Wicomico County, MARYLAND

October 17, 2008 - Freddie Prince, 23, a substitute teacher, was sentenced to two years in prison, followed by two-and-a-half years of probation.

He pleaded guilty Thursday to sexual abuse of a 13-year-old girl.

In May, a teenage girl contacted the Wicomico County Sheriff's Office and told a deputy she was having sex with Prince, according to court documents. The student also said she was communicating with him on MySpace.

Full Name: Freddie Lee Prince

TT - The location may change if we find out the name of the school where Prince was teaching at the time.

Mission Viejo, CALIFORNIA

Pedophile arrested on suspicion of possession of child pornography.
He is a substitute teacher at Esperanza High School in Mission Viejo.

September 4, 2008 - George Bull, 58, was arrested after authorities say he took sexually explicit photographs of underage boys in his bedroom and near his community pool and used his profile on MySpace to lure a 13-year-old Arizona boy into an online sexual relationship.

The FBI says it was tipped off by the father of a boy in Arizona who'd been receiving explicit messages from Bull. The father contacted the contacted the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in June. (LINK to the Center. Their Cyber Tipline.)

Authorities found sexually explicit photos of boys between 8-12 years old on Bull's computer. An initial forensic preview of Bull's computer revealed sexually explicit photographs of prepubescent males, numerous images of child pornography and of minors with whom Bull may have had contact.

A soccer coach, involved with the American Youth Soccer Organization in Orange County. He was a soccer coach, youth referee coordinator and an AYSO board member. Bull also told investigators that he is a substitute teacher at Esperanza High School in Mission Viejo where he helped special-needs children of all ages.
Full Name: George Harcourt Bull

If you know of any potential victims you are urged to call the FBI at (310) 477-6565.

Philadelphia, PENNSYLVANIA

Sentenced to 10-20 years for sex with a 14-year-old girl.

Feb 6, 2008 -
Joshua Ulrich, 30, a South Philadelphia High School special education teacher, was arrested Feb 2. He is accused of having sex with a 14-year-old female student. He faces charges of statutory rape.

Authorities began an investigation Jan. 21 after the child's mother reported the sexual relationship to police. Ulrich connected with the girl through MySpace.

GUILTY PLEA May 8 - Ulrich pleaded guilty to charges of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, unlawful contact with a minor, interference with the custody of a child and corrupting the morals of a minor.

Ulrich will receive 10-20 years in state prison under a law establishing a mandatory sentence for adults having oral or anal sex with a child under 16, said James Carpenter, Assistant Chief of the Philadelphia District Attorney Family Violence and Sexual Assault Unit.

He will be sentenced Aug 27. (To give the state time to determine the severity of the classification Uhrich will receive under Megan's Law, which governs sex offenders.)

SENTENCED August 27 - Ulrich was sentenced to 10 to 20 years in prison. Ulrich was immediately taken into custody after the sentencing hearing. He will be required to undergo sexual-offender treatment while in prison.

St. Petersburg, FLORIDA

NO CHARGE.
July 26, 2008 - Prosecutors will not pursue criminal charges against Snieszko.

April 30, 2008 - Darren Snieszko, 25, a Gibbs High School science teacher was arrested on charges that he engaged in inappropriate behavior with students. He was charged with interfering with custody. Police say he encouraged a 16-year-old girl attending Gibbs to go on what he called a field trip to Lowry Park Zoo alone with him.
News Channel 8 has a great arrest photo.

St. Petersburg Police Department spokesman Bill Proffitt characterized the outing as a date. The girl and her mother went to the police station on April 11 to complain. Another female student at the school also is claiming Snieszko took her on a trip, but Snieszko has not been charged in that incident.

The student said Snieszko sent a her a variety of romantic messages using MySpace, cell phone text messages and instant email messages, according to a police report.
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Comment at news story: "AT what point are we going to FIRE the person in charge of the school system?"
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NO CHARGES July 26 - Prosecutors will not pursue criminal charges. School officials began an investigation that found Snieszko didn't have any sexual contact with the girls, but that he became too close to them by taking them to the movies, the zoo and Busch Gardens without informing their parents, said Valerie Brimm, a district administrator.

