FUGITIVE TEACHER CAPTURED after two years.
Sept 14, 2007 - A charter school principal still has her job despite pleading g
uilty last year to a reduced charge of failing to report neglect of a minor.
Carolyn Kennedy was sentenced to two years probation, a suspended 90-day jail sentence and a $2,500 fine following her plea deal.
Police say she knew that her son, former Morningstar teacher Bobby Kennedy, 28, was molesting a girl in his class in 2005 and did nothing to report it. They also say she wouldn't help them locate her son after he skipped bail.He is still a fugitive.
Even worse: State officials charged with enforcement of charter schools can't say why Kennedy is still at the school or even if they have plans to investigate.
Morningstar owner C. Steven Cox, has been hit with a 112-count indictment for theft and misuse of charter school funds in California. His assets have been frozen as well.
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CAPTURED March 18, 2008 - Deputy U.S. Marshals in Oklahoma captured accused child molester Bobby Kennedy, 29, at a residence in Lawton, Oklahoma.
Deputy U.S. Marshals from Phoenix developed significant information that Kennedy was residing in Lawton, OK with his wife and small child. This information was relayed to Deputies in Oklahoma who immediately established surveillance on the residence and arrested Kennedy a short time later.
Source: Press release from the U.S. Marshals office.
Photo: U.S. Marshals Office
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