago Public Schools","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Brian Crowder","noindex":false,"role":"staff","school":"Greater Lawndale High School for Social Justice","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Chicago Sun-Times (Chicago Public Media)","url":"https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2025/08/12/former-cps-dean-sexual-abuse-lawndale"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"CBS Chicago (CBS-owned)","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/chicago/news/brian-crowder-former-cps-dean-sentenced-sexual-assault-student/"}],"state":"IL","state_name":"Illinois","summary":"Brian Crowder, a former dean of students at Greater Lawndale High School for Social Justice in Chicago, was found guilty by a Cook County jury in July 2025 of aggravated criminal sexual assault, criminal sexual assault and aggravated criminal sexual abuse involving a student. On August 12, 2025, he was sentenced to 22 years in prison.","verified_at":"2026-10-12"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"winston-h-foster-fl-2025","case_status":"Convicted","corrected_at":null,"county":"Escambia","date":"2025-08-07","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Escambia County Public Schools","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Winston H. Foster","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":null,"sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"State Attorney 1st Judicial Circuit","url":"https://www.osa1.org/former-escambia-county-teacher-sentenced-for-sexually-abusing-minor/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"WEAR-TV (Sinclair)","url":"https://weartv.com/news/local/former-escambia-county-art-teacher-sentenced-to-54-years-for-sex-crimes-with-student"}],"state":"FL","state_name":"Florida","summary":"Winston H. 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Under a plea agreement she received 10 years of probation, with deferred adjudication on some counts, and must register as a sex offender for life.","verified_at":"2026-10-03"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"brittany-eisner-in-2025","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":null,"date":"2025-07-28","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"New Albany-Floyd County Schools","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Brittany Eisner","noindex":false,"role":"counselor","school":"Floyd Central High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"WAVE","url":"https://www.wave3.com/2025/07/28/former-southern-indiana-high-school-counselor-sentenced-child-seduction-charges/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"News and Tribune","url":"https://www.newsandtribune.com/news/former-floyd-central-counselor-sentenced-for-child-seduction/article_e0e7c3d7-7f0d-48a9-adea-7f8ddeaa20e2.html"}],"state":"IN","state_name":"Indiana","summary":"Brittany Eisner, a former counselor at Floyd Central High School in the New Albany-Floyd County Schools district in Indiana, pleaded guilty to child seduction and contributing to the delinquency of a minor involving a student. 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On July 10, 2025 she was sentenced to one year in prison and classified as a Tier I sex offender.","verified_at":"2026-10-11"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"timothy-daugherty-mi-2025","case_status":"Convicted","corrected_at":null,"county":"Oakland","date":"2025-07-08","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Huron Valley Schools","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Timothy Daugherty","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Spring Mills Elementary","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"CBS News","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news/former-michigan-substitute-teacher-sentenced-sexual-assault/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"WXYZ Detroit","url":"https://www.wxyz.com/news/ex-substitute-convicted-of-sexually-assaulting-3-young-students-gets-10-15-years-in-prison"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"WDIV ClickOnDetroit","url":"https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2025/07/08/ex-oakland-county-substitute-teacher-gets-10-15-years-in-prison-for-sexually-assaulting-students/"}],"state":"MI","state_name":"Michigan","summary":"Timothy Daugherty, a substitute teacher at Spring Mills Elementary in the Huron Valley school district in Oakland County, Michigan, was found guilty in May 2025 of six counts of second-degree criminal sexual conduct involving students. 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The verdict followed a five-day trial. 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He was sentenced to 177 months in state prison followed by lifetime sex-offender probation and electronic monitoring.","verified_at":"2026-10-03"},{"added_at":"2026-10-11","bid":"emily-nutley-oh-2025","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Hamilton","date":"2025-06-10","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Emily Nutley","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"St. Xavier High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"WCPO","url":"https://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news/former-st-xavier-high-school-teacher-sentenced-to-prison-for-sexual-battery-of-a-student"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"FOX19","url":"https://www.fox19.com/2025/04/07/fired-st-xavier-teacher-pleads-guilty-sexual-encounters-with-student/"}],"state":"OH","state_name":"Ohio","summary":"Emily Nutley, a former teacher at St. Xavier High School in Cincinnati who ran a program for struggling students, pleaded guilty on April 7, 2025 to two counts of sexual battery involving a student in that program. 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She later served as principal of A.I. du Pont Middle School. 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Prosecutors said he used social media in October 2023 to ask two students he knew to be minors for explicit images. He was sentenced in May 2025 to 84 months in prison followed by eight years of supervised release.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"samantha-meyer-davis-ia-2025","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Humboldt","date":"2025-04-30","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"plea","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Samantha Meyer-Davis","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":null,"sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Iowa","url":"https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndia/pr/former-teacher-pleads-guilty-sexual-exploitation-student"}],"state":"IA","state_name":"Iowa","summary":"Samantha Meyer-Davis, a former middle school teacher from Rutland, Iowa, pleaded guilty in federal court on April 30, 2025, to one count of sexual exploitation of a child involving a student from May 2022 through November 2023. She faced a mandatory minimum of 15 years in federal prison at sentencing.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-12","bid":"jeremy-pakyin-yeh-ca-2025","case_status":"Convicted","corrected_at":null,"county":"San Mateo","date":"2025-04-25","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"San Bruno Park School District","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Jeremy Pakyin Yeh","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Allen Elementary School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"CBS San Francisco","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/former-san-bruno-teacher-jeremy-pakyin-yeh-200-years-to-life-child-molestation/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KTVU (Fox)","url":"https://www.ktvu.com/news/san-bruno-park-school-district-hit-lawsuit-after-teacher-found-guilty-molesting-students"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"San Mateo Daily Journal","url":"https://www.smdailyjournal.com/news/local/former-san-bruno-teacher-guilty-of-molesting-students/article_57b6dc1e-f646-11ef-97e5-37cfca20e0a2.html"}],"state":"CA","state_name":"California","summary":"Jeremy Pakyin Yeh, a former first- and second-grade teacher at Allen and El Crystal elementary schools in the San Bruno Park School District, was convicted in February 2025 after a trial of 17 felony counts of child molestation involving four students. On April 25, 2025, he was sentenced to 200 years to life in state prison.","verified_at":"2026-10-12"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"brendan-barnett-az-2024","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Maricopa","date":"2025-04-17","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Litchfield Elementary School District","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Brendan Barnett","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Verrado Middle School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"ABC15 (KNXV, Scripps)","url":"https://www.abc15.com/news/crime/former-buckeye-teacher-sentenced-to-4-5-years-in-prison-for-luring-kidnapping-a-child"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"InBuckeye","url":"https://inbuckeye.com/crime/verrado-teacher-sentenced-to-4-years-related-to-kidnapping-luring-12-year-old-for-sex/"}],"state":"AZ","state_name":"Arizona","summary":"Brendan Barnett, a sixth-grade history teacher at Verrado Middle School in the Litchfield Elementary School District in Buckeye, Arizona, accepted a plea agreement on charges related to luring a 12-year-old student for sexual exploitation and attempted kidnapping. On April 17, 2025, a Maricopa County Superior Court judge sentenced him to four and a half years in prison.","verified_at":"2026-10-03"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"jake-jackson-wa-2025","case_status":"Convicted","corrected_at":"2026-10-08","county":"Pierce","date":"2025-04-17","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Jacob Jackson","noindex":false,"role":"coach","school":"Sumner High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"FOX 13 Seattle","url":"https://www.fox13seattle.com/video/1626955"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KIRO 7","url":"https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/former-sumner-hs-coach-sentenced-40-years-prison-sexually-abusing-players/JZTXPGBDYJFMXBO7SULLIPZU5I/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","derived_from":"komonews.com","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KOMO News (via WJLA)","url":"https://wjla.com/news/nation-world/former-sumner-high-basketball-coach-to-be-sentenced-for-sex-crimes-against-teen-players"}],"state":"WA","state_name":"Washington","summary":"Jacob Jackson, a former head boys basketball coach at Sumner High School, was found guilty in January 2025 of 19 counts, including rape and molestation, involving eight teenage boys who played on his team. On April 17, 2025, a Pierce County Superior Court judge imposed an exceptional sentence of 40 years in prison.","verified_at":"2026-10-03"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"annaleigh-andrews-tx-2025","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Nacogdoches","date":"2025-04-08","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Nacogdoches Independent School District","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Annaleigh Andrews","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"McMichael Middle School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KWTX","url":"https://www.kwtx.com/2025/04/08/former-nacogdoches-texas-teacher-sentenced-prison-relationship-with-student/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"The Daily Sentinel (Nacogdoches)","url":"https://www.dailysentinel.com/news/local/ex-teacher-gets-2-year-term-over-sex-with-student/article_2d041c3e-e90e-5dbb-b081-04f578b88a2d.html"}],"state":"TX","state_name":"Texas","summary":"Annaleigh Andrews, 26, a former McMichael Middle School teacher in Nacogdoches ISD, was sentenced April 8, 2025 to two years in prison after pleading guilty to four counts of sexual assault of a child and three counts of online solicitation of a minor. She was also fined $5,000 and must register as a sex offender for life. 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He received a 10-year suspended sentence conditioned on serving 90 days in the Ottawa County Jail, plus probation and sex offender registration.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"john-collett-tx-2025","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Denton County","date":"2025-03-28","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Lewisville Independent School District","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"John Collett","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Camey Elementary","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Texas Scorecard","url":"https://texasscorecard.com/local/two-texas-teachers-sentenced-in-separate-student-sex-crime-cases/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Denton Record-Chronicle","url":"https://dentonrc.com/news/crime/ex-lewisville-isd-elementary-teacher-gets-20-years-in-prison-for-sexual-abuse-of-student/article_f7753818-4e55-4dd8-b5f9-06b7cb07de98.html"}],"state":"TX","state_name":"Texas","summary":"John Collett, a former teacher at Camey Elementary in Lewisville ISD and a 2020 Teacher of the Year, pleaded guilty to aggravated sexual assault of a child, improper relationship between educator and student, and two counts of indecency with a child. The case involved a 10-year-old student. 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On March 28, 2025, he was sentenced to 68 months in prison and 25 years of sex offender registration.","verified_at":"2026-10-11"},{"added_at":"2026-10-12","bid":"kristin-rose-kirker-mo-2025","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Scott","date":"2025-03-25","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Kelly R-IV School District","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Kristin Rose Kirker","noindex":false,"role":"aide","school":"Kelly High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KFVS12 (Gray)","url":"https://www.kfvs12.com/2025/03/25/former-kelly-school-district-teachers-aide-be-sentenced-tues"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Southeast Missourian (Rust Communications)","url":"https://www.semissourian.com/news/kirker-files-guilty-plea-in-criminal-case-involving-sexual-contact-with-student-032d04b3"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KBSI 23","url":"https://www.kbsi23.com/?p=3993663"}],"state":"MO","state_name":"Missouri","summary":"Kristin Rose Kirker, a former teacher's aide at Kelly High School in Scott County, Missouri, pleaded guilty on January 28, 2025, to one felony count of sexual contact with a student. 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Surveillance footage showed him propping open an exterior door before the student entered and walked into his office. 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The victims were three boys who were students at the school. 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Three other charges were dismissed. 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On January 21, 2025, he was sentenced to 35 years in federal prison followed by lifetime supervised release. The Fourth Circuit affirmed in June 2026.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"vander-linden-ks-2025","case_status":"No Contest Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Coffey","date":"2025-01-09","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Michael Vander Linden","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Burlington High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KWCH","url":"https://www.kwch.com/2025/01/10/burlington-teacher-coach-sentenced-sexual-abuse-teens/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"Kansas Bureau of Investigation","url":"https://www.kansas.gov/kbi/docs/media%20releases/2025/Media%20Release%20-%20UPDATE%20-%20Former%20Burlington%20wrestling%20coach%20sentenced%20for%20sex%20crimes.pdf"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Hutch Post","url":"https://hutchpost.com/posts/f0b8df7e-c3f6-4ba8-bace-8f597c4553f2"}],"state":"KS","state_name":"Kansas","summary":"Michael Vander Linden, a former Burlington High School teacher and wrestling coach, pleaded no contest on October 31, 2024, to three counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child involving two students who were 15 in 2012 and 2013. On January 9, 2025, a Coffey County District Court judge sentenced him to 36 months in prison and lifetime offender registration.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"joshua-garret-blaxton-ga-2025","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Evans","date":"2025-01-07","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Joshua Garret Blaxton","noindex":false,"role":"coach","school":"Pinewood Christian Academy","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Thegeorgiavirtue","url":"https://www.thegeorgiavirtue.com/local-news-south-georgia/former-pinewood-coach-sentenced-in-evans-county-court-clerks-office-tries-to-keep-details-private/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Southeast Georgia Today","url":"https://southeastgeorgiatoday.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=98947:former-pinewood-academy-coach-enters-plea&catid=1023&Itemid=101"}],"state":"GA","state_name":"Georgia","summary":"Joshua Garret Blaxton, a former coach at Pinewood Christian Academy in Bellville, Georgia, pleaded guilty on January 7, 2025, to seven counts including sexual contact by a person in a position of trust and computer child exploitation. The charges followed a GBI investigation into explicit messages he sent to female high school students at the school. He was sentenced to three years in prison followed by 17 years of probation and must register as a sex offender.","verified_at":"2026-10-03"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"mason-isaiah-dominguez-or-2025","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Washington","date":"2025-01-07","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Sherwood School District","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Mason Isaiah Dominguez","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Sherwood High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KPTV","url":"https://www.kptv.com/2025/01/08/former-sherwood-student-teacher-sentenced-3-years-relationship-with-student/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Washington County District Attorney's Office","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyda.org/news/former-high-school-student-teacher-sentenced-36-months-prison-inappropriate-relationship"}],"state":"OR","state_name":"Oregon","summary":"Mason Isaiah Dominguez, 25, a former student teacher at Sherwood High School, was sentenced on January 7, 2025 to 36 months in prison after pleading guilty to attempted using a child in display of sexually explicit conduct and two counts of luring a minor. A student reported they had exchanged hundreds of social media messages and that he sent her sexually graphic videos and photos of himself. He must register as a sex offender.","verified_at":"2026-10-03"},{"added_at":"2026-10-11","bid":"david-cooper-ne-2025","case_status":"No Contest Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Lincoln","date":"2025-01-06","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"David Cooper","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"North Platte High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Nebraska.tv (Sinclair)","url":"https://nebraska.tv/news/local/former-north-platte-teacher-david-cooper-sentenced-in-sexual-abuse-by-school-employee-case-witness-tampering-seven-years-lincoln-county-district-court"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KNOP News 2 (Gray)","url":"https://www.knopnews2.com/2025/01/06/former-north-platte-teacher-sentenced-sexual-abuse-witness-tampering"}],"state":"NE","state_name":"Nebraska","summary":"David Cooper, a former North Platte High School teacher, pleaded no contest in November 2024 to attempted first-degree and third-degree sexual abuse by a school employee involving a student, and admitted a related witness-tampering charge. On January 6, 2025, he was sentenced to seven years in prison and ordered to register as a sex offender for 25 years.","verified_at":"2026-10-11"},{"added_at":"2026-10-11","bid":"louis-cirino-oh-2024","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Geauga","date":"2024-12-27","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"West Geauga Local Schools","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Louis Cirino","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":null,"sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Cleveland 19 (WOIO, Gray)","url":"https://www.cleveland19.com/2024/12/27/sentencing-former-strongsville-west-geauga-teacher-coach/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Geauga County Maple Leaf","url":"https://www.geaugamapleleaf.com/?p=182872"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"WHIO (Cox Media Group)","url":"https://www.whio.com/news/local/ohio-teacher-learns-sentence-having-relationship-with-minor-student/QCO2VEOAPRDFRHLWLUUJUV3IB4/"}],"state":"OH","state_name":"Ohio","summary":"Louis Cirino, a former teacher and football coach in West Geauga Local Schools and later at Strongsville City Schools, pleaded guilty in November 2024 to one count of gross sexual imposition involving a minor student during 2009 and 2010. On December 27, 2024 he was sentenced to six months in jail and two years of probation, with Tier I sex offender registration.","verified_at":"2026-10-11"},{"added_at":"2026-10-04","bid":"manuel-ponce-tx-2024","case_status":"Convicted","corrected_at":null,"county":"Harris","date":"2024-12-18","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Houston ISD","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Manuel Ponce","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Sutton Elementary School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Houston Chronicle","url":"https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/education/hisd/article/ex-houston-isd-teacher-sentenced-life-sex-abuse-19986542.php"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Univision 45 Houston","url":"https://www.univision.com/local/houston-kxln/manuel-ponce-cadena-perpetua-maestro-agresion-sexual-ninas"}],"state":"TX","state_name":"Texas","summary":"Manuel Ponce, a former second-grade teacher at Sutton Elementary School in Houston ISD, was found guilty by a Harris County jury of sexually abusing four students. On Dec. 18, 2024, he was sentenced to life in prison. His attorney said he anticipated an appeal.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-11","bid":"caroline-johnson-oh-2024","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Scioto","date":"2024-12-12","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Bloom-Vernon Local School District","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Caroline Johnson","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":null,"sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"Ohio Attorney General","url":"https://www.ohioattorneygeneral.gov/Media/News-Releases/December-2024/Former-Scioto-County-Teacher-Sentenced-to-Prison-f"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Scioto Post","url":"https://www.sciotopost.com/former-scioto-county-teacher-sentenced-to-prison-for-sexual-relationship-with-student/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"WHIO","url":"https://www.whio.com/news/local/former-teacher-serve-1-year-sentence-after-relationship-with-student/F4DCIVGOURG47DX7VTKIVPPZVM/"}],"state":"OH","state_name":"Ohio","summary":"Caroline Johnson, a former teacher, coach and intervention specialist in the Bloom-Vernon Local School District in Scioto County, Ohio, pleaded guilty in October 2024 to two counts of sexual battery involving a minor student. She was sentenced on December 12, 2024 to one year in prison and lifetime Tier III sex offender registration.","verified_at":"2026-10-11"},{"added_at":"2026-10-11","bid":"keil-e-hileman-ks-2024","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Johnson","date":"2024-11-08","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"De Soto USD 232","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Keil E. Hileman","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Monticello Trails Middle School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":403,"kind":"news","outlet":"Johnson County Post","url":"https://johnsoncountypost.com/2024/11/08/former-usd-232-teacher-sentenced-246788"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KCTV5 (Gray)","url":"https://www.kctv5.com/2024/11/08/former-teacher-who-pleaded-guilty-child-sex-crimes-sentenced-prison/"}],"state":"KS","state_name":"Kansas","summary":"Keil E. Hileman, a former social studies teacher at Monticello Trails Middle School in Shawnee, pleaded guilty in August 2024 to two counts of attempted unlawful sexual relations with students under a plea agreement. On November 8, 2024, a Johnson County judge sentenced him to 24 months in prison and 25 years of sex offender registration.","verified_at":"2026-10-11"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"michael-allen-dendy-ga-2024","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Washington","date":"2024-11-07","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Child Pornography","name":"Michael Allen Dendy","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Washington County High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"U.S. Attorney's Office, Middle District of Georgia","url":"https://www.justice.gov/usao-mdga/pr/former-teacher-who-catfished-students-sentenced-33-years-prison"}],"state":"GA","state_name":"Georgia","summary":"Michael Allen Dendy, a former teacher at Washington County High School in Sandersville, Georgia, pleaded guilty in federal court on July 30, 2024, to one count of production and one count of distribution of child pornography. He admitted using fake social media identities to obtain nude images, including from underage students at the school. On November 7, 2024, he was sentenced to 400 months (33 years) in prison followed by 10 years of supervised release.","verified_at":"2026-10-03"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"lawrence-fourkiller-ok-2024","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Adair","date":"2024-11-01","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Stilwell Public Schools","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Lawrence Fourkiller","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Stilwell Elementary School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"U.S. Department of Justice, Eastern District of Oklahoma","url":"https://www.justice.gov/usao-edok/pr/former-stilwell-teacher-sentenced-thirty-five-years-aggravated-sexual-abuse-child"}],"state":"OK","state_name":"Oklahoma","summary":"Lawrence Fourkiller, 48, a former second-grade teacher at Stilwell Elementary School in Adair County, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 35 years in federal prison for aggravated sexual abuse of a child in Indian Country. 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On October 8, 2024, he was sentenced to 25 years in prison, suspended after eight years, followed by 35 years of probation, and ordered to register as a sex offender.","verified_at":"2026-10-03"},{"added_at":"2026-10-11","bid":"jose-luis-flores-montelongo-nv-2024","case_status":"No Contest Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Washoe","date":"2024-09-20","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Washoe County School District","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Jose Luis Flores-Montelongo","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":null,"sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"Washoe County District Attorney's Office","url":"https://washoelife.washoecounty.gov/da/da-chris-hicks-announces-sentencing-of-former-wcsd-teacher-for-sexual-abuse/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KOLO 8 (Gray)","url":"https://www.kolotv.com/2024/09/20/former-washoe-county-music-teacher-sentenced-50-years-sexual-abuse-12-year-old-victim/"}],"state":"NV","state_name":"Nevada","summary":"Jose Luis Flores-Montelongo, a Washoe County School District middle school music teacher, pleaded no contest to attempted sexual assault against a child under 14, attempted sexual assault against a child under 16, and attempted lewdness with a child under 14, involving two female students. On September 20, 2024, he was sentenced to a total of 50 years in prison, with parole eligibility after 20 years.","verified_at":"2026-10-11"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"jacob-conrad-de-la-paz-la-2024","case_status":"Convicted","corrected_at":null,"county":"Vermilion","date":"2024-09-16","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Child Pornography","name":"Jacob Conrad De La Paz","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"North Vermilion High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Louisiana","url":"https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdla/pr/former-lafayette-and-vermilion-parish-educator-sentenced-federal-court-child"}],"state":"LA","state_name":"Louisiana","summary":"Jacob Conrad De La Paz, a former math teacher at North Vermilion High School and former teacher and coach at St. Thomas More Catholic High School in Lafayette, was convicted by a federal jury in May 2024 of attempted receipt of child pornography involving a former student. On September 16, 2024, he was sentenced to 84 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"jeremy-schobel-pa-2024","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Montgomery","date":"2024-09-11","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Lower Merion School District","incident_type":"Child Pornography","name":"Jeremy Schobel","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Harriton High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Pennsylvania","url":"https://www.justice.gov/usao-edpa/pr/former-high-school-teacher-sentenced-30-years-prison-sexual-abuse-and-exploitation"}],"state":"PA","state_name":"Pennsylvania","summary":"Jeremy Schobel, a former teacher at Harriton High School in Lower Merion Township and the High School of Creative and Performing Arts in Philadelphia, pleaded guilty in March 2024 to receipt of child pornography and five counts of manufacture of child pornography. He posed online as minor girls, often from Harriton classrooms, to obtain explicit images from underage girls, including a student at his school. 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A judgment filed September 4, 2024 sentenced him to 25 months of incarceration and 36 months of community custody. 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The victim was a foreign exchange student living in his home. 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A Jackson County circuit judge sentenced him the same day to 15 years on the touching count and concurrent 40-year terms with 20 suspended on the exploitation counts, and he must register as a sex offender.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-11","bid":"michelle-christine-solis-ca-2024","case_status":"No Contest Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Butte","date":"2024-07-18","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Gridley Unified School District","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Michelle Christine Solis","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Sycamore Junior High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KRCR (Sinclair)","url":"https://krcrtv.com/news/local/former-gridley-teacher-sentenced-to-4-years-for-sexual-relationship-with-student"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KRCR (Sinclair)","url":"https://krcrtv.com/news/local/former-gridley-teacher-admits-to-having-sex-with-student"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":403,"kind":"news","outlet":"Gridley Herald","url":"https://www.gridleyherald.com/2024/07/19/498656/former-gridley-teacher-sentenced-to-prison-for-sex-with-student"}],"state":"CA","state_name":"California","summary":"Michelle Christine Solis, a teacher in Gridley, California, pleaded no contest to unlawful sexual conduct with a 14-year-old eighth-grade student in her class. 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According to his plea agreement, Zaheri began a sexual relationship in summer 2022 with a 17-year-old student at the high school where he taught that continued through the school year, and he produced sexually explicit images and videos of her using his cellphone.","verified_at":"2026-10-03"},{"added_at":"2026-10-04","bid":"ian-milam-ny-2024","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":null,"date":"2024-06-27","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Spencerport Central School District","incident_type":"Child Pornography","name":"Ian Milam","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Cosgrove Middle School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of New York","url":"https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdny/pr/former-spencerport-teacher-pleads-guilty-receipt-child-pornography"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"13WHAM","url":"https://13wham.com/news/local/former-spencerport-middle-school-teacher-sentenced-on-child-porn-charge-ian-milan-cosgrove-middle-school-snapchat"}],"state":"NY","state_name":"New York","summary":"Ian Milam, a math teacher at Cosgrove Middle School in the Spencerport school district, pleaded guilty in federal court on March 5, 2024, to receipt of child pornography after persuading a 12-year-old student to send him explicit images. On June 27, 2024, he was sentenced to 14 years in prison.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"robert-p-denise-jr-co-2026","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Larimer","date":"2024-06-20","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Poudre School District","incident_type":"Child Pornography","name":"Robert P. 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On June 20, 2024, he was sentenced to 16 years in the Colorado Department of Corrections followed by 10 years of sex offender intensive supervised probation and was required to register as a sex offender.","verified_at":"2026-10-03"},{"added_at":"2026-10-11","bid":"jeffrey-clayton-fl-2024","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Duval","date":"2024-06-14","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Jeffrey Clayton","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Douglas Anderson School of the Arts","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"State Attorney's Office, 4th Judicial Circuit of Florida","url":"https://sao4th.com/news/2024/high-school-teacher-sentenced-to-10-years-for-crimes-against-student/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Jacksonville Today","url":"https://jaxtoday.org/2024/06/14/former-douglas-anderson-teacher-sentenced-to-10-years/"}],"state":"FL","state_name":"Florida","summary":"Jeffrey Clayton, a former music teacher at Douglas Anderson School of the Arts in Jacksonville, pleaded guilty to lewd or lascivious offenses and offenses against a student by an authority figure involving a 16-year-old student. He was sentenced in June 2024 to 10 years in Florida State Prison followed by three years of supervision.","verified_at":"2026-10-11"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"toshemie-wilson-ms-2023","case_status":"Convicted","corrected_at":null,"county":"Monroe","date":"2024-05-29","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Amory School District","incident_type":"Child Pornography","name":"Toshemie Wilson","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Amory High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":403,"kind":"news","outlet":"Mississippitoday","url":"https://mississippitoday.org/2023/12/18/ex-mississippi-teacher-convicted-of-child-exploitation/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Mississippi","url":"https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndms/pr/former-amory-school-teacher-sentenced-192-years-sexual-abuse-former-students"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Mississippi","url":"https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndms/pr/fifth-circuit-affirms-former-amory-school-teachers-conviction-and-192-year-sentence"}],"state":"MS","state_name":"Mississippi","summary":"Toshemie Wilson, a former Amory High School teacher and Technology Students of America adviser in the Amory School District, was convicted by a federal jury in December 2023 of eight counts of sexual exploitation of children for having students produce sexually explicit material. On May 29, 2024, he was sentenced to 192 years in prison, and the Fifth Circuit affirmed the conviction and sentence in 2026.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-11","bid":"paul-herder-ca-2024","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Ventura","date":"2024-05-23","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Paul Herder","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Oak Grove School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Ventura County District Attorney","url":"https://vcdistrictattorney.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Former-Ojai-Teacher-Sentenced-for-Sex-Crimes-Against-Student.pdf"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KEYT","url":"https://keyt.com/news/ventura-county/2024/03/15/former-oak-grove-school-teacher-convicted-of-six-felony-sex-crimes-against-student-thursday/"}],"state":"CA","state_name":"California","summary":"Paul Herder, a former teacher at Oak Grove School, a private school in Ojai, pleaded guilty in March 2024 to six felony counts, including luring a minor and unlawful sexual intercourse, involving a student who was a minor from 2013 to 2017. He admitted abusing a position of trust. 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On May 20, 2024, she was sentenced to 40 years with 34 suspended, for six years to serve, followed by 20 years of supervised probation.","verified_at":"2026-10-11"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"heather-hare-ar-2024","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Saline","date":"2024-05-15","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Heather Hare","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Bryant High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Arkansasonline","url":"https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2024/may/15/former-bryant-teacher-sentenced-to-13-years-in/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Arkansas","url":"https://www.justice.gov/usao-edar/pr/former-bryant-high-school-teacher-sentenced-13-years-federal-prison-transportation"}],"state":"AR","state_name":"Arkansas","summary":"Heather Hare, a Family and Consumer Science teacher at Bryant High School in Arkansas, pleaded guilty in federal court to transporting a minor, a student, across state lines for the purpose of unlawful sexual activity. On May 15, 2024, she was sentenced to 13 years in federal prison followed by lifetime supervised release.","verified_at":"2026-10-03"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"john-vigna-md-2024","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Montgomery","date":"2024-05-07","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Montgomery County Public Schools","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"John Vigna","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Cloverly Elementary School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"WUSA9","url":"https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/crime/former-montgomery-county-teacher-sentenced-new-charges-2017-conviction-overturned/65-7cd320e6-232e-4d7b-a267-cace88b2a890"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"The MoCo Show","url":"https://mocoshow.com/2024/05/07/former-mcps-teacher-accused-of-child-sex-abuse-sentenced1/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"The Baltimore Banner","url":"https://www.thebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/montgomery-county-teacher-pleads-guilty-O234FJBBCBGOXKJ7RG7SRLR6MA/"}],"state":"MD","state_name":"Maryland","summary":"John Vigna, a former teacher at Cloverly Elementary School in Montgomery County Public Schools, pleaded guilty on March 1, 2024, to one count of sexual child abuse and three counts of sexual abuse of a minor. On May 7, 2024, he was sentenced to 30 years in prison, suspended all but time served, with five years of probation and lifetime sex offender registration.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"harold-steven-moore-ok-2024","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":null,"date":"2024-04-11","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Harold Steven Moore","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":null,"sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Oklahoma","url":"https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndok/pr/former-teacher-sentenced-sexual-abuse-and-enticement-minors"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Four States Homepage (KSNF/KODE)","url":"https://fourstateshomepage.com/local-news/former-ok-middle-school-teacher-sentenced-to-15-years-for-sexual-abuse-of-12-year-old-victims/amp"}],"state":"OK","state_name":"Oklahoma","summary":"Harold Steven Moore, a former teacher and coach at a South Coffeyville middle school, was sentenced for two counts of sexual abuse of a minor in Indian Country and coercion and enticement of a minor in Indian Country. The victims included two students at the middle school and a minor he coached. He received 180 months in prison followed by 12 years of supervised release.