Brimm said one student said she and Snieszko kissed, though Snieszko told investigators that the student initiated it.

The school district was going to recommend that Snieszko be fired, but gave him the option of resigning. He quit July 1.

"He was very remorseful in saying that in hindsight he made some terrible decisions," Brimm said.

Prosecutors will not pursue the criminal charge because the girl's mother wanted to put the incident behind them, said prosecutor Beverly Andringa.

Denham Springs, LOUSIANA

July 3, 2008 - Jennifer Davis, a Lewis Vincent Elementary School** teacher, was arrested, charged with cyberstalking and unauthorized entry of an inhabited dwelling.

The Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office says communication between Davis and a 14-year-old boy led to the arrest, after a confrontation at the 14-year-old's house on June 12th. The relationship was not improper.

Davis is accused of posing as a 14-year-old girl and sending messages to a 14-year-old boy. Police say Davis also forced her way into the boy's home several weeks ago.

** We are assuming it is this school from the video report, and that the contact was through MySpace (also assumed from the video report.)

Upland, California

Scarey.

June 19, 2008 - Daniel Sundstrom, 47, is suspected of stalking a 14-year-old girl on MySpace.com. Police arrested him on suspicion of communicating with a minor for lewd acts.

The mother of the 14-year-old girl said Sundstrom was a student teacher for Pioneer Junior High School who took an unusual interest in her daughter. He started sending the daughter "inappropriate messages" through MySpace. When he asked the girl to meet him at at a park on Thursday, police were there to arrest him.

Anyone with information on the case can call the Upland Police Department at (909) 946-7624.

June 20 - Sundstrom was assigned as an observer by Cal State Fullerton. He will not be returning to Pioneer Junior High School. Upland Police have not yet submitted the case for review to the District Attorney's office.

Santa Clarita, CALIFORNIA

Five current or former William S. Hart Union High School District teachers, counselors or volunteers under investigation. This one resigned.

June 18, 2008 - Golden Valley High School head counselor Roselyn Hubbell, 33, was arrested June 10 on felony charges of contributing to the delinquency of a minor and child endangerment after trying to check into a San Fernando Valley hotel with an underage boy.

Hubbell resigned while she was under investigation for an alleged inappropriate relationship with another 16-year-old Golden Valley High student. Hubbell is married with two children, ages 2 and 4.

Dr. William Hubbell, (Roselyn Hubbell's brother-in-law) said the family had discovered the relationship between Roselyn Hubbell and the student by viewing communications between the two on My Space.

"I find it really disgusting as a dad - this is a young boy who has tattooed her (Roselyn Hubbell's) name onto his chest," Hubbell said. "I hope she pays for what she has done."

Police were forewarned that Hubbell and the boy would be at the motel and arrested them as they were checking in. The boy was charged with cocaine possession.

Hubbell's case will be presented to the District Attorney's office within the next 30 days
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Hubbell is is one of five current or former William S. Hart Union High School District teachers, counselors or volunteers under investigation.

June 4 - Cops probe Hart district

Sheriff's Sgt. Dan Scott, who is in charge of the Santa Clarita cases, confirmed that two cases involving a counselor at Golden Valley High School, one case involving a teacher at West Ranch High School and a fourth case involving a teacher at La Mesa Junior High are under investigation by the bureau.

The two Golden Valley cases are the result of allegations regarding a female counselor and two students. Another case involving a teacher at Canyon High School is being handled by the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's Station because the allegations are on the misdemeanor level, Scott said

Scott said that no arrests have been made in any of the cases.
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June 12 - Kevin Thomas, Canyon High School volunteer football coach was arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting a female student at an L.A. Unified School District high school where the coach is employed. TT Entry
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SCHOOL INFO: William S. Hart Union High School District " located in the Santa Clarita Valley (map from Yahoo) in the northern part of Los Angeles County." - from their website.

June 5 - The school district settled a lawsuit by a former student who was seeking damages in excess of $25,000 for an alleged sexual assault by Scott Bell who sexually assaulted her in March 2006, when she was 13 years old. A criminal investigation at the time found that the actions did not rise to a criminal level. The lawsuit, however, includes an attempt to get the Hart district to implement some changes in the communication between teachers and students.

