Quote:Using a technique called grooming, offenders seek out vulnerable children and endear themselves to them by offering up tangible and emotional gifts. They also use this technique on the victim’s family and the surrounding community to make themselves appear like good and honest people. The ultimate effect is something Clemente calls “compliant victimization,” in which victims begin to look up to perpetrators, crave their attention and are shamed into keeping their silence.
Quote:Phoenix police arrested an after school arts and crafts instructor and former Phoenix elementary school teacher Tuesday after investigators said he sexually abused children - including his students - for more than a decade.
Jose Ruben Mada's arrest Tuesday was related to crimes investigators believe he committed against a teenage girl he knew in the mid-1990s, and the police report includes allegations of Mada's impropriety with students that date back to the early 2000s.
Quote:A 30-year-old former male teacher at Clark High School was arrested Friday on suspicion that he had a sexual relationship with a female student.
According to an arrest warrant affidavit, Gil Vicinaiz was a science club adviser at the school, which is how the two met.
"This was a student that was in his care through his role at the school where he (was) employed and we believe the relationship was sexual in nature," said Bexar County Sheriff spokesman James Keith.
The affidavit states the girl's mother told Northside Independent School District police in December that her daughter admitted to having a sexual relationship with the suspect.
The mother told police she found dozens of text messages between them, including inappropriate images, the affidavit stated.
Quote:A South Plainfield High School teacher was arrested Monday and charged with sexually assaulting a minor, says a spokesman for the county prosecutor's office.
Police say John Angeline, 40, sexually assaulted the boy in South Plainfield on various occasions beginning in August 2010 when the victim was 15 years old. The alleged assault continued for a period of five years, investigators say.
Quote:A former Lancaster Catholic High School teacher is arrested on sexual assault charges involving a female student. James Scott Dwight III, was taken into custody on February 26 in Harvard, Massachusetts by U.S. Marshals and state police without incident.
The arrest resulted from an investigation that began after the victim, a 25 year old woman reported in February 2014, an incident in June 2006, when she was a 17 year old student at Catholic High. Dwight, who was then 38 years, reportedly had sexual contact with her at his home in the 500 block of North Pine Street.
Quote:At the time of his arrest as a Fugitive from Justice, he was working at Mount Wachusett Community College in Massachusetts. Dwight has also worked as a part-time Adjunct Professor at Millersville University.
Quote:A teacher's aide and cheerleader coach who was accused of having sexual encounters with a 16-year-old student has been charged with rape.
Christina M. Jewell-Bellucio, 32, of Greece was charged Tuesday with third-degree rape and third-degree criminal sex act, both felonies, for allegedly having sexual contact with the student at her home and another location in June.
Quote:A teacher accused of sex crimes against several students was arrested Wednesday night, authorities said.
Anthony Salvo was a teacher at Renaissance Charter Schoolin Hunter's Creek.
Police said Salvo admitted to molesting a number of female students, and that he had left his previous job as a teacher in South Florida because he asked a student out on a date.
According to documents, the case was cracked open last week when a staff member at the school called 911 to report him touching a student.
Detectives said they subsequently discovered that there were multiple victims.
One victim said she was kept in Salvo's classroom against her will as he touched her, authorities said.
Quote:A teacher assistant in Spartanburg County has been accused of having sex with a student.
Twenty-five-year-old Christopher Lynn Drake of Cowpens has been charged with sexual battery with a student.
Spartanburg County District 3 spokeswoman Sherri Horton told local reporters that Drake has been suspended without pay from his job at the Daniel Morgan Technology Center. It was not clear if Drake has an attorney.
Sheriff's Lt. Kevin Bobo said a female student told investigators Wednesday that she had sex with Drake in a vehicle at his home last year.
Quote:— Wilton Public Schools has suspended a seventh grade teacher after the man allegedly assaulted a 14 year-old boy in a movie theater parking lot.
Timothy Leonard, 37, of Southbury, is also an adjunct instructor at Sacred Heart University. SHU suspended Leonard immediately, spokeswoman Funda Alp said Wednesday morning.
Wilton School Superintendent Kevin J. Smith, in an afternoon letter posted to the district website, called the news an incredible shock to the entire school community.
He said Timothy “T.J” Leonard has worked in Wilton for many years and had developed a very positive reputation as a teacher.
“If the allegations are true, Dr. Leonard violated the trust of all in the Wilton Public Schools and throughout our community,” Smith said.