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-11","bid":"benjamin-rutan-oh-2024","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Franklin","date":"2024-04-01","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"South-Western City Schools","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Benjamin Rutan","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Norton Middle School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"ABC6 WSYX","url":"https://abc6onyourside.com/news/local/teacher-benjamin-rutan-south-western-city-schools-norton-middle-school-sentenced-10-years-prison-relationship-student-unlawful-sexual-conduct-minor"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"WOSU Public Media","url":"https://www.wosu.org/news/2024-04-01/former-south-western-city-schools-teacher-sentenced-to-prison-after-pleading-guilty-to-having-sex-with-a-student"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"10TV WBNS","url":"https://10tv.com/article/news/local/former-south-western-middle-school-teacher-gets-6-years-in-prison/530-5fcb106f-e9dd-4dff-9786-707afafc6a9d"}],"state":"OH","state_name":"Ohio","summary":"Benjamin Rutan, a former language arts teacher and track and basketball coach at Norton Middle School in the South-Western City Schools district, pleaded guilty to two counts of unlawful sexual conduct with a minor involving a student. On April 1, 2024 he was sentenced to six years in prison and Tier II sex offender registration.","verified_at":"2026-10-11"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"lindsey-schneeberger-mn-2024","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Olmsted","date":"2024-04-01","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Pine Island Public Schools","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Lindsey Schneeberger","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":null,"sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"InForum","url":"https://www.inforum.com/news/minnesota/former-se-minnesota-teacher-and-coach-sentenced-for-abusing-student"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KTTC","url":"https://www.kttc.com/2024/04/02/former-pine-island-teacher-coach-sentenced-12-years-sexually-assaulting-former-student/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KTTC","url":"https://www.kttc.com/2025/03/25/former-pine-island-teacher-sentenced-sexually-assaulting-former-student-requests-review-minnesota-supreme-court/"}],"state":"MN","state_name":"Minnesota","summary":"Lindsey Schneeberger, a physical education teacher and coach with Pine Island Public Schools in Minnesota, pleaded guilty on February 6, 2024, to first-degree criminal sexual conduct with a student under 14. She was sentenced on April 1, 2024, to 12 years in prison. In 2025 the Minnesota Court of Appeals affirmed the sentence.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-11","bid":"mckenna-kindred-wa-2024","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Spokane","date":"2024-03-28","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"McKenna Kindred","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Central Valley High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"The Spokesman-Review","url":"https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2024/mar/28/former-spokane-valley-teacher-gets-no-jail-time-fo/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KXLY","url":"https://www.kxly.com/news/former-cvsd-teacher-pleads-guilty-to-sexual-misconduct-charges-required-to-register-as-a-sex/article_8ed91026-ed38-11ee-82f5-efae5c5c3147.html"}],"state":"WA","state_name":"Washington","summary":"McKenna Kindred, a former teacher at Central Valley High School in Spokane Valley, Washington, pleaded guilty to second-degree sexual misconduct with a minor and communication with a minor for immoral purposes involving a 17-year-old student. On March 28, 2024, she was sentenced to probation with no jail time and ordered to register as a sex offender for 10 years.","verified_at":"2026-10-11"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"alden-bunag-hi-2024","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Honolulu","date":"2024-03-25","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"plea","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Alden Bunag","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":null,"sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Honolulu Star-Advertiser","url":"https://www.staradvertiser.com/2024/07/10/breaking-news/former-hawaii-teacher-sentenced-in-child-sex-assault-case/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":403,"kind":"primary","outlet":"Supreme Court of Hawaii (State v. 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Jackson","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Ballard-Hudson Middle School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"13WMAZ","url":"https://www.13wmaz.com/article/news/crime/former-bibb-county-teacher-sentenced-to-50-years-on-child-molestation-charges-georgia/93-a1082084-2c55-4e5b-829d-cd55f5dcbb67"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"WGXA","url":"https://www.wgxa.tv/news/local/man-sentenced-in-macon-to-50-years-for-child-molestation"}],"state":"GA","state_name":"Georgia","summary":"Charles B. Jackson, who worked at Ballard-Hudson Middle School in the Bibb County School District, pleaded guilty in Bibb Superior Court to child molestation, enticing a child for indecent purposes, and sexual contact by a person in a position of trust involving one of his students. He was sentenced to 50 years, the first 25 in prison, and must register as a sex offender for life.","verified_at":"2026-10-11"},{"added_at":"2026-10-04","bid":"erin-nicole-fixico-mitchell-ok-2024","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":"2026-10-07","county":"Pontotoc","date":"2024-03-19","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Erin Nicole Fixico-Mitchell","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Byng High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Oklahoma","url":"https://www.justice.gov/usao-edok/pr/pontotoc-county-teacher-sentenced-sex-abuse-crimes"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KXII","url":"https://www.kxii.com/2024/03/20/pontotoc-county-teacher-sentenced-sexual-abuse/"}],"state":"OK","state_name":"Oklahoma","summary":"Erin Nicole Fixico-Mitchell, a teacher and coach at Ada High School and later Byng High School in Pontotoc County, pleaded guilty on May 10, 2023 to three counts of sexual abuse of a minor in Indian Country involving a student at each school. She was sentenced in federal court to 69 months in prison on each count, to run concurrently, followed by 10 years of supervised release.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"john-mark-hammonds-ak-2021","case_status":"Convicted","corrected_at":null,"county":"Bethel","date":"2024-03-05","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Yupiit School District","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"John Mark Hammonds","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Akiachak School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"Alaska Department of Law","url":"https://law.alaska.gov/press/releases/2024/030624-Hammonds.html"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KYUK","url":"https://www.kyuk.org/public-safety/2024-03-06/former-akiachak-teacher-sentenced-to-86-years-in-prison-for-child-sex-abuse"}],"state":"AK","state_name":"Alaska","summary":"John Mark Hammonds, a teacher at Akiachak School in the Yupiit School District, was found guilty by a jury in 2023 of first- and second-degree sexual abuse of a minor, enticement, and unlawful contact. He was sentenced in March 2024 to 111 years with 25 suspended, leaving 86 years to serve.","verified_at":"2026-10-03"},{"added_at":"2026-10-11","bid":"cassidy-kraus-ia-2024","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Carroll","date":"2024-03-01","date_granularity":"month","date_type":"sentencing","district":"IKM-Manning Community School District","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Cassidy Kraus","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":null,"sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Daily Times Herald (Carroll)","url":"https://carrollspaper.com/news/former-teacher-sentenced-to-33-years-in-prison-for-sex-abuse/article_08fcd9d4-e0a8-11ee-a42f-bb7806395588.html"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"WHO 13","url":"https://digital-release.who13.com/?p=1733973"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"WLOS (Sinclair national desk)","url":"https://wlos.com/news/nation-world/former-iowa-teacher-pleads-guilty-to-sex-abuse-lascivious-acts-with-minors-report-says-cassidy-kraus-ikm-manning-community-school-district-carroll-county-sheriffs"}],"state":"IA","state_name":"Iowa","summary":"Former IKM-Manning middle school reading teacher Cassidy Kraus pleaded guilty under a plea agreement to third-degree sexual abuse, two counts of lascivious acts with a child and three counts of disseminating obscene material to minors. The victims were boys aged 13 and 14, reported as students. In March 2024 she was sentenced to a total of 33 years in prison, with the maximum on each count served consecutively.","verified_at":"2026-10-11"},{"added_at":"2026-10-12","bid":"cody-d-lakose-ia-2024","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Clinton","date":"2024-02-22","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Cody D. LaKose","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Central DeWitt High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KWQC (Gray)","url":"https://www.kwqc.com/2024/03/01/former-central-dewitt-high-school-teacher-pleads-guilty-sex-abuse-case/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"DeWitt Observer","url":"https://www.dewittobserver.com/news/local/lakose-pleads-guilty-as-sex-offender/article_7c2a1ef6-d5b0-11ee-b133-53a7e0ab4e5b.html"}],"state":"IA","state_name":"Iowa","summary":"Cody D. LaKose, a former teacher and coach at Central DeWitt High School in Iowa, filed a written guilty plea on February 21, 2024, to three counts of sexual exploitation by a school employee involving a former student. On February 22, 2024, he was sentenced to 45 days in jail followed by a 10-year special sentence.","verified_at":"2026-10-12"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"louis-carusone-ny-2024","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":null,"date":"2024-02-21","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Brighton Central School District","incident_type":"Child Pornography","name":"Louis Carusone","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":null,"sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of New York","url":"https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdny/pr/former-brighton-high-school-teacher-going-prison-possession-child-pornography"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of New York","url":"https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdny/pr/former-brighton-high-school-teacher-pleads-guilty-possession-child-pornography"}],"state":"NY","state_name":"New York","summary":"Louis Carusone, a high school physics teacher in the Brighton Central School District, pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography involving prepubescent minors. Prosecutors said forensic analysis showed he surreptitiously recorded and photographed children in public, including female students in his classroom. He was sentenced to 42 months in prison.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"willie-charles-hutchinson-al-2024","case_status":"Convicted","corrected_at":null,"county":"Lee","date":"2024-02-20","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Auburn City Schools","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Willie Charles Hutchinson","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Auburn High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"WTVM","url":"https://www.wtvm.com/2024/01/12/former-auburn-high-teacher-convicted-multiple-sex-with-student-charges/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":403,"kind":"news","outlet":"WRBL (Nexstar)","url":"https://www.wrbl.com/news/auburn-high-school-coach-caught-in-sex-act-with-student-found-guilty/"}],"state":"AL","state_name":"Alabama","summary":"Willie Charles Hutchinson, a teacher and coach at Auburn High School, was found guilty by a Lee County jury in January 2024 of two counts of a school employee engaging in sexual intercourse or sodomy with a student under 19. Prosecutors said the acts occurred on school property. On February 20, 2024, he was sentenced to 20 years, split to serve five years on each count consecutively, followed by 10 years of probation, and must register as a sex offender.","verified_at":"2026-10-03"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"justin-foley-oh-2024","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":null,"date":"2024-01-16","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Child Pornography","name":"Justin Foley","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Columbus Alternative High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"Department of Justice","url":"https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdoh/pr/former-high-school-teacher-sentenced-20-years-prison-exploiting-minors-taking-upskirt"}],"state":"OH","state_name":"Ohio","summary":"Justin Foley, a chemistry teacher at Columbus Alternative High School in Ohio, pleaded guilty in May 2023 in federal court to sexually exploiting a minor and possessing child pornography after secretly recording students at school. 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He was sentenced to two and a half years in prison followed by 10 years of probation. 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He was sentenced to two consecutive five-year prison terms followed by lifetime probation. The Arizona Court of Appeals affirmed the convictions and sentences in January 2025.","verified_at":"2026-10-03"},{"added_at":"2026-10-11","bid":"anne-nelson-koch-wi-2023","case_status":"Convicted","corrected_at":null,"county":"Monroe","date":"2023-10-27","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Anne Nelson-Koch","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":null,"sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"WXOW","url":"https://www.wxow.com/news/former-tomah-teacher-sentenced-for-sexually-assaulting-student/article_53778e22-790c-11ee-94ff-3ffee1074d8d.html"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Fox News","url":"https://foxnews.com/us/75-year-old-teacher-learns-fate-after-facing-600-years-in-prison-for-student-sex-assault.amp"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"WXOW","url":"https://www.wxow.com/news/74-year-old-former-tomah-teacher-convicted-of-25-sex-crimes-against-student/article_f031f0e8-2ff8-11ee-9ced-47b711809452.html"}],"state":"WI","state_name":"Wisconsin","summary":"Anne Nelson-Koch, a former teacher at a private school in Tomah, Wisconsin, was convicted by a Monroe County jury of 25 felony counts, including second-degree sexual assault of a child. The charges involved repeated assaults of a 14-year-old male student at the school during the 2016-17 school year. She was sentenced in October 2023 to 10 years in prison followed by 15 years of extended supervision.","verified_at":"2026-10-11"},{"added_at":"2026-10-11","bid":"danny-aldaz-nm-2023","case_status":"Convicted","corrected_at":null,"county":"Bernalillo","date":"2023-10-27","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Albuquerque Public Schools","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Danny Aldaz","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":null,"sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"Second Judicial District Attorney (NM)","url":"https://da2nd.nm.gov/a-former-teacher-convicted-of-raping-second-grade-student-was-sentenced-to-maximum-punishment-allowed-by-law/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KOB 4 (Hubbard)","url":"https://www.kob.com/new-mexico/former-aps-elementary-teacher-convicted-of-sexual-abuse-receives-sentence/"}],"state":"NM","state_name":"New Mexico","summary":"Danny Aldaz, a former second-grade teacher with Albuquerque Public Schools, was convicted by a jury in August 2023 of two counts of criminal sexual penetration of a child under 13 and two counts of criminal sexual contact involving a 7-year-old student in his classroom. On October 27, 2023, he was sentenced to 57 years in prison.","verified_at":"2026-10-11"},{"added_at":"2026-10-04","bid":"mark-anthony-santo-ca-2023","case_status":"Convicted","corrected_at":null,"county":"Los Angeles","date":"2023-10-17","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Long Beach Unified School District","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Mark Anthony Santo","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Jordan High School; Lindbergh Middle School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Los Angeles Times","url":"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-10-18/former-long-beach-teacher-sentenced-to-80-years-for-child-sex-abuse"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"FOX 11 Los Angeles","url":"https://www.foxla.com/news/former-long-beach-teacher-sentenced-to-80-years-for-molesting-3-girls-including-2-students"}],"state":"CA","state_name":"California","summary":"Mark Anthony Santo, a former Long Beach teacher at Jordan High School and Lindbergh Middle School, was convicted at trial in June 2023 of two counts of lewd acts on a child plus forcible sexual penetration and forcible oral copulation, involving three girls, two of them former students. He was sentenced on Oct. 17, 2023, to 80 years to life in prison.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"nicholas-dominique-bueno-tx-2025","case_status":"Convicted","corrected_at":null,"county":"Lynn","date":"2023-10-12","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"O'Donnell ISD","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Nicholas Dominique Bueno","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"O'Donnell High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Texas Scorecard","url":"https://texasscorecard.com/local/texas-teacher-sentenced-to-20-years-for-sexually-grooming-14-year-old-student/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Texas","url":"https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndtx/pr/odonnell-isd-teacher-convicted-trial-enticement-minor-student-sentenced-240-months"}],"state":"TX","state_name":"Texas","summary":"Nicholas Dominique Bueno, 28, a science teacher and head boys' basketball coach at O'Donnell High School, was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison. 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The case involved his students. On October 6, 2023, a Sacramento County judge sentenced him to five years in state prison and lifetime sex offender registration.","verified_at":"2026-10-07"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"cory-gaylor-id-2023","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Ada","date":"2023-09-14","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Cory Gaylor","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Kuna Middle School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"ID","url":"https://adacounty.id.gov/prosecutor/press-releases/nampa-man-sentenced-to-prison-for-lewd-conduct-child-enticement/"}],"state":"ID","state_name":"Idaho","summary":"Cory Gaylor, a Spanish teacher at Kuna Middle School in Idaho, pleaded guilty in July 2023 to lewd conduct with a minor under 16 and enticing a child over the internet, involving a student he taught. On September 14, 2023, an Ada County district judge sentenced him to 60 years in prison, with 13 years fixed before parole eligibility.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-11","bid":"yessenia-manriquez-casillas-or-2023","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Washington","date":"2023-09-05","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Hillsboro School District","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Yessenia Manriquez-Casillas","noindex":false,"role":"aide","school":"Century High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Washington County District Attorney's Office","url":"https://washingtoncountyda.org/da/news/2023/09/05/yessenia-manriquez-casillas-guilty-child-sexual-abuse-case"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KOIN","url":"https://digital-release.koin.com/?p=1556549"}],"state":"OR","state_name":"Oregon","summary":"Yessenia Manriquez-Casillas, a teacher's assistant at Century High School in Hillsboro, pleaded guilty on August 14, 2023, to two counts of second-degree sexual abuse involving a teenage student at the school. 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On July 25, 2023, he was sentenced to two concurrent 20-year prison terms and must register as a sex offender for life.","verified_at":"2026-10-03"},{"added_at":"2026-10-11","bid":"david-villareal-wi-2023","case_status":"Convicted","corrected_at":"2026-10-12","county":"Brown","date":"2023-07-21","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"David Villareal","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Baird Elementary School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"WBAY","url":"https://www.wbay.com/2023/07/21/former-green-bay-teacher-sentenced-sexually-assaulting-2nd-grade-students/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"WFRV Local 5 (WeAreGreenBay)","url":"https://digital-release.wearegreenbay.com/?p=1338636"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"FOX 11 (WLUK)","url":"https://fox11online.com/news/local/former-green-bay-elementary-teacher-appeals-conviction-for-sexually-assaulting-students-david-villareal-baird-school-prison-victims-judge-attorney-trial"}],"state":"WI","state_name":"Wisconsin","summary":"David Villareal, a bilingual teacher at Baird Elementary School in Green Bay, was found guilty by a Brown County jury in April 2023 on four counts of first-degree and repeated sexual assault of a child involving young students. On July 21, 2023, he was sentenced to 50 years of initial confinement and 20 years of extended supervision. His appeal was pending as of early 2026.","verified_at":"2026-10-11"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"kelly-simpson-fl-2023","case_status":"No Contest Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Charlotte","date":"2023-07-20","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"plea","district":null,"incident_type":"Other Misconduct","name":"Kelly Simpson","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Charlotte High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"WINK News","url":"https://www.winknews.com/news/charlotte/former-charlotte-county-teacher-accepts-plea-deal-for-hiding-student-inside-her-home/article_d18e2796-bace-5a49-b996-2e27c0b2b144.html"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Charlotte Sun","url":"https://www.yoursun.com/charlotte/news/teacher-avoids-jail-time-for-hiding-missing-student/article_4bfad9d0-2b30-11ee-afcb-ab5141685ec8.html"}],"state":"FL","state_name":"Florida","summary":"Kelly Simpson, a former Charlotte High School teacher in Florida, pleaded no contest in July 2023 to interfering with the custody of a minor. 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She was sentenced to five years of probation and 100 hours of community service and can no longer educate children.","verified_at":"2026-10-03"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"primo-leung-nh-2019","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":null,"date":"2023-07-19","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Primo Leung","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Rundlett Middle School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":403,"kind":"primary","outlet":"New Hampshire Department of Education","url":"https://www.education.nh.gov/news/statement-todays-plea-and-sentencing-hearing-howie-leung"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Patch","url":"https://patch.com/new-hampshire/concord-nh/primo-howie-leung-gets-6-years-prison-mass-child-rape-charges"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":403,"kind":"news","outlet":"Concord Monitor","url":"https://www.concordmonitor.com/Howie-Leung-sentenced-to-prison-for-sexual-assault-charges-51689686"}],"state":"NH","state_name":"New Hampshire","summary":"Primo \"Howie\" Leung, a former special education teacher at Rundlett Middle School who later taught at Concord High School in Concord, New Hampshire, pleaded guilty in Middlesex County Superior Court in Massachusetts to aggravated rape of a child and aggravated indecent assault and battery charges involving a former Rundlett student. 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A Benton County circuit judge sentenced her to 58 days in jail and six years of supervised probation, and she must register as a sex offender.","verified_at":"2026-10-03"},{"added_at":"2026-10-04","bid":"dallas-tyler-ewton-ok-2023","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":null,"date":"2023-07-01","date_granularity":"month","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Morris Public Schools","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Dallas Tyler Ewton","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":null,"sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Oklahoma","url":"https://www.justice.gov/usao-edok/pr/former-morris-school-teacher-sentenced-sexual-abuse-minor-indian-country"}],"state":"OK","state_name":"Oklahoma","summary":"Dallas Tyler Ewton, a full-time teacher at Morris Public Schools in Oklahoma, pleaded guilty in federal court in July 2022 to two counts of sexual abuse of a minor in Indian Country and one count of abusive sexual contact in Indian Country involving two of his students. 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In July 2023, he was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison followed by 20 years of supervised release.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"raymond-waters-nj-2023","case_status":"Convicted","corrected_at":null,"county":"Ocean","date":"2023-06-28","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"conviction","district":"Toms River Regional Schools","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Raymond Waters","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Toms River High School North","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"Ocean County Prosecutor","url":"https://ocponj.gov/vermont-man-found-guilty-of-of-aggravated-sexual-assault-and-sexual-assault/"}],"state":"NJ","state_name":"New Jersey","summary":"Raymond Waters, 71, a former Toms River teacher now residing in Vermont, was convicted of five counts of aggravated sexual assault and 13 counts of sexual assault for incidents against a student that occurred in New Jersey between 2002 and 2004.","verified_at":"2026-10-03"},{"added_at":"2026-10-11","bid":"steven-a-mesa-ks-2023","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Johnson","date":"2023-06-27","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Olathe Public Schools","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Steven A. 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On June 27, 2023, he was sentenced to 36 months of probation and 25 years of sex offender registration.","verified_at":"2026-10-11"},{"added_at":"2026-10-11","bid":"allen-sylvester-ks-2023","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Pottawatomie","date":"2023-06-15","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"USD 320 Wamego","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Allen Sylvester","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Wamego High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"The Manhattan Mercury","url":"https://themercury.com/news/sylvesters-sentenced-in-unlawful-sexual-relations-case/article_9a67998b-d139-5503-aa74-03c3a4e35291.html"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"WIBW (Gray)","url":"https://www.wibw.com/2023/06/16/former-wamego-high-teachers-sentenced-inappropriate-student-relationship"}],"state":"KS","state_name":"Kansas","summary":"Allen Sylvester, a former USD 320 teacher, pleaded guilty in March 2023 to two counts of unlawful sexual relations involving a Wamego High School student. 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On June 8, 2023 he was sentenced to life in prison with parole eligibility after 365 years. 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In June 2023 she was sentenced to five years and eight months in prison, lifetime post-release supervision and lifetime sex offender registration.","verified_at":"2026-10-11"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"lukis-nighswonger-ak-2023","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Matanuska-Susitna","date":"2023-05-30","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Lukis Nighswonger","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Iditarod Elementary School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"Alaska Department of Law","url":"https://law.alaska.gov/press/releases/2023/053123-Nighswonger.html"}],"state":"AK","state_name":"Alaska","summary":"Lukis Nighswonger, a former elementary teacher and athletics coach at Iditarod Elementary School in Wasilla, pleaded guilty and was sentenced on May 30, 2023 to 46 years in prison on 11 counts of sexual abuse of a minor involving at least eight victims between 2002 and 2018.","verified_at":"2026-10-03"},{"added_at":"2026-10-11","bid":"lisa-defluri-or-2023","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":null,"date":"2023-05-25","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Springfield School District","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Lisa DeFluri","noindex":false,"role":"coach","school":"Thurston High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KEZI","url":"https://www.kezi.com/news/former-thurston-high-school-teacher-resentenced-for-sexual-abuse-of-student/article_ff406ce6-fbef-11ed-a93c-9bfae9e4dfb7.html"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KVAL","url":"https://kval.com/newsletter-daily/former-thurston-high-school-coach-charged-with-sex-abuse-sentenced-to-more-than-7-years"}],"state":"OR","state_name":"Oregon","summary":"Lisa DeFluri, a former teacher and girls' basketball coach at Thurston High School, pleaded guilty to 11 counts of second-degree sexual abuse involving a 16-year-old student and was sentenced in May 2021 to seven years in prison. After an appeals court merged three of the convictions and returned the case, she was resentenced on May 25, 2023, to just over seven years in prison.","verified_at":"2026-10-11"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"benjamin-conroy-me-2023","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":null,"date":"2023-05-15","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Portland Public Schools","incident_type":"Child Pornography","name":"Benjamin Conroy","noindex":false,"role":"aide","school":"Ocean Avenue Elementary School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Newscentermaine","url":"https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/crime/benjamin-conroy-portland-maine-sentence-sexual-exploitation-minor-ocean-avenue-elementary/97-bdb4df15-891c-441f-af98-908a4fe14c54"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Maine","url":"https://www.justice.gov/usao-me/pr/portland-school-employee-sentenced-22-years-sexual-exploitation-elementary-school"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Kennebec Journal / Morning Sentinel","url":"https://www.centralmaine.com/2023/05/15/former-portland-ed-tech-sentenced-to-22-years-for-sexually-abusing-student/"}],"state":"ME","state_name":"Maine","summary":"Benjamin Conroy, a special education technician at Ocean Avenue Elementary School in Portland Public Schools, pleaded guilty in federal court on August 31, 2022, to sexual exploitation of a minor involving a student. On May 15, 2023, he was sentenced to 22 years in prison followed by 15 years of supervised release.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"stefanie-kelsey-ia-2023","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"East Sac","date":"2023-04-10","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Stefanie Kelsey","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"East Sac County High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KTIV","url":"https://www.ktiv.com/2023/04/10/former-teacher-gets-15-years-prison-sexual-abuse-student/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":403,"kind":"news","outlet":"KCAU / Siouxland Proud","url":"https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/local-news/former-sac-city-teacher-gets-maximum-sentence-for-sexually-exploiting-student/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Carroll Times Herald","url":"https://carrollspaper.com/news/former-teacher-receives-15-year-sentence-for-sexual-abuse-and-exploitation/article_e159fe40-da0c-11ed-bc44-b74b0fc43a21.html"}],"state":"IA","state_name":"Iowa","summary":"Stefanie Kelsey, a teacher at East Sac County High School in Iowa, pleaded guilty in February 2023 to third-degree sexual abuse and sexual exploitation by a school employee involving a student. On April 10, 2023, she was sentenced to 15 years in prison: 10 years for sexual abuse and 5 years for sexual exploitation.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-11","bid":"jason-meyers-fl-2023","case_status":"Convicted","corrected_at":null,"county":"Miami-Dade","date":"2023-03-20","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Miami-Dade County Public Schools","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Jason Meyers","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Miami Palmetto Senior High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"CBS News Miami","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/former-palmetto-high-teacher-jason-meyers-sentenced-to-prison-after-student-rape-conviction"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"WSVN 7News","url":"https://wsvn.com/news/local/miami-dade/former-palmetto-senior-high-teacher-sentenced-to-20-years-in-prison-for-sexually-harassing-abusing-female-students/"}],"state":"FL","state_name":"Florida","summary":"Jason Meyers, a former creative writing teacher at Miami Palmetto Senior High School in Florida, was convicted by a jury in January 2023 on three counts of unlawful sexual activity with a 17-year-old student. On March 20, 2023, he was sentenced to 20 years in prison followed by 10 years of probation.","verified_at":"2026-10-11"},{"added_at":"2026-10-04","bid":"sebastian-michael-tackling-nd-2023","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Cass","date":"2023-03-20","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Sebastian Michael Tackling","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Fargo South High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"InForum (Forum Communications)","url":"https://www.inforum.com/news/fargo/former-fargo-band-teacher-sentenced-for-having-sex-with-student"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KFGO (Midwest Communications)","url":"https://kfgo.com/2023/03/20/ex-teacher-sent-to-prison-for-having-sexual-relationship-with-student/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KVRR","url":"https://www.kvrr.com/2023/03/20/former-fargo-south-band-teacher-sentenced-for-sex-with-student/"}],"state":"ND","state_name":"North Dakota","summary":"Sebastian Michael Tackling, a band teacher at Fargo South High School, pleaded guilty on January 4, 2023, to corruption of a minor in Cass County District Court in connection with a sexual relationship with a student; a second charge was dismissed. On March 20, 2023, he was sentenced to 30 months in prison, followed by probation, and ordered to register as a sex offender.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-11","bid":"robert-allen-vandel-ga-2023","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Cherokee","date":"2023-03-09","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"plea","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Robert Allen Vandel","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Lyndon Academy","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"Cherokee County District Attorney's Office","url":"https://cherokeecountyga.gov/District-Attorneys-Office/_resources/Press-Releases/2023-Press-Releases/031023-Robert-Vandel-final.pdf"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Atlanta News First","url":"https://www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2023/03/10/ex-fulton-county-teacher-convicted-rape-pleads-guilty-additional-cases/"}],"state":"GA","state_name":"Georgia","summary":"Robert Allen Vandel, a former science teacher at Lyndon Academy in Holly Springs, Georgia, pleaded guilty to two counts of child molestation involving a seventh-grade student. He was sentenced to 20 years, the first 8 in prison. 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On June 28, 2022, he was sentenced to 43 years and nine months in prison and must register as a sex offender.","verified_at":"2026-10-11"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"haley-reed-ky-2022","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":"2026-10-07","county":"Oldham","date":"2022-06-23","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Haley Reed","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Oldham County High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","derived_from":"apnews.com","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":403,"kind":"news","outlet":"Associated Press (via WEHT/Tri-State Homepage)","url":"https://www.tristatehomepage.com/news/kentucky-news/former-kentucky-choir-teacher-sentenced-in-student-rape-case/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"WAVE","url":"https://www.wdrbwave.com/2022/06/25/former-oldham-county-choir-teacher-sentenced-rape-underage-student/"}],"state":"KY","state_name":"Kentucky","summary":"Haley Reed, the former choir director at Oldham County High School in Kentucky, was sentenced on June 23, 2022 to five years in prison for rape and unlawful transaction with a minor. 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The charges involved soliciting images from girls aged 14 to 17, some of them his former students or athletes. On April 19, 2022 he was sentenced to 10 to 13.5 years in prison.","verified_at":"2026-10-11"},{"added_at":"2026-10-11","bid":"paul-west-ms-2022","case_status":"Convicted","corrected_at":null,"county":"Leflore","date":"2022-04-13","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Paul West","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"St. Francis of Assisi School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"Mississippi Court of Appeals (West v. 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The Mississippi Court of Appeals affirmed in 2023, and the Mississippi Supreme Court declined review in January 2024.","verified_at":"2026-10-11"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"charles-evans-hall-jr-ky-2022","case_status":"Convicted","corrected_at":"2026-10-06","county":"Letcher","date":"2022-02-22","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Child Pornography","name":"Charles Evans Hall Jr","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Letcher County Middle School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Kentucky","url":"https://www.justice.gov/usao-edky/pr/letcher-county-teacher-sentenced-370-months-production-child-pornography-and-0"}],"state":"KY","state_name":"Kentucky","summary":"Charles Evans Hall Jr, a Letcher County Middle School teacher in Kentucky, was convicted by a federal jury on October 20, 2021 of production of child pornography and cyberstalking a student. On February 22, 2022, U.S. District Judge Claria Horn Boom sentenced him to 370 months in federal prison, followed by lifetime supervision.","verified_at":"2026-10-03"},{"added_at":"2026-10-11","bid":"cynthia-perkins-la-2022","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Livingston Parish","date":"2022-02-18","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Cynthia Perkins","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Westside Junior High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"The Advocate (Baton Rouge)","url":"https://www.theadvocate.com/tncms/asset/editorial/2674f554-911e-11ec-a2df-bf8e075e39b9/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"FOX 29 Philadelphia (Fox Television Stations)","url":"https://www.fox29.com/news/louisiana-teacher-cynthia-perkins-sentenced-after-lacing-students-cupcakes-with-ex-husbands-sperm"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"WBRZ","url":"https://www.wbrz.com/news/cynthia-perkins-agrees-to-plea-deal-with-prosecutors-must-testify-against-her-ex-husband"}],"state":"LA","state_name":"Louisiana","summary":"Cynthia Perkins, a former English teacher at Westside Junior High School in Walker, Louisiana, pleaded guilty to second-degree rape, production of child pornography and mingling of harmful substances. The mingling charge was based on tainted baked goods she served to her students. She was sentenced in February 2022 to 41 years in prison.","verified_at":"2026-10-11"},{"added_at":"2026-10-12","bid":"abby-m-dibbs-wi-2022","case_status":"No Contest Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Columbia","date":"2022-02-07","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"plea","district":"Portage School District","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Abby M. 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She was sentenced to three years of probation and ordered to register as a sex offender.","verified_at":"2026-10-12"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"donavan-wayne-al-2022","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"DeKalb County","date":"2022-02-07","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"plea","district":"Fort Payne City Schools","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Donavan Wayne Dalton","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":null,"sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":403,"kind":"news","outlet":"WHNT","url":"https://whnt.com/news/northeast-alabama/ex-fort-payne-teacher-pleads-guilty-to-sexual-contact-with-student/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"WAFF","url":"https://www.waff.com/2022/02/08/former-school-employee-pleas-guilty-sexual-contact-with-student/"}],"state":"AL","state_name":"Alabama","summary":"Donavan Wayne Dalton, a former Fort Payne City Schools teacher in Alabama, pleaded guilty in DeKalb County Circuit Court on Feb. 7, 2022, to a school employee having sexual contact with a student under 19. He was sentenced to 84 months, split to six months in county jail followed by five years of probation, and must register as a sex offender.","verified_at":"2026-10-03"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"amber-nicole-prince-tx-2021","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":null,"date":"2022-02-01","date_granularity":"month","date_type":"plea","district":"London Independent School District","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Amber Nicole Prince","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":null,"sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Texas Scorecard","url":"https://texasscorecard.com/local/texas-teacher-serves-60-day-sentence-for-sex-with-student/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KRIS 6 News","url":"https://www.kristv.com/news/local-news/court-documents-former-london-isd-teacher-arrested-for-violating-probation"}],"state":"TX","state_name":"Texas","summary":"Amber Nicole Prince, a teacher in the London Independent School District, pleaded guilty in February 2022 to improper relationship between educator and student. Under the plea agreement she received five years of deferred adjudication probation, including 60 days in jail served 12 days per year, and surrendered her teaching certificate.