The change would make it so that all communications between a teacher and a student using district e-mail would be carbon copied to the student's parents.
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NOT GUILTY PLEA July 3 - Hubbell pleaded not guilty to one misdemeanor count of annoying or molesting a child under the age of 18. The charges were reduced from a felony level based on the evidence, according to Sandi Gibbons, spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.

Hubbell is still being investigated for an alleged inappropriate relationship with another boy.

A pre-trial hearing is scheduled for July 28 for a trial on August 14. Hubbell is due back in court Oct. 15.

LAWSUIT - September 3 - The family of a 14-year-old boy has filed a claim against the William S. Hart Union High School District, accusing a former counselor of sexually abusing him. The boy, who was 14 at the time, was assigned to Hubbell, and she became friends with him and his mother, according to the claim. Hubbell drove the boy home from school each day.

The boy's mother found a note under the boy's bed. "We can still enjoy the rub downs, the kisses, and our bodies caressing each other," the note reads, "while imagining the art of making love as we enjoy these moments together."

"You can tell from the grammar and from the text of the note that it is not written by a 13-year-old girl," the lawyer said. "It talks about `our sessions."'

Police are following up on the accusations.

Millville, NEW JERSEY

June 13, 2008 - Amy Lowers, 31, a substitute teacher with the Millville School District, was arrested after allegedly trying to fight another female over comments made on a MySpace page.

She was charged with harassment, two counts of terroristic threats, trespassing and obstruction. Police say Lowers went to a baseball field to fight another female over statements made on a MySpace page. Confronted by officials and police, she was told not to come back but returned later when she was arrested for trespassing.

During the incident, and while being arrested and transported to the station, Lowers allegedly continued to threaten the female she was looking to fight. A man also alleged that Lowers tried to hit him with tried to hit him with her car while she was at the field. At the police station, she refused to cooperate - leading to the obstruction charge.
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Millville School District rates a 3 (with 10 being the best) at GreatSchools.net Another Millville teacher, Christian McCarthy, caused us to look at the community.

Hardeeville, SOUTH CAROLINA

June 13, 2008 - Eric Parker, 25, a Hardeeville High School teacher, was arrested yesterday and charged with committing a lewd act on a minor and contributing to the delinquency of a minor - a 15 -year-old boy he met on MySpace.

Parker picked the boy up and took him shopping for clothes in Savannah. Later, the two checked into a motel in Beaufort where sexual activity took place.
Full Name: Eric Lamar Parker
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The school has not been rated at GreatSchools.net because of insufficient testing data. The school is in the Jasper County School District that is rated a 2 (with 10 being highest) based on their testing. The school board minutes are online which is always a plus. (School at right from district website.)

South Carolina has an Education Oversight Committee ("Reporting facts. Measuring change. Promoting progess." ) where you can find a report card on schools or districts in the state. Hardeeville Junior/Senior High School is not listed. The Jasper School District is shown as Unsatisfactory in both Absolute Rating and Improvement Rating. The full report is in PDF format.

Interesting to note in the full report is that 95% of parents attend conferences. In the NCLB section, there is this: Classes in high poverty schools not taught by highly qualified teachers statewide is 9%. This district is 43.9%.

One of the major goals of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) is to have highly qualified teachers in every classroom. From the U.S. Dept. of Education: A highly qualified teacher only has three criteria:
1) attaining a bachelor's degree or better in the subject taught;
2) obtaining full state teacher certification; and
3) demonstrating knowledge in the subjects taught.

South Carolina definition of highly qualified teachers here.
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June 13 - WSAV did their homework .

We did some background research on what it takes to be considered as a substitute teacher in Jasper County, SC where Eric Lamar Parker worked.

We called the Jasper County School District and were told that to be considered for a sub job, you need a High School diploma and a tuberculosis skin test, and you have to pass a background check.

After looking through the substitute teacher application, we found that it asks for 3 references and proof of highest level of education (High School diploma, college diploma, etc.).

