Teacher charged with sexual assault

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EDWARDSVILLE -- A southern Illinois high school health teacher is charged with sexual assault for an alleged five-month relationship with one of her students.

Edwardsville police say 37-year-old Kasey E. Johnes of Glen Carbon was arrested Wednesday. She's being held on $100,000 bond at the Madison County Jail.

Police allege Johnes had a sexual relationship with the male student that started in the fall and ended in February.

The student, a senior at Edwardsville High School, was 17 at the time of the alleged relationship but has since turned 18.

The school district has placed Johnes on unpaid leave.

She's also charged with aggravated criminal sexual abuse. It was not immediately clear whether she has an attorney.

Teacher charged in sex scandal headed for trial

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FARMINGTON -- A former Bountiful Jr. High School teacher accused of carrying on a sexual relationship with a teenage boy is apparently headed for trial.

During an appearance in 2nd District Court Monday, an attorney for Valynne Bowers, 40, indicated there would not be a plea deal, citing "legal issues" that have complicated the case.

Outside of court, Bowers' attorney Richard Gallegos said Davis County prosecutors had offered Bowers a chance to plead "straight up" to first-degree felony charges of rape and sodomy. Bowers apparently rejected the deal, believing the facts of the case did not match the charges.

Gallegos said prosecutors offered Bowers a chance to plead guilty to the original charges of rape and forcible sodomy, both first-degree felonies. But Gallegos says the charges don't fit the crime. "I certainly don't think there's any coercion or duress or lack of consent on the alleged victim's part," he said.

He plans to ask the court to look at the statute, which says the teen could not consent to sex because Bowers held a special position of trust with the him.

Gallegos noted the alleged victim was not in Bowers' class when she began the relationship with him, nor did it happen at school.

Gallegos planned to file court motions to challenge the enhancement. He would not rule out calling the teenage boy to the witness stand, telling reporters that under testimony, facts of the case might change.

Bowers marched out of the courthouse, refusing to speak.

Bowers is one of two teachers accused of having sex with the same teenage student.

The other teacher, Linda Nef, 46, struck a plea deal with prosecutors earlier this month. She's expected to be sentenced on July 21.

Teacher Charged With Assaulting Pupil

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PONTIAC, Mich. - A Pontiac Central High School teacher accused of hitting a ninth-grade student has been charged with assault.

Bradley Keith Thompson, 39, was arraigned at the 50th District Court in Pontiac Friday.

He was given a $500 personal bond and ordered not to have contact with the victim and not to return to the place where the alleged assault took place.

Thompson has been suspended with pay while the investigation into the alleged assault Tuesday continues.

The ninth-grader's grandfather and mother said school officials told them the incident is on videotape, but neither has seen it. Also, police will not release the surveillance video.

The mother of the student said her son told her Thompson pushed him in the hallway and then slammed his head into the door when he realized the student was back in school when he thought he was suspended. She said her son went to the office and called her to tell her Thompson shoved him.

Teacher Union President Irma Collins is denying the allegations. She said Thompson has been with the school for six years, is well-liked and has a perfect record.

Collins claims the student attacked Thompson and he was only trying to subdue the student until security arrived. "The boy came to the teacher's room and said all of these other things to him. The teacher walked to the door and asked him to leave – it's not on the camera – then he took and just took both of his fists and punched the teacher's chest and knocked him back and walked away.

"The teacher immediately secured him to prevent any further assault on himself. As the boy struggled, he held him firmly to keep from any further injury on himself," Collins said on behalf of the teacher.

"The teacher will be completely cleared of all these charges," she added.

Attorney Cyril Hall, who is representing the student, said he is contemplating a civil lawsuit.

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Teacher Charged With Misconduct

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NEW HAVEN, Mich. -- A substitute teacher and coach at New Haven High School turned himself in to police Monday morning after he was accused of having inappropriate relationships with several female students.

Darryl Anthony Peterson Jr., 27, has been arraigned on three counts of third-degree criminal sexual conduct and one count of fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct.New Haven Police Chief Michael Henry said the department received a call from the school with the allegations on March 27. After an investigation, the Macomb County Prosecutor's Office issued warrants for Peterson.The district's superintendent said Peterson had previously been contracted through an outside agency to work as a substitute teacher and coach, but was immediately removed from the school once the allegations surfaced.Peterson's bond for all charges was set at $25,000. Police said he would be tethered to his home after his release from the Macomb County Jail.Peterson's next court date is scheduled for April 13 at the 42-B District Court.

