A Chronicle of teachers behaving badly, teacher sex scandals, and other indiscretions

Rita Brum

Rita Brum, 24 year old physical education teacher at Mt. Pleasant High School in East San Jose, California has been arrested after being accused of having a sexual relationship with a 17 year old girl, a student at Mt. Pleasent High.

Brum and the girl allegedly began their relationship early in the school year in 2008, and it is reported that in December of 2008 the two began kissing and then their relationship turned to that of a fully sexual one.
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36 year old Robert Becker Jr., a former substitute teachers aide as well as a volunteer assistant basketball coach at Franklin Central School in Franklin, New York has pleaded guilty to two counts of first degree sexual abuse, second-degree attempted sexual abuse., third-degree rape, and endangering the welfare of a child.

Becker was originally arrested and charged with first degree rape, 3 counts of third-degree rape, first degree sexual abuse, second degree unlawful imprisonment, third-degree criminal sexual act, second-degree attempted sexual abuse, and 5 counts of endangering the welfare of a child. Wow.
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Umesh Ramjattan

22 year old Umesh Ramjattan, a teacher of only 1 month at MS 137 in Ozone Park, Queens, New york, pleaded guilty to charges of disseminating indecent material to minors.

Ramjattan was arrested after a parent notified the school about indecent and sexually explicit emails and instant messages their young daughter received, allegedly from Ramjattan. Is is alleged that Ramjattan gave the girls his email address and told them to contact him if they had any questions about schoolwork.
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Jada Hendrix

Jada Hendrix, the former 23 year old honors english teacher at North DeSoto High School in Stonewall, Louisiana has reportedly been arrested on 1 count of molestation of a juvenile and another count of computer aided solicitation of a juvenile.

It is alleged that Hendrix sent sexually explicit text messages via cell phone to a 16 year old male student. It is further alleged that Hendrix had a sexual relationship with the boy, which is said to have occurred at her own home
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Stacey Goodloe

35 year old Stacey Goodloe, an instructional aide for special needs students at Ceres High School, in Ceres, California has been accused of sexually abusing a male student.

Goodloe was arrested and charged with being older than 21 and having intercourse with someone younger than 16, being older than 21 and participating in oral sex with someone younger than 16, and committing a lewd or lascivious act with a 14- or 15-year-old, all of which are felonies.

Goodloe has worked for the school for 4 years, and has been placed on administrative leave since her arrest. We will have more information on this case as it becomes available.

Jonathan Malcolm

31 year old Jonathan (Jon) Malcolm, a music teacher at University High School, in Fresno California, has been arrested and charged with molestation of a child under 18 and 2 counts of distrbuting lewd material. University High School is located on the campus of California State University.

Malcolm was put under investigation for the allegations in January 2009 after the Head of the school notified police of a possible sexual relationship between a student and a teacher at the school.
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Alain Cupas

Alain Cupas, 30 year old former wrestling coach and security guard at Everglades High School in Miramar, Florida was sentenced to 30 years in prison, followed by 15 years of sex offender probation.

Cupas was found guilty by jury trial in January of lewd or lascivious molestation of a 15 year old female student at Everglades High School. It took the jury only 30 minutes to deliberate to come back with the guilty verdict.
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Abigail Holloway

Abigail Anne Holloway, a teacher at Saint Mary’s Academy in Englewood, Colorado is accused of having a sexual relationship with a 13 year old female student. Holloway is being charged with multiple counts of child abuse that are sexual in nature, according to her arrest warrant.

Holloway was formerly a teacher at a Christian Prep School in Sunnyvale, California, Kings Academy. It is there where the alleged sexual relationship with the 13 year old girl started, and allegedly lasted for years. Holloway left the Kings Academy in 2003 to work for several other schools in Santa Clara County, California until 2005, when she left California for Colorado.
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Richard Foster

52 year old Richard Foster, a 6th grade teacher at Bradford Elementary School, in Bradford, Vermont has been sentenced to 25 years in federal prison. Foster pleaded guilty to 2 counts of production of child pornography involving children under 12. The prosecution asked for a sentence of 25-27 years.

Foster was arrested in September of 2007 after being accused of sexual contact with a young boy, and was charged with exual assault on a minor, lewd and lascivious conduct with a minor, possession of child pornography, use of a child in a sexual performance and luring a child for sexual exploitation.
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Christy Martin

32 year old Christy Martin, a teacher at Azalea Middle School in St. Petersburg, Florida was arrested after being accused of sending nude pictures of herself to a 14 year old male students cell phone.

Martin was charged with transmitting pornographic images through an electric device and transmitting material harmful to a minor. She was booked into the Pinellas County Jail and subsequently released on $20,000 bond.
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