Manassas, VIRGINIA

Feb 25, 2008 -
Ted Johnson, 48, an Osbourn High School teacher, was arrested, charged with one count of attempted custodial indecent liberties with a child and misdemeanor sexual battery.

Investigators say a 13-year-old Stafford County girl complained that Johnson had attempted to sexually assault her. She is described as a "non-family member."

Johnson also works as the band director at Mayfield Intermediate School. He has worked for Manassas City schools for 20 years.
Full Name: Ted Thomas Johnson
Stafford County Sheriff's Office Press Release (dated Feb 25, 2008)

The Stafford County Sheriff's Office is asking if there are any other victims of this type of assault by Mr. Johnson to contact the Sheriff's Office at 540-658-4450.

Feb 25 - The Free Lance-Star provides more details.

The victim, who was spending the night with Johnson's daughter, told police that Johnson tried to pull her underwear down as she was sleeping in a guest bedroom on the second floor, the affidavit states.

The girl said she woke up about 6 a.m. Feb. 18 and felt a hand on her left buttocks pulling on her underwear. She rolled over before the underwear came down and saw Johnson kneeling next to the bed.

The girl said she told Johnson to "go" in a firm voice, and he didn't move or say anything. She then ran to his daughter's room down the hall, the affidavit states.

The two girls went to Johnson's wife and told her what had happened. Johnson tried to talk to the girls, court records state, but the visiting girl refused to talk to him. The mother then drove her home.

NEW CHARGES Feb 29 - Two more girls have come forward with molestation allegations against Johnson.

Stafford Sheriff’s spokesman Bill Kennedy yesterday announced that Johnson is facing four additional charges involving two other girls.

Both girls claim they were molested at Johnson’s home. Kennedy said one girl was 12 when she was abused in June or July of last year: the other was 13 when the incident involving her happened in September.

The new charges against Johnson are two counts of aggravated sexual battery and two counts of taking indecent liberties with a child.

COURT DATE May 29 - Johnson was arraigned Wednesday. He is charged with aggravated sexual battery, two counts of attempted aggravated sexual battery, taking indecent liberties with a minor and two counts of attempted indecent liberties. A jury trial is scheduled for Oct. 15.

GUILTY PLEA October 16 - Johnson pleaded guilty to aggravated sexual battery and two counts of attempted custodial indecent liberties with a child. Three other charges were dropped.

Johnson had a misdemeanor sexual assault conviction in Michigan in 1982.

Midlothian, VIRGINIA

SENTENCED Dec 13, 2007 - Daniella H. Kyriakides, 54, a substitute ** art teacher at Clover Hill High School, was arrested and charged with embezzling money from a school's band booster club.

Police allege that Kyriakides stole about $4,900 from the booster club when she was the club's president and treasurer. Kyriakides has been released pending a court appearance in January.
The incident is still under investigation.

TT - the reason we cover these kinds of stories is because most often the only sentence handed out is probation with a promise to repay the money. That works out fine for the school district and the band club but it is hardly something you want to teach students.
** Substitute - from this article.

SENTENCED (Sorta) Sept 30, 2008 - Kyriakides entered an Alford plea of guilt to one count of embezzlement. She was sentenced to three years in prison -- all suspended. Kyriakides repaid the entire $4,900 sum soon after the club's new treasurer, who discovered the discrepancies.

Dinwiddie, VIRGINIA

How do you explain something like that to middle schoolers?

September 26, 2008 - Deborah Madison, 47, a Dinwiddie Middle School physical education teacher, will appear in court next month on a charge of possessing a residual amount of cocaine found in her car during a traffic stop.

She was arrested Sept. 16 after a Dinwiddie deputy sheriff found a smoking device in her car with a trace amount of cocaine. Among her duties at the school is to instruct students on the dangers of drugs, through a program called "Too Good for Drugs," officials said.

She has been suspended without pay pending the outcome of the case.
Full Name: Deborah Stone Madison

NO ENGLISH, PLEASE

Foretaste of the future?

September 1, 2008 - The kindergarten teacher has worked through the summer translating everything in sight to create an English-free zone for kindergartners.

No English (native-language tongue) will be allowed in the classroom once school starts. Science and math will be taught in Spanish. In other rooms, English will be the language. It's not a one-year thing. The intention is to last throughout a child's education, so this year's kindergartners will be taking some Spanish-only classes until they graduate high school.
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You might ask where. It's Richmond, Virginia. Where 84% of the students are black, 8% are Hispanic, and 7% are classified as white. Source: GreatSchools.net Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch program = 67%

Posters at the article strongly disagree.

