Melissa Lavender, a 33 year old culinary teacher at South Lake High School in St. Clair Shores, MI has been arrested and charged with 2 counts of 4th degree criminal sexual conduct. It is alleged that Lavender engaged in sxual acts with 2 male students, ages 16 and 17, on a boat owned by the family of another boy, who is no longer a student of the school.
Reportedly, the boat was docked and there were 8 current and former students on board with Lavender. A witness reported the actions to police and Lavender was subsequently arrested.
Lavender, who is married with...
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37 year old Aaron Burroughs, the former volunteer football coach at Bowie High School in Bowie, Maryland has been sentenced to 16 years in prison after pleading guilty to 6 counts of sex trafficking of children and first-degree child sexual abuse.
Burroughs is accused of having sex with a 14 year old female, as well as prostituting her out to a police sergeant, among others. Burroughs is said to have met the girl while she was the manager of the team he coached. It is alleged that in 2006, Burroughs drove the girl to the home of Robert Malloy, the police sergeant wh...
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Russel Hough, the 39 year old girls softball and basketball coach at Warrensburg High School in Warrensburg, Missouri has been indicted on 2 counts of sexual contact with a student by a school employee. Hough has been under watchful eye of the law before, in 2004 and again in 2006.
Hough was accused back then of the misconduct, he was placed on leave and eventually taken off leave, after the schools investigation found no wrongdoing. It is alleged by 6 girls 15-16 years old, that Hough touched some of their breasts, exposed himself, and other inappropriate behavior....
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30 year old Joshua Long, who would be starting his first year as girls basketball coach at East Newton High School in Granby, Missouri, has resigned from the school after he was arrested for 2nd degree statutory rape.
Long is accused of having a sexual relationship with a 16 year old female student, having sex three times in his home with the girl. The girl says the two exchanged nude pictures via cell phone and talked about having sex via text message before she arrived at his home.
Long originally denied any allegations when being questioned by police, but even...
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Brandy Gonzales, a 28 year old former 5th grade teacher at Piney Point Elementary School in Houston, Texas has plead guilty to 4 counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child, and 1 count of indecency with a child. Her husband, Johnny Gonzales, also pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated sexual assault of a child.
It is alleged that in 2004, Gonzales molested 4 boys in her class, and another boy from a different classes. The allegations include touching them under their desks, and assaulting them at her home and movie theaters. Johnny Gonzales is accused of sodo...
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Larry Scheer, 58 year old former band director at Haskell High School, in Haskell, Oklahoma has walked away from 2 counts of forcible sodomy after pleading guilty.
Scheer was accused of forcing a 17 year old female student to perform a sex act on him in the band room after taking off her shirt and bra, and pulling his own pants down. The girl declined and she alleges after that, he forced her to perform the sexual act.
Allegedly 2 weeks later, Scheer closed the door to the band room with the same girl inside, and performed a forcible sex act on her. The exact det...
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31 year old Brent Archie, a history teacher and coach at Richardson High School in Richardson, Texas is being held on $160,000 bond after being charged with 4 counts of engaging in improper relationship between educator and student.
Archie was first arrested after being accused of having a sexual relationship with a 16 year old girl for a couple months in early 2008, involving multiple sexual acts at Archie's home. However investigators have learned that another girl, 17 now, is alleging that she and Archie have been having a sexual relationship for over a year, sin...
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After being arrested in 2005, Gregg Decker, a former substitute teacher in the Southern Regional School District in Toms River, New Jersey has been indicted on charges of 1st degree aggravated sexual assault, 2nd degree sexual assault, 2nd degree official misconduct, 3rd degree endangering the welfare of a child and 3rd degree aggravated criminal sexual contact.
Decker has been free on a $50,000 bond since his 2005 arrest, and is just now facing these indictments. It is alleged that the girls mother went to police suspecting a sexual relationship between her 14 year...
