September 2008 (5 articles)
46 year old Jerome Bennett, a technology and science teacher at St. Monica School in Berwyn, Pennsylvania has been indicted by a grand jury on charges of possession of child porn.
Bennett was arrested and 2 laptops, 2 external hard drives, and 2 flash drives were seized from his home after the FBI executed a search warrant there. The devices are...
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David Lista, the 35 year old former teacher at Mills High School in Millbrae, California, has pleaded no-contest to charges of possession of child pornography, possession of methamphetamine, and improper video taping.
It is alleged that Lista had a hidden video camera set up in the girls bathroom. It is estimated that up to 19 students were on t...
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42 year old Thomas Price, a teacher at Lincoln High School in Shinnston, West Virginia has been charged with 2 felony counts of displaying and distributing obscene material to a minor.
It is alleged that for the first 8 months of 2008, Price sent a male student numerous text messages that detailed sexual activities he wanted to perform on and/or...
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33 year old Ryan Janssen, a physical education teacher at Norwalk High School, in Norwalk, Iowa, was arrested and charged with sexual exploitation after a former student came forward with allegations that she and Janssen had had a 2 year long sexual relationship.
The girl came forward and said that the two were having sex when she was as young a...
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Julie Petty, the 37 year old substitute teacher and soccer coach at William James Middle School in White Bluff, Tennessee has pleaded guilty to one count of sexual battery by an authority figure. In exchange for her plea, prosecutors have dropped a statutory rape charge against her.
Petty was originally arrested in May 2007 after being accused o...
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