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"gregory-stanley-tx-2022","case_status":"Convicted","corrected_at":"2026-10-07","county":"Brazos County","date":"2022-01-19","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"College Station Independent School District","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Gregory Stanley","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"College Station High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KVUE","url":"https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/former-csisd-teacher-sentenced-10-years-prison/499-aed69660-0153-42b7-a1ad-88f5ea8e4801"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KWTX","url":"https://www.kwtx.com/2022/01/20/ex-temple-high-teacher-sentenced-following-conviction-improper-relationship-with-student-brazos-valley/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"WTAW","url":"https://wtaw.com/brazos-county-district-court-jury-convicts-and-sentences-a-former-college-station-high-school-teacher-of-having-an-improper-relationship-with-a-student/"}],"state":"TX","state_name":"Texas","summary":"Gregory Stanley, 48, a former theatre arts teacher at College Station High School, was found guilty by a Brazos County jury of improper relationship between educator and student, in a case involving a student in 2015. He was sentenced on Jan. 19, 2022, to 10 years in prison.","verified_at":"2026-10-03"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"herbert-russell-carey-jr-me-2021","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":"2026-10-07","county":"Piscataquis","date":"2021-12-20","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Herbert Russell Carey Jr.","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Penquis Valley High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"News Center Maine","url":"https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/crime/former-penquis-valley-high-school-teacher-sentenced-on-sexual-assault-charges-milo-student/97-8493f5b8-2346-4b8f-8d06-ca2fbd86b697"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"WABI-TV","url":"https://www.wabi.tv/2021/12/20/former-milo-teacher-coach-pleads-guilty-gross-sexual-assault/"}],"state":"ME","state_name":"Maine","summary":"Herbert Russell Carey Jr., 70, a former teacher and tennis coach at Penquis Valley High School, pleaded guilty to six counts of gross sexual assault involving a student who was 16 and 17 years old between 2015 and 2016. On December 20, 2021, he was sentenced to three years with all but nine months and one day suspended.","verified_at":"2026-10-03"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"patrick-todd-smith-id-2021","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Bonneville","date":"2021-12-20","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Bonneville Joint School District 93","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Patrick Todd Smith","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Technical Careers High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":403,"kind":"news","outlet":"East Idaho News","url":"https://www.eastidahonews.com/2021/12/former-high-school-teacher-sentenced-after-student-reported-sexual-assault/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Post Register","url":"https://www.postregister.com/news/crime_courts/former-technical-careers-high-school-teacher-sentenced-to-rider-for-sexual-assault-on-student/article_5da48037-e696-57e9-8d97-c75e87849c09.html"}],"state":"ID","state_name":"Idaho","summary":"Patrick Todd Smith, a teacher at Technical Careers High School in Bonneville Joint School District 93 in Idaho, pleaded guilty to felony injury to a child, reduced from sexual battery of a minor, after a 17-year-old student reported sexual contact. On December 20, 2021, he was sentenced to a rider program with an underlying prison term of three to nine years.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"david-lockwood-ma-2021","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Suffolk","date":"2021-12-06","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Boston Public Schools","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"David Lockwood","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"James P. 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Timilty Middle School in Roxbury, pleaded guilty to four counts of rape of a child involving a student in his class, with abuse beginning in 1996. On December 6, 2021, he was sentenced to four years in state prison followed by two years of probation.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"patrick-mckee-pa-2021","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Indiana","date":"2021-12-01","date_granularity":"month","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Indiana Area School District","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Patrick McKee","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":null,"sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"CBS News","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/former-indiana-area-school-district-teacher-sentenced-sexual-abuse/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"WCCS Radio","url":"https://www.wccsradio.com/2021/12/07/former-teacher-sentenced-for-sexually-assaulting-a-child/"}],"state":"PA","state_name":"Pennsylvania","summary":"Patrick McKee, a former elementary school teacher in the Indiana Area School District, pleaded guilty in July 2021 to one felony count of involuntary deviant sexual intercourse with a minor under 16 for assaults in 2009. In December 2021 he was sentenced to five to ten years in state prison and ordered to complete sex offender treatment and register for life.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"amanda-ruth-schweitzer-mo-2021","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Jasper/Newton","date":"2021-11-23","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Amanda Ruth Schweitzer","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"North Middle School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Missouri","url":"https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdmo/pr/former-joplin-teacher-sentenced-20-years-enticing-minor-sex"}],"state":"MO","state_name":"Missouri","summary":"Amanda Ruth Schweitzer, a teacher at North Middle School in Joplin, pleaded guilty on June 16, 2020 to enticing a minor for illegal sexual activity. Prosecutors said she sent nude photos to a 13-year-old student, communicated with him mainly via Instagram, and had sexual intercourse with him at least twice in March 2017. She was sentenced on November 23, 2021 to 20 years in federal prison without parole.","verified_at":"2026-10-03"},{"added_at":"2026-10-11","bid":"tom-privett-fl-2021","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Miami-Dade","date":"2021-11-17","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Tom Privett","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Terra Environmental Research Institute","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"WSVN 7News","url":"https://wsvn.com/news/local/retired-miami-dade-teacher-convicted-of-sexually-abusing-a-student/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Associated Press (via NBC Miami)","url":"https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/ex-miami-dade-teacher-called-monster-gets-2-years-for-sexual-battery/2623547/"}],"state":"FL","state_name":"Florida","summary":"Tom Privett, a retired Miami-Dade teacher, met the victim when she was a ninth-grade student in his class at Terra Environmental Research Institute. He pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual battery and on Nov. 17, 2021, was sentenced to two years in prison, two years of house arrest and 20 years of probation.","verified_at":"2026-10-11"},{"added_at":"2026-10-11","bid":"james-loganbill-ks-2021","case_status":"Convicted","corrected_at":null,"county":"Johnson","date":"2021-11-03","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Olathe Public Schools","incident_type":"Other Misconduct","name":"James Loganbill","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Meadow Lane Elementary School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":403,"kind":"primary","outlet":"Kansas Court of Appeals (State v. 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He was sentenced the same day to 10 years, with three years to serve in prison followed by five years of supervised probation.","verified_at":"2026-10-03"},{"added_at":"2026-10-04","bid":"david-m-kruchten-wi-2021","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":null,"date":"2021-10-22","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Child Pornography","name":"David M. Kruchten","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Madison East High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"U.S. Attorney's Office, W.D. 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Hornbeck, 38, a former coach and teacher, pleaded guilty on October 18, 2021 to five counts of first-degree sexual assault and one count of second-degree sexual assault involving three students during his time as a coach at Murfreesboro High School. He was sentenced to 20 years with eight suspended on each count, to run concurrently, and must register as a sex offender. 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He pleaded guilty to three misdemeanor counts of disorderly conduct; a Franklin County magistrate imposed a suspended 90-day jail sentence and 12 months of probation.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-11","bid":"rodney-wren-ks-2021","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Sedgwick","date":"2021-08-13","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Rodney Wren","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Wichita Collegiate School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KWCH 12 (Gray)","url":"https://www.kwch.com/2021/08/13/former-wichita-teacher-sentenced-having-sex-with-student"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Associated Press (via KSN-TV)","url":"https://digital-release.ksn.com/?p=916402"}],"state":"KS","state_name":"Kansas","summary":"Rodney Wren, a former teacher and debate coach at Wichita Collegiate School, pleaded guilty in June 2021 to one count of unlawful sexual relations with an underage student. 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In July 2021 she was sentenced to two years of probation, 80 hours of community service and a reserved 2 1/2-year prison term, and must register as a sex offender.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"david-barnett-vt-2021","case_status":"No Contest Plea","corrected_at":"2026-10-06","county":"Orange","date":"2021-07-14","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"David Barnett","noindex":false,"role":"principal","school":"Randolph Union High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","derived_from":"vnews.com","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":403,"kind":"news","outlet":"VTDigger","url":"https://vtdigger.org/2021/07/14/former-randolph-principal-sentenced-in-sexual-exploitation-case/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":403,"kind":"news","outlet":"VTDigger","url":"https://vtdigger.org/2021/03/24/former-randolph-principal-accepts-plea-deal-for-sexually-exploiting-student/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","derived_from":"apnews.com","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"WHDH 7News (AP)","url":"https://whdh.com/news/ex-vermont-high-school-principal-convicted-of-sexually-exploiting-student/"}],"state":"VT","state_name":"Vermont","summary":"David Barnett, a former co-principal at Randolph Union High School, pleaded no contest in March 2021 to a misdemeanor count of sexual exploitation of a minor involving a student. On July 14, 2021, he was sentenced to nine months to one year, all suspended except one month, plus 18 months of probation, and forfeited his Vermont educator license.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"marc-allison-tx-2023","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Rockwall","date":"2021-07-08","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"plea","district":"Rockwall ISD","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Marc Allison","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Cain Middle School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"CBS Texas","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/former-rockwall-isd-teacher-marc-allison-sentenced-sexually-explicit-emails-student/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"The Dallas Morning News","url":"https://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2021/07/13/former-rockwall-isd-teacher-gets-prison-time-for-preying-on-student/"}],"state":"TX","state_name":"Texas","summary":"Marc Allison, a former Rockwall ISD orchestra teacher at Cain Middle School, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 10 years in prison for online solicitation of a minor, an eighth-grade student, plus 10 years of probation on two other charges. Officials said he sent the student sexually explicit emails. 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On July 1, 2021, she received a 10-year sentence: 18 months in prison, 18 months in a community corrections program, and probation for the remainder.","verified_at":"2026-10-03"},{"added_at":"2026-10-04","bid":"christopher-o-sullivan-pa-2021","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":null,"date":"2021-06-21","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Child Pornography","name":"Christopher O'Sullivan","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Belmont Charter Middle School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Pennsylvania","url":"https://www.justice.gov/usao-edpa/pr/former-philadelphia-middle-school-teacher-sentenced-15-years-multiple-child"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"The Philadelphia Inquirer","url":"https://www.inquirer.com/news/christopher-osullivan-belmont-charter-middle-school-teacher-prison-sentence-20210621.html"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"6abc Philadelphia (WPVI)","url":"https://6abc.com/post/teacher-sentenced-philadelphia-middle-school-christopher-osullivan-child-porn-charges/10816971/"}],"state":"PA","state_name":"Pennsylvania","summary":"Christopher O'Sullivan, a middle school teacher at Belmont Charter Middle School in Philadelphia, pleaded guilty in October 2020 to one count of enticement of a minor and one count of production of child pornography involving a 12-year-old student of his. On June 21, 2021, a federal judge sentenced him to 15 years in prison and 10 years of supervised release and ordered $5,200 in restitution.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-11","bid":"hianlucas-isturiz-rodriguez-sc-2021","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Lexington","date":"2021-05-12","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Hianlucas Isturiz Rodriguez","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Red Bank Elementary School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"WACH Fox 57","url":"https://www.wach.com/news/local/red-bank-kindergarten-teacher-receives-max-sentence-for-sexual-assault-of-child"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"WIS News 10","url":"https://www.wistv.com/2021/05/12/kindergarten-teacher-receives-maximum-sentence-child-sexual-assault/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Lexington County Chronicle","url":"https://lexingtonchronicle.com/stories/red-bank-teacher-gets-15-years,3122"}],"state":"SC","state_name":"South Carolina","summary":"Hianlucas Isturiz Rodriguez, a former Spanish immersion teacher at Red Bank Elementary School in Lexington County, South Carolina, pleaded guilty to third-degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor involving a 6-year-old student. 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She received two years of probation with a one-year suspended jail term and surrendered her teaching certificate.","verified_at":"2026-10-03"},{"added_at":"2026-10-04","bid":"mark-ackett-fl-2021","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Hillsborough","date":"2021-05-10","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Mark Ackett","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Bloomingdale High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Tampa Bay Times","url":"https://www.tampabay.com/news/crime/2021/05/10/ex-bloomingdale-teacher-who-secretly-taped-students-sentenced-to-15-years-in-prison/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"FOX Television Stations (FOX 13/FOX 26)","url":"https://www.fox26houston.com/news/former-bloomingdale-high-teacher-convicted-of-voyeurism-involving-over-100-students-faces-sentencing-day"}],"state":"FL","state_name":"Florida","summary":"Mark Ackett, a former fashion design teacher and girls track coach at Bloomingdale High School, planted cameras and phones in a room students used to change clothes. He entered an open plea in April 2021 to 324 counts of video voyeurism, and a Hillsborough County judge sentenced him in May 2021 to 15 years in prison followed by lifetime sex offender registration.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-11","bid":"amber-turnage-ms-2021","case_status":"Convicted","corrected_at":null,"county":"Hinds","date":"2021-04-08","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Jackson Public Schools","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Amber Turnage","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Provine High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"Mississippi Court of Appeals, Turnage v. 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Mohr, a teacher at Grand Island Northwest High School in Nebraska, pleaded guilty in federal court in November 2020 to possession of child pornography. Investigators found that a male high school student had sent him about 41 nude images constituting child pornography in 2019. On March 26, 2021, he was sentenced to 76 months in prison followed by seven years of supervised release.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-11","bid":"jenifer-lynn-smith-ca-2021","case_status":"No Contest Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Butte","date":"2021-03-25","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Jenifer Lynn Smith","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Bidwell Junior High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":403,"kind":"news","outlet":"Butte County District Attorney","url":"https://www.buttecounty.net/DocumentCenter/View/2004/March-25-2021---Chico-Teacher-Sentenced-for-Child-Molest"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KRCR (Sinclair)","url":"https://krcrtv.com/news/local/chico-teacher-sentenced-five-years-in-prison-for-sexual-assault-of-a-former-student"}],"state":"CA","state_name":"California","summary":"Jenifer Lynn Smith, a former Spanish teacher at Bidwell Junior High School in Chico, pleaded no contest to four counts of sexual offenses involving a former student, which began when the student was 14. On March 25, 2021, she was sentenced to the maximum term of five years in state prison, and probation was denied.","verified_at":"2026-10-11"},{"added_at":"2026-10-11","bid":"brooke-m-wright-oh-2021","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":"2026-10-11","county":"Delaware","date":"2021-02-04","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Brooke M. 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On February 4, 2021 she was sentenced to four years in prison, Tier III sex offender registration and surrender of her teaching license.","verified_at":"2026-10-11"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"robert-alan-thompson-ky-2021","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Franklin","date":"2021-01-29","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Child Pornography","name":"Robert Alan Thompson","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Franklin County Middle School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"Department of Justice","url":"https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdky/pr/former-franklin-county-middle-school-teacher-year-sentenced-child-exploitation-crimes"}],"state":"KY","state_name":"Kentucky","summary":"Robert Alan Thompson, a Franklin County middle school teacher and former Teacher of the Year, was sentenced in federal court on January 29, 2021, to 15 years in prison and 15 years of supervised release for online enticement of a minor and production of child pornography. 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A felony charge of contacting a minor with the intent to commit a sexual offense was dismissed.","verified_at":"2026-10-03"},{"added_at":"2026-10-11","bid":"laura-dunker-oh-2021","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Cuyahoga","date":"2021-01-21","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Bedford School District","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Laura Dunker","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Bedford High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Cleveland 19 News","url":"https://www.cleveland19.com/2021/01/21/former-bedford-high-school-teacher-sentenced-counts-sexual-battery/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"News 5 Cleveland","url":"https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-news/oh-cuyahoga/bedford-high-teacher-sentenced-to-2-years-in-prison-after-having-sexual-relationship-with-students"}],"state":"OH","state_name":"Ohio","summary":"Laura Dunker, a former teacher at Bedford High School in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual battery involving two male students. 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She was sentenced to 10 years, suspended to five years of probation, with sex offender registration and GPS monitoring.","verified_at":"2026-10-11"},{"added_at":"2026-10-11","bid":"john-fraioli-ny-2020","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Westchester","date":"2020-10-13","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"plea","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"John Fraioli","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"New Rochelle High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Westchester County District Attorney","url":"https://www.westchesterda.net/october-2020/former-new-rochelle-teacher-pleads-guilty-to-child-sexual-abuse"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"NBC New York (NBC-owned)","url":"https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/ex-westchester-county-teacher-pleads-guilty-to-sex-act-with-student/2666876/"}],"state":"NY","state_name":"New York","summary":"John Fraioli, a former teacher at New Rochelle High School, pleaded guilty on October 13, 2020, to third-degree criminal sexual act and third-degree rape involving a student at the school. Under the plea terms he faced six months in county jail followed by sex offender probation, surrender of his teaching license and sex offender registration.","verified_at":"2026-10-11"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"gabriel-alsina-co-2020","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":null,"date":"2020-08-10","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Gabriel Alsina","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Vista PEAK Preparatory","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":403,"kind":"news","outlet":"Sentinel Colorado","url":"https://sentinelcolorado.com/metro/former-vista-peak-teacher-sentenced-to-90-days-in-jail-probation-for-child-sex-charge/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Denver7 (KMGH)","url":"https://www.denver7.com/news/local-news/former-aurora-teacher-sentenced-to-90-days-in-jail-for-sexually-assaulting-one-of-his-students"}],"state":"CO","state_name":"Colorado","summary":"Gabriel Alsina, a former teacher at Vista PEAK Preparatory in Aurora, Colorado, pleaded guilty in June 2020 to attempted sexual assault on a child by a person in a position of trust, a felony, in a case involving a student. On August 10, 2020, he was sentenced to 90 days in jail and five years of sex offender intensive supervised probation and was required to register as a sex offender.","verified_at":"2026-10-03"},{"added_at":"2026-10-12","bid":"david-wayne-beckner-mi-2020","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":"2026-10-12","county":"Otsego","date":"2020-08-01","date_granularity":"month","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"David Wayne Beckner","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Grace Baptist School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":403,"kind":"news","outlet":"mlive.com","url":"https://www.mlive.com/news/2020/08/ex-michigan-teacher-gets-prison-for-sexually-assaulting-teen-student-in-2006.html"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"UpNorthLive (Sinclair)","url":"https://upnorthlive.com/news/local/former-teacher-who-had-relationship-with-student-sentenced-to-up-to-15-years"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"WBOY 12 News","url":"https://digital-release.wboy.com/?p=237171"}],"state":"MI","state_name":"Michigan","summary":"David Wayne Beckner, a former teacher at Grace Baptist School in the Gaylord area of Michigan, pleaded guilty in March 2020 to three counts of third-degree criminal sexual conduct involving a student in 2006. In August 2020 he was sentenced in Otsego County Circuit Court to 10 to 15 years in prison.","verified_at":"2026-10-12"},{"added_at":"2026-10-11","bid":"kenneth-howard-mcwilliams-sc-2020","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Marion","date":"2020-08-01","date_granularity":"month","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Marion County School District","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Kenneth Howard McWilliams","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Johnakin Middle School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"ABC News 4 (WCIV)","url":"https://abcnews4.com/news/local/south-carolina-teacher-sentenced-to-5-years-in-prison-for-solicitation-of-a-minor"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":403,"kind":"news","outlet":"WBTW News13","url":"https://www.wbtw.com/news/state-regional-news/former-teacher-in-horry-marion-counties-pleads-guilty-to-solicitation-of-minor-sentenced-to-prison/"}],"state":"SC","state_name":"South Carolina","summary":"Kenneth Howard McWilliams, a former middle school teacher in Marion County, South Carolina, pleaded guilty to criminal solicitation of a minor involving a 14-year-old student. 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He admitted to an intimate relationship with a student between March and September 2019 and faced 12 years to life in prison at sentencing.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"juan-manuel-rivera-vazquez-pr-2020","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":null,"date":"2020-03-11","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Juan Manuel Rivera Vazquez","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":null,"sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Puerto Rico","url":"https://www.justice.gov/usao-pr/pr/former-music-teacher-sentenced-10-years-child-exploitation"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Primera Hora","url":"https://www.primerahora.com/noticias/policia-tribunales/notas/sentencian-a-10-anos-de-carcel-al-extecladista-de-atencion-atencion/"}],"state":"PR","state_name":"Puerto Rico","summary":"Juan Manuel Rivera-Vázquez, a music teacher at a private school (colegio) in Cupey, Puerto Rico, pleaded guilty in August 2019 to a federal charge of coercion and enticement of a minor. 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On March 9, 2020 she was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in jail, suspended for two years with probation, and must register as a sex offender. 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On March 3, 2020, she was sentenced to 51 months to 15 years in prison and must register as a sex offender.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-12","bid":"matthew-minton-fl-2020","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Sarasota","date":"2020-01-24","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Matthew Minton","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Island Village Montessori School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"ABC7 Sarasota / mysuncoast (Gray)","url":"https://www.mysuncoast.com/2019/10/23/middle-school-teacher-venice-sentenced-years-prison-committing-sexual-acts-with-students/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Patch (Patch Media)","url":"https://patch.com/florida/sarasota/florida-teacher-who-sexually-abused-students-gets-30-years"}],"state":"FL","state_name":"Florida","summary":"Matthew Minton, a former middle school teacher at Island Village Montessori School in Venice, Florida, pleaded guilty in October 2019 to three counts of sexual battery by a person in custodial authority and other charges involving two of his students. On January 24, 2020, he was sentenced to 30 years in prison followed by lifetime sex offender probation.","verified_at":"2026-10-12"},{"added_at":"2026-10-11","bid":"justin-adrian-ks-2020","case_status":"No Contest Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Johnson","date":"2020-01-08","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Olathe Public Schools","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Justin Adrian","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Olathe East High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":403,"kind":"news","outlet":"Johnson County Post","url":"https://johnsoncountypost.com/?p=85704"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KSHB 41 (Scripps)","url":"https://www.kshb.com/news/crime/former-olathe-teacher-shawnee-councilman-sentenced-for-sexual-relations-with-student"}],"state":"KS","state_name":"Kansas","summary":"Justin Adrian, a former social studies teacher at Olathe East High School and a former Shawnee city councilmember, pleaded no contest in October 2019 to one count of aggravated battery and one count of sexual battery involving a student. In January 2020 he was sentenced to 60 days of jail 'shock time' followed by probation, and was ordered to register as a sex offender.","verified_at":"2026-10-11"},{"added_at":"2026-10-11","bid":"laura-bucy-oh-2020","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Summit","date":"2020-01-08","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Laura Bucy","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Twinsburg High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Cleveland 19 / WOIO (Gray)","url":"https://www.cleveland19.com/2020/01/08/former-twinsburg-teacher-sentenced-years-prison-sexual-battery-involving-student/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"WKYC (Tegna)","url":"https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/former-twinsburg-high-school-teacher-pleads-guilty-to-having-sex-with-student-in-classroom/95-8c1967c6-877c-45a8-9da3-f3c74f04f556"}],"state":"OH","state_name":"Ohio","summary":"Laura Bucy, a former home economics teacher at Twinsburg High School in Ohio, pleaded guilty in June 2019 to one count of sexual battery involving a 17-year-old student. On January 8, 2020, a Summit County Common Pleas judge sentenced her to two years in prison and Tier III sex offender registration.","verified_at":"2026-10-11"},{"added_at":"2026-10-10","bid":"lyndsey-sherrod-bates-al-2020","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Madison","date":"2020-01-07","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"plea","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Lyndsey Sherrod Bates","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":null,"sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"WAFF 48 (Gray)","url":"https://www.waff.com/2020/01/07/former-madison-county-teacher-pleads-guilty-student-sex-charges/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":403,"kind":"news","outlet":"WHNT (Nexstar) via CBS42","url":"https://www.cbs42.com/news/crime/former-madison-county-teacher-pleads-guilty-to-inappropriate-sexual-contact-with-students/"}],"state":"AL","state_name":"Alabama","summary":"Lyndsey Sherrod Bates, a former special education teacher at a Madison County, Alabama, high school, pleaded guilty on Jan. 7, 2020, to one count of a school employee engaging in a sex act with a student, one count of a school employee having sexual contact with a student and three counts of a school employee distributing obscene material to a student. 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In January 2020, as jury selection began, she pleaded guilty to three counts of aggravated criminal sexual contact; 47 other counts were dismissed. Prosecutors said they would recommend a five-year prison term.","verified_at":"2026-10-11"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"spencer-wayne-herron-ga-2019","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Cobb","date":"2019-12-05","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Spencer Wayne Herron","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Kell High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"Cherokee County District Attorney","url":"https://www.cherokeecountyga.gov/District-Attorneys-Office/_resources/Press-Releases/2019-Press-Releases/120519-Spencer-Herron.pdf"}],"state":"GA","state_name":"Georgia","summary":"Spencer Wayne Herron, a former Kell High School teacher in Cobb County, Georgia, pleaded guilty on December 5, 2019, in Cherokee County to one count of sexual assault of a student, related to a July 2016 incident involving a 16-year-old Kell High School student. He was sentenced to six years, the first five in confinement, concurrent with a Cobb County sentence of 20 years, five to serve, after he pleaded guilty there to five counts of sexual assault of a student.","verified_at":"2026-10-03"},{"added_at":"2026-10-04","bid":"scott-mcdonald-ma-2019","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Norfolk","date":"2019-12-01","date_granularity":"month","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Scott McDonald","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Bellingham Memorial Middle School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"WHDH 7News","url":"https://whdh.com/news/former-bellingham-teacher-gets-5-years-in-prison-for-videotaping-children-young-men-in-school-bathroom/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Boston.com (AP)","url":"https://www.boston.com/news/crime/2019/12/14/it-had-to-end-former-teacher-gets-5-years-for-secretly-filming-boys/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"CBS Boston","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/scott-mcdonald-former-bellingham-teacher-sentenced-5-years-secretly-filming-boys/"}],"state":"MA","state_name":"Massachusetts","summary":"Scott McDonald, a former Bellingham middle school teacher and baseball coach, pleaded guilty to 14 counts of enticing a child under 16 and 14 counts of photographing an unsuspecting nude person, including secretly recording a 14-year-old student in a school bathroom. 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He was sentenced in Ingham County Circuit Court to seven to 15 years in prison. 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He received 10 years to serve on the sexual battery count, with a suspended sentence on the fondling count, and must register as a sex offender.","verified_at":"2026-10-11"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"sierra-shawnee-taylor-mt-2019","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":null,"date":"2019-11-06","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Sierra Shawnee Taylor","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"East Glacier Elementary School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Flatheadbeacon","url":"https://flatheadbeacon.com/2019/11/07/ex-montana-teacher-gets-2-years-sexual-misconduct/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Montana","url":"https://www.justice.gov/usao-mt/pr/former-east-glacier-teacher-sentenced-sex-abuse-minor"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KPAX","url":"https://www.kpax.com/news/crime-and-courts/ex-east-glacier-teacher-sentenced-for-sexually-abusing-2-students"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KBZK","url":"https://www.kbzk.com/news/crime-courts/2019/07/18/former-montana-teacher-pleads-guilty-to-sexual-abuse-of-minor/"}],"state":"MT","state_name":"Montana","summary":"Sierra Shawnee Taylor, also known as Sierra Schildt, was an elementary school teacher at East Glacier Elementary School on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in Montana. She pleaded guilty in federal court in July 2019 to sexual abuse of a minor involving two eighth-grade students. On November 6, 2019, she was sentenced to two years in prison and five years of supervised release.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-11","bid":"joshua-radecke-sc-2019","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Charleston","date":"2019-11-05","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Charleston County School District","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Joshua Radecke","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"R.B. 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He was sentenced to 30 days in jail and agreed to give up his teaching certification.","verified_at":"2026-10-11"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"troy-logan-pickens-nc-2019","case_status":"Convicted","corrected_at":null,"county":"Wake","date":"2019-11-01","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Troy Logan Pickens","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Durant Middle School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":202,"kind":"primary","outlet":"Supreme Court of North Carolina (State v. 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He was sentenced to three years in prison followed by five years of sex offender probation.","verified_at":"2026-10-11"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"alexander-greaux-gomez-pr-2019","case_status":"Convicted","corrected_at":"2026-10-04","county":"Salinas","date":"2019-10-01","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Alexander Greaux-Gómez","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Albergue Olímpico","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Puerto Rico","url":"https://www.justice.gov/usao-pr/pr/former-olympic-athlete-and-track-coach-sentenced-20-years-prison-unlawful-sexual-activity"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":202,"kind":"primary","outlet":"U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (CourtListener)","url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/8435869/united-states-v-greaux-gomez/"}],"state":"PR","state_name":"Puerto Rico","summary":"Alexander Greaux-Gómez, a teacher and track and field coach at the Albergue Olímpico, a specialized sports school in Salinas, Puerto Rico, was found guilty by a federal jury on May 22, 2019 of sexual enticement of a minor and transportation of a minor with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity involving his student. On October 1, 2019, he was sentenced to 20 years in prison and 15 years of supervised release. The First Circuit affirmed the conviction.