I challenge this teaching method. I do not think this is a good idea on the scale at which it is being implemented.

AND,

I strongly disagree with this initiative. Give them the option in high school, but don't force it down their throats in kindergarten. We need to teach children (at all levels) how to be responsible, respectful of themselves and others. Educate them (in high school) how to balance a checkbook and use credit responsibly. Young people lack so many basic skills, but thats ok, because they are fluent in spanish. Lets get back to the basics before this country falls apart even more!

AND,

English is the official language of this country. Make foreign language an elective in higher education. Do not force spanish or any foreign language to anyone. Those foreigners should adjust to us, not us to' adjust to them. Your idea is full of bull. Be American or none at all. Cannonball.

AND,

This is wrong. Ban English for large periods of time in an American school? It speeds us on our way to being a bilingual nation. Every bilingual nation has problems: Canada, Belgium, even the Republic of Georgia. English unifies us. Let them learn Chinese, German, French, Arabic. As a "liberal" this disturbs me; the very fabric of the nation is being altered.

TT - To which we might add, it is also useful to create a Black/Hispanic voting block with no loyalty to our language, our customs, our history or our future.

Gainesville, VIRGINIA

Sentenced to 15 years for producing child pornography. Followed by 10 years of supervised release. There is no parole in federal sentences.

March 28, 2008 - John B. Shulick, 53, a teacher at Bull Run Middle School, arrested and charged in U.S. District Court with producing child pornography after authorities said they discovered he had a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old girl.

Police said that they discovered videos on Mr. Shulick's computer in which he and the Fairfax girl engaged in sex acts. They also found other images of child pornography on his computer.

Police said Mr. Shulick met the girl on the Internet. She admitted to her parents that she was having sex with Mr. Shulick after the mother's boyfriend saw the girl getting out of a truck driven by an older man.

Police said some of the images depicted minors identified by authorities in other investigations.

Full Name: John Byron Shulick

Anyone with information is asked to contact Fairfax County Police Department's Child Exploitation Unit at 703-246-7827 or the Fairfax County police nonemergency number at 703-691-2131.

No press release at the Fairfax County Police Dept. at this time.

GUILTY PLEA May 28 - Shulick pleaded guilty to federal charges of producing child pornography. According to court documents, Shulick met a 16-year-old Fairfax County girl on the Internet through an adult social networking Web site for people interested in "sexual practices such as bondage, sadistic and masochistic conduct [and] submissive/dominant relationships." He faces a MINIMUM of 15 years in prison when he is sentenced on Aug. 22.

SENTENCED August 23 - Shulick was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for production of child pornography. Followed by 10 years of supervised release. ( There is no parole in federal sentencing.)

Child Pornography and Educators
TT - List sentenced for child pornography.
TT - List guilty but not yet sentenced for child pornography.

South Riding, VIRGINIA

You can't get facts from the Washington Post. You get - scenarios.

August 21, 2008 - Ting-Yi Oei, 59, assistant principal at Freedom High School, was arrested on child pornography possession charges.

Making controversy out of nothing, his lawyer claimed they were not informed after the grand jury handed down the indictment against Oei on Aug. 11. "The timing raises questions. Why the public spectacle?" However, prosecutor Nicole Wittman said that Oei's attorneys had been informed of the indictment and told to be in court Aug. 12 but that they didn't show up.

"We just feel very strongly that this is not someone who should be in the Loudoun County school system," Wittman said.

What prompted his arrest was a March 14 incident, officials said where Oei allegedly had come to possess an "inappropriate" cellphone photo of a female student taken by another student, said Kraig Troxell, a sheriff's office spokesman.

Law enforcement officials were notified of the photo by a third party three weeks later, Troxell said. Oei allegedly did not inform the child's parents, law enforcement or child protective services of the photo, Troxell said, so officials charged him with failure to report suspicion of child abuse or neglect, a violation of state law. Oei was placed on administrative leave with pay.

That charge was dropped to be replaced with felony possession of child pornography.