West Virginia: Former Va. teacher charged with sexual abuse

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HEDGESVILLE, W.Va. - A former Frederick County, Va., teacher was arrested Wednesday on charges that he had a sexual encounter with a 17-year-old student while he was employed as a teacher in February, the Berkeley County Sheriff's Department said.

Eric Newman, 26, of Hedgesville, was charged with one count of sexual abuse by a parent, guardian or person in a position of trust to a child, Sgt. B.F. Hall said in a news release.

Hall said the alleged encounter with the female student took place at Newman's residence in Hedgesville on Feb. 3, 2007, while Newman was a teacher at Millbrook High School in Winchester, Va.

Newman, who no longer is employed as a teacher, agreed to turn himself in after a joint investigation between the Berkeley County and Frederick County sheriff's departments, Hall said. Investigators served a search warrant at Newman's home March 11 and recovered evidence, Hall said.

Newman was arraigned at the Berkeley County Judicial Center and released on bond, Hall said.

Frederick County (Va.) Superintendent of Schools Patricia Taylor said she could not comment on police matters.

Teacher Charged with Having Criminal Sexual Contact with Woman : WFMZ-TV 69News

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A teacher in New Jersey is behind bars, accused of having criminal sexual contact with a woman. Walter Brandt was arrested Wednesday. He works as a teacher here at North Warren Regional High School in Warren County. Officials say he has been suspended.

Teacher charged with having sex with students

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DURHAM - A former Southern High School teacher who was charged with having sex with two students turned himself in Monday morning.

Jamal Butler, 30, of Calibre Park Drive is charged with two counts of sexual offense with a student. He is currently out of jail on a $20,000 bond.

Butler allegedly had sex with two 16-year-old female students between July 1 and Jan. 8, according to arrest warrants.

School officials conducted an investigation along with police after allegations were made, said Michael Yarbrough, Durham Public Schools spokesman.

Butler, who became Southern's band teacher in August 2007, resigned Jan. 29, Yarbrough said.

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Karate Teacher Charged With Raping Students

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NORTH ROYALTON, Ohio - A Brunswick karate instructor has been indicted on 80 sex charges involving two children.

Police said 31-year-old Gary Gray had sex with two students from Gray's Karate for Kids, a North Royalton karate school owned by Gray's wife.

The alleged victims are 14 and 17, police said.

Charges against Gray include rape and sexual battery. He pleaded not guilty and is being held on $2 million bond.

Teacher charged with sex assault

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ZEBULON (WTVD) -- Police accuse a teacher at Wakelon Elementary School with sexually assaulting a student.

George Johnson, 60, is charged with indecent liberties with a child and indecent liberties by a teacher.

Investigators say the victim was a student at the school.

Wake County Public Schools says Johnson resigned from his teaching job last month.

Violin teacher charged with student sex abuse

ELLICOTT CITY, Md. - Howard County police say a 67-year-old violin teacher has been charged with sexually abusing an 11-year-old student.

Police said Ming Yueh Liang of Ellicott City has been charged with eight sex offenses and eight counts of second-degree assault. Police said Monday the victim and her mother told investigators that the teacher touched the child repeatedly during private lessons at his home. The mother said she was present during the lessons between March and May, but had an obstructed view of her daughter and the teacher.

Investigators are urging other students who may have been abused to contact police.

Police said Liang has been released on unsecured bond.

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Teacher charged with making threats

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Teacher charged with making threats

Pa. woman allegedly upset over class assignment faces 17 counts

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DOYLESTOWN, Pa. - A teacher who was upset because she didn't get her preferred classroom assignment left more than a dozen scribbled threats at her elementary school and a suspicious device in a student's desk, authorities said.

Susan Romanyszyn, 45, was charged Thursday with 17 counts of making terroristic threats in connection with the incidents at Longstreth Elementary School in Warminster in October.

Authorities said the fourth-grade teacher scribbled messages on school walls and on paper that threatened bomb and gun violence. The messages were written in sloppy handwriting with numerous misspellings and some with crudely drawn cartoons, police said.