Other questions include:
Have you ever held a teaching certificate?
Have you ever substituted in our schools before?
Have you ever been employed as a regular teacher or a paraprofessional?
What experience do you have working with children and/or adolescents?Why do you want to substitute?
On what level do you want to sub?

WTOC11: (Jun 13) Low Country substitute teacher arrested
Parker's bond has been set at $100,000. Sanford says they'll be sending Parker a letter suspending him until after his court case is settled.

Auburndale, FLORIDA

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said today, "It's painfully obvious to us that she's a pedophile."

June 5, 2008 - Danielle Jones, 32, a Stambaugh Middle School 6th-grade science teacher, was arrested and charged with sexually assaulting four male students between ages 14 and 16 years old. The victims were black; Jones is white as seen in the picture here and in this video. (We got the picture later.)

The sheriff says the five would communicate over Myspace.

Judd says Jones refered the victims as "her boys," in 50 pages of emails seized through a search warant.

Judd said, at a lunchtime news conference, Jones would have threesomes with some of the victims. One victim told detectives Jones had sex with two boys ten times in one night. There were a total of five different sexual meetings, according to deputies. In each case, Jones would allegedly pick the victims up and drive them to her house for the liasons.

FOX13: Detectives believe a fifth boy may also be involved, but he has not been named. The sexual relationships came to light when one of the first boys involved with Jones told another teacher about it on May 16 of this year.
See Video of the Police Chief's news conference from the FOX site.

Photo Polk County Sheriff's Office.
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ONLINE RESOURCE: Polk County teacher discipline records.
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LETTER OF REPRIMAND June 6 - Polk Teacher Charged With Sex With Teen Boys
There was a letter of reprimand in Jones' file.

It has come to my attention, and to the attention of Mr. Chuck Smith, investigator for the Polk County School Board, that you have allegedly established a pattern of allowing young male students, some of whom you do not currently teach, to enter your classroom before, during and after school hours for visitation, hugs, tickles and flirtatious non-school related conversations,"[Stambaugh Principal Allison] Kalbfleisch wrote in a Jan. 23 letter to Jones.

"I insist that you never have casual, non-school-related physical or verbal contact with any student on campus whom you do or do not currently teach."

"In addition, I insist that you are never alone in a classroom with any male students."

It was written five months after the alleged relationships that led to her arrest. Four months after the reprimand, Jones was arrested.

Jones' arrest comes after two Polk county teachers and a principal were arrested on sex-related charges.
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TT entry for Isaac Nathan Tillis
Bartow teacher. Before his arrest in Dec 2007, there were two allegations against him that were deemed unfounded. The investigator determined there wasn't enough evidence to support the accusations.

TT entry for John Stelmack
Lakeland elementary school principal. Child pornography possession. Stelmack had previously been suspended with pay due to inappropriate behavior toward certain students, including excessive hugging. After his arrest, they learned he had resigned from his previous school due to parent complaints.

TT entry for James Mark Mason
Lakeland Catholic school teacher. Sentenced to five years in prison and five years probation for child pornography possession. A student found a thumb drive with the child pornography in the school's computer lab. Prosecutors say Mason did not have a permanent address before he was hired and was moving from hotel room to hotel room.

Wenatchee, WASHINGTON

The judge acknowledged the letters and statements but made clear his bottom line:
"The court does not sentence a person for who they are or what they believe but rather because of what they did. This is indeed unfortunate Mr. Mora finds himself here."

March 19, 2008 - Nestor Mora, 30, a teacher's aide at Pioneer Middle School, pleaded not guilty at his arraignment. Mora is accused of raping a 14-year-old boy he met at the middle school and contacted through MySpace.

Wenatchee police arrested Mora on March 6 on suspicion of kissing, fondling and performing oral sex on a 14-year-old boy in January. On March 12 he was charged last week with third-degree rape of a child, third-degree child molestation and possessing child pornography. Police suspect Mora, a classroom aide for four years, of getting to know the boy through the social-networking Web site MySpace. He is accused of performing oral sex on the boy.