Leonard has been charged with fourth-degree sex assault and risk of injury to a minor after police found him with a 14 year old boy Tuesday night in a secluded area of the movie theater parking lot on Quarry Road.
(03-06-2015 12:53 PM)UCF08 Wrote: Kaplony, do you get off of this stuff or something? What's up with this thread?
Just exposing a real threat to the safety of our children. The more we expose the perverts and predators our kids are forced to be around for a significant portion of their lives the better the world will be.
Sapulpa softball coach charged with rape found dead
One more case. This is a real problem and anyone that makes light of it is a fool. This teacher took his own life. Think of all the people left to deal with his mess.
Quote:SAPULPA — A Sapulpa High School coach was found dead of an apparent suicide Thursday night after being charged that day with raping one of his female players.
Brad Alan Evans, the head softball coach and assistant baseball coach, was fired Tuesday after law enforcement officials notified the school district about their investigation.
Evans, 38, was charged Thursday in Creek County with two counts of second-degree rape, according to court records. Creek County District Attorney Max Cook said Friday morning he had filed paperwork to dismiss the charges due to Evans’ death.
Evans was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound Thursday night, authorities said.
Second-degree rape charges typically are filed when a sexual relationship exists where one party, such as a minor, cannot legally give consent.
“This is a tragic set of events on so many levels it’s unfathomable,” said Sapulpa Superintendent Kevin Burr. “Our hearts and prayers go out to everyone involved, and we have counseling services on site today for kids and adults both.”
Burr said the Creek County Sheriff’s Office notified him late Thursday that they had discovered Evans dead when they went to his residence to serve a warrant in the case. The Sheriff’s Office responded after receiving a call from the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation at 6:15 p.m. Thursday, according to a statement from the Sheriff’s Office.
“We learned of the case on Tuesday and terminated his employment immediately,” Burr said.
Because the case involved a student, Burr said, he and his staff are encouraging anyone with information about other potential victims to come forward.
“It’s important that we ask those very questions of other students so if there are other incidents, that we can discover them as soon as possible,” Burr said. “It’s not unusual for circumstances like this to have other victims. As part of the ongoing counseling services, those kinds of questions or probes are being inserted into conversations.”
Evans was a support employee — a teacher’s assistant — not a teacher at the high school, Burr said.
“A lot of people are sad,” said Sapulpa senior Axle Price, walking back to school from lunch Friday with some students. “I saw some girls cry first hour.”
Jessie Williams, a Sapulpa junior, described the situation as “really sad.”
“I honestly kind of feel bad for his family,” Williams said. “Nobody deserves to die like that. That’s messed up.”
A protective order filed Thursday by the mother of the alleged victim stated that her 17-year-old daughter was found in bed with Evans by his wife, records show.
In an interview with the OSBI, the girl said that Evans, her softball coach, had sex with her at his home on Feb. 26 and March 2, documents indicate.
On one occasion, she felt “pretty drunk,” having consumed five drinks mixed with Crown Royal and Coca-Cola, records show. The girl said she found the Crown Royal in Evans’ liquor cabinet while he was gone and began drinking it, according to an affidavit.
Quote:A Hilton music teacher was taken into custody on enticing a minor charges. Charles Kane, 46, of Spencerport, NY, was arrested and charged with enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years, a maximum of life, a $250,000 fine or both.
According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, the defendant was arrested today as he attempted to meet with a person he thought was a 14 year old girl. Kane, a middle school teacher in the Rochester area, had in his possession a box of condoms, according to the complaint.
The complaint added that in October 2014, the defendant posted an ad on Craigslist which read “daddy/daughter. Love younger women.” A law enforcement officer, working undercover, posed as the father of a young daughter and conversed with Kane online for the next several months.
According to investigators, on January 26, 2015, another undercover officer noticed a sexually explicit ad on Craigslist which was traced back, once again, to Kane. The officer responded to the ad in the persona of a 14 year old girl. Kane responded “down with it.” The defendant asked the girl where she lived and said he wanted to meet her. The two remained in contact through March of 2015. During online chats, Kane sent the officer photos of himself and repeatedly asked for photos of the 14 year old girl. Also during the chats, the defendant repeatedly discussed engaging in sexually explicit activity with the child and traveling to and meeting with the child for sexual purposes. One message read “I could get a room and I could sneak you there.” Kane acknowledged that he could get in “big trouble” and told the girl “this is between you and me.”
Following repeated requests, the girl agreed to meet Kane at a theatre in Webster on April 2nd, 2015, where he was taken into custody.