A prosecutor said the actions stemmed from Romanyszyn's assignment to teach fourth grade rather than fifth grade. "She was upset or disgruntled at not getting the classroom assignment she wanted," Bucks County District Attorney Michelle Henry said.

Police also allege Romanyszyn put a water bottle containing white power and screws into a student's desk and scattered nails around the lot where teachers parked, leading to school trips and activities being delayed or canceled.

In an interview with police, Romanyszyn denied having anything to do with the incidents and said she wasn't upset about not getting a fifth-grade teaching position, according to a court document. Her attorney rejected the allegations.

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"In a case like this, you go on a person's character, and the character of this woman is out there for inspection," Sara Webster said. "Nobody says she's an angry person. She loved what she did, and she loved her students and she always got good evaluations."

Romanyszyn was arrested after authorities interviewed students, administrators and teachers and reviewed footage from school surveillance cameras, Warminster Police Chief Michael Murphy said.

Romanyszyn, who has been on administrative leave since Oct. 22, turned herself in to police and was released after posting $100,000 bail. She faces up to 10 years in jail if convicted.

Romanyszyn was previously a middle school teacher at Eugene Klinger Middle School, where in 2004 she was one of two elementary mathematics teachers selected as a state finalist for the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching.

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Teacher Charged With Being Drunk in Class

LOUDOUN, Va. (AP) - A middle school teacher has been placed on administrative leave after being charged with being drunk in her Loudoun County classroom.

Sheriff's spokesman Kraig Troxell says officials at Sterling Middle School called authorities to report that reading specialist Mary Ann Livoti, 56, of Hamilton appeared to be intoxicated in a classroom before 11 a.m. with students present.

Troxell says Livoti was arrested and placed in the county's adult detention center jail until she was deemed to be sober. Troxell says the county Commonwealth's Attorney planned to review the case to determine whether more charges are warranted.

Livoti has been a teacher with LCPS for about 13 years, Byard said. She worked with the system from 1978 to 1982, then came back in 1998. She has worked at Sterling Middle School since 2000 as the reading specialist, LCPS spokesman Wayde Byard said.

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Teacher Charged After Alleged Indecent Exposure

ROCKVILLE, Md. -- A popular Montgomery County middle school teacher is under arrest Thursday for allegedly exposing himself to students.

Montgomery County Police say 43-year-old Charles Bouma, an eighth grade math teacher at Argyle Middle School in Silver Spring, was arrested and charged with indecent exposure, disorderly conduct and disturbing a school operation.

Bouma allegedly exposed himself and engaged in sexual activity while driving in a convertible beside a school bus carrying students from the Academy of the Holy Cross on Monday around 3:15 p.m. near Rockville Pike and Tuckerman Lane, police say.

After the incident, Bouma followed the bus and drove around each side, causing "considerable commotion" on the bus, police say.

The students on the bus were members of the Holy Cross crew team and on their way to practice. The crew team coach wrote down Bouma's license plate and called police to report the incident.

Bouma has been placed on administrative leave, Montgomery County Public School spokesman Brian Edwards says.

"Naturally, this is a very disturbing situation for us," Edwards says. "We will be informing parents of the information we have. If they have any questions, they can speak with the principal about the incident."

Edwards says Bouma is a very popular teacher and passed a background check when he was hired in 2000.

Police are investigating the possibility of other incidents involving Bouma. Anyone with information should call the Montgomery County 2nd District Investigative Section at 301-657-0112.

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Teacher Puts Sex Clip of Self on Students DVD

ELK GROVE, Calif. — 

A Northern California elementary school teacher sent her students home for the summer with a video of class memories, only the DVD included six seconds of her having sex on a couch.

Officials at the Elk Grove Unified School District asked families of the teacher's 24 students to get rid of the DVD after the unintended clip was found spliced in a scene where children were sharing stories in class.

"Just destroy them," said spokeswoman Torrey Johnson.

Johnson said the teacher, Crystal Defanti, sent the DVD home with her students from Isabelle Jackson Elementary on the last day of class Friday. She learned of the mistake after a parent called her. She then called all the parents to ask them to destroy the DVD.

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