Mora worked at three elementary schools since 2003. ***
Full Name: Nestor Eloy Mora

March 19 - "Mora's interaction with students a concern before arrest"
At least three teachers and one administrator at Pioneer Middle School expressed concerns about Nestor Mora's relationships with students in February. At that time the school principal wrote a "letter of direction" to Mora. The letter gave specific directions for Mora to change his behavior or else disciplinary action could be taken.

Mora is on paid administrative leave.

FIRING RECOMMENDED March 29 - A Wenatchee School District administrator is recommending the School Board fire Mora. The superintendent of human resources, Steven Cole, said the content in Mora's taped interview with police warrants his immediate firing. Mora was notified in a letter.

** The three schools are Lewis and Clark Elementary School from February to June 2004 and at Washington Elementary School from February 2004 until February 2006. And Pioneer Middle School from October 2003 to February 2004, and again from February 2006 until his arrest.

BOND REDUCED April 8 - A judge reduced Mora's bail bond from $250,000 to $100,000. His trial is scheduled for May 6.

POSSIBLE PLEA CHANGE April 16 - Mora was scheduled to appear in court this afternoon. The schedule for today's Superior Court appearances that came out this morning lists Mora with the subject line "Change of plea."

Weeks before Mora's arrest, Pioneer Middle School Principal Mark Helm wrote in a letter to staff that three students had told them Mora communicated with them on MySpace. A "letter of direction" from Helm to Mora ordered him to not contact students through MySpace.

GUILTY PLEA April 17 - Mora pleaded guilty to third-degree child molestation, third-degree rape of a child and luring. Prosecutors recommended a 20-month sentence. Sentencing is scheduled for June 4. The deputy prosecutor said he met with the parents of the victim and they support the deal.

In part because federal authorities are investigating, the state dismissed a charge of possessing depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct. "This is not going away for Mr. Mora," [prosecutor Roy] Fore said. "The feds have advised me they're taking the case."

SENTENCED June 4 - Mora was sentenced to 17 months in prison.

TRIAL SCHEDULED August 21 - A trial on child pornography possession charges was scheduled for Monday. However, Mora's lawyer wanted more time to review the evidence. The trial has been rescheduled to begin Sept. 8.

The lawyer also said discovery information provided by the government on July 22 "was particularly significant as an alleged victim was identified that could lead to additional charges."

Port Charlotte, FLORIDA

Dead of gunshot wound to the head.

Jan 13, 2008 - Dale Bowe, 46, Director** of Port Charlotte High School's marching band, was arrested accused of performing nonconsensual sex acts on two teenage male students.

According to a Charlotte County Sheriff's Office report, a 16-year-old boy reported a sexual battery to Port Charlotte High's school resource officer on Tuesday. Bowe was told to leave school property and remain off-campus during the investigation. On a trip to Walt Disney the 16-year-old boy said Bowe had performed oral sex on him against his will.

On Thursday, a 15-year-old boy came forward and told detectives about another alleged sexual battery, this time at Bowe's house. While they were there, Bowe allegedly performed oral sex on the boy without his consent. [WINK reports that the Orlando Police Department is investigating but no charges have been filed yet in connection with the second boy.]
Full Name: Dale Eugene Bowe

WINK News: Neighbors react to teacher's arrest
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LEGAL INFORMATION (from the story):""Sexual battery" means oral, anal or vaginal penetration by, or union with, the sexual organ of another, or the anal or vaginal penetration of another by any other object; however, sexual battery does not include an act done for a bona fide medical purpose. -- definition of sexual battery given in Florida Statutes."
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Charlotte County Sheriff's Office site No press release at this time.

Jan 14 - At the time of his resignation Bowe was under investigation on similar allegations stemming from an incident in Orlando. Orlando law enforcement officials notified the school district, [spokesman for the Charlotte County Public Schools Mike] Riley] said.When district personnel confronted Bowe about the allegations, he immediately resigned.

Jan 14 - The Sun-Herald: The 15-year-old said he had known Bowe since middle school and regularly communicated with him by phone and through MySpace.com, a social networking Web site.

BACKGROUND Jan 15 - ** Bowe was not a certified teacher. He was substituting as a band teacher after the band director took another job. His previous work experience centered mostly around banking.