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-11","bid":"witcher-tate-wilson-ga-2019","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Jones","date":"2019-09-23","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"plea","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Witcher Tate Wilson","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Clifton Ridge Middle School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"41NBC (WMGT)","url":"https://41nbc.com/2019/09/24/former-jones-county-teacher-receives-15-year-prison-sentence-child-molestation/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"13WMAZ","url":"https://www.13wmaz.com/article/news/local/former-clifton-ridge-teacher-pleads-guilty-child-molestation/93-5c0bd477-65ae-4588-81a8-af071dcd5852"}],"state":"GA","state_name":"Georgia","summary":"Witcher Tate Wilson was a seventh-grade English and language arts teacher at Clifton Ridge Middle School in Jones County, Georgia. He pleaded guilty to child molestation involving male students under 16 at the school. He was sentenced to 30 years, the first 15 in prison, with sex offender conditions, and he surrendered his teaching certificate.","verified_at":"2026-10-11"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"sean-david-sigler-ca-2025","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Los Angeles","date":"2019-09-05","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"plea","district":null,"incident_type":"Child Pornography","name":"Sean David Sigler","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Bret Harte Elementary School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":403,"kind":"primary","outlet":"U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement","url":"https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/former-burbank-elementary-school-teacher-pleads-guilty-producing-child-pornography"}],"state":"CA","state_name":"California","summary":"Sean David Sigler, a former fifth-grade teacher at Bret Harte Elementary School in Burbank, California, pleaded guilty to two counts of production of child pornography involving a former student. The case was investigated by ICE Homeland Security Investigations and the Burbank Police Department.","verified_at":"2026-10-03"},{"added_at":"2026-10-11","bid":"andre-braddy-ny-2019","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":null,"date":"2019-08-22","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Andre Braddy","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Lenox Academy Middle School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office (county prosecutor)","url":"https://www.brooklynda.org/2019/08/22/middle-school-teacher-sentenced-to-four-years-in-prison-for-sexually-assaulting-14-year-old-student/"}],"state":"NY","state_name":"New York","summary":"Andre Braddy was a teacher at Lenox Academy Middle School who pleaded guilty to second-degree criminal sexual act, promoting a sexual performance of a child and related charges involving a student. On August 22, 2019, he was sentenced to four years in prison.","verified_at":"2026-10-11"},{"added_at":"2026-10-11","bid":"kyle-j-wroblewski-or-2019","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Columbia","date":"2019-08-19","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"conviction","district":"St. Helens School District","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Kyle J. Wroblewski","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"St. Helens High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"Oregon Teacher Standards and Practices Commission (final order)","url":"https://oregon.gov/tspc/PP/FinalOrders/Outcome_Documents/201805001_Wroblewski_MDO.pdf"}],"state":"OR","state_name":"Oregon","summary":"Kyle J. Wroblewski, a social studies teacher at St. Helens High School, pleaded guilty and was convicted on August 19, 2019, of five counts of second-degree sexual abuse involving a minor student. He was sentenced to 30 months in prison and two years of post-prison supervision and must register as a sex offender. Oregon's teacher licensing commission revoked his license.","verified_at":"2026-10-11"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"brittany-zamora-az-2019","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":"2026-10-11","county":"Maricopa","date":"2019-07-12","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Liberty Elementary School District","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Brittany Zamora","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Las Brisas Academy","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"FOX 10 Phoenix","url":"https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/former-goodyear-teacher-brittany-zamora-sentenced-to-20-years-for-having-sex-with-boy"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"ABC15 (KNXV, Scripps)","url":"https://www.abc15.com/news/region-phoenix-metro/central-phoenix/former-goodyear-teacher-brittany-zamora-pleads-guilty-to-sexual-misconduct-charges"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Maricopa County Attorney's Office","url":"https://maricopacountyattorney.org/m/newsflash/home/detail/559"}],"state":"AZ","state_name":"Arizona","summary":"Brittany Zamora, a sixth-grade teacher at Las Brisas Academy in Goodyear, Arizona, pleaded guilty under a plea agreement to sexual conduct with a minor, attempted molestation of a child and public sexual indecency involving a 13-year-old student. On July 12, 2019, she was sentenced to 20 years in prison and lifetime probation and was ordered to register as a sex offender.","verified_at":"2026-10-03"},{"added_at":"2026-10-11","bid":"jennifer-walsh-oh-2019","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Hamilton","date":"2019-07-12","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Other Misconduct","name":"Jennifer Walsh","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Sycamore High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"WCPO","url":"https://www.wcpo.com/news/crime/former-teacher-arrested-for-sex-charges-pleads-guilty-to-lesser-crime-will-not-go-to-prison"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"FOX19","url":"https://www.fox19.com/2019/07/10/former-sycamore-high-school-special-ed-teacher-be-sentenced-having-sex-with-student/"}],"state":"OH","state_name":"Ohio","summary":"Jennifer Walsh, a former special education teacher at Sycamore High School in Ohio, was charged with gross sexual imposition and sexual battery involving a student at the school. Under a plea agreement she pleaded guilty on July 12, 2019 to interference with custody and was sentenced to one year of community control and a $100 fine.","verified_at":"2026-10-11"},{"added_at":"2026-10-04","bid":"jason-lavigne-wi-2019","case_status":"Convicted","corrected_at":null,"county":"Outagamie County","date":"2019-06-25","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Little Chute School District","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Jason LaVigne","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Little Chute High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"FOX 11 WLUK (Sinclair)","url":"https://fox11online.com/news/crime/former-little-chute-teacher-sentenced-for-sexually-assaulting-student"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"WBAY (Gray Media)","url":"https://www.wbay.com/content/news/Former-Little-Chute-Teacher-Sentenced-to-5-Years-in-Prison-511788071.html"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"WBAY (Gray Media)","url":"https://www.wbay.com/content/news/Jury-convicts-former-Little-Chute-teacher-of-child-sex-assault-509117111.html"}],"state":"WI","state_name":"Wisconsin","summary":"Jason LaVigne, a former Little Chute High School teacher, was convicted by an Outagamie County jury in April 2019 of repeated sexual assault of the same child, involving a 14-year-old freshman student in 1999. In June 2019 he was sentenced to five years in prison and 11 years of extended supervision.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-11","bid":"scott-silva-ca-2019","case_status":"Convicted","corrected_at":null,"county":"Los Angeles","date":"2019-06-19","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Scott Silva","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Birmingham Community Charter High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KTLA","url":"https://ktla.com/news/local-news/former-high-school-teacher-coach-in-van-nuys-guilty-of-molesting-18-students/amp/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Patch","url":"https://patch.com/california/encino/valley-charter-school-teacher-sentenced-molesting-students"}],"state":"CA","state_name":"California","summary":"Scott Silva, a teacher and girls lacrosse coach at Birmingham Community Charter High School in Van Nuys, was convicted by a jury in May 2019 of 25 misdemeanor counts, including child molestation, sexual battery and lewd conduct, involving 18 underage female students. On June 19, 2019, he was sentenced to about 11 years in county jail and five years of probation, and must register as a sex offender.","verified_at":"2026-10-11"},{"added_at":"2026-10-11","bid":"justine-karen-nelson-ca-2019","case_status":"Convicted","corrected_at":null,"county":"Fresno","date":"2019-06-13","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Justine Karen Nelson","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Tenaya Middle School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"ABC30 Fresno","url":"https://abc30.com/post/former-fresno-teacher-sentenced-to-year-in-jail-for-sex-with-student/5345219/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Associated Press (via NBC Los Angeles)","url":"https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/fresno-teacher-jail-oral-sex-with-student/149502"}],"state":"CA","state_name":"California","summary":"Justine Karen Nelson, a former teacher at Tenaya Middle School in Fresno, was convicted by a jury in April 2019 of oral copulation involving an eighth-grade student. 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He was sentenced to two years in prison and five years of post-prison supervision, and must register as a sex offender.","verified_at":"2026-10-11"},{"added_at":"2026-10-11","bid":"miguel-g-garcia-nm-2019","case_status":"Convicted","corrected_at":null,"county":"Rio Arriba","date":"2019-03-21","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"conviction","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Miguel G. 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She pleaded guilty to sexual assault by a person with supervisory or disciplinary authority for a relationship with an underage student. She received a 10-year sentence with 90 to 120 days in a probation detention center and the rest on probation, a $1,000 fine and 300 hours of community service.","verified_at":"2026-10-11"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"james-maeda-hi-2018","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":"2026-10-08","county":"Honolulu","date":"2019-02-15","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"James Maeda","noindex":false,"role":"staff","school":"Kamehameha Schools","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Honolulu Star-Advertiser","url":"https://www.staradvertiser.com/2019/02/15/breaking-news/kamehameha-schools-ex-faculty-member-gets-prison-time-for-sexual-assault-of-student/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Hawaii News Now","url":"https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2019/02/15/former-kamehameha-schools-faculty-member-sentenced-prison-sexually-assaulting-student/"}],"state":"HI","state_name":"Hawaii","summary":"James Maeda, a former assistant band director at Kamehameha Schools' Kapalama campus, pleaded guilty in September 2018 to 10 counts of second-degree sexual assault and one count of third-degree sexual assault involving a 14-year-old student. The assaults occurred between June 2017 and February 2018. 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He was sentenced the same day to 13 years in prison with five years suspended, followed by probation, and must register as a sex offender for life.","verified_at":"2026-10-03"},{"added_at":"2026-10-04","bid":"laura-calladio-ramos-ct-2019","case_status":"No Contest Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":null,"date":"2019-01-25","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Laura Calladio Ramos","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Central High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Connecticut Post (Hearst)","url":"https://www.ctpost.com/news/article/Former-teacher-gets-5-years-for-sexually-13561275.php"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"ABC7 New York (AP brief)","url":"https://abc7ny.com/connecticut-laura-ramos-calladio-sex-assault/4773584/"}],"state":"CT","state_name":"Connecticut","summary":"Laura Calladio Ramos, a special education teacher at Central High School in Bridgeport, pleaded no contest in November 2018 to second-degree sexual assault involving two special education students and to violating a protective order. On January 25, 2019, she was sentenced to five years in prison followed by probation and sex offender registration.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-04","bid":"tad-cummins-tn-2019","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Maury","date":"2019-01-16","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Tad Cummins","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Culleoka Unit School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"NBC News","url":"https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/former-tennessee-teacher-tad-cummins-sentenced-20-years-kidnapping-teen-n959466"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"WTVF NewsChannel 5","url":"https://www.newschannel5.com/news/tad-cummins-faces-sentencing-in-federal-court-wednesday"}],"state":"TN","state_name":"Tennessee","summary":"Tad Cummins, a former teacher at Culleoka Unit School in Maury County, took a 15-year-old student across state lines in 2017. 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In January 2019 he was sentenced to three years of probation with an underlying 32-month prison term and ordered to register as a sex offender.","verified_at":"2026-10-11"},{"added_at":"2026-10-11","bid":"maren-oates-nv-2019","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Washoe","date":"2019-01-01","date_granularity":"month","date_type":"plea","district":"Washoe County School District","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Maren Oates","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Academy of Arts, Careers and Technology","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KOLO 8","url":"https://www.kolotv.com/content/news/Washoe-Schools-teacher-arrested-for-sex-with-student-483064911.html"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"2 News KTVN","url":"https://www.2news.com/school-employee-pleads-guilty-to-inappropriate-relations-with-student/article_cb10fad8-bdad-5a3f-9be5-cc0b6700b7d9.html"}],"state":"NV","state_name":"Nevada","summary":"Maren Oates, a teacher at the Academy of Arts, Careers and Technology in the Washoe County School District, pleaded guilty to school employee engaged in sex with a pupil. A judge rejected a probation agreement and sentenced her to 34 months in prison, with parole eligibility after at least 12 months.","verified_at":"2026-10-11"},{"added_at":"2026-10-11","bid":"dawn-proffitt-diimmler-sc-2018","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":"2026-10-12","county":"Lexington","date":"2018-12-21","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"plea","district":null,"incident_type":"Other Misconduct","name":"Dawn Proffitt Diimmler","noindex":false,"role":"principal","school":"Airport High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Lexington County Chronicle","url":"https://www.lexingtonchronicle.com/news/former-airport-high-school-administrator-pleads-guilty-harassment"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","derived_from":"associated press","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Associated Press (via WSOC-TV)","url":"https://www.wsoctv.com/news/south-carolina/former-sc-assistant-principal-pleads-guilty-to-sex-charge/895499285"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","derived_from":"associated press","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Associated Press (via WLOS)","url":"https://www.wlos.com/news/local/south-carolina-school-principal-pleads-to-last-sex-charge-01-10-2019"}],"state":"SC","state_name":"South Carolina","summary":"Dawn Proffitt Diimmler, a former assistant principal at Airport High School in West Columbia, South Carolina, was charged with sexual battery with a student over a relationship with a 19-year-old student. 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In December 2018 she was sentenced to 18 months in Woodford County and one year in Fayette County, to run concurrently.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-11","bid":"mary-jahn-ca-2018","case_status":"No Contest Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Los Angeles","date":"2018-11-30","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Mary Jahn","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Lakewood High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"Los Angeles County District Attorney","url":"https://da.lacounty.gov/sites/default/files/press/113018_Former_Lakewood_High_School_Teacher_Sentenced_for_Child_Sex_Abuse.pdf"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Long Beach Post","url":"https://lbpost.com/news/crime/former-lakewood-high-teacher-sentenced-to-prison-for-sexually-abusing-student"}],"state":"CA","state_name":"California","summary":"Mary Jahn, a former English teacher at Lakewood High School in California, pleaded no contest to one count of lewd act upon a child, related to a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old student that began in 2008. On November 30, 2018, she was sentenced to three years in state prison and lifetime sex offender registration.","verified_at":"2026-10-11"},{"added_at":"2026-10-10","bid":"rene-tenas-ca-2018","case_status":"No Contest Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":null,"date":"2018-11-16","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Rene Tenas","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Hart Street Elementary School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"Los Angeles County District Attorney","url":"https://da.lacounty.gov/sites/default/files/press/111618_Former_Teacher_Sentenced_for_Inappropriately_Touching_Young_Students.pdf"}],"state":"CA","state_name":"California","summary":"Rene Tenas was a fourth-grade teacher at Hart Street Elementary School. He pleaded no contest to two felony counts of committing a lewd act on a child in a case involving inappropriate touching of students. 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Investigators identified six alleged victims, all current or former students of Harvey. 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On November 5, 2018, a Cass County District Court judge sentenced her to 10 years in prison followed by five years of supervised probation and sex-offender registration.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"robert-wilson-leach-dc-2018","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Washington, D.C.","date":"2018-10-19","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Robert Wilson Leach","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Meridian Public Charter School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia","url":"https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/former-middle-school-teacher-who-previously-fled-cuba-sentenced-prison-sexually-abusing"}],"state":"DC","state_name":"District of Columbia","summary":"Robert Wilson Leach, a former seventh- and eighth-grade math teacher at Meridian Public Charter School in Washington, D.C., was sentenced on October 19, 2018, to 11 years and 10 months in prison for sexually abusing four middle school students. He pleaded guilty in June 2018 to first-degree child sexual abuse and related charges. After a parent caught him in 2013 he fled to Cuba, and he was extradited to the United States in January 2018.","verified_at":"2026-10-03"},{"added_at":"2026-10-04","bid":"james-horgan-pa-2018","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Allegheny","date":"2018-10-18","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"West Mifflin Area School District","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"James Horgan","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"West Mifflin High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"CBS Pittsburgh","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/west-mifflin-teacher-guilty-sex-student/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Pittsburgh Post-Gazette","url":"https://www.post-gazette.com/news/crime-courts/2018/10/18/Former-West-Mifflin-High-School-teacher-James-Horgan-pleads-guilty-sex-student/stories/201810180185"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"WPXI","url":"https://www.wpxi.com/news/top-stories/former-teacher-pleads-guilty-to-sex-assault-of-a-student/855447108/"}],"state":"PA","state_name":"Pennsylvania","summary":"James Horgan, a psychology teacher at West Mifflin High School, pleaded guilty to one count of institutional sexual assault for having sex with a student in his classroom. 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She pleaded guilty to the charge on October 10, 2018. A proposed agreement under review by the judge called for four years of deferred adjudication, surrender of her teaching license and a fine.","verified_at":"2026-10-03"},{"added_at":"2026-10-11","bid":"tennille-rae-whitaker-nv-2018","case_status":"No Contest Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Elko","date":"2018-10-04","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Elko County School District","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Tennille Rae Whitaker","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Wells Elementary School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":403,"kind":"primary","outlet":"Supreme Court of Nevada (via FindLaw)","url":"https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/nv-supreme-court/2033168.html"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"High Desert Advocate","url":"https://www.coyote-tv.com/2020/10/20/ec-2-5-million-for-wells-teacher-sex-abuse-case/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":403,"kind":"primary","outlet":"Court of Appeals of Nevada (via FindLaw)","url":"https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/crt-app-nev/2161448.html"}],"state":"NV","state_name":"Nevada","summary":"Tennille Rae Whitaker, a former Wells Elementary School teacher, pleaded no contest to four felony counts of sexual conduct between a school employee and a pupil involving four high school students. On October 4, 2018, she was sentenced to 8 to 20 years in prison, and the Nevada Supreme Court affirmed the judgment in 2019.","verified_at":"2026-10-11"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"curtis-van-dam-ia-2018","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":"2026-10-06","county":"Sioux","date":"2018-09-12","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Child Pornography","name":"Curtis Van Dam","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Sioux Center Christian School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Iowa","url":"https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndia/pr/sioux-center-man-sentenced-prison-exploitation-minors"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Sioux City Journal","url":"https://siouxcityjournal.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/ex-sioux-center-teacher-pleads-guilty-to-child-sexual-exploitation/article_022f9881-2d4d-52c3-b7bd-bd1472126b6e.html"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"N'West Iowa REVIEW","url":"https://www.nwestiowa.com/news/van-dam-receives-60-year-prison-sentence/article_b79c3310-15d6-11e9-97ef-fb9434819624.html"}],"state":"IA","state_name":"Iowa","summary":"Curtis Van Dam, a fifth-grade teacher at Sioux Center Christian School who also coached boys' basketball, pleaded guilty in federal court on June 11, 2018, to one count of sexual exploitation of a child and was sentenced on Sept. 12, 2018, to 15 years in federal prison. He later pleaded guilty in Sioux County District Court to sexual abuse and sexual exploitation by a school employee involving male students, and on Jan. 11, 2019, was sentenced to 60 years, consecutive to the federal term.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"michelle-schiffer-tx-2017","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Harris","date":"2018-09-06","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Cy-Fair ISD","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Michelle Schiffer","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Cypress Springs High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"ABC13 Houston (KTRK)","url":"https://abc13.com/michelle-schiffer-cypress-springs-high-school-teacher-underage-sex-cy-fair-isd/4166050/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KHOU 11 (Tegna)","url":"https://www.khou.com/article/news/crime/ex-cypress-springs-teacher-gets-8-year-sentence-for-having-sex-with-15-year-old/285-591670617"}],"state":"TX","state_name":"Texas","summary":"Michelle Schiffer, a former history teacher at Cypress Springs High School in Cy-Fair ISD, was charged in November 2017 with improper relationship with a student and sexual assault of a child involving a 15-year-old student. She pleaded guilty and was sentenced on September 6, 2018, to eight years in prison.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-04","bid":"dustin-ray-leonard-tx-2018","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":null,"date":"2018-07-30","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"plea","district":"Slaton Independent School District","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Dustin Ray Leonard","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Slaton High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Texas","url":"https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndtx/pr/slaton-high-school-teacher-admits-enticement-minor"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KCBD","url":"https://www.kcbd.com/story/38775766/slaton-teacher-admits-to-having-sexual-relationship-with-a-student/"}],"state":"TX","state_name":"Texas","summary":"Dustin Ray Leonard, a teacher and coach at Slaton High School in the Slaton Independent School District, pleaded guilty in federal court on July 30, 2018, to enticement of a minor. The case involved a sexual relationship with an 11th-grade student that began in January 2018.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-04","bid":"christopher-harris-speights-md-2018","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Prince George's","date":"2018-07-17","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Prince George's County Public Schools","incident_type":"Child Pornography","name":"Christopher Harris Speights","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Bradbury Heights Elementary School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Maryland","url":"https://www.justice.gov/usao-md/pr/substitute-teacher-sentenced-35-years-federal-prison-production-child-pornography"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"NBC4 Washington (NBCUniversal)","url":"https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/ex-substitute-teacher-pleads-guilty-to-child-porn-abuse-charges/43446/"}],"state":"MD","state_name":"Maryland","summary":"Christopher Harris Speights, a permanent substitute teacher at Bradbury Heights Elementary School in Capitol Heights and a youth basketball coach, pleaded guilty in federal court to production and attempted production of child pornography. Prosecutors said one image was produced while he chaperoned a Bradbury Heights fifth-grade class trip, and that some victims were students at the school. On July 17, 2018, U.S. District Judge Paul W. 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On June 28, 2018, she was sentenced to one year in the Posey County Jail and ordered to register as a sex offender.","verified_at":"2026-10-11"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"ann-kuroki-id-2018","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Gooding","date":"2018-06-26","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Gooding School District","incident_type":"Other Misconduct","name":"Ann Kuroki","noindex":false,"role":"aide","school":"Gooding High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Idahonews","url":"https://idahonews.com/news/local/woman-to-serve-90-days-in-jail-probation-for-sex-abuse"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KMVT","url":"https://www.kmvt.com/content/news/Ann-Kuroki-sentenced-on-two-felony-and-one-misdemeanor-charge-486647751.html"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KMVT","url":"https://www.kmvt.com/content/news/Former-Gooding-teacher-takes-guilty-plea-on-injury-to-child-charges-477323393.html"}],"state":"ID","state_name":"Idaho","summary":"Ann Kuroki, a teaching lab assistant and junior varsity basketball coach in the Gooding School District in Idaho, pleaded guilty in March 2018 to two felony counts of injury to a child and one misdemeanor count of dispensing alcohol to a minor involving a Gooding High School student. On June 26, 2018, she received a suspended prison sentence of up to 10 years, 90 days in jail and four years of supervised probation.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-11","bid":"christine-lee-funk-mn-2018","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Dakota","date":"2018-06-25","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Christine Lee Funk","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Henry Sibley High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","derived_from":"associated press","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Associated Press (via MPR News)","url":"https://www.mprnews.org/story/2018/06/27/former-teacher-accused-having-sex-with-student-gets-6-months"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"WCCO / CBS News Minnesota","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/henry-sibley-music-teacher-sentenced"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Valley News Live (Gray)","url":"https://www.valleynewslive.com/content/news/Former-MN-teacher-sentenced-for-sex-with-student-486668391.html"}],"state":"MN","state_name":"Minnesota","summary":"Christine Lee Funk, a former music teacher at Henry Sibley High School in Mendota Heights, pleaded guilty to third-degree criminal sexual conduct involving a 17-year-old student. 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On May 10, 2018, she was sentenced to 180 days in a sheriff's work-release program and four years of probation, with community service and a ten-year no-contact order.","verified_at":"2026-10-11"},{"added_at":"2026-10-11","bid":"madeline-marx-oh-2018","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Montgomery","date":"2018-04-19","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Madeline Marx","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":null,"sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"ABC6 / WKEF-WRGT (Sinclair)","url":"https://abc6onyourside.com/news/local/former-ohio-substitute-teacher-sentenced-to-probation-for-sexual-battery-of-students"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"WDTN (Nexstar)","url":"https://digital-release.wdtn.com/news/local-news/former-kettering-substitute-teacher-gets-probation-for-sexual-battery/amp/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":404,"kind":"news","outlet":"Dayton Daily News","url":"https://daytondailynews.com/news/crime--law/kettering-sub-teacher-student-sex-case-just-can-express-the-remorse-that-have/S61qI6lBN0HWd8bPYe8TVI"}],"state":"OH","state_name":"Ohio","summary":"Madeline Marx, a former substitute teacher in Kettering and Oakwood schools in Ohio, pleaded guilty in March 2018 to two counts of sexual battery involving students. On April 19, 2018, a Montgomery County judge sentenced her to five years of community control with no jail time and lifetime Tier III sex offender registration.","verified_at":"2026-10-11"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"shane-ross-or-2018","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Marion","date":"2018-04-06","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Salem-Keizer Public Schools","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Shane Ross","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":null,"sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KVAL","url":"https://kval.com/news/local/salem-keizer-teacher-gets-jail-time-in-sex-abuse-of-student-shane-ross"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KGW (Tegna)","url":"https://www.kgw.com/article/news/crime/former-salem-keizer-teacher-sentenced-to-20-years-for-sexually-abusing-2-students/283-536236531"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KVAL (Sinclair)","url":"https://kval.com/news/schools/salem-keizer-school-teacher-accused-of-sexually-abusing-students-pleads-guilty-to-charges-shane-ross"}],"state":"OR","state_name":"Oregon","summary":"Shane Ross, a former Salem-Keizer Public Schools physical education and computer teacher, pleaded guilty on February 26, 2018, to one count of second-degree unlawful sexual penetration and eight counts of first- and second-degree sexual abuse involving two students. On April 6, 2018, a Marion County judge sentenced him to 20 years in prison.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-11","bid":"anthony-j-polizzi-jr-oh-2018","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Lake","date":"2018-03-26","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"plea","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Anthony J. Polizzi Jr.","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Cornerstone Christian Academy","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"Supreme Court of Ohio, State v. Polizzi, 2026-Ohio-2588","url":"https://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/rod/docs/pdf/0/2026/2026-Ohio-2588.pdf"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"Ohio Eleventh District Court of Appeals, State v. 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After an appeal he was resentenced to 358 months in prison, and the Supreme Court of Ohio upheld that sentence in 2026.","verified_at":"2026-10-11"},{"added_at":"2026-10-11","bid":"brooke-l-rosendale-oh-2018","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Hancock","date":"2018-03-07","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Riverdale Local Schools","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Brooke L. 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On March 7, 2018 she was sentenced to three years in prison and surrendered her teaching license.","verified_at":"2026-10-11"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"shonna-lynn-calaway-tx-2018","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Motley","date":"2018-02-09","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Shonna Lynn Calaway","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Motley County High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KCBD","url":"https://www.kcbd.com/story/37471237/motley-co-teacher-sentenced-to-prison-for-having-sexual-relationship-with-teen-student/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Texas","url":"https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndtx/pr/motley-county-high-school-teacher-sentenced-enticement-sixteen-year-old-student"}],"state":"TX","state_name":"Texas","summary":"Shonna Lynn Calaway, 48, of Matador, Texas, a teacher at Motley County High School, was sentenced by Senior U.S. District Judge Sam R. 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She pleaded guilty in October 2017 to one count of enticement of a minor.","verified_at":"2026-10-03"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"alan-wade-coleman-dc-2018","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"District of Columbia","date":"2018-01-26","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"KIPP DC","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Alan Wade Coleman","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"KIPP DC KEY Academy","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"Department of Justice","url":"https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/former-dc-teacher-sentenced-prison-term-sexually-abusing-student"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"NBC Washington","url":"https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/former-dc-charter-school-teacher-pleads-guilty-to-sexual-abuse-of-14-year-old-student/31359/"}],"state":"DC","state_name":"District of Columbia","summary":"Alan Wade Coleman, a teacher at KIPP DC KEY Academy middle school in Washington, D.C., pleaded guilty in October 2017 in D.C. 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On January 18, 2018, he was sentenced to 262 months in federal prison followed by 20 years of supervised release.","verified_at":"2026-10-03"},{"added_at":"2026-10-11","bid":"joseph-massey-az-2018","case_status":"Convicted","corrected_at":null,"county":"Pima","date":"2018-01-17","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Joseph Massey","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Southern Arizona Community Academy","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KOLD News 13","url":"https://www.kold.com/story/37305232/tucson-teacher-sex-crime-convicted-probation-joseph-massey"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KGUN 9","url":"https://www.kgun9.com/news/local-news/former-charter-school-teacher-now-a-registered-sex-offender"}],"state":"AZ","state_name":"Arizona","summary":"Joseph Massey, a teacher at Southern Arizona Community Academy, a Tucson charter school, was found guilty by a jury in December 2017 of luring a minor for sexual exploitation and assault for sexual gratification. The victims were three female students. He was sentenced in January 2018 to eight years of probation and must register as a sex offender.","verified_at":"2026-10-11"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"morris-david-nelson-vt-2017","case_status":"Convicted","corrected_at":null,"county":"Bennington","date":"2018-01-01","date_granularity":"year","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Morris David Nelson","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Vermont School for Girls","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"Vermont Judiciary","url":"https://www.vermontjudiciary.org/media/19406"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Bennington Banner","url":"https://www.benningtonbanner.com/archives/former-teacher-found-guilty-of-rape/article_8252e719-61eb-57b2-9719-c0dd786e61e1.html"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Bennington Banner","url":"https://www.benningtonbanner.com/local-news/court-affirms-ex-teachers-sentence-for-assault-of-underage-student/article_14a0c4dc-db77-11eb-8f9c-8391f4afaa40.html"}],"state":"VT","state_name":"Vermont","summary":"Morris David Nelson, a former math teacher at the Vermont School for Girls in Bennington, was found guilty by a jury in June 2017 of sexual assault charges involving a 17-year-old former student. He was sentenced in 2018 to 12 years to life in prison. The Vermont Supreme Court vacated a separate sexual exploitation conviction but affirmed the assault convictions and sentence.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"kevin-muehlenthaler-ia-2021","case_status":"Convicted","corrected_at":null,"county":null,"date":"2017-10-01","date_granularity":"month","date_type":"conviction","district":"North Polk School District","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Kevin Muehlenthaler","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"North Polk Elementary School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":403,"kind":"news","outlet":"Desmoinesregister","url":"https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/crime-and-courts/2021/12/16/north-polk-teacher-kevin-muehlenthaler-denied-new-trial-sex-abuse-case-iowa-appeals-court/8911940002/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"Iowa Court of Appeals","url":"https://www.iowacourts.gov/courtcases/4642/embed/CourtAppealsOpinion"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"Iowa Court of Appeals","url":"https://www.iowacourts.gov/courtcases/14471/embed/CourtAppealsOpinion"}],"state":"IA","state_name":"Iowa","summary":"Kevin Muehlenthaler, a part-time band teacher in the North Polk School District in Iowa, was convicted by a jury in 2017 of three counts of sexual exploitation by a school employee involving a high school student who volunteered in his class. He was sentenced to consecutive terms of up to two years on each count. The Iowa Court of Appeals affirmed the convictions in 2019 and in 2021 reversed a postconviction order that had granted him a new trial.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"heather-lee-robertson-tx-2017","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Angelina","date":"2017-09-28","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Hudson ISD","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Heather Lee Robertson","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":null,"sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Houston Chronicle","url":"https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Texas-teacher-prison-sex-with-students-12241169.php"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Lufkin Daily News","url":"https://lufkindailynews.com/news/community/article_b6adaeb2-a47a-11e7-b267-836544259222.html"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","derived_from":"ap","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"CBS News","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/texas-teacher-gets-prison-for-sex-with-six-students"}],"state":"TX","state_name":"Texas","summary":"Heather Lee Robertson, a former kindergarten teacher with Hudson ISD near Lufkin, pleaded guilty to seven counts of sexual assault of a child involving Hudson ISD high school students between November 2016 and February 2017. On September 28, 2017, she was sentenced to 10 years in prison, ordered to register as a sex offender, and required to surrender her teaching certificate.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"charli-jones-parker-al-2016","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":"2026-10-06","county":"Pickens","date":"2017-08-21","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Charli Jones Parker","noindex":false,"role":"staff","school":"Pickens Academy","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Yellowhammer News","url":"https://yellowhammernews.com/former-alabama-teacher-sentenced-sex-encounter-student-cemetery-lhuff/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"WBRC","url":"https://www.wbrc.com/story/36181379/pickens-academy-teacher-sentenced-to-3-years-in-student-sex-case/"}],"state":"AL","state_name":"Alabama","summary":"Charli Jones Parker, who taught elementary, computer and physical education classes at Pickens Academy in Pickens County, Alabama, pleaded guilty to two counts of a school employee having sexual relations with a student. 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In August 2017 she was sentenced to 195 days in jail with credit for time served, three years of probation and sex offender registration. 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On May 11, 2017, he was sentenced to 30 days in jail and two years of probation and ordered to register as a sex offender and surrender his teaching credentials.","verified_at":"2026-10-11"},{"added_at":"2026-10-11","bid":"alexander-luna-salazar-ca-2017","case_status":"No Contest Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Monterey","date":"2017-05-02","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Soledad Unified School District","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Alexander Luna Salazar","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Soledad High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Salinas Valley Tribune","url":"https://salinasvalleytribune.com/soledad-teacher-sentenced-for-having-sex-with-student/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KION News Channel 5/46","url":"https://kioncentralcoast.com/?p=57215"}],"state":"CA","state_name":"California","summary":"Alexander Luna Salazar, a former teacher at Soledad High School, pleaded no contest to two felonies, unlawful intercourse with a minor and contacting a minor with intent to commit a sexual offense, involving a 17-year-old student. On May 2, 2017, he was sentenced to 280 days in county jail, three years of felony probation, sex offender treatment and lifetime sex offender registration.","verified_at":"2026-10-11"},{"added_at":"2026-10-04","bid":"stephanie-amato-pa-2017","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":null,"date":"2017-05-02","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Philadelphia School District","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Stephanie Amato","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Ethan Allen Elementary School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Philadelphia Inquirer","url":"https://www.inquirer.com/philly/news/crime/Phila-special-ed-teacher-gets-prison-sex-offender-status-for-sex-rlationship-with-boy-14.html"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"6abc Philadelphia","url":"https://6abc.com/philadelphia-news-northeast-etan-allen-school-stephanie-amato/1949189/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"CBS Pittsburgh (AP)","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/pa-special-education-teacher-blames-heroin-habit-for-having-sex-with-student/"}],"state":"PA","state_name":"Pennsylvania","summary":"Stephanie Amato, a special education teacher at Ethan Allen Elementary in Philadelphia, pleaded guilty to a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old student. She was sentenced in May 2017 to 11½ to 23 months in county prison plus 10 years of probation and must register as a sex offender.