"There's more to the story," Wittman said without elaborating. "If this was a matter of a photo that he possessed and maintained solely for the purpose of executing his job as vice principal, we would not be interested in prosecuting him. That is not the case."
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TT - It's a time-honored method of journalists to pressure police to give them more information than is healthy for the case by threatening to "run with what we know." Whether that's true in this case or not, surely even the National Enquirer would drop a dime to the prosecutor's office and ask to look at, or be faxed, copies of notification papers that were sent to the attorneys.

Culpeper, VIRGINIA

GRAND JURY DISMISSED CHARGE

June 3, 2008 - Michele Auville, 35, a a first-grade teacher at Emerald Hill Elementary School, was arrested and charged with alleged possession of a schedule 1 or 2 drug May 31 after they pulled over a car she was riding in.

She was a passenger in a car that tried to elude police, according to the Culpeper County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies discovered that Auville had a smoking device with crack residue. The driver of the car fled on foot but was captured.
Full Name: Michele Lynne Auville

June 4 - Auville resigned on Monday.

June 11 - Auville’s case will return to General District Court July 17 at 9:30 a.m.

GRAND JURY DISMISSES CHARGE August 20 - A grand jury on Monday dismissed a felony drug charge against Auville.

The circumstances behind the grand jury’s decision will not be disclosed, as all testimony in such proceedings is secret. Court records, however, indicate that prosecutors were unable to definitively link the pipe to Auville.

According to a Certificate of Analysis from the Department of Forensic Science, Auville’s fingerprints were not found on the pipe, which police say was in her vicinity when she got out of the car. And based on a blood test, a separate report indicates that Auville did not have any illegal drugs in her system, A third report however, confirmed that the residue present in the pipe was cocaine.

During the July hearing, the judge rejected a motion from Auville’s defense attorney to strike the case. Smith had argued that because several people were in the vicinity of where the pipe was found, proving possession would be difficult.

GRAND JURY DISMISSED CHARGE

Narrows, VIRGINIA

Another band director arrested.


August 13, 2008 - John Maddy, 34, band director at Narrows High School, was arrested and charged with multiple felonies for having sex with a 16-year-old female student.

He was charged with 13 felonies and five misdemeanors. The charges include taking indecent liberties with a child while being in a custodial position and crimes against nature, both felonies, and contributing to the delinquency of a minor, a misdemeanor.

According to police, he admitted to the relationship and resigned the same day he talked to investigators. Maddy is the father of two children.
Full Name: John Stafford Maddy

From the news story: Maddy is the second band director at the high school to be arrested on similar charges in fewer than four years. A director charged in 2005 was found not guilty in a jury trial in April 2006.
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TT - They've got a long way to go to catch up with Helix High School in La Mesa, California, where two band directors and a geography teacher were convicted of having sex with students. A fourth resigned after he was arrested. All in separate instances and with different students. Entry
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RECOMMENDED READING: An award-winning series by Danny Robbins of the Houston Chronicle called "Out of Bounds" gives valuable insight into why there are so many instances of coaches having sex with students. The same can be said of band teachers. Link

Alexandria, VIRGINIA

Another one of those mandated-reporters-who-don't story.
Slap on wrist fine of $500 for admitted failure to report sexual abuse of a 5-year-old girl.

June 18, 2008 - Abdalla Al-Shabnan, the director of the Islamic Saudi Academy, a private school in Alexandria, VA, that is funded by the Saudi government, was arrested for failing to report an allegation of child abuse.

Police say that Al-Shabnan, didn't believe a five-year-old girl when the student told him her father was sexually abusing her.

According to court papers, Abdalla Al Shabnan did not report the incident, instead he allegedly told told the girl's parents to seek counseling for her.

Washington Post (June 17) Shabnan was also charged with obstruction of justice.
Police said in court papers that Al-Shabnan ordered a written report about the girl's complaint, which had been prepared by other school officials, to be deleted from a school computer.
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No information on how the police did find out about the girl or what happened to her.

GUILTY PLEA & FINE July 31 - Al-Shabnan admitted that he failed to inform authorities about suspected sexual abuse of a 5-year-old girl suspected child abuse. He was fined $500. As part of a plea bargain, prosecutors dropped an obstruction of justice charge, which could have carried up to a year in jail. A trial had been scheduled for Aug. 1.

Police also said in court papers that the Al-Shabnan, 52, had a report of the girl's complaint deleted from a school computer.