NEW INVESTIGATION Jan 24 - The Orange County Sheriff's Office sex crime unit has begun an investigation after learning that Bowe may have been molesting young boys on Disney trips in Central Florida.

ARRESTED AGAIN March 22 - Bowe was arrested again Friday on charges of unlawful sexual activity against a minor.

BONDS OUT March 29 - Bowe bonded out. Bowe is accused of two felonies in Orange County, both for having sexual contact will one of his students while on a trip to Disney World. One felony is sexual activity with a 16 or 17 year old, the second felony is sexual battery. Bowe had earlier been arrested in Charlotte County. In Charlotte County he is accused of sexual assaulting another student. That student was allegedly visiting bowe's Port Charlotte home at the time of the assault.

NEW ACCUSATIONS May 16 - WINK reports on "disturbing new allegations of sexual abuse" by Bowe. They posted the following:

Document 1 Affidavit for Arrest Warrant Page one
Document 2 Page two
Document 3 Page three
Document 4 Page four

DEAD OF GUNSHOT WOUND June 3 - WINK:

The Sheriff's Office says 46-year-old Dale Bowe was found dead yesterday with a gunshot wound to the head. They are still investigating if this was a suicide.

Herald Tribune: He was found dead at 2:40 PM Monday by investigators responding to a report of a man with a gun at the home he shared with his wife, who may have been, according to the Tribune, a witness to his death.

Redding, CALIFORNIA

Twenty-four years old and a registered sex offender for life. The victim was 11.

May 10, 2008 - Shelisa Nuzum, 24, was sentenced to six months in jail - not prison - followed by three years' probation after which she must register as a sex offender for life.

Nuzum was a teacher's aide at Pacheco Elementary School. She pleaded guilty in March to two counts of annoying or molesting a child for sending "flirtatious" messages to an 11-year-old boy and allowing him to touch her over her clothing.

Redding police have said that the mother of the alleged victim contacted authorities last month after she discovered numerous messages on her son’s Internet MySpace page, messages that had been sent back and forth between her son and Nuzum.

The court ordered that she participate in a treatment program for sex offenders.
Full Name: Shelisa Marie Nuzum

Monroe, GEORGIA

“It’s a child. A child can’t make a grown-up decision, you know what I mean? He just can’t.” That's because he's a 7th grader.

May 7, 2008 - Noelle Pannell, 31, a teacher at Carver Middle School, was arrested and charged with sexual exploitation and child molestation of a seventh-grade student at Carver Middle School.

Walton County investigators said the parents of a seventh-grade boy discovered something was going on between their son and Pannell on the Internet.

“Most of the communication was via MySpace. However, there was some face-to-face physical contact,” said [Capt. Chris] Cannon [with the Walton County Sheriff’s Office.]

Cannon said there was no sex between the boy and Pannell. The investigation is continuing.
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No press releases at the Walton County Sheriff's Office site at this time.
Carver Middle School rates a 3 (with 10 being the best) at GreatSchools.net and has very mixed parent reviews.

Moretown, VERMONT

June 1, 2007 - Jeremy Mullins, 18, a St. Michael's College student and substitute teacher at Harwood Union High School, has been charged with sexually assaulting an eighth-grade girl, age 14.

The girl and Mullins had been e-mailing each other through a MySpace account over the past couple of months.

The girl said she had a crush on Mullins, but that some of his e-mails made her uncomfortable, according to the affidavit; police have a copy of a "sex survey" Mullins sent her to fill out.

Also in the affidavit are copies of e-mails sent from Mullins to the student that try to arrange meetings in the school, saying "maybe we could have a little fun … I think we could meet up in the door stairs and figure something out."

He pleaded innocent.

June 7 - A short news brief reports that officials are rethinking their policy for hiring substitutes. They "removed 18-year-old Saint Michael's College student Jeremy Mullins from their substitute teacher list after hearing of inappropriate e-mails between Mullins and the eighth-grader in March."

SENTENCED April 18, 2008 - Mullins was sentenced to a five-year deferred sentence on the more serious charge of sexual assault and a one-year term - with all but 90 days - suspended - "for committing a prohibited act.