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"gilbert-trujillo-co-2015","case_status":"Convicted","corrected_at":"2026-10-07","county":"Adams","date":"2017-04-19","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Adams 14 School District","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Gilbert Trujillo","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Dupont Elementary School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"CBS News Colorado","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/gilbert-trujillo-dupont-elementary-adams-county/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":403,"kind":"news","outlet":"KDVR FOX31","url":"https://kdvr.com/news/former-teacher-convicted-of-molesting-students-gets-25-years-to-life-in-prison/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Denver7 (KMGH)","url":"https://www.denver7.com/news/crime/former-adams-county-elementary-teacher-gets-25-years-to-life-for-child-sex-assaults"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Colorado Community Media","url":"https://www.coloradocommunitymedia.com/archives/commerce-city/news/education/article_21c67037-efa6-54d6-be58-d60eff65a0e8.html"}],"state":"CO","state_name":"Colorado","summary":"Gilbert Trujillo, a former teacher at Dupont Elementary School in Commerce City, Colorado, was convicted in February 2017 of multiple felony counts of sexual assault on a child by a person in a position of trust, involving two of his students. On April 19, 2017, he was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison.","verified_at":"2026-10-03"},{"added_at":"2026-10-10","bid":"ashley-parkins-pruitt-al-2017","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":"2026-10-11","county":"Blount","date":"2017-04-06","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"plea","district":"Blount County School System","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Ashley Parkins Pruitt","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Appalachian High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":403,"kind":"primary","outlet":"Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals (Pruitt v. 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She was sentenced to concurrent terms including 15 years, split to one year in jail, two years of house arrest and three years of supervised probation. The Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the judgment in April 2018.","verified_at":"2026-10-10"},{"added_at":"2026-10-11","bid":"veronica-dixon-il-2017","case_status":"Convicted","corrected_at":null,"county":"Peoria","date":"2017-03-29","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Veronica Dixon","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Trewyn School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"Illinois Appellate Court, Third District (People v. 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The Illinois Appellate Court affirmed the conviction in 2019.","verified_at":"2026-10-11"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"harry-almond-ar-2022","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":"2026-10-07","county":null,"date":"2017-03-27","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Harry Almond","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Gravette High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":false,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"5Newsonline","url":"https://www.5newsonline.com/article/news/crime/former-gravette-teacher-arrested-sexual-crimes-parole/527-8babfaf9-904c-4eb3-a362-e3da70f48037"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"5NEWS (KFSM)","url":"https://www.5newsonline.com/article/news/local/outreach/back-to-school/former-gravette-school-teacher-sentenced-to-six-years-in-prison-for-sexually-assaulting-students/527-74e41d29-18df-4929-a0f5-3a8a1f9c3ce5"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KATV","url":"https://katv.com/news/local/former-gravette-hs-teacher-out-on-parole-for-sexual-assault-arrested-in-crawford-county-jail-high-school-ghs-public-sexual-indecency-class-a-misdemeanor-harry-don-almond-violation-hold-not-guilty-second-degree-plea-deal-student-genital-area-home-arkansas"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Arkansas Democrat-Gazette","url":"https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2017/mar/28/former-gravette-teacher-sentenced-to-si/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KNWA","url":"https://digital-release.nwahomepage.com/news/former-teacher-sentenced-to-six-years-in-prison-for-sexual-assault/amp"}],"state":"AR","state_name":"Arkansas","summary":"Harry Almond, a former teacher at Gravette High School in Arkansas, pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree sexual assault involving students. On March 27, 2017, he was sentenced to six years in the Arkansas Department of Correction, with an additional 10-year suspended sentence, and was required to register as a sex offender.","verified_at":"2026-10-03"},{"added_at":"2026-10-04","bid":"kimberly-naquin-la-2017","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":"2026-10-10","county":"Jefferson Parish","date":"2017-03-13","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Kimberly Naquin","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Destrehan High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"St. Charles Herald-Guide","url":"https://www.heraldguide.com/news/former-dhs-teacher-pleads-guilty-to-sex-with-student-will-not-serve-jail-time/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"The Advocate","url":"https://www.theadvocate.com/new_orleans/news/education/article_acf13158-1e26-11e7-aa94-6b290f4655cb.html"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Jefferson Parish District Attorney's Office","url":"https://www.jpda.us/destrehan-teacher-pleads-guilty-in-kenner-student-sex-case/"}],"state":"LA","state_name":"Louisiana","summary":"Kimberly Naquin, a former history teacher at Destrehan High School, pleaded guilty in Jefferson Parish's 24th Judicial District Court to carnal knowledge of a juvenile and prohibited sexual contact between a teacher and student involving a 16-year-old student. The judge suspended a five-year prison sentence and a six-month jail term, ordered five years of active probation and required 15 years of sex offender registration.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-12","bid":"brooke-wilson-in-2017","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Elkhart","date":"2017-03-01","date_granularity":"month","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Wa-Nee Community Schools","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Brooke Wilson","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"NorthWood High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Goshen News (CNHI)","url":"https://www.goshennews.com/news/local_news/former-northwood-teacher-pleads-guilty-to-child-seduction-charge/article_849c5e2c-3ea7-52b2-b35f-5f3c71ce145f.html"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","derived_from":"elkhart truth","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"95.3 MNC (Federated Media)","url":"https://www.953mnc.com/2017/03/08/former-northwood-high-school-teacher-sentenced-child-seduction/"}],"state":"IN","state_name":"Indiana","summary":"Brooke Wilson, a former teacher at NorthWood High School in the Wa-Nee school district in Indiana, pleaded guilty in January 2017 in Elkhart County Superior Court to child seduction, a Class D felony, involving a student. In March 2017 she was sentenced to a year and a half, to be served on probation, and ordered to register as a sex offender.","verified_at":"2026-10-12"},{"added_at":"2026-10-04","bid":"james-bryla-il-2017","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":"2026-10-08","county":"DuPage","date":"2017-02-24","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"James Bryla","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Hinsdale Central High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"NBC Chicago","url":"https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/former-hinsdale-central-teacher-sex-assault/32542/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Daily Herald","url":"https://www.dailyherald.com/20170224/news/former-hinsdale-central-teacher-sentenced-to-6-years-for-sexual-abuse/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"CBS Chicago","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/former-hinsdale-central-teacher-gets-6-years-for-sex-assault/"}],"state":"IL","state_name":"Illinois","summary":"James Bryla, a former teacher at Hinsdale Central High School, pleaded guilty to one count of criminal sexual assault involving a 16-year-old female student in 2011. 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In February 2017 she was sentenced to 90 days in jail and two years of supervised probation.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"duane-william-millar-mi-2017","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":null,"date":"2017-02-07","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Howell Public School District","incident_type":"Child Pornography","name":"Duane William Millar","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":null,"sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"Department of Justice","url":"https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdmi/pr/2017_0207_Millar"}],"state":"MI","state_name":"Michigan","summary":"Duane William Millar, a teacher in the Howell Public School District, pleaded guilty in federal court in 2016 to receipt of child pornography. Investigators found he had digitally altered images of his students to include sexual content. 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In November 2016 a district judge sentenced her to 28 to 72 months in prison.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"kyle-lee-smith-ar-2016","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":null,"date":"2016-11-17","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Harrison School District","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Kyle Lee Smith","noindex":false,"role":"staff","school":null,"sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"Department of Justice","url":"https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdar/pr/former-harrison-school-district-assistant-band-director-sentenced-15-years-federal"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KY3","url":"https://www.ky3.com/content/news/Harrison-teacher-sex-abuse-prison-401783105.html"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KATV","url":"https://katv.com/news/local/fmr-ark-assistant-band-director-gets-federal-prison-for-having-sex-with-students"}],"state":"AR","state_name":"Arkansas","summary":"Kyle Lee Smith, an assistant band director with the Harrison School District in Arkansas, pleaded guilty in federal court to transportation of a minor with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity and coercion and enticement of a minor, involving two students. 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The case involved sexually explicit online contact with a 13-year-old male student. 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On June 24, 2016, he was sentenced to 180 months in federal prison, five years of supervised release, and a $25,000 fine.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-10","bid":"justin-james-davenport-ut-2016","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":null,"date":"2016-06-02","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Ogden School District","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Justin James Davenport","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Highland Junior High","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"The Salt Lake Tribune","url":"https://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=3960245&itype=CMSID"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Deseret News","url":"https://www.deseret.com/2016/6/6/20589795/former-9th-grade-teacher-sent-to-jail-for-sex-with-student/"}],"state":"UT","state_name":"Utah","summary":"Justin James Davenport was a geography and history teacher at Highland Junior High whose case involved a student. He pleaded guilty to forcible sexual abuse and received one year in jail followed by 36 months of probation. He was also required to register as a sex offender.","verified_at":"2026-10-10"},{"added_at":"2026-10-11","bid":"stacy-l-mcconoughey-oh-2016","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Union","date":"2016-05-17","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Stacy L. 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On May 11, 2016 he was sentenced to two years in prison and five years of supervised probation.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-04","bid":"dennis-turner-fl-2016","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Brevard","date":"2016-05-04","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Dennis Turner","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Edgewood Junior/Senior High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"WESH 2","url":"https://www.wesh.com/article/former-teacher-sentenced-to-20-years-in-prison-for-sex-with-student/4449222"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"News 6 ClickOrlando (WKMG)","url":"https://www.clickorlando.com/news/2016/05/04/former-teacher-gets-20-years-in-prison-for-sex-with-student/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Spectrum News 13","url":"https://mynews13.com/fl/orlando/news/2016/5/4/ex_brevard_teacher_sentenced_sexual_battery_student"}],"state":"FL","state_name":"Florida","summary":"Dennis Turner, a former drama teacher at Edgewood Junior/Senior High School in Merritt Island, pleaded guilty to 10 counts of sexual battery on a child involving a student, from 2003 to 2006. 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On May 3, 2016, she was sentenced to seven years in the Department of Corrections with five years of mandatory parole.","verified_at":"2026-10-03"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"james-f-rapp-mi-2016","case_status":"No Contest Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Jackson","date":"2016-04-29","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Diocese of Lansing","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"James F. 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On April 29, 2016, he was sentenced to 20 to 40 years in prison. He was already serving a 1999 prison sentence in Oklahoma for sexually abusing teenage boys.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-04","bid":"johanna-grace-vickers-tx-2016","case_status":"Convicted","corrected_at":null,"county":"Shelby County","date":"2016-04-11","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Shelbyville ISD","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Johanna Grace Vickers","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Shelbyville High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KTRE (Gray)","url":"https://www.ktre.com/story/31694744/official-sentencing-for-ex-shelbyville-isd-teacher-who-had-sex-with-student-starts/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KTRE (Gray)","url":"https://www.ktre.com/story/31620951/ex-shelbyville-teacher-who-had-sex-with-student-takes-stand-apologizes/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Shelby County Today","url":"https://scttx.com/articles/jury-find-vickers-guilty-almost-all-charges"}],"state":"TX","state_name":"Texas","summary":"Johanna Grace Vickers, a former Shelbyville High School teacher, pleaded guilty to three counts of improper relationship between an educator and student and was found guilty by a jury on remaining sexual assault of a child and indecency charges involving an underage student, convicted on 17 of 18 counts. The jury set three years in prison on each count, to run concurrently; formal sentencing was April 11, 2016.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"jason-lofthouse-nv-2016","case_status":"Convicted","corrected_at":null,"county":"Clark","date":"2016-03-25","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"conviction","district":"Clark County School District","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Jason Lofthouse","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Rancho High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"News 3 Las Vegas","url":"https://news3lv.com/news/local/verdict-reached-in-lofthouse-trial"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":403,"kind":"primary","outlet":"Supreme Court of Nevada (Justia)","url":"https://law.justia.com/cases/nevada/supreme-court/2020/70587.html"}],"state":"NV","state_name":"Nevada","summary":"Jason Lofthouse, a history teacher at Rancho High School in Las Vegas, was found guilty by a jury on March 25, 2016, of 10 counts of sexual conduct between a school employee and a student and two counts of first-degree kidnapping, stemming from a relationship with a 17-year-old student. In 2020 the Nevada Supreme Court affirmed the 10 sexual conduct convictions and reversed the two kidnapping convictions.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"christopher-cotten-tx-2016","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":"2026-10-06","county":"Williamson","date":"2016-03-02","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Round Rock ISD","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Christopher Cotten","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"McNeil High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Austin American-Statesman","url":"https://www.statesman.com/story/news/2016/09/04/former-round-rock-teacher-pleads-guilty-in-sexual-misconduct-case/10085985007/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"FOX 7 Austin","url":"https://www.fox7austin.com/news/former-teacher-goes-to-jail-for-inappropriate-relationship-with-student"}],"state":"TX","state_name":"Texas","summary":"Christopher Cotten, 42, a math teacher and track coach at McNeil High School in the Round Rock district, pleaded guilty to indecency with a child and improper relationship between an educator and student. The case involved a 16-year-old student. 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The charges involved two under-aged students. On February 24, 2016, he was sentenced to 20 years in prison followed by \"sexual predator probation\".","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-04","bid":"rhett-rigby-mo-2016","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Clay County","date":"2016-01-29","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Kearney School District","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Rhett Rigby","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Kearney Junior High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"FOX 4 Kansas City (Nexstar)","url":"https://digital-release.fox4kc.com/news/former-kearney-teacher-sentenced-to-9-years-in-prison-for-having-sex-with-student/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KMZU","url":"https://www.kmzu.com/kmzu-on-scene-miller-reports-rigby-has-been-sentenced/"}],"state":"MO","state_name":"Missouri","summary":"Rhett Rigby, a former algebra teacher at Kearney Junior High School, pleaded guilty to second-degree statutory rape and sexual contact with a student by a teacher involving a 14-year-old student. On January 29, 2016, he was sentenced to consecutive terms of five and four years, nine years in total, in the Missouri Department of Corrections.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-10","bid":"michelle-yeh-ca-2016","case_status":"No Contest Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":null,"date":"2016-01-15","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Michelle Yeh","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"San Pedro High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"Los Angeles County District Attorney","url":"https://da.lacounty.gov/sites/default/files/press/011516_Former_Teacher_Pleads_to_Unlawful_Sex_with_Students_Sentenced_to_Prison.pdf"}],"state":"CA","state_name":"California","summary":"Michelle Yeh was a permanent substitute teacher at San Pedro High School. She pleaded no contest to offenses including unlawful sexual intercourse, oral copulation and lewd acts involving students. She was immediately sentenced to three years and eight months in prison.","verified_at":"2026-10-10"},{"added_at":"2026-10-11","bid":"leslie-danielle-dewitt-ms-2016","case_status":"Convicted","corrected_at":null,"county":"Hancock","date":"2016-01-01","date_granularity":"year","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Leslie Danielle DeWitt","noindex":false,"role":"coach","school":"Hancock High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"WLOX","url":"https://www.wlox.com/2018/12/13/state-supreme-court-denies-appeal-former-hancock-co-coach-convicted-touching-child"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":404,"kind":"news","outlet":"SuperTalk Mississippi","url":"https://www.supertalk.fm/?p=31962"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Associated Press (via WJTV)","url":"https://digital-release.wjtv.com/news/state/judge-denies-bond-to-former-teacher-coach-convicted-of-sex-crimes"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":404,"kind":"news","outlet":"Mississippi Court of Appeals opinion, Dewitt v. 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The Court of Appeals affirmed and the state Supreme Court denied review in 2018.","verified_at":"2026-10-11"},{"added_at":"2026-10-04","bid":"michael-gagnon-me-2015","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Waldo","date":"2016-01-01","date_granularity":"month","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Michael Gagnon","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Waldo County Technical Center","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Pressherald","url":"https://www.pressherald.com/2015/02/04/former-teacher-pleads-guilty-to-sexually-assaulting-student/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Bangor Daily News","url":"https://bangordailynews.com/2016/02/01/news/midcoast/former-teacher-who-had-sex-with-student-gets-two-months/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Morning Sentinel / CentralMaine.com","url":"https://www.centralmaine.com/2015/02/04/winslow-man-avoids-jail-in-sex-assault-case/"}],"state":"ME","state_name":"Maine","summary":"Michael Gagnon, an automotive technology instructor at Waldo County Technical Center who also coached softball at Mount View High School, was charged with sexually assaulting a 17-year-old student. He pleaded guilty in 2015 under a deferred disposition. In January 2016 in Waldo County Superior Court, the gross sexual assault charges were dropped, and he pleaded guilty to Class D assault. He was sentenced to 364 days in jail with all but two months suspended, plus one year of probation.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"robert-cantrell-ky-2015","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":"2026-10-04","county":"Johnson","date":"2015-11-24","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Robert Cantrell","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":null,"sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Kentucky","url":"https://www.justice.gov/usao-edky/pr/former-johnson-county-teacher-sentenced-14-years-sexually-exploiting-minor"}],"state":"KY","state_name":"Kentucky","summary":"Robert Cantrell, a former high school teacher in Johnson County, Kentucky, admitted in federal court to enticing a minor student at his school to send sexually explicit images and to engage in sex acts with him. On November 24, 2015, a U.S. District Judge sentenced him to 14 years in federal prison, followed by 15 years of supervised release.","verified_at":"2026-10-03"},{"added_at":"2026-10-04","bid":"andre-brown-md-2015","case_status":"Convicted","corrected_at":null,"county":"Prince George's","date":"2015-11-19","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Andre Brown","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"High Point High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"WTOP","url":"https://wtop.com/prince-georges-county/2015/11/md-coach-sentenced-in-sex-abuse-case/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"NBC Washington","url":"https://nbcwashington.com/news/local/Ex-Teacher-in-Prince-Georges-County-Sentenced-for-Sex-With-Student-351987091.html"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"WJLA","url":"https://wjla.com/news/local/former-high-point-high-school-football-coach-gets-10-years-for-having-sex-with-a-student"}],"state":"MD","state_name":"Maryland","summary":"Andre Brown, a special education teacher and head football coach at High Point High School in Beltsville, was found guilty at trial in September 2015 of sexual abuse of a minor involving a 17-year-old student. He was sentenced in November 2015 to 10 years in prison and lifetime sex offender registration.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"michael-vucic-il-2015","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Lake","date":"2015-11-05","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Gavin Elementary District 37","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Michael Vucic","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Gavin South Middle School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"NBC Chicago","url":"https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/suburban-middle-school-teacher-gets-50-years-for-sex-abuse/1988765/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Daily Herald","url":"https://dailyherald.com/article/20151105/news/151109301"}],"state":"IL","state_name":"Illinois","summary":"Michael Vucic, 42, a former teacher at Gavin South Middle School in Ingleside, Illinois, pleaded guilty in September 2015 to predatory criminal sexual assault involving students. On Nov. 5, 2015, he was sentenced to 50 years in prison. He had fled to Bosnia after an arrest warrant was issued and was extradited to Lake County.","verified_at":"2026-10-03"},{"added_at":"2026-10-04","bid":"alecia-kay-dotson-fl-2015","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":null,"date":"2015-11-01","date_granularity":"month","date_type":"plea","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Alecia Kay Dotson","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Highlands Grove Elementary School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"U.S. Attorney's Office, Middle District of Florida","url":"https://www.justice.gov/usao-mdfl/pr/lakeland-teacher-pleads-guilty-attempted-child-enticement"}],"state":"FL","state_name":"Florida","summary":"Alecia Kay Dotson, a teacher at Highlands Grove Elementary School in Lakeland, pleaded guilty in federal court to attempted child enticement. According to court documents, she sent sexual text messages to an 11-year-old student and arranged to meet him, and was arrested when she arrived. She faced a mandatory minimum of 10 years in federal prison.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-11","bid":"joseph-koetters-ca-2015","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Los Angeles","date":"2015-10-21","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Joseph Koetters","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Marlborough School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Palisadian-Post","url":"https://www.palipost.com/former-marlborough-teacher-pleads-guilty-to-sexually-molesting-students"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KTLA","url":"https://digital-release.ktla.com/?p=322436"}],"state":"CA","state_name":"California","summary":"Joseph Koetters, a former English teacher at Marlborough School, a private girls' school in Los Angeles, pleaded guilty to two counts each of oral copulation of a person under 18 and sexual penetration by a foreign object involving two 16-year-old students. He was sentenced to one year in county jail and five years of formal probation, and must register as a sex offender for life.","verified_at":"2026-10-11"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"timothy-flasik-tx-2015","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Tarrant","date":"2015-10-09","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Timothy Flasik","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":null,"sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"U.S. District Court, N.D. Texas (govinfo)","url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCOURTS-txnd-4_17-cv-00634/pdf/USCOURTS-txnd-4_17-cv-00634-0.pdf"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":202,"kind":"primary","outlet":"U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Cir. 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On October 9, 2015, he accepted a plea offer and was sentenced to 15 years in each case, to run concurrently.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"rachel-bauer-tx-2015","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Anderson","date":"2015-10-08","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Frankston ISD","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Rachel Bauer","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Frankston High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"MySanAntonio","url":"http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/crime/article/North-Texas-teacher-sentenced-to-prison-for-sex-6561178.php"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KLTV (Gray)","url":"https://www.kltv.com/story/30220250/former-frankston-teacher-to-serve-10-years-for-improper-relationship-with-students/"}],"state":"TX","state_name":"Texas","summary":"Rachel Bauer, a former agriculture teacher at Frankston High School, was sentenced under a plea agreement to 10 years in prison for improper relationship between an educator and student, followed by 10 years of deferred adjudication probation for sexual assault of a child. Prosecutors said she sent explicit photos to and had sex with three male students, ages 14, 16 and 17. She pleaded guilty in August 2015.","verified_at":"2026-10-03"},{"added_at":"2026-10-11","bid":"michael-wier-ak-2015","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":null,"date":"2015-10-01","date_granularity":"month","date_type":"plea","district":"Lower Kuskokwim School District","incident_type":"Other Misconduct","name":"Michael Wier","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":null,"sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KDLG (Bristol Bay Broadcasting)","url":"https://www.kdlg.org/crime/2015-10-15/former-kwigillingok-pleads-to-reduced-charge-in-sexual-abuse-case"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","derived_from":"adn.com","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Anchorage Daily News and ProPublica (via Alaska Public Media)","url":"https://alaskapublic.org/news/2020-05-11/a-rural-school-district-said-it-was-blindsided-by-a-bethel-principals-arrest-except-hed-been-investigated-twice-before"}],"state":"AK","state_name":"Alaska","summary":"Michael Wier, a teacher in the village of Kwigillingok in the Lower Kuskokwim School District, was charged in 2015 with first-degree sexual abuse of a minor in a case involving a 15-year-old student. In October 2015 he pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of second-degree harassment, a misdemeanor, and gave up his teaching certificate as part of the plea agreement.","verified_at":"2026-10-11"},{"added_at":"2026-10-10","bid":"pierre-jonas-hernandez-ca-2015","case_status":"No Contest Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":null,"date":"2015-09-11","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Pierre Jonas Hernandez","noindex":false,"role":"coach","school":"South Pasadena High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"Los Angeles County District Attorney","url":"https://da.lacounty.gov/sites/default/files/press/091115_Former_South_Pasadena_High_School_Track_Coach_Sentenced_for_Child_Molesting.pdf"}],"state":"CA","state_name":"California","summary":"Pierre Jonas Hernandez was the head track coach at South Pasadena High School. He pleaded no contest to misdemeanor child molestation and sexual battery involving students. His sentence included 180 days in jail to be served through electronic monitoring, five years of summary probation, 30 days of community labor and lifetime sex-offender registration.","verified_at":"2026-10-10"},{"added_at":"2026-10-11","bid":"brett-a-hinson-ms-2015","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":null,"date":"2015-09-10","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Brett A. 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On September 10, 2015, he received 30 years in prison, fully suspended, with five years of probation. He was separately sentenced in Louisiana to two years for indecent behavior with a juvenile.","verified_at":"2026-10-11"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"patrick-doyle-ma-2015","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Bristol","date":"2015-09-08","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Patrick Doyle","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Taunton High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Boston Globe","url":"https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/09/08/former-taunton-teacher-sentenced-years-for-child-rape/7tn5GjL0BsdsKtqZbW1lyK/story.html"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"The Sun Chronicle","url":"https://www.thesunchronicle.com/news/local_news/ex-taunton-teacher-patrick-doyle-of-seekonk-goes-to-prison-for-raping-two-of-his/article_3b2fa20c-563b-11e5-97a3-6b4d0c2bcc37.html"}],"state":"MA","state_name":"Massachusetts","summary":"Patrick Doyle, 36, a former Taunton High School social studies teacher, pleaded guilty September 1, 2015 to two counts of child rape and two counts of disseminating matter harmful to minors, and was sentenced September 8, 2015 to five to seven years in prison. Prosecutors said he raped two 14-year-old eighth-grade girls in 2012, one in a classroom and one at his Seekonk apartment. 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In September 2015 he was sentenced to 16 years in prison, eight years per count.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"donald-nelson-bills-ut-2015","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Utah","date":"2015-08-31","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Donald Nelson Bills","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Provo High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KSL","url":"https://www.ksl.com/article/news/utah/former-provo-teacher-sentenced-to-prison-for-heinous-sexual-abuse-of-teen/36285103"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"The Salt Lake Tribune","url":"https://www.sltrib.com/news/courts/2015/09/01/former-utah-teacher-sentenced-to-prison-for-sexually-abusing-student/"}],"state":"UT","state_name":"Utah","summary":"Donald Nelson Bills, a former Provo High School teacher and athletic trainer, was sentenced Aug. 31, 2015 to at least eight years and up to life in prison for sexually abusing a teenage student. He pleaded guilty in July 2015 to five felony charges, including obstructing justice and tampering with a witness; 10 other counts were dismissed under the plea agreement.","verified_at":"2026-10-03"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"troy-guenin-in-2015","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Allen","date":"2015-08-26","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"East Allen County Schools","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Troy Guenin","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"New Haven High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"WOWO","url":"https://wowo.com/former-new-haven-teacher-sentenced-to-prison-for-having-sex-with-student/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"The Journal Gazette","url":"https://www.journalgazette.net/local/courts/ex-teacher-pleads-guilty-in-sex-case/article_74aa0c74-92a0-5618-bf66-440ef97f9992.html"}],"state":"IN","state_name":"Indiana","summary":"Troy Guenin, a math teacher at New Haven High School in East Allen County Schools, pleaded guilty in July 2015 to felony child seduction and felony dissemination of matter harmful to minors involving a 16-year-old student. 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A Harmon County judge sentenced her to 15 years in prison with 5 years suspended on each count, to run concurrently.","verified_at":"2026-10-11"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"joseph-pagel-az-2015","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Mohave","date":"2015-08-12","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Joseph Pagel","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Mohave High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":429,"kind":"news","outlet":"Tucson.com","url":"http://tucson.com/news/blogs/police-beat/former-arizona-high-school-teacher-sentenced-to-jail/article_50927f56-41c4-11e5-950e-bf8a8913940e.html"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":403,"kind":"news","outlet":"Las Vegas Review-Journal","url":"https://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/courts/ex-teacher-sentenced-for-sharing-pot-nudes-with-students/"}],"state":"AZ","state_name":"Arizona","summary":"Joseph Pagel, 33, a math teacher and track and field coach at Mohave High School in Bullhead City, pleaded guilty in July 2015 to luring a minor for sexual exploitation and transferring marijuana under a plea deal. He was arrested after a student reported receiving sexually explicit text messages and nude photos from him. He was sentenced to eight months in jail and five years of probation and ordered to comply with sex offender registration requirements.","verified_at":"2026-10-03"},{"added_at":"2026-10-04","bid":"jessica-streeper-pa-2015","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Montgomery","date":"2015-08-07","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Norristown Area School District","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Jessica Streeper","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Eisenhower Science and Technology Leadership Academy","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","derived_from":"apnews.com","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"CBS Philadelphia (AP)","url":"http://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/former-teacher-gets-jail-time-in-student-sex-case/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","derived_from":"buckscountycouriertimes.com","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Patch","url":"https://patch.com/pennsylvania/norristown/former-norristown-teacher-gets-jail-sex-student-0"}],"state":"PA","state_name":"Pennsylvania","summary":"Jessica Streeper, a former math teacher at Eisenhower Science and Technology Leadership Academy in the Norristown Area School District, pleaded guilty in a case involving sexual contact with a 14-year-old eighth-grade student. A Montgomery County judge sentenced her to nine to 23 months in prison.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"alfredo-andrade-gaytan-tx-2015","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":"2026-10-04","county":"Travis","date":"2015-08-04","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Austin Independent School District","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Alfredo Andrade-Gaytan","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Walnut Creek Elementary / Reilly Elementary","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Austin American-Statesman","url":"https://www.statesman.com/story/news/2016/09/23/school-teacher-gets-25-years-prison-for-abusing-students/9937471007/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"San Antonio Express-News","url":"https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/Central-Texas-teacher-sentenced-to-25-years-in-6444290.php"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"NBC DFW / Associated Press","url":"https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/former-austin-teacher-who-molested-students-gets-25-years/2098122/"}],"state":"TX","state_name":"Texas","summary":"Alfredo Andrade-Gaytan, a former bilingual elementary teacher in the Austin Independent School District who worked at Walnut Creek and Reilly elementary schools, pleaded guilty to indecency with a child by exposure, indecency with a child by contact, and continuous sexual abuse of a young child. On August 4, 2015, a Travis County district judge sentenced him to concurrent terms of 10, 20 and 25 years in prison.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"mary-faith-mccormick-ar-2015","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Benton","date":"2015-07-30","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Siloam Springs School District","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Mary Faith McCormick","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Siloam Springs Intermediate School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Arkansas Democrat-Gazette","url":"https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/jul/31/former-siloam-springs-teacher-sentenced/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"5NEWS KFSM (Tegna)","url":"https://www.5newsonline.com/article/news/local/outreach/back-to-school/former-siloam-springs-sentenced-to-eight-years-for-sexual-assault-of-student/527-37569aa7-d64b-4eac-a9a0-e5a0dfaf190d"}],"state":"AR","state_name":"Arkansas","summary":"Mary Faith McCormick, 33, a sixth-grade language arts teacher at Siloam Springs Intermediate School, was sentenced on July 30, 2015 to eight years in the Arkansas Department of Correction after pleading guilty to first-degree sexual assault. Prosecutors said she had two sexual encounters with a 13-year-old former student, and police said the two exchanged photos via Snapchat. She must abide by a 12-year suspended sentence agreement after her release.","verified_at":"2026-10-03"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"john-raymond-kinloch-ca-2015","case_status":"Convicted","corrected_at":null,"county":"San Diego","date":"2015-07-24","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Chula Vista Elementary School District","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"John Raymond Kinloch","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Wolf Canyon Elementary School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":403,"kind":"primary","outlet":"U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement","url":"https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/former-schoolteacher-sentenced-125-years-online-molestations"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"NBC 7 San Diego","url":"https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/ex-teacher-sentenced-to-life-in-internet-molestation-case/1996012/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"NBC 7 San Diego","url":"https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/teacher-accused-of-molesting-student-verdict-john-kinloch/55195/"}],"state":"CA","state_name":"California","summary":"John Raymond Kinloch, a former first-grade teacher at Wolf Canyon Elementary School in the Chula Vista Elementary School District, was convicted by a jury in June 2015 of 33 felony counts, including lewd acts on a child and possession of child pornography, involving four boys, one a former student. He was sentenced on July 24, 2015, to 125 years in prison and ordered to register as a sex offender.","verified_at":"2026-10-03"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"kellen-hubert-in-2015","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Harrison","date":"2015-07-16","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"South Harrison Community Schools","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Kellen Hubert","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Corydon Central Junior High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"WAVE","url":"https://www.wave3.com/story/29566881/former-teacher-sentenced-for-sexual-misconduct/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","derived_from":"corydon democrat","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"The Madison Courier","url":"https://www.madisoncourier.com/archives/former-corydon-teacher-sentenced/article_c5384f6a-ee2d-5a0a-b81d-6dbdf74ada38.html"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","derived_from":"corydon democrat","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"The Madison Courier","url":"https://www.madisoncourier.com/archives/former-teacher-admits-to-sexual-acts-with-student/article_10f1ed5e-065c-5572-83d2-82e37f1a21ed.html"}],"state":"IN","state_name":"Indiana","summary":"Kellen Hubert, a former social studies teacher at Corydon Central Junior High School in Indiana, entered a blind guilty plea in May 2015 to Level 5 felony child seduction involving a 16-year-old student. On July 16, 2015, he was sentenced to 25 months, with one year to serve and the remainder suspended, and must register as a sex offender for 10 years.