Newsoms, VIRGINIA

A former Teacher of the Year pleads guilty to manslaughter for crash that killed her 6-year-old son. She had been using both alcohol and marijuana.

April 12, 2008 - Rebecca Whitehurst, a teacher at Meherrin Elementary School, pleaded guilty Thursday to involuntary vehicular manslaughter. Prosecutors agreed not to pursue charges of child neglect, failure to secure a minor in a vehicle and failure to wear a seat.

She had been found guilty of the DUI and restraint charges but was appealing both verdicts. A state toxicologist testified in November that test results indicated Whitehurst had been using both alcohol and marijuana sometime prior to the wreck.

She had been named Teacher of the Year for the 2005-2006 school year. Her son was a first-grade student at the school. She will be sentenced July 3.
Full Name: Rebecca Duncan Whitehurst

SENTENCED July 25 - Whitehurst was sentenced to seven years in jail - not prison -, with five suspended, in connection with the death of her 6-year-old son.

Her case prompted a re-evaluation by the Southampton County Board of Supervisors of its drug and alcohol policies. In February, supervisors agreed unanimously to adopt more stringent rules regarding drug testing and vehicle use.

At least two supervisors publicly chided the School Board for not following suit, suggesting that supervisors should "set an example" for the School Board by beefing up the county's policy. Currently the only School Board employees subject to random drug testing are those who hold commercial driver's licenses, such as bus drivers.

The judge also sentenced her to 12 months in jail on the DUI charge but suspended that sentence as well.

Salem, VIRGINIA

The original plea agreement called for three years probation, but Botetourt the judge increased it to five. After consulting with Yates, the defense attorney asked the judge to keep the agreement unchanged, but the judge refused, angrily telling Yates, "I was a former teacher."




Dec 17, 2007 -
Christopher Yates, 30, band director of Glenvar High School, was arrested, charged with taking indecent liberties with a female student.

His bond is set at $12,000, pending at hearing at Jan 22.

Roanoke County police say they're investigating an allegation against Yates there as well. It could result in additional charges. The events are alleged to have occurred from July 1st to October 4th of this year.
Full Name: Christopher Matthew Yates
Nickname: Matt Yates

INDEFINITE LEAVE Dec 18 - According to the school administration, Yates has been put on "indefinite leave." Sheriff Ronnie Sprinkle confirmed for News-7 the alleged victim in this case actually lived with Yates and his wife. Yates is due back in court on January 22.

PLEA AGREEMENT April 17, 2008 - WBDJ 7 is reporting that

The Commonwealth's Attorney has reached an agreement with the former teacher so that he will plead guilty to a felony in July.

The Troutville resident will be sentenced to three years, but will only serve six months under the agreement. Once Yates gets out, he will be on probation and have to register as a sex offender.

GUILTY PLEA & SENTENCING (sorta) July 25 - Yates pleated guilty to a felony count of taking indecent liberties with a minor. He was sentenced to three years in prison with all but six months suspended, and five years of supervised probation after his release. Yates will also have to register as a sex offender.

Summarizing the evidence against Yates, Assistant Botetourt Commonwealth's Attorney Hilary Griffith said the girl had been abandoned by her parents and was living with her sister in Salem, but her sister threw her out.

Yates and his wife took her into their home and obtained legal custody of her. At first, Yates and the girl had a relationship like that of a father and daughter, but the relationship turned sexual after she moved in with him.

The original plea agreement called for three years probation, but Botetourt Circuit Court Judge Malfourd "Bo" Trumbo increased it to five. After consulting with Yates, the defense attorney asked the judge to keep the agreement unchanged, but the judge refused, angrily telling Yates, "I was a former teacher.

After a brief break in the hearing, Yates agreed to the new terms.

Yates was briefly granted a furlough when his wife gave birth in July.

OurValley.org: (July 24) - Former Glenvar band director sentenced for having sex with student

“I want to publicly apologize. I’ve spoken to some of my close friends, and have gained their forgiveness, but I haven’t been able to speak to the Glenvar community…or to my band students. I’m very sorry,” Yates said to the group of friends, Glenvar Band Boosters and other supporters in the courtroom. His wife and newborn baby were among them.

Although the Virginia sentencing guidelines did not call for any jail sentence, Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney Hilary Griffith said she asked for jail time since Yates was acting as a substitute parent for the girl.

