ARRESTED: May 21, 2007 - Kirk Hellwig, 37, a social studies teacher at Columbia High School, was arrested charged with engaging in a sexual act (oral sex) with a 16-year-old male student on school grounds and during school hours.
Students reported rumors of the relationship to the principal. WCAX tv: Hellwing abused the student on three occasions in the classroom. The sex was not coerced. Hellwing pleaded not guilty. District letter to parents. 
SUSPENDED: Hellwig has been suspended with pay.
May 22 - Hellwig's arrest, as reported in the Albany Times-Union, got a link by Drudge.
MYSPACE: May 22 - WTEN 10 found Hellwig's MySpace page where he claimed to be 15-years-old. After being given access by Hellwig, his private profile then explains that he is a 34-year-old teacher living in Albany, New York. Police say Hellwig is 37.
WTEN says that sources close to this investigation say the page sent up red flags to police way before recent allegations, after a complaint that questionable information about students was showing up on the teacher's page
GUILTY PLEA: August 28 - Hellwig pleaded guilty to one count each of first-degree disseminating indecent material over the Internet to a minor and third-degree criminal sex act.
"I had oral sex with a young man under the age of 17," Hellwig told Jacon when asked to explain his actions.The judge told Hellwig that how much time he is sentenced to will depend on the contents of a psychological report still pending from a doctor who examined the defendant.
Hellwig was also ordered under terms of the plea agreement to surrender his state teaching license for life and to resign from the East Greenbush Central School District, according to First Assistant District Attorney Joseph Ahearn.
JAIL: Hellwig reported to jail one month early. He was supposed to be sentenced in October.
He will spend nine months to one year behind bars.
SENTENCED Nov 7 - Hellwig was sentenced today to up to a year in jail -not prison. He began serving his jail term in September.
SEX OFFENDER - Feb 28, 2008 - Hellwig appeared in court for a risk assessment hearing for inclusion on the state's Sex Offender Registry. After hearing arguments from Assistant District Attorney Christa Book and Hellwig's attorney Peter Mochetti, Jacon determined that Hellwig would be designated a Level 2 sex offender.
Hellwig, 38, must register with the Division of Criminal Justice Services and will be on the registry for life.
On the registry, Level 1 means a person is low risk of repeating the offense, Level 2 denotes a moderate risk of recidivism and Level 3 is a high risk.