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"werner-alcid-gerard-az-2015","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Maricopa","date":"2015-07-15","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Werner Alcid Girard","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Peoria High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Associated Press (via KSL)","url":"https://www.ksl.com/article/35519223"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Courthouse News Service","url":"https://www.courthousenews.com/brazen-teacher-in-prison-faces-civil-suit/"}],"state":"AZ","state_name":"Arizona","summary":"Werner Alcid Girard, a drama teacher at Peoria High School, pleaded guilty in June 2015 to three counts of sexual assault, one count of attempted sexual assault and one count of sexual exploitation of a minor involving two students in his class. 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In July 2015 she was sentenced to two to 30 years in the Utah State Prison; 11 other felony charges were dismissed.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"jennifer-fichter-fl-2015","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":"2026-10-08","county":"Polk","date":"2015-07-02","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Jennifer Fichter","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Central Florida Aerospace Academy","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Q13 Fox","url":"http://q13fox.com/2015/07/02/30-year-old-florida-teacher-sentenced-to-22-years-in-prison-for-having-sex-with-students/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"CBS News","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/predator-teacher-gets-22-years-for-sex-with-students/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Bay News 9 (Spectrum News)","url":"https://baynews9.com/fl/tampa/news/2015/7/9/support_growing_for_"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","derived_from":"associated press","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Associated Press (via NBC Connecticut)","url":"https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/national-international/florida-teacher-pleads-guilty-to-37-child-sex-charges/109514/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"WFTS ABC Action News (Tampa Bay 28)","url":"https://www.tampabay28.com/news/local-news/former-lakeland-teacher-who-admitted-to-having-sex-with-students-fights-for-lighter-sentence"}],"state":"FL","state_name":"Florida","summary":"Jennifer Fichter, a former English teacher at Central Florida Aerospace Academy in Lakeland, Florida, pleaded guilty to charges stemming from sexual relationships with students who were 17 years old. 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In July 2015 he was sentenced to six years and four months in prison. 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She pleaded guilty to one felony count of unlawful sexual intercourse involving an underage male student. On June 5, 2015 she was sentenced to three years of formal probation and three months in jail, with the jail term stayed pending 15 days of CalTrans work.","verified_at":"2026-10-11"},{"added_at":"2026-10-11","bid":"michelle-louise-ghirelli-ca-2015","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":null,"date":"2015-06-05","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Covina-Valley Unified School District","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Michelle Louise Ghirelli","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":null,"sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":403,"kind":"primary","outlet":"Orange County District Attorney","url":"https://ocdistrictattorney.gov/?p=25555"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"FOX 13 Seattle","url":"https://fox13seattle.com/news/two-former-california-teachers-convicted-of-drug-sex-charges-during-student-camping-trip"}],"state":"CA","state_name":"California","summary":"Former Covina-Valley Unified School District teacher Michelle Louise Ghirelli pleaded guilty to one felony count of unlawful sexual intercourse with a 17-year-old male student and one felony count of furnishing a controlled substance, after a December 2014 camping trip with students. On June 5, 2015 she was sentenced to three years of formal probation and 180 days in jail, stayed pending completion of 180 days in a lock-down rehabilitation facility.","verified_at":"2026-10-11"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"barret-glasnapp-ia-2015","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Pottawattamie","date":"2015-06-02","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"plea","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Barret Glasnapp","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Underwood Middle School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KCCI","url":"https://www.kcci.com/article/iowa-teacher-takes-plea-deal-in-sex-with-student-case/6907826"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KMA Land","url":"https://www.kmaland.com/news/former-underwood-teacher-sentenced-for-sexual-abuse/article_1f5ee290-0a28-11e5-bbf6-1bf90648cdc7.html"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":403,"kind":"news","outlet":"Radio Iowa","url":"https://www.radioiowa.com/2015/06/03/former-underwood-teacher-agrees-to-plea-in-student-sex-abuse-case/"}],"state":"IA","state_name":"Iowa","summary":"Barret Glasnapp, a former teacher at Underwood Middle School in Iowa, pleaded guilty in June 2015 in Pottawattamie County District Court to two counts of third-degree sexual abuse and two counts of sexual exploitation by a school employee involving a student. Under the plea deal he was ordered to serve 90 days in jail followed by up to two years in a residential treatment facility, with lifetime sex offender registration.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"matthew-puterbaugh-pa-2018","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"York","date":"2015-05-20","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Dover Area School District","incident_type":"Child Pornography","name":"Matthew Puterbaugh","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Dover Intermediate School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"FOX43","url":"https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/contests/dover-area-school-district-settles-lawsuit-with-sexual-abuse-victim/521-3f0387ce-6221-4e1a-a60c-fbb135630b46"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"U.S. Attorney's Office, Middle District of Pennsylvania","url":"https://www.justice.gov/usao-mdpa/pr/dover-teacher-sentenced-15-years-child-exploitation-case"}],"state":"PA","state_name":"Pennsylvania","summary":"Matthew Puterbaugh, a former music teacher and band director at Dover Intermediate School in the Dover Area School District, pleaded guilty in federal court and was sentenced on May 20, 2015 to 15 years in prison for production of child pornography. He is also serving 5 to 10 years on state charges of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse and sexual assault involving a student. 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On March 17, 2015, she was sentenced in Oakland County to 6 to 15 years in prison and must register as a sex offender. She later pleaded guilty to related charges in Macomb County.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-04","bid":"rachelle-gendron-ma-2015","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Worcester","date":"2015-03-13","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Rachelle Gendron","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"North Central Charter Essential School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Boston Globe","url":"https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/03/14/former-fitchburg-teacher-pleads-guilty-statutory-rape-student/5gBLA5o2wI7KQsQEgTsxII/story.html"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"CBS Boston","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/former-fitchburg-teacher-pleads-guilty-to-raping-student/"}],"state":"MA","state_name":"Massachusetts","summary":"Rachelle Gendron, a former sex-education teacher at North Central Charter Essential School in Fitchburg, pleaded guilty to statutory rape and enticement of a child under 16 involving a 14-year-old male student. She was sentenced to 2.5 years in prison followed by 10 years of probation.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-04","bid":"nicole-jacobsen-il-2015","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Lake","date":"2015-03-12","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Diamond Lake Elementary District 76","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Nicole Jacobsen","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"West Oak Middle School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Chicago Tribune","url":"https://www.chicagotribune.com/2015/03/12/ex-teacher-gets-probation-for-sexually-abusing-mundelein-student/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Daily Herald","url":"https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20150312/news/150319578"}],"state":"IL","state_name":"Illinois","summary":"Nicole Jacobsen, a teacher of learning-disabled students at West Oak Middle School in Mundelein, pleaded guilty in Lake County to one count of criminal sexual abuse of a 14-year-old male student. In March 2015 she was sentenced to 30 months of probation, 18 of them on home monitoring, and 10 years on the sex offender registry.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-04","bid":"joseph-rajkumar-ct-2015","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":null,"date":"2015-03-04","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Child Pornography","name":"Joseph Rajkumar","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Miss Porter's School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Connecticut","url":"https://www.justice.gov/usao-ct/pr/teacher-sentenced-5-years-prison-child-pornography-offense"}],"state":"CT","state_name":"Connecticut","summary":"Joseph Rajkumar, a science teacher and Science Olympiad advisor at Miss Porter's School in Farmington, pleaded guilty in federal court on November 18, 2014, to one count of attempted receipt of child pornography. The victim was a minor student at the school. On March 4, 2015, he was sentenced to 60 months in prison followed by 10 years of supervised release.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-04","bid":"eric-beasley-fl-2015","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":null,"date":"2015-02-12","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Eric Beasley","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Zion Lutheran Christian School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"NBC 6 Miami (AP)","url":"https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/deerfield-beach-teacher-sentenced-to-20-years-for-sex-with-student/88671/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"CBS Miami","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/teacher-sentenced-to-20-years-for-relationship-with-student"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"CBS Miami","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/deerfield-beach-teacher-pleads-guilty-in-student-sex-case/"}],"state":"FL","state_name":"Florida","summary":"Eric Beasley, a former biology teacher at Zion Lutheran Christian School in Deerfield Beach, pleaded guilty in December 2014 to enticing a minor for sexual purposes involving a 14-year-old student. On February 12, 2015, a federal judge sentenced him to 20 years in prison, followed by lifetime probation and sex offender registration.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"william-friskey-ct-2015","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"New London","date":"2015-02-01","date_granularity":"month","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"William Friskey","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Ledyard High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"NBC Connecticut","url":"http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/Teacher-to-Serve-2-Years-in-Prison-for-Sex-Assault-of-Students-294077561.html"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"The Day (New London)","url":"https://theday.com/courts/20150224/former-ledyard-high-school-teacher-sentenced-for-sexual-relationship-with-student"}],"state":"CT","state_name":"Connecticut","summary":"William C. 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Administrators learned of the relationship after a technology coordinator found a letter from Friskey to the student on his school-issued laptop.","verified_at":"2026-10-03"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"jeremy-sykes-md-2014","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Howard","date":"2015-01-12","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Child Pornography","name":"Jeremy Sykes","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Folly Quarter Middle School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"CBS Baltimore (WJZ)","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/former-md-substitute-teacher-sentenced-in-child-porn-case/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"NBC Washington","url":"https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/former-md-teacher-sentenced-to-16-years-for-child-porn/1965431/"}],"state":"MD","state_name":"Maryland","summary":"Jeremy Sykes, a long-term substitute teacher at Folly Quarter Middle School in Howard County, pleaded guilty in October 2014 to 19 counts across two cases involving child pornography. On January 12, 2015, he was sentenced in Howard County Circuit Court to 16 years in prison.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-11","bid":"nicole-wooten-az-2015","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Maricopa","date":"2015-01-06","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Nicole Wooten","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Herrera School of Fine Arts & Dual Language","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Associated Press (via FOX 10 Phoenix)","url":"https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/ex-phoenix-teacher-sentenced-to-prison-on-child-sex-charges"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":403,"kind":"news","outlet":"Phoenix New Times","url":"https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/?p=40568697"}],"state":"AZ","state_name":"Arizona","summary":"Nicole Wooten, a former physical education teacher at Herrera School of Fine Arts & Dual Language in Phoenix, pleaded guilty to attempted child molestation, sexual conduct with a minor and attempted sexual conduct with a minor involving an eighth-grade student. 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In March 2014 a Montgomery County judge sentenced him to 6 to 23 months, with two months in jail and four on house arrest, plus three years of probation.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"eugene-ballantyne-ca-2014","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":null,"date":"2014-02-10","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Eugene Ballantyne","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Arrowview Middle School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"Department of Justice","url":"https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/former-san-bernardino-teacher-sentenced-120-months-enticement-minor"}],"state":"CA","state_name":"California","summary":"Eugene Ballantyne, a former teacher at Arrowview Middle School in San Bernardino, pleaded guilty in July 2012 to a federal count of attempting to entice a minor to engage in illicit sexual activity. 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Her initial January 21, 2014 sentence was vacated because probation was not legally available on the sexual assault charge, and on January 31, 2014 she was resentenced to two years of incarceration without probation and must register as a sex offender.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-10","bid":"zachary-joshua-reeder-ca-2014","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":null,"date":"2014-01-29","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Child Pornography","name":"Zachary Joshua Reeder","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Servite High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":403,"kind":"primary","outlet":"Orange County District Attorney","url":"https://ocdistrictattorney.gov/press/male-high-school-teacher-sentenced-to-10-years-in-prison-for-posing-as-teenage-girl-obtaining-nude-photos-of-over-100-minorboys/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"City News Service (via Patch)","url":"https://patch.com/california/lagunabeach/excoach-gets-10-years-for-tricking-teen-boys-to-send-sex-pics-lagunabeach"}],"state":"CA","state_name":"California","summary":"Zachary Joshua Reeder was a history teacher at Servite High School. He pleaded guilty to offenses including possession and distribution of child pornography after obtaining sexual images from boys who attended area high schools. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison and lifetime sex-offender registration.","verified_at":"2026-10-10"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"alicia-gray-al-2015","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Mobile","date":"2014-01-10","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Alicia Gray","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Mary G. 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She was sentenced in January 2014 to six months in jail and five years of probation and surrendered her teaching certificate.","verified_at":"2026-10-03"},{"added_at":"2026-10-10","bid":"andrea-billingsley-ut-2010","case_status":"Convicted","corrected_at":"2026-10-11","county":null,"date":"2013-12-16","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Andrea Billingsley","noindex":false,"role":"aide","school":"West Jordan Middle School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":403,"kind":"primary","outlet":"Utah Supreme Court (via Justia)","url":"https://law.justia.com/cases/utah/supreme-court/2013/20110148.html"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"The Salt Lake Tribune","url":"https://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=56011557&itype=cmsid"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Deseret News","url":"https://www.deseret.com/2013/12/16/20531482/teacher-s-aide-sent-to-prison-for-sex-with-middle-school-students/"}],"state":"UT","state_name":"Utah","summary":"Andrea Billingsley, an in-school suspension aide at West Jordan Middle School, was convicted by a jury of rape, three counts of forcible sodomy and three counts of forcible sexual abuse in a case involving students. After a trial judge granted a new trial, the Utah Supreme Court reinstated the convictions in March 2013. 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He was sentenced on Nov. 15, 2013, to 25 years in prison.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-11","bid":"julie-hautzenroeder-oh-2013","case_status":"Convicted","corrected_at":null,"county":"Hamilton","date":"2013-11-01","date_granularity":"month","date_type":"conviction","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Julie Hautzenroeder","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Colerain High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":403,"kind":"primary","outlet":"U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (opinion, Hautzenroeder v. 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Her state appeals were unsuccessful, and the Sixth Circuit affirmed dismissal of her federal habeas petition in 2018.","verified_at":"2026-10-11"},{"added_at":"2026-10-11","bid":"jennifer-helen-dalton-nv-2013","case_status":"No Contest Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Carson City","date":"2013-10-15","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Jennifer Helen Dalton","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Carson High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":403,"kind":"news","outlet":"Carson Now","url":"https://www.carsonnow.org/?p=6375"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":403,"kind":"news","outlet":"Northern Nevada Business Weekly (Swift Communications)","url":"https://nnbw.com/news/2013/aug/21/ex-carson-high-teacher-pleads-guilty-for-sexual-mi"}],"state":"NV","state_name":"Nevada","summary":"Jennifer Helen Dalton, a former Carson High School teacher, pleaded no contest in August 2013 to one felony count of sexual conduct between a school employee and a 17-year-old student. On October 15, 2013, she was sentenced in Carson City District Court to 12 to 30 months in state prison.","verified_at":"2026-10-11"},{"added_at":"2026-10-04","bid":"lynn-seibel-mn-2013","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":null,"date":"2013-10-04","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Lynn Seibel","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Shattuck-St. Mary's","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":429,"kind":"news","outlet":"Star Tribune","url":"https://www.startribune.com/former-shattuck-st-mary-s-teacher-lynn-seibel-gets-prison-for-abusing-students/226501031"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Faribault Daily News (APG Media)","url":"https://www.southernminn.com/faribault_daily_news/news/article_4b1056d0-46f8-5308-84c1-1e58f0419a88.html"}],"state":"MN","state_name":"Minnesota","summary":"Lynn Seibel, a former drama teacher at Shattuck-St. Mary's in Faribault, pleaded guilty in July 2013 to six counts of criminal sexual conduct and a child pornography charge involving the sexual abuse of six male students. He was sentenced in October 2013 to 52 months in prison.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-10","bid":"laura-elizabeth-whitehurst-ca-2013","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":null,"date":"2013-08-28","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Redlands Unified School District","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Laura Elizabeth Whitehurst","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Citrus Valley High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Courthouse News Service","url":"https://www.courthousenews.com/no-miracle-in-getting-pregnant-by-student/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"ABC7 Los Angeles (KABC)","url":"https://abc7.com/archive/9222066/"}],"state":"CA","state_name":"California","summary":"Laura Elizabeth Whitehurst was an English teacher at Citrus Valley High School. She pleaded guilty to four counts of unlawful sex with a minor and two counts of oral copulation with a minor involving students. She was sentenced to 365 days in jail and five years of probation, with lifetime sex-offender registration.","verified_at":"2026-10-10"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"tara-bagley-id-2013","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":null,"date":"2013-07-16","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Tara Bagley","noindex":false,"role":"principal","school":"Burley High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":403,"kind":"news","outlet":"oregonlive.com","url":"https://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/2013/07/former_idaho_vice_principal_se.html"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Times-News (Magic Valley)","url":"https://magicvalley.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/article_d525eaa8-a6b4-11e2-80f3-0019bb2963f4.html"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KBOI 2 (Idaho News)","url":"https://idahonews.com/news/local/former-vice-principal-sentenced-for-sex-with-students"}],"state":"ID","state_name":"Idaho","summary":"Tara Bagley, a former vice principal at Burley High School in Idaho, pleaded guilty in April 2013 to two counts of sexual battery of a minor child 16 to 17 years old by lewd or lascivious acts, involving two students. On July 16, 2013, she was sentenced to two consecutive prison terms of four to 13 years each.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-10","bid":"broch-clyde-degraff-ut-2013","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":null,"date":"2013-04-16","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Broch Clyde DeGraff","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Liahona Preparatory Academy","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KSL","url":"https://www.ksl.com/article/news/utah/former-teacher-gets-up-to-20-years-in-prison-for-sex-abuse/24821752"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"The Salt Lake Tribune","url":"https://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=56166039&itype=CMSID"}],"state":"UT","state_name":"Utah","summary":"Broch Clyde DeGraff was a kindergarten teacher and soccer coach at Liahona Preparatory Academy whose case involved students. He pleaded guilty to two counts of forcible sexual abuse and four counts of attempted forcible sexual abuse. His prison sentence totaled one to 20 years.","verified_at":"2026-10-10"},{"added_at":"2026-10-04","bid":"stacey-dean-rambold-mt-2013","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":null,"date":"2013-04-15","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"plea","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Stacey Dean Rambold","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Billings Senior High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"CNN","url":"https://www.cnn.com/2014/04/30/justice/montana-rape-sentence/index.html"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":202,"kind":"primary","outlet":"Montana Supreme Court opinion (CourtListener)","url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2672045/state-v-rambold/"}],"state":"MT","state_name":"Montana","summary":"Stacey Dean Rambold, a teacher at Billings Senior High School, pleaded guilty to sexual intercourse without consent involving a 14-year-old student. His original sentence of 15 years with all but 31 days suspended was vacated by the Montana Supreme Court in April 2014, which remanded the case for resentencing by a different judge; the conviction was not disturbed.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-04","bid":"willis-bassham-tx-2013","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":null,"date":"2013-04-05","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Child Pornography","name":"Willis Bassham","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Garland High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Texas","url":"https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndtx/pr/former-garland-high-school-teacher-sentenced-eight-years-federal-prison-possessing"}],"state":"TX","state_name":"Texas","summary":"Willis Bassham, a former teacher at Garland High School in Texas, pleaded guilty in federal court in December 2012 to one count of possession of child pornography. According to court documents, he admitted to sexual conduct with three female minors who were students at the school and had recorded videos of one of them. He was sentenced to eight years in federal prison and lifetime supervised release.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"christopher-knehans-mo-2012","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":"2026-10-06","county":"Cole","date":"2013-02-20","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Christopher Knehans","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Jefferson City High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KOMU 8","url":"https://www.komu.com/news/former-jefferson-city-teacher-sentenced-to-60-days-in-jail/article_625cedb2-e9c8-5272-8543-2c1081772290.html"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KRCG","url":"https://krcgtv.com/news/local/former-jefferson-city-teacher-headed-to-jail"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Jefferson City News Tribune","url":"https://www.newstribune.com/news/2014/mar/06/jc-schools-administrators-dropped-federal-suit-ove/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","derived_from":"apnews.com","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Associated Press (via KBIA)","url":"https://www.kbia.org/education/2013-10-16/lawsuit-filed-against-jefferson-city-public-schools"}],"state":"MO","state_name":"Missouri","summary":"Christopher Knehans, a former Jefferson City band teacher, pleaded guilty in 2012 in Cole County to two felony counts of sexual contact with a Jefferson City High School student. On February 20, 2013, he was sentenced to 60 days in jail and three years of supervised probation and must register as a sex offender.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"stacy-stracener-ar-2013","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Lonoke","date":"2013-01-22","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Cabot School District","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Stacy Stracener","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Cabot Junior High North","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Arkansas Online","url":"http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2013/jan/22/cabot-teacher-gets-6-years-sex-student-case/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"The Arkansas Leader","url":"https://www.arkansasleader.com/articles/top-story-ex-cabot-teacher-gets-prison-term/"}],"state":"AR","state_name":"Arkansas","summary":"Stacy Stracener, a former teacher at Cabot Junior High North in Arkansas, pleaded guilty in December 2012 to 11 counts of first-degree sexual assault and two counts of second-degree sexual assault involving a 15-year-old former student. On January 22, 2013, she was sentenced under a plea agreement to 15 years in prison with nine suspended and ordered to register as a sex offender.","verified_at":"2026-10-03"},{"added_at":"2026-10-04","bid":"timothy-moll-pa-2012","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":null,"date":"2012-12-01","date_granularity":"month","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Allentown School District","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Timothy Moll","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Dieruff High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Associated Press (via Fox News)","url":"https://www.foxnews.com/us/pennsylvania-teacher-pleads-guilty-in-student-sexting-case"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"WFMZ-TV 69","url":"https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/lehighvalley/fmr-teacher-sentenced-for-asking-student-for-nude-pictures/article_7ff74444-bd16-5fa7-b3ba-c25360298804.html"}],"state":"PA","state_name":"Pennsylvania","summary":"Timothy Moll, a math teacher at Dieruff High School in the Allentown School District, was accused of offering a 16-year-old student extra credit in exchange for nude pictures. He pleaded guilty in October 2012 to one misdemeanor count of corruption of minors, and felony charges were dropped. He was sentenced in December 2012 to 6 to 23 months in prison.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-04","bid":"lucinda-rodriguez-caldwell-tx-2012","case_status":"No Contest Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Bexar","date":"2012-11-27","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Northside Independent School District","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Lucinda Rodriguez Caldwell","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Cable Elementary School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"CBS News Texas","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/texas-teacher-gets-prison-for-sex-with-student-12/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"San Antonio Express-News","url":"https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/Sex-with-12-year-old-student-gets-teacher-10-4071290.php"}],"state":"TX","state_name":"Texas","summary":"Lucinda Rodriguez Caldwell, a fifth-grade teacher at Cable Elementary School in Northside ISD, was charged after sexual contact with a 12-year-old student. She pleaded no contest to indecency with a child by exposure under a plea agreement and was sentenced in Bexar County on Nov. 27, 2012, to 10 years in prison. She was required to surrender her teaching license.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-10","bid":"paul-chapel-iii-ca-2012","case_status":"No Contest Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":null,"date":"2012-09-20","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Los Angeles Unified School District","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Paul Chapel III","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Telfair Elementary School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"City News Service (via Patch)","url":"https://patch.com/california/northridge/teacher-from-chatsworth-sentenced-to-25-years-for-moled1c4d3891"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Los Angeles Times","url":"https://www.latimes.com/local/la-xpm-2012-sep-21-la-me-teacher-sentenced-20120921-story.html"}],"state":"CA","state_name":"California","summary":"Paul Chapel III was a teacher at Telfair Elementary School. He pleaded no contest to 13 counts of committing a lewd act on a child involving former students and was sentenced to 25 years in prison, with lifetime sex-offender registration.","verified_at":"2026-10-10"},{"added_at":"2026-10-10","bid":"scott-adrian-peterson-ca-2012","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":null,"date":"2012-08-27","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"plea","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Scott Adrian Peterson","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Orange High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":403,"kind":"primary","outlet":"Orange County District Attorney","url":"https://ocdistrictattorney.gov/press/high-school-spanish-teacher-convicted-of-unlawful-sexual-relationship-with-female-student/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"ABC7 Los Angeles (KABC)","url":"https://abc7.com/archive/8837531/"}],"state":"CA","state_name":"California","summary":"Scott Adrian Peterson was a Spanish teacher at Orange High School. He pleaded guilty to unlawful sexual intercourse, oral copulation of a minor and sexual penetration of a minor involving a student. The subsequent sentencing report states that he was required to serve 16 months in jail followed by three years of mandatory supervision.","verified_at":"2026-10-10"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"brittni-colleps-tx-2012","case_status":"Convicted","corrected_at":"2026-10-05","county":"Tarrant","date":"2012-08-01","date_granularity":"month","date_type":"conviction","district":"Kennedale ISD","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Brittni Colleps","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":null,"sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"ABC News","url":"https://abcnews.com/US/kathryn-murray-notorious-teacher-sex-scandals/story?id=21623202"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"CBS News Texas","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/kennedale-teacher-convicted-of-improper-relationships-released/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"Texas Second Court of Appeals (Colleps v. 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The Second Court of Appeals in Fort Worth affirmed the convictions in April 2014.","verified_at":"2026-10-03"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"jessica-pomerleau-me-2012","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"York","date":"2012-07-19","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Regional School Unit 57","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Jessica Pomerleau","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Massabesic High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"The Portland Press Herald","url":"https://www.pressherald.com/2012/07/19/maine-teacher-gets-7-years-for-sex-with-student/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","derived_from":"apnews.com","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Sun Journal (Associated Press)","url":"https://www.sunjournal.com/2012/07/19/massabesic-high-school-teacher-gets-7-years-sex-student/"}],"state":"ME","state_name":"Maine","summary":"Jessica Pomerleau, a special education teacher at Massabesic High School in Regional School Unit 57, pleaded guilty in York County Superior Court to two counts of gross sexual assault and two counts of aggravated furnishing of scheduled drugs involving a 15-year-old student. On July 19, 2012, she was sentenced to 12 years in prison with five years suspended, followed by six years of probation, and must register as a sex offender for 10 years.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-12","bid":"dianne-leach-me-2012","case_status":"No Contest Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":null,"date":"2012-07-13","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Dianne Leach","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Ella Lewis School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","derived_from":"associated press","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Pressherald","url":"https://www.pressherald.com/2012/02/07/maine-teacher-pleads-no-contest-to-sex-charge/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Bangor Daily News (Bangor Publishing)","url":"https://www.bangordailynews.com/2012/07/19/news/steuben-substitute-teacher-gets-a-year-in-prison-for-sex-with-student/"}],"state":"ME","state_name":"Maine","summary":"Dianne Leach, a former substitute teacher at Ella Lewis School in Steuben, Maine, pleaded no contest in February 2012 to gross sexual assault charges involving an eighth-grade student. On July 13, 2012, she was sentenced to one year in state prison followed by two years of probation and sex offender registration.","verified_at":"2026-10-12"},{"added_at":"2026-10-11","bid":"louis-neal-skip-reville-sc-2012","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Charleston","date":"2012-06-13","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Louis Neal \"Skip\" ReVille","noindex":false,"role":"principal","school":"Coastal Christian Preparatory School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":false,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"WCSC Live 5 News","url":"https://www.live5news.com/story/18766056/alleged-sexual-predator-expected-in-court-tomorrow"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":403,"kind":"news","outlet":"Charleston City Paper","url":"https://charlestoncitypaper.com/2012/06/14/skip-reville-was-unstoppable-until-a-mother-found-him-out/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Associated Press (via Fox News)","url":"https://www.foxnews.com/us/former-teacher-coach-gets-50-years-for-sc-abuse.amp"}],"state":"SC","state_name":"South Carolina","summary":"Louis Neal \"Skip\" ReVille, a former Charleston-area teacher and coach who was an assistant principal at Coastal Christian Preparatory School, pleaded guilty to charges including first- and second-degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor and lewd acts on a minor. At least one victim attended Coastal Christian while he was an administrator there. He was sentenced to 50 years in prison.","verified_at":"2026-10-11"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"daniel-acker-jr-al-2012","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Shelby","date":"2012-05-03","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Shelby County Schools","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Daniel Acker Jr.","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Thompson Intermediate School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"WBRC","url":"https://www.wbrc.com/story/18108693/daniel-acker-pleads-guilty-to-child-sexual-abuse/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Shelby County Reporter","url":"https://www.shelbycountyreporter.com/news/acker-pleads-guilty-to-sexual-abuse-224543/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":false,"http_status":403,"kind":"news","outlet":"AP News","url":"https://apnews.com/article/alabama-arrests-sexual-abuse-b921c7b0cc4c46a2acdf36832fdf3cfb"}],"state":"AL","state_name":"Alabama","summary":"Daniel Acker Jr., a longtime fourth-grade teacher in Alabaster, Alabama, pleaded guilty on May 3, 2012, to eight counts of sexually abusing underage girls and was sentenced the same day to 17 years in prison. The counts included incidents in his classroom at Thompson Intermediate School and while he drove a Shelby County Schools bus. He must register as a sex offender.","verified_at":"2026-10-03"},{"added_at":"2026-10-04","bid":"kristy-sanchez-trujillo-nm-2012","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":null,"date":"2012-04-27","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"plea","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Kristy Sanchez-Trujillo","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Jimmy Carter Middle School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","derived_from":"kob.com","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KRWG (from KOB-TV reporting)","url":"https://www.krwg.org/regional/2012-04-28/former-teacher-pleads-guilty-in-sex-case"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":403,"kind":"news","outlet":"KRQE","url":"https://www.krqe.com/news/state-tells-convicted-sex-offender-who-she-can-date/"}],"state":"NM","state_name":"New Mexico","summary":"Kristy Sanchez-Trujillo, a former social studies teacher at Jimmy Carter Middle School in New Mexico, pleaded guilty in April 2012 to one count of criminal sexual penetration of a minor, two counts of criminal sexual contact and two counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. The victim was a 13-year-old student. She served a one-year sentence at home on an ankle monitor in 2012.