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Jami Lish, a might-be-hot-but-I'll-let-you-call-it 27 year old teacher at Bear River High School in Garland, Utah has been charged with 1st degree rape of a 17 year old male student.
Lish is accused of having one sexual encounter with a 17 year old boy in her home. Reportedly, Lish's husband, who she is currently in the process of divorcing, found text messages on her cell phone suggesting an inappropriate relationship, and notified the authorities.
It is also reported that the alleged victims mother, along with the victim of course, maintain Lish's innocence, sa...
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Steven Collins, a 27 year old former girls rugby coach at Penn High School in Mishawaka, Indiana has plead guilty to 2 counts of sexual misconduct with a minor, a felony. Collins is accused of having an inappropriate sexual relationship with a 15 year old member of the club.
It is reported that Collins was not an official employee of the school, and the Rugby club was not a sanctioned club by the school.
Collins was scheduled to start trial, however he plead guilty to the charges against him and is set for sentencing September 25th. Bond information is not avail...
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40 year old Maurna Thornton, a former teacher at Hornbeck High School in Hornbeck, Louisiana has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to carnal knowledge of a juvenile. What's worse, apparently Louisiana still has chain gangs or something, because her sentence reads "10 years at hard labor". Ouch, sucks to be you.
Thornton's sentence was suspended to 5 years, with 5 years of probation to follow her release from prison. Thornton will also be a registered sex offender.
Thornton was accused of having a sexual relationship with a 14 year old mal...
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James Leonarczyk, a 40 year old teachers aide at Phillipsburg Middle School in Phillipsburg, New Jersey has been indicted on second and fourth degree endangering the welfare of a child.
Leonarczyk is accused of possessing over 50 images depicting child porn. It is alleged that Leonarczyk was caught after investigators were looking into another user. Police executed a search warrant on Leonarczyk's home and found the 50 images, along with 8 zip discs.
Leonarczyk was charged with 4th degree possession of child pornography after turning himself in. He was then relea...
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Robert Godfrey, a 23 year old gym teacher at Ewing High School in Ewing, New Jersey has been arrested and indicted on charges of official misconduct, child abuse, distributing obscene materials to a minor and two counts of sexual assault.
Godfrey is accused of having a sexual relationship with a 17 year old female student. It is alleged that Godfrey sent the girl nude pictures of himself to her cell phone, and that she sent nude pictures of herself to him.
The alleged relationship is reported to have lasted for 3 months. Godfrey is being held on a $25,000 bond. I...
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28 year old Aaron Stewart was scheduled to start teaching at Clearwater Intermediate School in Clearwater, Florida, in the fall. However, he may be teaching his bunkie how to read in a Florida state prison after police found a cache of child porn on his computer.
Steward is accused of trading child porn with somebody online. Investigators allegedly traced the files back to Stewarts home computer. After a search warrant was executed on his home, police say they found a number of images depicting adults having sex with children.
Stewart was charged with 1 count of ...
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Ronald Norris, the 57 year old former english teacher at Frontier High School in Derby, New York has been sentenced to 6 and a half years in federal prison for possession of child porn.
Norris pleaded guilty to the charges in January 2008. He is also expected to surrender his teaching certificates to the state of New York, as well as 5 years of probation after his release, and a $24,000 fine.
Norris was caught after Homeland Security and ICE agents performed an investigation online.
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42 year old Ralph Waye, math teacher at Colleton County High School in Walterboro, South Carolina has been arrested on charges of criminal sexual conduct with a minor and lewd act with a minor.
It is alleged that Waye sexually assaulted a 14 year old girl, who is not a student at Colleton County, high school. The girl reported the alleged assault to the nurse at her school, who then notified the proper authorities.
Waye was released on $40,000 bond.
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Heather Thorsby, a 35 year old art teacher at Independence High School in Franklin, Tennessee, has pleaded guilty to 3 counts of statutory rape by an authority figure and 2 counts of sexual battery by an authority figure. Thorsby was sentenced to 3 years in prison, and must register as a sex offender.