TT - We'll take flak for this, but...
There's seems to be a pathological moral deficiency in many band boosters. We aren't sure if this is because band directors become surrogate parents for their children and the adults are in full denial of the harm done by the band instructor. Or if they really are rah rah nitwits completely lacking in a moral compass and a lack of social responsibility.

But there's something unwholesome about such support long after it becomes apparent that the band director or band teacher is flagrantly guilty of sexual abuse of someone entrusted to his care.

We've frequently seen demonstrations of the same moral vacuity in supporters when the teacher is a drama instructor.

Colonial Heights, VIRGINIA

Dec 4, 2007 - Leonardo Brenes, 42, a Colonial Heights Middle School teacher, was arrested on two charges stemming from a sexual encounter with an underage girl.

Sources say the victim was a female student at Colonial Heights High School.
Brenes now faces a felony charge of a crime against nature for performing oral sex on a juvenile and a misdemeanor charge for consensual carnal knowledge with a juvenile over the age of 15.

GUILTY July 21, 2008 - Brenes was found guilty by Judge Herbert Gill of taking indecent liberties while maintaining a supervisory relationship with the victim and of carnal knowledge of a juvenile. The maximum sentence for each felony is five years.

Brenes, a Costa Rican immigrant, also faces possible deportation after serving his time.

The victim testified during the trial that she had fallen in love with Brenes because he served as a male role model and father figure that she never had because her father was in prison for child molestation. She also said that she had been molested as a child herself, though not by her father.

The young woman testified that she had sex with Brenes at his home last summer while his children were playing upstairs and his wife was out running errands.

He will be sentenced October 6.

He faces another trial Sept. 4 in Prince George on similar charges with the same girl.

Culpeper, VIRGINIA

Speaking of role models...

July 23, 2008 - Nicholas Hanzivasilis, 23, an Eastern View High School math teacher and varsity cheerleading coach pleaded guilty in Culpeper County General District Court last week to driving under the influence of alcohol.

The judge sentenced Hanzivasilis to 30 days in jail but suspended the entire jail term. His driver’s license was also suspended for a year with restrictions. (He can drive to and from work.)
Full Name: Nicholas Andrew Hanzivasilis

From the same article:

This is not the first time a Culpeper County Public School teacher has faced a drug- or alcohol-related charge within the past year.

A Warrenton judge sentenced former CCPS teacher Frank “Chip” Rea to a three-month jail term in January for felony drug charges stemming from his arrest June 2007. Rea was a physical education and football coach at CCHS for one year.

TT entry [The actual sentence was five years with all suspended except three months on the marijuana charge and 100 hours on the cocaine charge. He is also serving six months of supervised probation on separate assault charges against two women for incidents that happened this summer.]

Michele Auville, a former first-grade teacher at Emerald Hill Elementary School, will face a grand jury in August for a felony charge of a controlled substance.

On May 31, Auville was riding on the passenger side of her Toyota when a deputy stopped the vehicle for “going very slowly and swinging from side to side,” on Madison Road around 5:15 a.m. Auville submitted her resignation to the School Board the next day. TT entry

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For a time, the Culpeper County School Board considered a random drug test policy. Entry

Fredericksburg, VIRGINIA

Canadian investigators find child pornography on his computer.

July 23, 2008 - Richard Doucet, 37, a private school teacher in Montreal, was arrested in May at a hotel in Virginia on allegations he had used an Internet chat room to attempt to lure a minor for sex. After his arrest, police in Montreal carried out a search warrant on Doucet's home on a request from investigators in Virginia and found child pornography.

[The] investigators found a video containing child pornography and about 100 photos depicting children being sexually abused. The head of the sexual assault squad said investigators do not know how the child pornography was obtained, but are still trying to determine its origins.

TT - Amazingly, the Canadian officials are holding off charging him for the child pornography because they are waiting to see what happens in the United States because the internet luring charges in the U.S. are "more serious charges." Go figure.

May 13 - Montreal school copes with news of teacher's arrest
Doucet had been at a teachers' conference in Atlanta but made a side trip to Fredericksburg, Va., where he was arrested. He was charged with attempted indecent liberties, use of an electronic communications device to solicit a juvenile, and two counts of distribution of child pornography.

NEW CHARGES September 5 - Doucet has been charged with more than 200 new counts related to child pornography. The new accusations stem from images found on a compact disc that was seized by police from a motel room.

Det. John Chapman of Dumfries, Va., police said the 36-year-old has been indicted on 230 counts of possessing and reproducing child pornography.