[A deferred sentence means probation for the period of time imposed, after which, if the defendant complies with all of the conditions, the record of the criminal proceedings shall be expunged (sealed or destroyed.) ]

La Belle, FLORIDA

April 3, 2008 - Derrick Sepp, 32, a LaBelle Middle School teacher, was arrested and charged with lewd and lascivious molestation of a 12-year-old boy he met on MySpace. He used the screen name "Meet New People."

Sepp met the boy at a movie theatre where police said Sepp kissed the boy and reached inside his pants. The report said the boy also fondled Sepp. The boy later told his mother who contacted police. At the second arranged meeting, the boy was accompanied by seven undercover agents who arrested Sepp.

Sepp was hired in August. He recently moved to Florida from Washington state.
Full Name: Derrick Richard Sepp

June 25 - WINK News has more details on the Sepp case.

The 12-year-old says the two exchanged messages back and forth. The young boy claims he sent nude pictures of himself to Sepp. According to documents obtained by WINK News Sepp asked the boy to hold up four fingers so Sepp would know they were pictures of him.

The two agreed to meet at a Polk County movie theater. The 12-year-old says that's where Sepp kissed and fondled him.The victim's sister tells police she saw her brother was contacting Sepp through the internet and confronted him about it.

Police then searched Sepp's Fort Myers home and they say they discovered several hand written letters about other males Sepp was observing as well as articles on age of consent and rape. A pre-trial conference is scheduled for July 22.

Bizarre

He regrets that he will not be able to work as a teacher as he had planned.

Mar 1, 2008 - Michael J. McPeak, 26, was sentenced to four years in prison yesterday for having sexual contact with a teenage girl he met through the Internet in 2005. The girl was 13. He also had sex with her 15-year-old friend.

McPeak met the girl through MySpace.

McPeak, who has a master's degree, worked as a supermarket manager until he was taken into custody yesterday. His lawyer, Paul Ferrell, said that shortly before his arrest, a private school he once attended offered him a job as a teacher. The school was not named in court, but it is in South Jersey.

McPeak will have to register as a sexual offender under Megan's Law and be on parole for the rest of his life.

TT - A master's degree and working as a supermarket manager?

Concord, NORTH CAROLINA

Feb 21, 2008 - James Black, 23, teacher’s assistant and assistant girls basketball coach at Concord High School, was arrested and charged with two counts of sexual activity with a student by a teacher and two counts of taking indecent liberties with a student by a teacher.

Police began an investigation in December after a student told them about alleged misconduct. After being told about the investigation, Black resigned Jan 2.

The girls are ages 16 and 17. Black had contact with at least one of the girls on the social networking Web site Myspace. Hamilton wouldn’t comment on what investigators discovered on Black’s Web page but called the material “inappropriate.”

The principal of the school is James Black's second or third cousin by marriage.

Black’s first court appearance is scheduled for Feb. 25.
Full Name: James Kenneth Black

Peoria, ILLINOIS

Sentenced to seven years in federal prison and lifetime court supervision.

ARRESTED: Mar 5, 2007 -
Jodi Church, 26, a special education teacher at Manual High School, was arrested on criminal sexual assault charges involving a 16-year-old male student.

She has been placed on paid administrative leave. She was released from jail after posting bail. A preliminary is scheduled for Mar 29.

From a Department of Justice press release. We just know her parents are going to treasure this moment forever.

Mar 8 - Jodi Church, 26, a behaviorial teacher at Manual High School, was arrested and made her initial appearance in federal court. A judge ordered Church to remain detained in the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service pending the preliminary and detention hearing scheduled for March 15, 2007.

Church is alleged to have engaged in an Internet chat with a minor on Dec. 9, 2006. Church allegedly attempted to solicit a minor for sexual activity on MySpace.com.
Full Name: Jodi Elizabeth Church

Hoi 19 News reports that on federal charges. Hoi 19 says that according to the federal charge, the student said he was not interested but Church continued to discuss sex with him. They also looked at background checks.

Mar 28 - Church will remain in jail until her trial.

SETTLEMENT OF TEACHER CONTRACT Mar 30 - Jodi Church and District 150 have reached a settlement for the early termination of her teacher contract. Church will receive $9,000 and health benefits through the end of May as part of the agreement. She resigned.

