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[Legion]

A Madison school teacher on administrative leave more than a year after being accused of child sex assault has resigned from the Madison school district, according to the district superintendent.

A boy claimed Terry Fay sexually assaulted him in a school classroom, bathroom and custodial closet during the school year.

In a letter sent to parents today, Superintendent Jennifer Cheatham said the district had completed its own investigation and that Fay had resigned.

District spokesperson Rachel Strauch-Nelson said Fay’s former fifth grade assignment at Leopold Elementary School has been filled by another teacher.




https://wkow.com/news/2018/12/07/new-madison-teacher-arrested-but-never-charged-in-sex-assault-has-resigned/

 

[Legion]

A Doolittle Elementary School teacher is on administrative leave after being accused of assaulting several police officers.

Police said they responded to a report of a possibly intoxicated person sitting in a vehicle outside a banquet facility, and encountered the teacher, 40-year-old Byron Pierce.

Pierce has been a teacher at Doolittle Elementary School since 2012, according to his LinkedIn profile. He also has a record of prior arrests. He has worked for schools in Woodbridge, Bridgeport, Stratford and Meriden.

Pierce was charged with three counts of assault of an officer, interfering and breach of peace.

State records indicate Pierce was twice before found guilty of driving under the influence; the first was for an incident in 2010, the second for an incident in 2015.

He was sentenced to a total of 18 months in jail for the 2010 offence and a related reckless endangerment charge, and served at least 90 days.

School officials offered few details Friday on the manner of background checks they employ for teachers.





http://www.rep-am.com/news/2018/12/07/updated-middlebury-man-a-cheshire-teacher-arrested-in-simsbury-had-prior-scrapes-with-law-enforcement-placed-on-administrative-leave/

 

[Legion]

County Sheriff Michael Reagon said an elementary school teacher was arrested for public intoxication while at school.

The teacher, Jennifer Choate, was arrested at York Elementary. Choate failed a breathalyzer, testing .15, nearly twice the legal limit.

Sheriff Reagon said Choate was working the day of her arrest, and was arrested on school grounds. After spending five hours in jail, Choate was released on bail. She is set to appear in court Wednesday.




https://www.wvlt.tv/content/news/School-official-say-Fentress-Co-teacher-arrested--501914791.html

 

[Wyvgard]

A very disturbing thread.

 

[Legion]

A very disturbing thread.

Indeed.

 

[Legion]

An Eagleswood Elementary School teacher snorted morphine at his desk in front of another teacher and students, police charge in a complaint.

Michael Palladino, 43, of Little Egg Harbor was arrested Dec. 3, and charged with official misconduct, possession of morphine and possession of drug paraphernalia, according to the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office and court records.

Palladino was arrested after he ingested a "controlled dangerous substance through his nostril, at his desk in a classroom during school hours in the presence of another teacher and students," according to the criminal complaint.

Specifically, Palladino was in possession of three beige pills containing extended release morphine sulfate in a plastic bag located in the top right desk drawer of his desk at the elementary school, according to the complaint. In addition, police said that Palladino also had one "homemade, hollow, cut, white, Bic pen containing an unknown residue that was used to ingest CDS nasally." It was located in the top left desk drawer of his desk at the school.

Palladino's most recent annual teacher salary was $61,880, according to state pension records. The Eagleswood Elementary School's website lists him as a teacher but does not specify his position beyond that.

Neither the district's superintendent, Deborah Snyder, nor its business administrator, Allison Bogart, were available for comment Friday morning.








https://www.app.com/story/news/investigations/watchdog/2018/12/07/michael-palladino-misconduct-morphine-arrest/2238498002/

 

[Legion]

A school teacher who was arrested for alleged sexual contact with a student has resigned.

According to County Sheriff Mickey Powell, Hannah Noelle Davis, 24, was arrested Thursday and charged with sexual contact by a school employee with a student under 19.

Sheriff’s investigators say Davis allegedly had off-campus sexual relations with the student on two occasions.

Davis was booked into the County Jail and records show she posted her $30,000 bond Friday.

Davis was in her first year and was a special education teacher, according to the Crenshaw County superintendent’s office.






https://www.wsfa.com/2018/12/04/highland-home-teacher-charged-with-sexual-contact-with-student/

 

[Legion]

Kevin Macha, a school teacher, was arrested and charged with possession of child pornography.

The 28-year-old Macha, of Joliet, has been employed by the district since Aug. 11, 2015, serving as a teacher in grades 5 through 12. He has been notified he is suspended without pay, pending a dismissal hearing by the school board, according to a release from the school district.

Macha has been barred from being on school district property, entering any school buildings or having any contact with students.



https://www.daily-journal.com/news/crime/reed-custer-teacher-arrested-for-possessing-child-porn/article_47e41246-f816-11e8-85ea-87d08102c361.html

 

[Legion]

The St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office says that a substitute teacher has been arrested for allegedly having sex with two students.