Chapman said each felony carries a five-year mandatory prison sentence, which means Doucet could be sentenced to more than 1,000 years in jail if convicted on all counts.
"Down here in Virginia they take that very seriously," Chapman told The Canadian Press on Friday.

"Virginians are conservative people and they want to protect their kids. It's all about putting these guys away."

Police do not expect more charges.

Culpeper, VIRGINIA

Drug test policy possible.

June 18, 2008 - If approved by the Culpeper County Public School Board, new employees would take a drug test before being hired to work in any of the county’s 10 schools. The board will discuss the issue during its regular work session on Monday.

The drug test policy being proposed was in response to a constituent concern linked to the arrests of two former Culpeper County Public School teachers have faced separate felony drug charges.

Frank “Chip” Rea - sentenced to three months in jail for cocaine possession and marijuana possession. He resigned. Entry

Michele Auville - arrested for possession of a controlled substance -crack cocaine. She resigned. Entry.

NO POLICY June 23 - The Culpeper County Public School’s administration committee recommended that the School Board not move forward with a proposed drug policy, implementing random drug tests to all employees.

Virginia Beach, VIRGINIA

- "He's not a horrible man," his wife said. "It was a mistake."
- According to court testimony, he admitted he was a sex addict.
- The victim was 13-years-old.
- That's not sex; that's vile.

June 10, 2008 - Michael Harris, 31, a health and physical education teacher at Landstown Middle School, was fired after pleading guilty in March to touching a 13-year-old girl at his Chesapeake home. He will be sentenced on Friday on one felony count of indecent liberties with a custodial minor.

He has been suspended without pay since Jan. 4, 2007. The offense occurred in December 2006 in his home. The victim was a friend of a girl who was babysitting his two young children. According to court documents, the friend said Harris touched her breast while she was changing her clothes at his house. One of Harris' children, a 5-year-old daughter, was in the room at the time.
Full Name: Michael Patrick Harris

SENTENCED June 14 - Harris was sentenced Friday to five years, - with four SUSPENDED. . He was ordered to complete a sex offender program and register as a sex offender.

Harris has admitted to being a sex addict, according to court testimony. He also has taught at Princess Anne and Lynnhaven middle schools. He has surrendered his teacher's license.

Montross, VIRGINIA

Plea agreement calls for to 41 years in prison - with all but 18 months suspended.
What kind of lowercase judge would accept that sentence?

June 5, 2008 -
Melvin Antonio Smith III, 21, a coach at Washington and Lee High School has pleaded guilty to four felony counts of soliciting sexually explicit material from members of a girls’ softball team last year. He also pleaded to attempting to have sex with a child 15 years or older.

In return for the guilty pleas, Westmoreland Commonwealth’s Attorney Dean J.Atkins agreed not to prosecute seven other felony charges and one other misdemeanor count against Smith. The plea agreement calls for to 41 years in prison with all but 18 months suspended. And Smith will have to register as a violent sex offender.

On July 14, Smith is scheduled to be tried in Richmond County Circuit Court on four felony charges of carnal knowledge of one of the players on the team, animate object penetration and taking indecent liberties.

Smith served for about a month last year as a volunteer softball coach at the school in Montross. Smith will be sentenced July 16.

Fisherville, VIRGINIA

Teachers, principals, coaches, substitutes, interns, teacher's aides, janitors, now a bus driver having sex with a student.

May 30, 2008 - Paula Tomlin, 36, a part-time teacher's aide and a bus driver for Staunton City Schools, was arrested, accused of having a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old student.

Tomlin is charged with seven counts of indecent liberties with a child by a person in a supervisory role. Police say the victim is a 16-year-old boy who attends classes at the Genesis Alternative School. They say he and Tomlin began a sexual relationship about three weeks ago.

NewsVirginian: (May 30)

An adult acquaintance of Tomlin’s informed school authorities of the situation at noon Wednesday, [Superintendent Steven] Nichols said. By 3:00 p.m., they were sufficiently confident of wrongdoing to inform police. Tomlin was arrested Thursday following the completion of her bus route, and resigned from her position at the school before the charges against her were filed, Nichols said.

Both initially denied the relationship before confessing. They both said they were in love.

Reminder - the location given is for the school. Genesis Alternative School is in Fisherville.

Centreville, VIRGINIA

What a shining example for students.