Thorsby and the girl, who was 17 at the time, reportedly began their relationship as simply friends, but somehow their relationship turned sexual. Thorsby and the girl reportedly had sexual contact both at the school, and Thorsby's home, between November 2006 and March...
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27 year old Justin Northcutt, along with his wife Amy, have been charged with harmful matter sent with intent of seduction of a minor.
Justin is a substitute teacher at Turlock Christian School in Turlock, California, and Amy is a former history teacher at the same school. The pair are accused of sending nude cell phone pictures, presumably of the wife, along with sexually oriented text messages, to a female student. The girls mother was made aware of the situation after Justin Northcutt was seen talking to the girl at a family get together. It is alleged that the ...
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Herbert Allen, the 64 year old reason that janitors have a bad reputation, who worked at the Model Creek School, in Peeples Valley, Arizona, has been arrested on charges of aggravated assault with sexual motivation.
It is alleged that Allen asked the student, a 13 year old female, to come into a back room of the school. She did so, and after she did, it is reported that Allen gave her a hug, then kissed her on the lips for a couple seconds. The girl told her mother who then called police.
After police investigated further, it seems Mr. Allen may have a little ob...
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47 year old Jack Ownes, a substitute teacher at Marion County High School in Jasper, Tennessee has been arrested on charges of statutory rape by an authority figure, exploitation of a minor by electronic means. Ownes was also charged with carrying a weapon on school property, however that charge has since been dropped.
Owens is accused of having sexual contact with a student on school property. The students parents found the messages on the students cell phone, and called police. After Owens texted the student and the texts became sexual in nature, the police began ...
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37 year old Shannon Fowler, a math teacher at Paul Knox Middle School in North Augusta, South Carolina has been arrested on 5 counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, 1 count of enticing enrolled child from attendance in school, and 1 count of violating mandated test security regulations and procedures.
Fowler is accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a 14 year old female student, including having sexually explicit conversation with her, and encouraged the girl to create a 'false persona or imaginary student' to hide their indiscretions.
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Physical Education teacher and Coach Lee Rucker, who worked in the Tarkio School District in Tarkio, Missouri, has been charged with first-degree child molestation and sexual misconduct involving a child less than 14 years of age, both felonies, and furnishing pornographic material to a minor, a misdemeanor.
Rucker has been placed on administrative leave pending an investigation by the school, and his legal troubles have cost him some jail time, stopped only by a $250,000 cash bond.
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Daniel Zera, a 47 year old gymnastics instructor and owner of Back to Back Gymnastics at School at the St. Lawrence Centre Mall, in Massena, New York, has been arrested on 2 counts of 1st degree sexual abuse, two counts of endangering the welfare of a child, 2 counts of unlawfully dealing with a child, and 1 count of unlawful imprisonment.
Zera is accused of having 2 13 year old girls at his house, where he gave them alcohol and then allegedly sexually assaulted on of the two girls. It is also reported that Zera allegedly would not let one of the girls call her pare...
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Eric Grange, the 45 year old former teacher at the Montessori Community School in Chapel Hill, North Carolina was arrested and has plead not guilty on five counts of statutory first-degree sex offense and four counts of indecent liberties with a child.
Mr. Grange is accused of molesting 5 girls, aging in range from 5 to 8 years old. Grange is not a US citizen, he is French. That's the first thing wrong with this guy. After police issued an arrest warrant for Grange, he was picked up by immigration officials at Dulles Airport in Washington, D.C.
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Melody Gawliu, the 24 year old former teachers aide at El Camino High School in South San Francisco, California, who was also a counselor at summer school, has pleaded no contest to oral copulation with a minor.
Gawliu is accused of having a sexual relationship with a 16 year old female student. Reportedly, other members of the faculty became suspicious when Gawliu brought balloons to the school for the girls 17th birthday. During a police investigation, police say they found text messages to the girl from Gawliu that advised the girl to deny any sexual activity or ...
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