PSYCHIATRIC EXAM: May 4, 2007 - A Federal judge ordered a psychiatric examination for Church after her attorney said he would be planning a using an insanity defense. There was no objection from the U.S. Attorney's Office.

What will likely happen now is that Church, who is in custody, will be sent to undergo the exam, which will determine whether she is competent to stand trial. After about two or three months, the results should be back and a fitness hearing will be scheduled.

Church also faces charges of criminal sexual assault in Peoria County Circuit Court for allegedly having sex with another Manual student earlier this year.

TRIAL DATE SET: August 3 - A trial date has been scheduled in Federal court for November 5. Without objection from the prosecution, the defense submitted an insanity defense.

She is also charged in state court with having a sexual relationship with another student.

GUILTY PLEA: August 18 - Church pleaded guilty to chatting online with a student last December and attempting to entice him to have sex with her. Her insanity defense fell apart after a psychiatric examination showed she was competent to stand trial.
She will be sentenced November 30.

She faces charges of criminal sexual assault in Peoria County Circuit Court for allegedly having sex with another Manual student. That is scheduled for December 3.

Oct 21 - Peoria Journal Star: She still awaits trial in Peoria County court for the first charge, which accuses her of engaging in a months-long relationship with the first 16-year-old boy.

SENTENCED Feb 21, 2008 - Church was sentenced to seven years in federal prison this afternoon after being convicted of using the internet to attempt a sexual encounter with a teenage boy.

Prosecutor Tom Keith said he believed Church's tearful apology helped her cause. Keith says Church also helped herself by giving information to prosecutors about convicted child pornographer Anthony Fletcher who was also held in the Tazewell County Jail.

Church still faces state charges involving another teenage boy with whom she's accused of having a sexual relationship with.

In addition to her prison term, Church was sentenced to lifetime court supervision upon her release. She must also register as a sex offender. Her attorneys have requested she serve her time at a mental health facility in Cardswell, Texas to be closer to her family. She will be in county court on Monday on charges for having a sexual relationship with a different student.

U.S. Dept. of Justice, United States Attorney Rodger A. Heaton, Press Release (dated Feb 21, 2008)

STATE CHARGES & SENTENCING Feb 25 - Church pleaded guilty to state charges today, admitting that she had sex with a student. She was sentenced to four-and-a-half years behind bars, concurrent with a separate seven-year sentence for sexual solicitation over the Internet that she was sentenced last week in federal court.

MySpace

In one of those symbolic gestures that don't go beyond a press release, attorneys general from 49 states signed a safety pact with MySpace.

Feb 9, 2008 - There was one holdout. Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, a leading Internet-safety advocate, did not sign the safety pact that was announced last month between 49 state attorneys general and Myspace.com. He called it too weak.

The weakness? The pact depends upon MySpace subscribers' truthfully reporting their ages when creating online profiles. The discussion, however, is worth having.

[Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom] Corbett and other attorneys general have suggested charging nominal fees to set up MySpace sites, payable by credit card. That would enable parents to give their teen permission to create the site, or at least spot the charge on their bill if the youth secretly used their credit card.

Sad to note that one person accused of sexually assaulting a child he groomed on the Internet was a teacher. Joshua Uhrich, [Ulrich] 30, a special-education teacher at South Philadelphia High School, was charged with sexually assaulting a 14-year-old female student he had met on MySpace. TT entry
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TT - There already are market-based solutions to the problem. Parents can monitor what their children do on Internet sites. The software is easily installed and will allow them to track and record - keystroke by keystroke, if they like - what their son or daughter does online. To some parents this might be seen an invasion of their child's privacy, the equivalent of reading their diary. They can't say the tools are not there, though. Teaching a child to be responsible, however, is one of the most important lessons in life.

Before the Internet, it was a good idea to tell a child not to write anything they didn't want to be seen on the front page of the New York Times. Now the audience is wider and the front page remains up indefinitely. And the real-life Trolls and creeps can download those pics in a nanosecond. If you want to be in HIS wallet for a lifetime, go for it.