Nov 1, 2007 - Leonard Marsh, 50, an assistant principal at Cub Run Elementary School, was arrested an charged with one felony count of manufacturing marijuana. There were no allegations that Marsh sold or distributed marijuana.

Police got a tip and searched the trash outside his Fairfax Station home and found pot residue. After getting a warrant, they searched his home and found a marijuana growing operation. Their news release did not mention that he was a school administrator because there was no allegation of any link to the school. <---- RED FLAG

Full Name: Leonard E. Marsh

Marsh's wife, Jinny S. Marsh, 56, was issued a misdemeanor summons for possession of marijuana and was not arrested. He was placed on administrative leave.

GUILTY PLEA & SENTENCING (sorta) May 29, 2008 - March pleaded guilty to the reduced charge of possession with intent to distribute marijuana - a misdemeanor. He was sentenced to six months in jail - not prison - SUSPENDED and 12 months of unsupervised probation.

When police searched the Leonard house in October 2007, they found:

four mason jars of marijuana from a filing cabinet in the basement. Also taken from that cabinet were a scale, packing material, records and documents and smoking devices.

From a workbench in the basement, police seized a jar, a marijuana smoking device, marijuana grinder, records and documents and two small containers of marijuana. Authorities also took "marijuana grow books" from a shelf by the workbench and a box of mason jars from the basement floor.

In addition, police seized marijuana, drug paraphernalia and records and documents from a bedroom, plus marijuana plants, a grow light and timers, as well as notes, records and documents, from an upstairs "grow room."

The lowercase judge who is underserving of the honorific capitalization of a title was judge Stewart Davis.

Staunton, VIRGINIA

What is with female teachers who threaten to bomb little children? Why women and no men? This is the fifth teacher arrested for threating the lives of elementary or middle school children.

May 22, 2008 - Heidi Dorn, 34, a speech pathologist in the special education department at Shelburne Middle School, was arrested on charges she made bomb threats at the school.

Dorn is accused of leaving five threatening notes, some typed and some handwritten, at different locations in the school Feb. 21, 22 and 25, said Staunton Police Officer Aaron D. McFarlane, Shelburne’s school resource officer. Dorn faces three felony charges of threatening to bomb and four felony charges of threatening to do bodily injury. She reportedly found one of the notes herself in a staff bathroom in the school’s eighth-grade hall.

The wording of the threatening notes raised suspicions about the age of the author. The notes "threatened to shoot people and bomb the school." Dorn had already resigned from her position at Shelburne to take a job at a different school, he said. May 30 was scheduled to be her final day. A psych evaluation has been ordered.
Full Name: Heidi Marie Dorn

Saddest part is the last line in the article: "If Dorn is convicted of the charges against her, the State Board of Education will examine the case. She could lose her teaching license. "
That it isn't guaranteed is pathetic.
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January 2008 - Susan Romanyszyn, 45, a fourth-grade teacher at Longstreth Elementary School, was arrested January 2008 for making is charged with 17 counts of terrorist threats for leaving notes at the Westminster, Pennsylvania school. The children were terrified. TT entry


November 2007 - In Fulton, Delaware, Caroline Fluman, 46, was charged with terrorist threatening for notes threatening bombs. Delaware State Education Association president Barbara Grogg said she has never heard of a teacher making a bomb threat against a school TT entry


June 2007 - Married mother of two, Michelle Dohm, 40, a 6th-Grade teacher at Thurmont Middle School, Thurmond, Maryland, was convicted and sentenced June 2007 for sending threatening notes to students and making bomb threats. Groff must have missed Dohm's appearance on Rita Crosby's show. TT entry

December 2006 - A Ludlow, Massachusetts, another female special education teacher was arrested and indicted for taping a bomb threat to the wall at the school. Video camera evidence, however, was thrown out by the judge, forcing prosecutors to drop the case. An arbitrator ruled she was to be given back her job. TT entry

We won't even mention the speech therapist in Wisconsin who is the married mother of six who burned down the family house to avoid student loans. TT entry

PRELIMINARY August 8 - In a preliminary on Friday, the judge certified three counts of threatening to bomb and four of making written threats to harm a person on Shelburne Middle School’s property. Dorn's defense attorney agreed that prosecutors have a strong enough case to head to the Staunton grand jury in October.

Her Virginia teaching certificate has been cancelled.