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-10","bid":"christopher-micah-brazelton-ca-2012","case_status":"Convicted","corrected_at":"2026-10-11","county":"Orange","date":"2012-01-23","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Christopher Micah Brazelton","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Woodbury Elementary School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":403,"kind":"primary","outlet":"Orange County District Attorney","url":"https://ocdistrictattorney.gov/press/garden-grove-elementary-school-teacher-sentenced-to-eight-years-for-molesting-6-year-old-student-and-12-year-old-girl/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"OC Weekly","url":"https://www.ocweekly.com/?p=150253"}],"state":"CA","state_name":"California","summary":"Christopher Micah Brazelton taught at Woodbury Elementary School. A jury convicted him of two counts of committing lewd acts on children, including a student. He received eight years in prison and lifetime sex-offender registration.","verified_at":"2026-10-10"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"daniel-clarke-doyle-tn-2012","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":"2026-10-06","county":"Carroll","date":"2012-01-01","date_granularity":"year","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Daniel Clarke Doyle","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Huntingdon High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":403,"kind":"primary","outlet":"Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals / AP","url":"https://law.justia.com/cases/tennessee/court-of-criminal-appeals/2014/w2012-02745-cca-r3-cd.html"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals (via CourtListener)","url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/pdf/2014/01/17/state_of_tennessee_v._daniel_clarke_doyle.pdf"}],"state":"TN","state_name":"Tennessee","summary":"Daniel Clarke Doyle, 23, a Spanish teacher and assistant basketball coach at Huntingdon High School in Carroll County, Tennessee, was indicted for statutory rape by an authority figure and pled guilty to statutory rape for sexual contact with a 16-year-old student. He was sentenced to 18 months in jail suspended to supervised probation after serving 18 days.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"kristen-sullivan-fl-2011","case_status":"No Contest Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Broward","date":"2011-12-19","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"plea","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Kristen Sullivan","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Lauderhill Middle School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"NBC 6 South Florida","url":"https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/former-broward-teacher-accused-of-sex-with-student-gets-3-years-in-prison/1888364/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"ABC News","url":"https://abcnews.com/US/kathryn-murray-notorious-teacher-sex-scandals/story?id=21623202"}],"state":"FL","state_name":"Florida","summary":"Kristen Sullivan, a former computer teacher at Lauderhill Middle School in Broward County, Florida, was charged in 2010 after police said she had a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old student. On December 19, 2011, she pleaded no contest to aggravated battery and aggravated child abuse under a plea deal that included three years in prison followed by five years of probation.","verified_at":"2026-10-03"},{"added_at":"2026-10-10","bid":"jeremy-page-flygare-ut-2011","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":null,"date":"2011-12-16","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Jeremy Page Flygare","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Northridge High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KSL","url":"https://www.ksl.com/article/news/utah/teacher-sentenced-to-prison-for-having-sex-with-student/18523796"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"The Salt Lake Tribune","url":"https://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=53130825&itype=CMSID"}],"state":"UT","state_name":"Utah","summary":"Jeremy Page Flygare was a Northridge High School drama teacher whose case involved a student. He pleaded guilty to two counts of forcible sexual abuse and received concurrent prison terms of one to 15 years.","verified_at":"2026-10-10"},{"added_at":"2026-10-04","bid":"jennifer-lynn-whiting-az-2011","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":"2026-10-08","county":"Pima","date":"2011-12-05","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Jennifer Lynn Whiting","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Rincon High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Arizona Daily Star","url":"https://tucson.com/news/local/crime/article_52d96152-fe85-11e0-8337-001cc4c03286.html"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KOLD (Gray Media)","url":"https://www.kold.com/story/15862595/tucson-teacher-pleads-guilty-to-attempted-sexual-conduct-with-minor/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KOLD (Gray Media)","url":"https://www.kold.com/story/16194561/former-teacher-sentenced-in/"}],"state":"AZ","state_name":"Arizona","summary":"Jennifer Lynn Whiting, a former Rincon High School teacher in Tucson, pleaded guilty on October 24, 2011 to attempted sexual conduct with a minor involving a 16-year-old student to whom she sent nude pictures. On December 5, 2011 she was sentenced to one year in jail under her plea agreement and ordered to register as a sex offender.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"stacy-schuler-oh-2011","case_status":"Convicted","corrected_at":"2026-10-03","county":"Warren","date":"2011-10-27","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Mason City School District","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Stacy Schuler","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Mason High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"CBS News","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ex-ohio-teacher-stacy-schuler-sentenced-to-four-years-in-student-sex-case/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"FOX19 (WXIX, Gray)","url":"https://www.fox19.com/story/15891101/closing-arguments-set-in-schuler-trial-verdict-expected-thursday/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":404,"kind":"news","outlet":"WCPO Cincinnati","url":"https://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news/mason-teacher-stacy-schuler-convicted-sex-students"}],"state":"OH","state_name":"Ohio","summary":"Stacy Schuler, 33, a former teacher and athletic trainer at Mason High School, was found guilty by a Warren County judge on Oct. 27, 2011 of sexual battery involving five students, and was sentenced the same day to four years in prison. She had pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.","verified_at":"2026-10-03"},{"added_at":"2026-10-10","bid":"steven-jay-sande-ca-2011","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Santa Cruz","date":"2011-08-22","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Steven Jay Sande","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Aptos Junior High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Patch","url":"https://patch.com/california/watsonville/former-aptos-junior-high-teacher-pleads-guilty-to-sexbba11f7ca9"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Associated Press (via SFGate)","url":"https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/state-digest-2333868.php"}],"state":"CA","state_name":"California","summary":"Steven Jay Sande taught math at Aptos Junior High School. He pleaded guilty to felony offenses involving sexual abuse of a student and was sentenced to 17 years in prison.","verified_at":"2026-10-10"},{"added_at":"2026-10-04","bid":"christine-williams-ny-2011","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":null,"date":"2011-07-12","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Christine Williams","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"PS 80, Thurgood Marshall Magnet School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"New York Post","url":"https://nypost.com/2011/07/13/perv-teach-caged/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"New York Daily News","url":"https://www.nydailynews.com/2011/07/12/queens-special-ed-teacher-called-a-disgrace-gets-90-days-in-jail-for-sex-with-15-year-old-boy/"}],"state":"NY","state_name":"New York","summary":"Christine Williams, a fifth-grade special education teacher at PS 80, the Thurgood Marshall Magnet School in Jamaica, Queens, pleaded guilty to statutory rape for sexual contact with a 15-year-old high school freshman in 2010. She was sentenced in Queens Supreme Court to 90 days in jail and 10 years' probation, fined $1,000, and required to register as a sex offender. Her teaching license was terminated.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"carrie-shafer-ky-2011","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Jefferson","date":"2011-06-03","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Jefferson County Public Schools","incident_type":"Other Misconduct","name":"Carrie Shafer","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"duPont Manual High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"WAVE 3 News","url":"https://www.wave3.com/story/14833725/teacher/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","derived_from":"wlky.com","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"CBS News","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ky-teacher-carrie-shafer-pleads-guilty-no-jail-time-after-allegedly-being-found-nude-with-student/"}],"state":"KY","state_name":"Kentucky","summary":"Carrie M. Shafer, a former biology teacher at duPont Manual High School in Louisville, pleaded guilty on June 3, 2011, to custodial interference and unlawful transaction with a minor after police found her in a parked car with a 17-year-old student to whom she had provided alcohol. She was sentenced the same day to three years and one year, with no jail time under a plea agreement, three years of probation and a $1,000 fine.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-04","bid":"kevin-ricks-va-2011","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":null,"date":"2011-05-26","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Child Pornography","name":"Kevin Ricks","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Osbourn High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"WJLA (Sinclair)","url":"https://wjla.com/news/local/former-manassas-teacher-sentenced-for-child-pornography-61365"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Patch","url":"https://patch.com/virginia/manassas/former-manassas-teacher-sentenced-to-25-years-for-chicf43aa6fd9"}],"state":"VA","state_name":"Virginia","summary":"Kevin Ricks, a former teacher at Osbourn High School in Manassas, Virginia, pleaded guilty in federal court to six counts of production and one count of possession of child pornography. He admitted sexually explicit conduct with a 16-year-old former student in 2009. He was sentenced to 300 months in prison and lifetime supervised release; he had earlier pleaded guilty to state indecent liberties charges.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"courtney-bowles-co-2011","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":null,"date":"2011-05-09","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Courtney Bowles","noindex":false,"role":"staff","school":"Mountain View High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"CBS News","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/teacher-guilty-of-having-sex-with-student-avoids-jail/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","derived_from":"apnews.com","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"CBS News Colorado","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/ex-school-staffer-sentenced-to-10-years-probation/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","derived_from":"coloradoan.com","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Westword","url":"https://www.westword.com/news/courtney-bowles-teacher-busted-for-getting-naked-with-student-no-jail-time-5858976/"}],"state":"CO","state_name":"Colorado","summary":"Courtney Bowles, an instructional coach at Mountain View High School in Loveland, Colorado, pleaded guilty to child abuse resulting in serious bodily injury, a felony, in a case involving a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old student. On May 9, 2011, she was sentenced to 10 years of sex offender probation with no jail time and was required to register as a sex offender.","verified_at":"2026-10-03"},{"added_at":"2026-10-04","bid":"valynne-bowers-ut-2011","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Davis","date":"2011-04-04","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Davis County School District","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Valynne Bowers","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Bountiful Junior High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"The Salt Lake Tribune","url":"https://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=51560423&itype=CMSID"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Deseret News","url":"https://www.deseret.com/2011/4/4/20370971/ex-bountiful-junior-high-teacher-sentenced-to-up-to-30-years-in-prison-for-affair-with-student/"}],"state":"UT","state_name":"Utah","summary":"Valynne Bowers, a math teacher at Bountiful Junior High School in the Davis County School District, pleaded guilty in 2nd District Court to two counts of forcible sexual abuse, a second-degree felony, involving a former student. She was sentenced to two consecutive prison terms of one to 15 years.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-04","bid":"stephanie-diane-harris-ok-2011","case_status":"No Contest Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Sequoyah","date":"2011-03-23","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Marble City School District","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Stephanie Diane Harris","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":null,"sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Cherokee Phoenix","url":"https://www.cherokeephoenix.org/news/former-marble-city-teacher-pleads-no-contest-to-raping-student/article_c1c2b8ef-9952-5858-8765-1b627db47ec6.html"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"News On 6 (KOTV, Griffin Media)","url":"https://www.newson6.com/story/5e3662622f69d76f62075aa0/former-marble-city-school-teacher-headed-to-prison-for-raping-student"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","derived_from":"apnews.com","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Associated Press (via Enid News & Eagle)","url":"https://www.enidnews.com/archives/former-marble-city-teacher-sentenced-for-rape/article_98736302-d878-5e14-8b53-f1d35f9048e0.html"}],"state":"OK","state_name":"Oklahoma","summary":"Stephanie Diane Harris, an eighth-grade computer teacher in the Marble City School District, pleaded no contest in November 2010 to first-degree rape and three counts of soliciting sexual conduct or communication with a minor by use of technology involving a 13-year-old student. She was sentenced in Sequoyah County District Court on March 23, 2011 to five years in prison, plus a 10-year suspended sentence.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"carrie-perkins-al-2013","case_status":"Convicted","corrected_at":null,"county":"Barbour County","date":"2011-02-23","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Carrie Perkins","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Parkview Christian School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Dothan Eagle","url":"https://dothaneagle.com/news/article_a8c18d64-6fe6-52a3-b14d-915861c1bea0.html"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","derived_from":"apnews.com","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Associated Press (via WTVM)","url":"https://www.wtvm.com/story/13843655/2011/01/Friday/ala-ex-teacher-convicted-of-sodomy-rape/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Dothan Eagle","url":"https://dothaneagle.com/news/former-eufaula-teacher-gets-prison-time/article_b13649cd-41a2-54ec-abde-0d44951d64b9.html"}],"state":"AL","state_name":"Alabama","summary":"Carrie Perkins, a teacher at Parkview Christian School in Eufaula, Alabama, was convicted by a Houston County jury in January 2011 of rape and sodomy involving a student and was sentenced in February 2011 to 14 years in prison. 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On Nov. 19, 2010, she was sentenced to 10 to 25 years in prison, with concurrent 3- to 15-year terms. 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A Leavenworth County District Court judge sentenced her to three years of probation and an 18-month suspended prison sentence, and she must register as an offender for 10 years.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-04","bid":"gina-marie-watring-nc-2010","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":null,"date":"2010-09-02","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Gina Marie Watring","noindex":false,"role":"aide","school":"Creekside Elementary School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"WRAL (Capitol Broadcasting)","url":"https://www.wral.com/durham-teacher-s-aide-pleads-guilty-to-sex-with-10-year-old-student/8236363/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"ABC11 WTVD (ABC-owned)","url":"https://abc11.com/archive/7646034/"}],"state":"NC","state_name":"North Carolina","summary":"Gina Marie Watring, a teacher's aide at Creekside Elementary School in Durham, pleaded guilty to sexual activity with a student, kidnapping and indecent liberties involving a 10-year-old student. 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On August 26, 2010, she was sentenced in Montgomery County Court to one to 23 months in prison.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-04","bid":"melinda-dennehy-nh-2010","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":null,"date":"2010-07-26","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Melinda Dennehy","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Londonderry High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Derry News (CNHI)","url":"https://www.derrynews.com/news/local_news/former-londonderry-high-teacher-makes-plea-deal-in-sexting-case/article_291d4839-99d2-5091-b063-1d7ef37d89b4.html"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"CBS News / Associated Press","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ex-teacher-nude-photo-plea-no-jail-for-melinda-dennehy/"}],"state":"NH","state_name":"New Hampshire","summary":"Melinda Dennehy, a former English teacher at Londonderry High School in New Hampshire, pleaded guilty in Derry District Court to a misdemeanor count of indecent exposure for sending nude photos of herself to a 15-year-old student. She received a 12-month suspended sentence conditioned on two years of good behavior and no contact with the victim, and agreed to surrender her teaching certificate.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"stephanie-ragusa-fl-2010","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":"2026-10-03","county":"Hillsborough","date":"2010-06-28","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Hillsborough County Public Schools","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Stephanie Ragusa","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Davidsen Middle School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"CNN","url":"https://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/06/28/florida.teacher.sentenced/index.html"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"ABC News","url":"https://abcnews.com/US/teacher-stephanie-ragusa-sentenced-10-years-sex-students/story?id=11036498"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":404,"kind":"news","outlet":"Tampa Bay Times","url":"https://www.tampabay.com/news/courts/criminal/2010/04/stephanie-ragusa-sentenced-10-years/"}],"state":"FL","state_name":"Florida","summary":"Stephanie Ragusa, a former math teacher at Davidsen Middle School in Tampa, pleaded guilty in April 2010 to three counts of lewd and lascivious battery involving a 14-year-old boy and two counts of unlawful sex with a minor involving a 16-year-old student, in 2008 cases. On June 28, 2010, a Hillsborough County judge sentenced her to 10 years in prison followed by sex offender probation.","verified_at":"2026-10-03"},{"added_at":"2026-10-04","bid":"sheral-smith-ms-2010","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":null,"date":"2010-06-07","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Sheral Smith","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"New Summit School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"WLBT","url":"https://www.wlbt.com/story/12609700/former-teacher-pleads-guilty-to-sex-crimes/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","derived_from":"apnews.com","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"CBS News","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sheral-smith-pictures-teacher-gets-7-years-for-sex-with-student/"}],"state":"MS","state_name":"Mississippi","summary":"Sheral Smith, a former teacher at New Summit School, a private school in Jackson, pleaded guilty in Rankin County to four counts of statutory rape involving a 14-year-old student at the school. She was sentenced to 20 years with 13 suspended, leaving 7 years to serve, followed by 5 years of supervised probation and sex offender registration.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-04","bid":"scott-christopher-howe-va-2010","case_status":"Convicted","corrected_at":null,"county":"Fauquier","date":"2010-06-04","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Child Pornography","name":"Scott Christopher Howe","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Cedar Lee Middle School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"U.S. Attorney's Office, E.D. 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He was sentenced in June 2010 to 17.5 years in prison.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"amy-victoria-beck-ca-2014","case_status":"No Contest Plea","corrected_at":"2026-10-04","county":"Los Angeles","date":"2010-05-07","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Burbank Unified School District","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Amy Victoria Beck","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"David Starr Jordan Middle School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"CBS News","url":"http://www.cbsnews.com/news/amy-beck-update-teacher-gets-2-years-for-sex-with-student/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"NBC Los Angeles","url":"https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/teacher-sentenced-for-relationship-with-student/2100526/"}],"state":"CA","state_name":"California","summary":"Amy Victoria Beck, an English and social studies teacher at David Starr Jordan Middle School in the Burbank Unified School District, pleaded no contest in March 2010 to unlawful sexual intercourse and committing a lewd act on a child involving a 14-year-old former student. On May 7, 2010, she was sentenced to two years in state prison and three years of probation, and ordered to register as a sex offender for life.","verified_at":"2026-10-03"},{"added_at":"2026-10-10","bid":"bryan-pettibone-al-2010","case_status":"Convicted","corrected_at":null,"county":"Baldwin","date":"2010-05-01","date_granularity":"month","date_type":"conviction","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Bryan Pettibone","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Central Baldwin Middle School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":403,"kind":"primary","outlet":"Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals (Pettibone v. 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In August 2011 the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the convictions and sent the case back for resentencing on the three sexual-abuse counts.","verified_at":"2026-10-10"},{"added_at":"2026-10-04","bid":"april-burford-watson-fl-2010","case_status":"No Contest Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Santa Rosa","date":"2010-04-16","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"April Burford Watson","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Jay High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"NorthEscambia.com","url":"https://www.northescambia.com/2010/04/former-jay-high-teachers-sentenced-to-prison-for-sex-with-students"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Tri-City Ledger","url":"https://www.tricityledger.com/story/2026/06/25/news/questions-raised-over-sex-offender-working-for-jay/6781.html"}],"state":"FL","state_name":"Florida","summary":"April Burford Watson, a math teacher at Jay High School in Santa Rosa County, Florida, pleaded no contest in January 2010 to three counts of unlawful sexual activity with certain minors involving male students. 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He pleaded guilty to three counts of unlawful sexual conduct with a 16- or 17-year-old. He received concurrent prison terms of zero to five years.","verified_at":"2026-10-10"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"sandy-l-binkley-tn-2011","case_status":"Convicted","corrected_at":null,"county":"Sumner","date":"2009-09-29","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"conviction","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Sandy L. 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Binkley, a math teacher and assistant basketball coach at Portland High School in Sumner County, Tennessee, was convicted by a jury in September 2009 of two counts of statutory rape by an authority figure involving a 17-year-old student. She was sentenced to six years on each count, to be served consecutively. 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In September 2009 a Gooding County judge sentenced her to six months in a retained jurisdiction program, followed by possible court supervision, and she must register as a sex offender.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-04","bid":"hope-ashley-jacoby-ca-2009","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Orange","date":"2009-07-29","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Hope Ashley Jacoby","noindex":false,"role":"staff","school":"Tustin High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":403,"kind":"primary","outlet":"Orange County District Attorney","url":"https://ocdistrictattorney.gov/press/high-school-athletic-trainer-convicted-of-having-unlawful-sex-with-male-high-school-student/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"OC Weekly","url":"https://www.ocweekly.com/news-oc-judge-goes-easy-on-female-trainer-who-had-sex-with-student-6480830/"}],"state":"CA","state_name":"California","summary":"Hope Ashley Jacoby, an athletic trainer at Tustin High School, pleaded guilty on July 1, 2009, to four felony counts of unlawful sexual intercourse and three felony counts of oral copulation of a minor involving a male student. She was sentenced on July 29, 2009, to three years of informal probation and community service, and the felony counts were reduced to misdemeanors.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-04","bid":"jennifer-leigh-rice-wa-2009","case_status":"Convicted","corrected_at":null,"county":"Pierce","date":"2009-07-24","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Tacoma Public School District","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Jennifer Leigh Rice","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"McKinley Elementary School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":403,"kind":"primary","outlet":"Washington Court of Appeals opinion (FindLaw)","url":"https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/wa-court-of-appeals/1553559.html"}],"state":"WA","state_name":"Washington","summary":"Jennifer Leigh Rice, a fourth-grade teacher at McKinley Elementary School in the Tacoma Public School District, was found guilty at a bench trial on stipulated facts of first-degree kidnapping with sexual motivation, first-degree child molestation and two counts of third-degree child rape involving a student. On July 24, 2009, she was sentenced to two concurrent life terms with a 25-year mandatory minimum. 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She was sentenced to a suspended one-year jail term and five years of unsupervised probation and ordered to register as a sex offender.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-04","bid":"heather-kennedy-ny-2009","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":"2026-10-07","county":"Nassau","date":"2009-03-13","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Heather Kennedy","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Wantagh High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","derived_from":"apnews.com","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Associated Press (via NBC New York)","url":"https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/teacher-jailed-for-sex-with-student/1912157/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Gothamist (citing Newsday)","url":"https://gothamist.com/news/li-teacher-couldnt-stop-having-sex-with-her-student"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"WABC-TV","url":"https://abc7ny.com/archive/6279592/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"WABC-TV","url":"https://abc7ny.com/archive/6707189/"}],"state":"NY","state_name":"New York","summary":"Heather Kennedy, a math teacher at Wantagh High School on Long Island, New York, pleaded guilty to rape and other sex offenses involving a 16-year-old student, including conduct that continued after a court order to stay away from him. On March 13, 2009, she was sentenced to six months in jail, ordered to give up her teaching license and required to register as a sex offender.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-04","bid":"melissa-weber-ny-2009","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Queens","date":"2009-01-01","date_granularity":"year","date_type":"plea","district":"New York City Department of Education","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Melissa Weber","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Middle School 8","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Queens Chronicle/QNS (Schneps Media)","url":"https://qns.com/2010/08/teenage-student-sues-ex-ms-8-teacher-over-affair/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"CBS News","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/melissa-weber-picture-family-sues-nyc-teacher-for-sex-with-student/"}],"state":"NY","state_name":"New York","summary":"Melissa Weber, a former social studies teacher at Middle School 8 in Jamaica, Queens, pleaded guilty to second-degree rape involving one of her students. 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Sentencing was set for March 17, 2009, with a maximum of five years in state prison.","verified_at":"2026-10-11"},{"added_at":"2026-10-11","bid":"dana-goodman-de-2008","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Sussex","date":"2008-11-14","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Dana Goodman","noindex":false,"role":"principal","school":"Sussex Central High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"Delaware Department of Justice","url":"https://news.delaware.gov/2008/11/14/delaware-department-of-justice-sentencing-announcement-8/"}],"state":"DE","state_name":"Delaware","summary":"Dana Goodman, principal of Sussex Central High School, pleaded guilty on September 3, 2008 in Sussex County Superior Court to two counts of fourth-degree rape, felony endangering the welfare of a child and official misconduct involving a 17-year-old student at the school. On November 14, 2008 he was sentenced to 4 years in prison, followed by six months of work release and 2 years of intensive probation, and must register as a Tier 2 sex offender.","verified_at":"2026-10-11"},{"added_at":"2026-10-04","bid":"tawni-wimberley-az-2008","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":null,"date":"2008-10-30","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Tawni Wimberley","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Flagstaff High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Arizona Daily Star","url":"https://tucson.com/news/flagstaff-high-teacher-guilty-of-sex-with-student/article_b5fd7945-1196-5e0e-a7a3-5a440cc86259.html"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KOLD News 13","url":"https://www.kold.com/story/9275654/former-teacher-admits-sex-with-students/"}],"state":"AZ","state_name":"Arizona","summary":"Tawni Wimberley, a computer and technology teacher at Flagstaff High School, pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual conduct with a minor involving 16- and 17-year-old boys in 2007, while she was on a leave of absence. She was sentenced on Oct. 30, 2008, to probation.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-04","bid":"julie-petty-tn-2008","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Dickson","date":"2008-10-20","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Julie Petty","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":null,"sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":202,"kind":"primary","outlet":"Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals (CourtListener)","url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1050138/state-of-tennessee-v-julie-petty/"}],"state":"TN","state_name":"Tennessee","summary":"Julie Petty, a substitute teacher and softball coach at a middle school in White Bluff, pleaded guilty in Dickson County to one count of sexual battery by an authority figure involving a 14-year-old student at the school. The trial court sentenced her to four years, with one year in confinement and three years on probation. The Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the judgment in June 2010.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-11","bid":"gregory-keau-hi-2008","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Honolulu","date":"2008-10-17","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Gregory Keau","noindex":false,"role":"aide","school":"McKinley High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Hawaii News Now","url":"https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/9198707/man-who-sexually-assaulted-special-ed-student-asks-for-leniency/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Honolulu Star-Bulletin","url":"https://archives.starbulletin.com/2008/07/29/news/story03.html"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Honolulu Advertiser","url":"https://archives-new.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2008/Oct/17/br/hawaii81017050.html"}],"state":"HI","state_name":"Hawaii","summary":"Gregory Keau, a special education assistant at McKinley High School in Honolulu, pleaded guilty in July 2008 to two counts of second-degree and two counts of fourth-degree sexual assault of a special education student at the school. On October 17, 2008, Circuit Judge Michael Town sentenced him to 10 years in prison.","verified_at":"2026-10-11"},{"added_at":"2026-10-04","bid":"kelsey-peterson-ne-2008","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":"2026-10-10","county":"Dawson","date":"2008-09-29","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Kelsey Peterson","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Lexington Middle School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Associated Press (via NBC News)","url":"https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/wbna26946903"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Nebraska.tv (Sinclair), reprinting U.S. Attorney District of Nebraska release","url":"https://nebraska.tv/archive/former-lex-teacher-pleads-guilty-in-minor-sex-case"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Associated Press (via NBC News)","url":"https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna30375531"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","derived_from":"associated press","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Fox News (AP)","url":"https://foxnews.com/story/former-teacher-who-fled-to-mexico-with-student-lover-gets-6-years.amp"}],"state":"NE","state_name":"Nebraska","summary":"Kelsey Peterson, a former teacher at Lexington Middle School in Nebraska, pleaded guilty in federal court to travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor, involving a student at the school where she taught. She was sentenced to six years in federal prison. She later pleaded guilty to two state counts of first-degree sexual assault of a minor and received a concurrent eight to 10 year state sentence.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-04","bid":"catherine-heminghaus-mo-2008","case_status":"Convicted","corrected_at":"2026-10-05","county":"St. Louis","date":"2008-09-03","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Special School District","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Catherine Heminghaus","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Ferguson Middle School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":202,"kind":"primary","outlet":"Missouri Court of Appeals (CourtListener)","url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1618050/state-v-heminghaus/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","derived_from":"apnews.com","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Associated Press (via St. Louis Public Radio)","url":"https://www.stlpr.org/delete1/2008-09-04/teacher-sentenced-to-6-years-for-sex-abuse"}],"state":"MO","state_name":"Missouri","summary":"Catherine (Cathy) Heminghaus, a teacher at Ferguson Middle School, was found guilty by a jury in 2008 of two counts of first-degree statutory sodomy, two counts of sexual contact with a student, and two counts of supplying intoxicating liquor to a minor. She was sentenced on September 3, 2008, to six years in prison and fined $1,000. 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On August 29, 2008, Circuit Judge Richard Pollack sentenced him to 18 months in prison and five years of probation, with lifetime sex-offender registration.","verified_at":"2026-10-11"},{"added_at":"2026-10-04","bid":"brandy-lynn-gonzales-tx-2008","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":null,"date":"2008-08-04","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"plea","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Brandy Lynn Gonzales","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Piney Point Elementary School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"ABC13 Houston (KTRK)","url":"https://abc13.com/archive/6466624/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"ABC 7 Amarillo (KVII, Sinclair)","url":"https://abc7amarillo.com/news/local/former-teacher-plead-guilty-to-sex-acts-with-fifth-graders"}],"state":"TX","state_name":"Texas","summary":"Brandy Lynn Gonzales, a former fifth-grade teacher at Piney Point Elementary School in the Houston area, pleaded guilty to four counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child and one count of indecency with a child involving boys enrolled in her classes. She received a 15-year prison sentence.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-11","bid":"maggie-laughlin-oh-2008","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Lake","date":"2008-08-01","date_granularity":"month","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Maggie Laughlin","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":null,"sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":403,"kind":"news","outlet":"The Plain Dealer (cleveland.com)","url":"https://www.cleveland.com/metro/2008/08/teacher_sentenced_to_three_yea.html"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"The News-Herald","url":"https://www.news-herald.com/2008/08/14/former-mentor-teacher-admits-to-having-sexual-relations-with-student/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Cleveland 19 (Gray)","url":"https://www.cleveland19.com/story/10042796/free-me-former-teacher-who-had-sexual-relationship-with-teen-wants-out-of-prison/"}],"state":"OH","state_name":"Ohio","summary":"Maggie Laughlin, a former ninth-grade math teacher in Mentor, Ohio, pleaded guilty in August 2008 in Lake County to charges stemming from sexual contact with a 15-year-old student in her classroom on eight occasions. 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U.S. District Judge Kristi DuBose sentenced her to 10 years and one month in federal prison followed by lifetime supervised release. 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On May 9, 2008, a Maricopa County Superior Court judge sentenced her to six months of incarceration.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-11","bid":"allenna-ward-sc-2007","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Laurens","date":"2008-02-19","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Allenna Ward","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Bell Street Middle School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","derived_from":"apnews.com","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Post and Courier","url":"https://www.postandcourier.com/sc-teacher-sent-to-prison-for-6-years-for-sex-with-students/article_ab0bf4e9-072d-5711-a578-8e7df19c6ce2.html"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","derived_from":"apnews.com","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Associated Press (via Fox News)","url":"https://www.foxnews.com/story/s-c-teacher-sentenced-to-6-years-for-sex-acts-with-5-boys.amp"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":403,"kind":"news","outlet":"South Carolina Lawyers Weekly","url":"https://sclawyersweekly.com/news/2007/09/17/former-teacher-pleads-guilty-to-sex-with-5-teenage-boys/"}],"state":"SC","state_name":"South Carolina","summary":"Allenna Ward, a former teacher at Bell Street Middle School in Clinton, South Carolina, pleaded guilty in September 2007 to three counts of second-degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor and three counts of lewd acts on a minor involving teenage boys, some of them students at the school. 