Sheriff Bobby Guidroz says that 38-year-old Tara Taylor Richard of Arnaudville was arrested on Monday, December 3 after an investigation into a claim that Richard had inappropriate sexual relations with two male students.


https://katc.com/news/around-acadiana/st-landry-parish/2018/12/04/st-landry-substitute-teacher-arrested-accused-of-having-sex-with-students/

 

[Guno צְבִי]

Using covert computer software to follow an internet trail, federal agents arrested an Otsego County teacher accused of downloading and distributing child pornography.

Justin Hobbie, 41, of Springfield Center, was charged Friday in federal court after an investigation by U.S. Homeland Security and the New York State Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. He is accused of receiving and distributing child porn using an online peer-to-peer network.



https://www.pressconnects.com/story/news/public-safety/2018/12/07/child-porn-ny-otsego-feds-arrest-justin-hobbie/2241252002/

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[Legion]

A Pasco County substitute teacher was arrested Saturday after deputies say he got into a fight at a sports bar.

It happened at about 2:07 a.m. at Joe Whiskey's Sports Bar.

Jason Michael Mills, 48, entered the bar and was engaged in a verbal altercation with a bartender, and then with the victim, who is a bouncer at the business.

Mills reportedly then tried to punch the bouncer. However, the bouncer instead punched him. He was detained until law enforcement arrived.

Multiple witnesses identified Mills as the aggressor. He was extremely intoxicated and belligerent when law enforcement arrived.










https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/region-pasco/pasco-substitute-teacher-arrested-for-starting-a-bar-fight-deputies-say

 

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[Legion]

A North Carolina teacher has resigned after being accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a middle school student.

Brianna Nicole Stanley, 23, was arrested and charged with three counts of felony statutory sex offense against a child less than 13, five counts of felony indecent liberties with a student by a teacher, five counts of felony sexual activity by a teacher, and one count of felony third-degree child exploitation related to child pornography.








https://www.wkrn.com/news/nc-teacher-arrested-for-having-inappropriate-relationship-with-student/1634733588

 

[Legion]

A Beecher High School teacher was arrested for unauthorized video taping victims under the age of 18. Forty-four year old James F. Vidmar's bond was set at 500 thousand dollars. He posted bond and was released. The teacher allegedly recorded minor students without their consent. According to the Daily Journal, three hidden video cameras were found. Vidmar was placed on administrative leave.


https://www.wjol.com/beecher-teacher-arrested-for-stealth-video-recordings-of-minors/

 

[Legion]

The elementary school teacher charged this week with sexual assault of a child was dismissed from a Catholic seminary after an official at a school where he worked informed church officials of concerns about him.

In 2014, an official from Pine Ridge Indian Reservation contacted the Archdiocese of Omaha about Gregory Sedlacek, said Tim McNeil, spokesman for the archdiocese.

Sedlacek’s contract with the school district wasn’t renewed because he had violated a policy on maintaining appropriate boundaries with children, McNeil said.

McNeil said the official wrote “in confidence” that even though Sedlacek had not committed sexual abuse or criminal acts, the official “felt a moral obligation to let us know.” McNeil said the archdiocese didn’t later inform Omaha Public Schools of Sedlacek’s dismissal.

Sedlacek was arrested after other teachers at Fontenelle Elementary School contacted the Nebraska child abuse hotline.

Two teachers said they had seen inappropriate conduct that day between Sedlacek and a first-grade girl on the school playground.

A prosecutor said in court Wednesday that the teachers saw Sedlacek touching the 7-year-old girl’s buttocks and legs under her skirt and that the girl sat on his lap at the bottom of a slide.


https://www.omaha.com/news/crime/teacher-charged-with-sexual-assault-of-child-was-dismissed-in/article_bc736848-df26-5dd2-9866-fca5a4a3665b.html

 

[Legion]

A Warren County teacher has been suspended after she was arrested on drug charges.

According to the Warren County Sheriff’s Office, 35-year-old Jessica Gillespie was charged with possession of methamphetamines and driving under the influence.

Warren County Schools confirmed she has been suspended.

https://www.newschannel5.com/news/warren-county-teacher-charged-with-meth-possession

 

[Legion]

A substitute teacher in Mason County has been arrested on sexual abuse charges.

56-year old Douglas Allen Wetsch was arrested by officers of the Point Pleasant Police Department, according to the chief.

According to Mason County Schools Superintendent Jack Cullen, Wetsch worked at the Mason County School.

The criminal complaint filed alleges that Wetsch is accused of “sexually” touching a male victim in an inappropriate area while performing a sexual act on himself. According to the criminal complaint, there was a witness.

As the investigation continues, officers said the victim told them he did not give Wetsch permission or consent to touch him in a sexual way. Investigators also said that the victim was “incapacitated” from alcohol.



http://wvmetronews.com/2018/12/04/mason-county-teacher-arrested-on-sexual-abuse-charges/