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On Dec. 13, 2007, a district judge sentenced her to 90 days in jail and 10 years to life of sex-offender-intensive-supervised probation and ordered sex offender registration.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-04","bid":"erica-umosella-nj-2007","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Gloucester","date":"2007-12-01","date_granularity":"month","date_type":"plea","district":"Kingsway Regional School District","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Erica Umosella","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":null,"sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"New Jersey State Board of Examiners","url":"https://nj.gov/education/legal/examiners/2009/jun/0708.143.pdf"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Philadelphia Inquirer","url":"https://www.inquirer.com/philly/news/local/20090522_Teacher_sentenced_in_witness_tampering.html"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Philadelphia Inquirer","url":"https://www.inquirer.com/philly/news/local/20081219_Gloucester_County_teacher_guilty_of_pressuring_student_over_sexual_affair.html"}],"state":"NJ","state_name":"New Jersey","summary":"Erica Umosella was a health and physical education teacher in the Kingsway Regional School District in Gloucester County, New Jersey. She pleaded guilty to a sexual relationship with a student during the 2006-07 school year and was sentenced to probation. The State Board of Examiners revoked her teaching certificates in 2009 after her December 2007 conviction for aggravated sexual assault, criminal sexual conduct and official misconduct.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-11","bid":"frank-laine-hall-ut-2007","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Salt Lake","date":"2007-11-29","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Frank Laine Hall","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Rosamond Elementary School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Deseret News","url":"https://www.deseret.com/2007/11/29/20056360/teacher-convicted-of-molesting-young-students-sentenced-to-prison/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"The Salt Lake Tribune","url":"https://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=6949115&itype=NGPSID"}],"state":"UT","state_name":"Utah","summary":"Frank Laine Hall, a first-grade teacher at Rosamond Elementary School in Riverton, Utah, pleaded guilty in September 2007 to 10 counts of attempted aggravated sexual abuse of a child and one count of sexual abuse of a child involving his students. On November 29, 2007, he was sentenced to an aggregate term of 15 years to life in prison.","verified_at":"2026-10-11"},{"added_at":"2026-10-04","bid":"melissa-bare-oh-2007","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Lawrence","date":"2007-11-01","date_granularity":"month","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Melissa Bare","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Rock Hill Middle School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"The Herald-Dispatch","url":"https://www.herald-dispatch.com/news/ohio_news/ex-rock-hill-teacher-admits-to-sexual-contact-with-student/article_897da3c2-ba74-5409-89c7-706dda661bc4.html"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"The Ironton Tribune","url":"https://irontontribune.com/2007/11/14/former-rock-hill-teacher-pleads-to-sexual-battery/"}],"state":"OH","state_name":"Ohio","summary":"Melissa Bare, an eighth-grade language arts and writing teacher at Rock Hill Middle School, pleaded guilty to one count of sexual battery involving a 16-year-old male student; a second count was dismissed. Lawrence County Common Pleas Judge Charles Cooper placed her on four years of community control, including a program at the Eastern Ohio Correction Center. She was classified as a sexually oriented offender and surrendered her teaching license.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-11","bid":"armando-lucero-ca-2007","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Orange","date":"2007-10-03","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Armando Lucero","noindex":false,"role":"staff","school":"Mission Viejo Christian School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":403,"kind":"primary","outlet":"Orange County District Attorney","url":"https://ocdistrictattorney.gov/?p=29232"}],"state":"CA","state_name":"California","summary":"Armando Lucero, an athletic coordinator at Mission Viejo Christian School, pleaded guilty on August 20, 2007, to felony counts including unlawful sexual intercourse and lewd acts on a child involving a 14-year-old student at the school. He was also convicted of two misdemeanor counts of child annoyance involving two other minors. On October 3, 2007, he was sentenced to one year in jail.","verified_at":"2026-10-11"},{"added_at":"2026-10-12","bid":"joshua-joel-jacobsen-az-2007","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Maricopa","date":"2007-10-01","date_granularity":"month","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Liberty Elementary School District","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Joshua Joel Jacobsen","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Liberty Elementary School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Associated Press (via KOLD)","url":"https://www.kold.com/story/7261614/buckeye-teacher-sentenced-to-jail-time/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":false,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Phoenix New Times","url":"https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/maricopa-county-attorney-accused-going-easy-pedophile-coach-20718322"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Arizona Daily Star (Lee Enterprises)","url":"https://tucson.com/news/former-teacher-sentenced-in-sex-case/article_028d9d55-7f53-50f2-b6f6-683683d43b03.html"}],"state":"AZ","state_name":"Arizona","summary":"Joshua Joel Jacobsen, a former Buckeye-area teacher in the Liberty Elementary School District who also coached youth soccer, pleaded guilty on Aug. 21, 2007, to sexual abuse and luring a minor for sexual exploitation involving a 13-year-old student. In October 2007 he was sentenced in Maricopa County Superior Court to nine months in jail followed by lifetime probation.","verified_at":"2026-10-10"},{"added_at":"2026-10-04","bid":"christine-scarlett-oh-2007","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":"2026-10-06","county":null,"date":"2007-06-12","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Christine Scarlett","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Strongsville High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Associated Press (via NBC News)","url":"https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna19197792"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Cleveland 19 News (Gray)","url":"https://www.cleveland19.com/story/6646043/teacher-who-had-students-baby-sentenced/"}],"state":"OH","state_name":"Ohio","summary":"Christine Scarlett, a former substitute teacher, pleaded guilty on May 11, 2007 to three counts of sexual battery and two counts of disseminating obscene materials to a juvenile involving a 17-year-old Strongsville High School student. On June 12, 2007 she was sentenced to three days in jail, 180 days of home detention, 300 hours of community service and five years of probation, and ordered to register as a sexually oriented offender.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-04","bid":"leslie-baird-ut-2007","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Tooele","date":"2007-04-01","date_granularity":"month","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Tooele School District","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Leslie Baird","noindex":false,"role":"staff","school":"Tooele High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"The Salt Lake Tribune","url":"https://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=5692712&itype=NGPSID"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Deseret News","url":"https://www.deseret.com/2007/4/18/20013749/ex-educator-gets-jail-in-sex-case/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KSL","url":"https://www.ksl.com/article/1114627/former-educator-sentenced-for-sexual-abuse"}],"state":"UT","state_name":"Utah","summary":"Leslie Baird, a resource administrator and math and computer lab coordinator at Tooele High School, pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree felony forcible sexual abuse involving a 17-year-old student. On April 17, 2007, a 3rd District Court judge sentenced her to one year in jail and three years of probation, with sex-offender treatment and restitution for counseling. She must register as a sex offender.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-04","bid":"rachel-l-holt-de-2007","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":null,"date":"2007-03-16","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Brandywine School District","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Rachel L. 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A Superior Court judge sentenced her to the mandatory minimum of 10 years in prison.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-11","bid":"hugh-scott-wilson-ca-2007","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Orange","date":"2007-01-12","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"plea","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Hugh Scott Wilson","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Washington Middle School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":403,"kind":"primary","outlet":"Orange County District Attorney","url":"https://ocdistrictattorney.gov/?p=29385"}],"state":"CA","state_name":"California","summary":"Hugh Scott Wilson, a teacher at Washington Middle School in La Habra, pleaded guilty on January 12, 2007, to four counts of lewd acts upon a child and eight counts of oral copulation of a minor, with an allegation of lewd acts on multiple children. The two male victims included one of his students. He was sentenced to five years in prison as part of his plea agreement.","verified_at":"2026-10-11"},{"added_at":"2026-10-04","bid":"melinda-lee-deluca-ut-2007","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Salt Lake","date":"2007-01-10","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Jordan School District","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Melinda Lee Deluca","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Copper Hills High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Deseret News","url":"https://www.deseret.com/2007/1/11/19995513/teacher-who-had-sex-with-teen-sentenced/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","derived_from":"apnews.com","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Associated Press (via Fox News)","url":"https://www.foxnews.com/story/sign-language-teacher-gets-90-days-in-jail-for-sex-with-16-year-old-student"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KSL","url":"https://www.ksl.com/article/news/utah/former-teacher-sentenced-to-90-days-for-sex-with-student/792384"}],"state":"UT","state_name":"Utah","summary":"Melinda Lee Deluca, a sign-language teacher at Copper Hills High School in West Jordan, pleaded guilty to third-degree felony attempted forcible sexual abuse involving a 16-year-old student. On January 10, 2007, she was sentenced to 90 days in jail and 36 months of probation, with sex offender counseling.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-04","bid":"kristi-dance-oakes-tn-2006","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Sevier","date":"2006-07-27","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Kristi Dance Oakes","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":null,"sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":202,"kind":"primary","outlet":"Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals (CourtListener)","url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1053141/state-of-tennessee-v-kristi-dance-oakes/"}],"state":"TN","state_name":"Tennessee","summary":"Kristi Dance Oakes, a high school biology teacher in Sevier County, pleaded guilty to one count of statutory rape involving a 16-year-old she had taught. She received an agreed 18-month sentence. In 2007 the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the sentence but reduced the jail portion from 180 to 162 days.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-04","bid":"carol-lynn-flannigan-fl-2006","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":"2026-10-05","county":null,"date":"2006-02-27","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"plea","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Carol Lynn Flannigan","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Rolling Green Elementary School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","derived_from":"sun-sentinel.com","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":403,"kind":"news","outlet":"UPI (citing South Florida Sun-Sentinel)","url":"https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2006/02/28/Teacher-gets-5-years-for-sex-with-boy/26851141187050/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Time","url":"https://time.com/archive/6676789/dangerous-liaisons/"}],"state":"FL","state_name":"Florida","summary":"Carol Lynn Flannigan, a music teacher at Rolling Green Elementary School in Boynton Beach, pleaded guilty to lewd and lascivious molestation involving a fifth-grade student. Under a plea agreement she was sentenced to five years in prison followed by 10 years of sex-offender probation.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-04","bid":"deanna-jean-bobo-ar-2006","case_status":"Convicted","corrected_at":"2026-10-07","county":"Sebastian","date":"2006-01-01","date_granularity":"year","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Deanna Jean Bobo","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Raymond G. 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She was sentenced to two consecutive six-year prison terms. The Arkansas Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction on May 28, 2008.","verified_at":"2026-10-07"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"debra-lafave-fl-2005","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":"2026-10-06","county":"Hillsborough","date":"2005-11-22","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"plea","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Debra Lafave","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Greco Middle School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","derived_from":"apnews.com","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"CBS News / Associated Press","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/plea-deal-in-fla-teacher-sex-case"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":202,"kind":"primary","outlet":"Supreme Court of Florida (via CourtListener)","url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2742965/debra-lafave-v-state-of-florida/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":202,"kind":"primary","outlet":"Florida Second District Court of Appeal (via CourtListener)","url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/4991135/state-v-lafave/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":403,"kind":"primary","outlet":"Supreme Court of Florida (via Justia)","url":"https://law.justia.com/cases/florida/supreme-court/2014/sc12-2232.html"}],"state":"FL","state_name":"Florida","summary":"Debra Lafave, a reading teacher at Greco Middle School in Temple Terrace, Florida, pleaded guilty on November 22, 2005, to two counts of lewd and lascivious battery involving a 14-year-old student. Under the plea agreement she received three years of house arrest followed by seven years of probation and was required to register as a \"sexual predator.\" A judge ended her probation early in 2011, and the Florida Supreme Court left that order in place in 2014; her guilty plea was not affected.","verified_at":"2026-10-03"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"pamela-rogers-tn-2006","case_status":"No Contest Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Warren","date":"2005-08-11","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"plea","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Pamela Rogers","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Centertown Elementary School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"WTSP / Associated Press","url":"https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/ex-teacher-pleads-no-contest-to-having-sex-with-13-year-old-student-gets-nine-months/67-396151793"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Fox News / Associated Press","url":"https://www.foxnews.com/story/tenn-teacher-pleads-no-contest-in-sex-case"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"ABC News","url":"https://abcnews.com/GMA/LegalCenter/story?id=2195810"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Nashville Scene","url":"https://www.nashvillescene.com/news/pamela-rogers-denied-a-shot-at-early-parole/article_190d3b47-e1df-514a-bffe-82d4aacda999.html"}],"state":"TN","state_name":"Tennessee","summary":"Pamela Rogers Turner, a physical education teacher and girls basketball coach at Centertown Elementary School in McMinnville, Tennessee, pleaded no contest in August 2005 to sexual battery charges involving a 13-year-old student. She was sentenced to nine months in jail followed by probation for the rest of an eight-year suspended sentence. In July 2006, after probation violations, a judge ordered her to serve a seven-year sentence.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-11","bid":"brett-d-dunbar-oh-2005","case_status":"No Contest Plea","corrected_at":"2026-10-11","county":"Ottawa","date":"2005-07-29","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Brett D. Dunbar","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":null,"sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"Ohio Sixth District Court of Appeals (State v. Dunbar, 2006-Ohio-5359)","url":"https://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/rod/docs/pdf/6/2006/2006-Ohio-5359.pdf"}],"state":"OH","state_name":"Ohio","summary":"Brett D. Dunbar, a high school teacher and coach in Ottawa County, Ohio, pleaded no contest to one count of sexual battery involving one of his students and was found guilty. His July 2005 sentence of three years was vacated on appeal in 2006 and remanded for resentencing; the conviction was not disturbed.","verified_at":"2026-10-11"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"john-edward-monjaras-wy-2004","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Laramie","date":"2005-03-24","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"John Edward Monjaras","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":null,"sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":403,"kind":"primary","outlet":"Wyoming Supreme Court (Justia Law)","url":"https://law.justia.com/cases/wyoming/supreme-court/2006/446196.html"}],"state":"WY","state_name":"Wyoming","summary":"John Edward Monjaras, a sixth-grade teacher in Cheyenne, Wyoming, pleaded guilty in Laramie County District Court to two counts of third-degree sexual assault involving two girls, one of them his student. On March 24, 2005, he was sentenced to concurrent prison terms of four to five years. The Wyoming Supreme Court affirmed the sentence in 2006.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-08","bid":"kevin-michael-kayfes-or-2004","case_status":"Convicted","corrected_at":"2026-10-10","county":"Yamhill","date":"2004-10-01","date_granularity":"month","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Kevin Michael Kayfes","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":null,"sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":403,"kind":"primary","outlet":"Oregon Court of Appeals, State v. 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The judgment, entered in October 2004, imposed prison sentences, some of them consecutive. The Oregon Court of Appeals affirmed the convictions in 2007.","verified_at":"2026-10-08"},{"added_at":"2026-10-04","bid":"thomas-reeves-ca-2004","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Alameda","date":"2004-08-06","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Thomas Reeves","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Lockwood Elementary School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"San Francisco Chronicle","url":"https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/OAKLAND-Ex-teacher-sentenced-for-molesting-girls-2735692.php"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"ABC7 News (KGO-TV)","url":"https://abc7news.com/post/registered-sex-offender-accused-of-having-sex-with-teen-he-tutored-in-sj/1456476/"}],"state":"CA","state_name":"California","summary":"Thomas Reeves, a former teacher at Lockwood Elementary School in Oakland, pleaded guilty in Alameda County Superior Court to ongoing sexual abuse of a child under 14 and assault with intent to commit a lewd act on a child, under a plea bargain covering two of four girls he was charged with molesting; three of the four were students at Oakland schools where he had taught. He was sentenced to 12 years in prison and ordered to register as a sex offender.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-07","bid":"gerald-fowlkes-nj-2004","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":null,"date":"2004-02-11","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Pleasantville School District","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Gerald Fowlkes","noindex":false,"role":"staff","school":null,"sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"New Jersey State Board of Examiners","url":"https://www.nj.gov/education/legal/examiners/2005/feb/0304-237.pdf"}],"state":"NJ","state_name":"New Jersey","summary":"Gerald Fowlkes, who held a public position with the Pleasantville school district and teaching certificates, pleaded guilty on Nov. 5, 2003, to endangering the welfare of a child. The State Board of Examiners said the offense involved sexual contact with a student. On Feb. 11, 2004, he was sentenced to three years in state prison and community supervision for life, and ordered to forfeit his public position.","verified_at":"2026-10-07"},{"added_at":"2026-10-05","bid":"john-jones-dc-2004","case_status":"Convicted","corrected_at":null,"county":null,"date":"2004-01-01","date_granularity":"year","date_type":"conviction","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"John Jones","noindex":false,"role":"counselor","school":"Ballou Senior High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"District of Columbia Court of Appeals","url":"https://www.dccourts.gov/sites/default/files/pdf-opinions/07-CF-783_MTD.PDF"}],"state":"DC","state_name":"District of Columbia","summary":"John Jones, an attendance counselor and stage-crew coordinator at Ballou Senior High School in Washington, D.C., was convicted by a jury at a retrial in May and June of 2004 of misdemeanor sexual abuse and simple assault involving two students at the school. After some counts merged, four counts of misdemeanor sexual abuse and one count of simple assault remained; the D.C. Court of Appeals affirmed those convictions on March 18, 2010.","verified_at":"2026-10-09"},{"added_at":"2026-10-07","bid":"todd-d-senters-ne-2003","case_status":"Convicted","corrected_at":null,"county":"Douglas","date":"2003-05-22","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"conviction","district":null,"incident_type":"Child Pornography","name":"Todd D. Senters","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":null,"sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":202,"kind":"primary","outlet":"Nebraska Supreme Court (CourtListener)","url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1648752/state-v-senters/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":0,"kind":"primary","outlet":"Nebraska Professional Practices Commission","url":"https://nppc.nebraska.gov/node/19"}],"state":"NE","state_name":"Nebraska","summary":"Todd D. Senters, a high school teacher in Omaha, was found guilty after a bench trial in Douglas County District Court on May 22, 2003, of manufacturing child pornography, a Class III felony, for videotaping sexual contact with a 17-year-old female student. He was sentenced to two years of probation. The Nebraska Supreme Court affirmed the conviction in 2005.","verified_at":"2026-10-07"},{"added_at":"2026-10-07","bid":"jamey-joseph-albarado-la-2003","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Ascension Parish","date":"2003-02-18","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"plea","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Jamey Joseph Albarado","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Ascension Catholic High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":202,"kind":"primary","outlet":"Louisiana Court of Appeal, First Circuit (State v. Albarado, 878 So. 2d 849) via CourtListener","url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1760010/state-v-albarado/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","derived_from":"apnews.com","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Associated Press (via WAFB)","url":"https://www.wafb.com/story/1326553/former-coach-of-the-year-sentenced-for-sex-with-teenage-student/"}],"state":"LA","state_name":"Louisiana","summary":"Jamey Joseph Albarado, a teacher and coach at Ascension Catholic High School, pleaded guilty on February 18, 2003, to indecent behavior with a juvenile involving a student at the school. Under a plea bargain, a charge of aggravated crime against nature was dropped. He was sentenced to seven years at hard labor with sex offender registration, and the Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeal affirmed the conviction and sentence.","verified_at":"2026-10-07"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"brian-floss-ar-2016","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":"2026-10-05","county":null,"date":"2003-02-01","date_granularity":"month","date_type":"conviction","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Brian Floss","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Wallace Elementary School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":403,"kind":"news","outlet":"KNWA FOX24","url":"https://www.nwahomepage.com/news/former-arkansas-teacher-convicted-of-rape-paroled/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":403,"kind":"primary","outlet":"U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (via Justia)","url":"https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca8/21-1870/21-1870-2022-07-29.html"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KATV","url":"https://katv.com/archive/-family-of-sexual-assault-victim-fighting-to-keep-teacher-behind-bars"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"KATV","url":"https://katv.com/news/local/former-elementary-school-teacher-jailed-for-molesting-student-back-behind-bars"}],"state":"AR","state_name":"Arkansas","summary":"Brian Floss, a third-grade teacher at Wallace Elementary School in Fordyce, Arkansas, pleaded guilty to second-degree sexual assault of one of his students and was convicted in state court in February 2003. He received a 15-year prison sentence and was paroled in February 2016. He later pleaded guilty to a federal sex-offender registration offense and was sentenced to 36 months in prison; the Eighth Circuit affirmed in July 2022.","verified_at":"2026-10-03"},{"added_at":"2026-10-08","bid":"aaron-thompson-ok-2003","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":"2026-10-08","county":"Tulsa","date":"2003-01-01","date_granularity":"year","date_type":"plea","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Aaron Thompson","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Grace Fellowship Christian School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"News On 6 (KOTV)","url":"https://www.newson6.com/story/5e367d6b2f69d76f62090977/molestation-lawsuit-against-tulsa-church-and-school-gets-underway-in-a-tulsa-courtroom"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Education Week","url":"https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2004/11/03/10briefs-5.h24.html"}],"state":"OK","state_name":"Oklahoma","summary":"Aaron Thompson, a former physical education teacher at Grace Fellowship Christian School in Tulsa, pleaded guilty in 2003 to charges that he molested boys at the school. A judge sentenced him to 25 years in prison.","verified_at":"2026-10-08"},{"added_at":"2026-10-07","bid":"anthony-ratliff-ms-2002","case_status":"Convicted","corrected_at":"2026-10-08","county":"Hinds","date":"2002-07-25","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"conviction","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Anthony Ratliff","noindex":false,"role":"staff","school":"Rowan Middle School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"Mississippi Court of Appeals opinion (courts.ms.gov)","url":"https://courts.ms.gov/images/Opinions/CO22955.PDF"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"Mississippi Court of Appeals hand-down list (courts.ms.gov)","url":"https://courts.ms.gov/images/HDList/COA12-07-2004.html"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"Mississippi Supreme Court hand-down list (courts.ms.gov)","url":"https://courts.ms.gov/images/HDList/SCT06-30-2005.html"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":403,"kind":"primary","outlet":"Mississippi Court of Appeals (Justia)","url":"https://law.justia.com/cases/mississippi/court-of-appeals/2004/co22955.html"}],"state":"MS","state_name":"Mississippi","summary":"Anthony Ratliff, a school security officer at Rowan Middle School, was convicted by a Hinds County jury of two counts of sexual battery of a child, a sixth-grade student at the school. He was sentenced to two concurrent terms of 25 years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. The Court of Appeals affirmed in December 2004, and the Mississippi Supreme Court denied certiorari in June 2005.","verified_at":"2026-10-07"},{"added_at":"2026-10-07","bid":"rachelle-lynn-hernandez-mo-2002","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Platte","date":"2002-05-10","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"plea","district":"Park Hill School District","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Rachelle Lynn Hernandez","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Plaza Middle School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Associated Press (via Southeast Missourian)","url":"https://www.semissourian.com/news/teacher-pleads-guilty-to-having-sex-with-student-73396"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"FOX 4 Kansas City (WDAF, Nexstar)","url":"https://digital-release.fox4kc.com/news/former-park-hill-teacher-convicted-of-statutory-rape-back-in-trouble-for-being-near-school/"}],"state":"MO","state_name":"Missouri","summary":"Rachelle L. Hernandez, a former special education teacher at Plaza Middle School in the Park Hill School District, pleaded guilty in Platte County to four counts of statutory rape involving a 14-year-old student, and pleaded guilty to a related charge in Clay County. She served 120 days of shock time in the Platte County jail.","verified_at":"2026-10-07"},{"added_at":"2026-10-07","bid":"winslow-poe-ms-2002","case_status":"Convicted","corrected_at":null,"county":"Oktibbeha","date":"2002-05-03","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"conviction","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Winslow Poe","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Henderson Elementary School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":403,"kind":"primary","outlet":"Mississippi Court of Appeals opinion (Justia)","url":"https://law.justia.com/cases/mississippi/court-of-appeals/2003/co13782.html"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"Mississippi Court of Appeals hand-down list (courts.ms.gov)","url":"https://courts.ms.gov/images/HDList/COA12-09-2003.html"}],"state":"MS","state_name":"Mississippi","summary":"Winslow Poe, a computer teacher at Henderson Elementary School in Starkville, was found guilty by a jury in Oktibbeha County Circuit Court of four counts of fondling involving male students at the school. He was sentenced to ten years on each count, to run concurrently, with five years of post-release supervision and a $1,000 fine on each count. The Mississippi Court of Appeals affirmed in December 2003.","verified_at":"2026-10-07"},{"added_at":"2026-10-05","bid":"david-e-wilson-il-2001","case_status":"Convicted","corrected_at":null,"county":"Clinton","date":"2001-11-28","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"David E. Wilson","noindex":false,"role":"staff","school":"Central High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":403,"kind":"primary","outlet":"Illinois Appellate Court, Fifth District (Justia)","url":"https://law.justia.com/cases/illinois/court-of-appeals-fifth-appellate-district/2003/5010980.html"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":403,"kind":"primary","outlet":"Supreme Court of Illinois (Justia)","url":"https://law.justia.com/cases/illinois/supreme-court/2005/97354.html"}],"state":"IL","state_name":"Illinois","summary":"David E. \"Chip\" Wilson, who supervised in-school suspensions and was an assistant football coach at Central High School in Breese, Illinois, was convicted by a Clinton County jury of two counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse involving female high school students. On November 28, 2001, he was sentenced to concurrent terms of 180 days in jail and 30 months of probation. The Illinois Appellate Court affirmed in 2003 and the Illinois Supreme Court affirmed on January 21, 2005.","verified_at":"2026-10-05"},{"added_at":"2026-10-07","bid":"steven-elwell-nj-2001","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":null,"date":"2001-03-21","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"plea","district":"Lower Cape May Regional School District","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Steven Elwell","noindex":false,"role":"coach","school":null,"sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"New Jersey State Board of Examiners","url":"https://www.nj.gov/education/legal/examiners/2003/feb/685-02-02-304.pdf"}],"state":"NJ","state_name":"New Jersey","summary":"Steven Elwell, a wrestling coach in the Lower Cape May Regional School District, pleaded guilty on March 21, 2001, to second-degree sexual assault involving a female student. He was dismissed from his tenured position, and the State Board of Examiners revoked his certificates. The sentence was not stated in the source.","verified_at":"2026-10-07"},{"added_at":"2026-10-07","bid":"jason-e-vanackeren-ne-2000","case_status":"Convicted","corrected_at":"2026-10-08","county":"Madison","date":"2000-09-07","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Other Misconduct","name":"Jason E. VanAckeren","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Norfolk Catholic High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":202,"kind":"primary","outlet":"Nebraska Supreme Court (CourtListener)","url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2010412/state-v-vanackeren/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":0,"kind":"primary","outlet":"Nebraska Professional Practices Commission","url":"https://nppc.nebraska.gov/node/19"}],"state":"NE","state_name":"Nebraska","summary":"Jason E. VanAckeren, a teacher at Norfolk Catholic High School, was found guilty after a July 2000 trial in Madison County Court of contributing to the delinquency of a child, a 15-year-old sophomore student at the school. On September 7, 2000, he was sentenced to one year of imprisonment and ordered to pay costs. The Nebraska Supreme Court affirmed the conviction.","verified_at":"2026-10-07"},{"added_at":"2026-10-08","bid":"cynthia-ann-alexander-ok-2000","case_status":"No Contest Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Tulsa","date":"2000-08-01","date_granularity":"month","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Cynthia Ann Alexander","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Childers Middle School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Associated Press (via News On 6)","url":"https://www.newson6.com/story/5e3684e42f69d76f6209a283/former-broken-arrow-teacher-sentenced"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"News On 6 (KOTV)","url":"https://www.newson6.com/story/5e3685672f69d76f6209acb3/former-ba-teacher-pleads"}],"state":"OK","state_name":"Oklahoma","summary":"Cynthia Ann Alexander, a communications skills instructor and cheerleading coach at Childers Middle School in Broken Arrow, pleaded no contest in Tulsa County District Court to three counts of lewd molestation involving a 13-year-old student. In August 2000 she was sentenced to nine years in prison followed by six years of probation, and was fined.","verified_at":"2026-10-08"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"david-simmons-ia-2000","case_status":"Convicted","corrected_at":"2026-10-06","county":"Linn","date":"2000-06-01","date_granularity":"month","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"David Wayne Simmons","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Jefferson High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":403,"kind":"news","outlet":"Radio Iowa","url":"https://www.radioiowa.com/2000/06/29/former-teacher-given-20-year-sentence-for-relationships-with-students/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"Iowa Court of Appeals (via Justia)","url":"https://cases.justia.com/iowa/court-of-appeals/00-1154-(2001-07-31).doc"}],"state":"IA","state_name":"Iowa","summary":"David Simmons, a teacher and coach at Jefferson High School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was convicted by a Linn County jury of two counts of third-degree sexual abuse involving two students he taught. He was sentenced to two consecutive indeterminate 10-year prison terms, and the Iowa Court of Appeals affirmed the sentences in 2001.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-10","bid":"roger-paul-parsons-wv-2000","case_status":"Convicted","corrected_at":null,"county":"Kanawha","date":"2000-01-26","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"conviction","district":"Kanawha County Board of Education","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Roger Paul Parsons","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":null,"sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":403,"kind":"primary","outlet":"Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia (State v. Parsons, No. 30693, via FindLaw)","url":"https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/wv-supreme-court-of-appeals/1352275.html"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":202,"kind":"primary","outlet":"Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia (State v. 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The Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia affirmed the conviction in 2003.","verified_at":"2026-10-10"},{"added_at":"2026-10-11","bid":"martin-bayhan-pa-1999","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"Allegheny","date":"1999-01-01","date_granularity":"year","date_type":"plea","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Martin Bayhan","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":null,"sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Ohio","url":"https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdoh/pr/former-teacher-sentenced-7-years-prison-possessing-child-pornography"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"WKRC Local 12 (Sinclair)","url":"https://local12.com/news/local/former-teacher-sentenced-in-cincinnati-for-having-hundreds-of-child-porn-images-martin-bayhan-kik-snapchat-telegram-pictures-video-molested-boys-federal"}],"state":"PA","state_name":"Pennsylvania","summary":"Martin Bayhan, a teacher at a Catholic school in Pittsburgh, pleaded guilty in 1999 to reduced misdemeanor charges for molesting two teenage students and was sentenced to probation. On January 29, 2026, in federal court in Cincinnati, he was sentenced to seven years in prison and 10 years of supervised release for possessing child pornography.","verified_at":"2026-10-11"},{"added_at":"2026-10-04","bid":"mary-kay-letourneau-wa-1997","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":null,"county":"King","date":"1997-11-14","date_granularity":"day","date_type":"sentencing","district":null,"incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Mary Kay Letourneau","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":null,"sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"primary","outlet":"Washington Court of Appeals, State v. Letourneau, 100 Wn. 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On November 14, 1997, she was sentenced to 89 months, with 180 days in jail and the rest suspended. In February 1998 the court found she had violated the sentence terms, revoked the suspension and ordered her to serve the 89 months.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"},{"added_at":"2026-10-03","bid":"daniel-douglas-campbell-id-2015","case_status":"Guilty Plea","corrected_at":"2026-10-04","county":"Ada","date":"1991-01-01","date_granularity":"year","date_type":"sentencing","district":"Meridian School District","incident_type":"Sexual Misconduct","name":"Daniel Douglas Campbell","noindex":false,"role":"teacher","school":"Lowell Scott Middle School and Centennial High School","sources":[{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Deseret News","url":"https://www.deseret.com/1991/11/5/18949875/2-ex-students-accuse-boise-teacher-of-betraying-trust/"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","derived_from":"apnews.com","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Associated Press (via KSL)","url":"https://www.ksl.com/article/news/us/idaho-teacher-who-sexually-abused-students-is-denied-parole/36877763"},{"checked_at":"2026-10-12","derived_from":"apnews.com","documents_outcome":true,"http_status":200,"kind":"news","outlet":"Associated Press (via Lewiston Tribune)","url":"https://www.lmtribune.com/northwest/parole-board-denies-request-of-former-teacher-who-raped-students-28f2f216"}],"state":"ID","state_name":"Idaho","summary":"Daniel Douglas Campbell, a biology teacher and coach at Lowell Scott Middle School and Centennial High School in the Meridian School District in Idaho, pleaded guilty to two counts of rape and one count of lewd and lascivious conduct involving three underage students. He was sentenced to life in prison in 1991 and was denied parole in 2005 and 2015.","verified_at":"2026-10-04"}]