Stalking of adults and grooming of kids almost always involve using electronic devices these days, she said.
Jan 11, 2008 - In a story that focuses almost entirely on teachers who groom their students, CNN looks at Cells, texting give predators secret path to kids.
Troy Mansfield, a third-grade teacher, "spent four years building a friendship with a student. Mansfield sent her poems via e-mail, and the girl said she felt like she could confide in him. By the time she was in seventh grade, they were comfortable talking about sexual fantasies, and he'd sneak her away from school in his car for an hour of sex." He was sentenced to 31 years.
Kelly Dalecki, 26, a Florida teacher, gave a 14-year-old boy her cell phone number and an alias e-mail address. She bought and gave him Mike's Hard Lemonade, cranberry juice with vodka, condoms and marijuana, the documents state. By the time she started e-mailing porn and illicit messages, he trusted her. " The boy's mother was a teacher who worked with Dalecki.
She was sentenced to 364 days in jail - not prison.
Beth Ann Chester - recently arrested. TT - Link
Kelsey Peterson - ran to Mexico with a 13-year-old boy. TT - Link
Excellent article on how adults groom children to be victims.
"They groom children," [Detective Joshua] Shelton said. "A lot of the time, these kids mistake the grooming activity for friendship, which is exactly what it's designed to do -- to look like a platonic relationship, when all they are really doing is getting closer and closer to them socially so they can get closer and closer to them physically."TT - Our stories that involve teachers, cell phones and e-mail communications include:
Michael Black, 28, and 13-year-old femal student. LINK
Crystal Wells, 33, and a 15-year-old male student. LINK
Chad Draper, 29, and a 17-year-old female student. LINK
Pamela Balogh, 39, and a 15-year-old female student. LINK
Cynthia Rynard, 32, and a 17-year-old male student. LINK
Jenna Hermann, 23, and a 13-year-old male student. LINK
Scott Lempa, 33, and a 17-year-old female student. LINK
Chad N. Stover, 30, and a 17-year-old female student. LINK
Tracy R. Hanzal, 29, and 14-and 15-year-old girls. LINK
Alison Mosbeck, 34, and 14-year-old student. LINK
Jeffrey Anderson, 23, and two 15-year old students. LINK
Timothy Meehan, 23, and an under age 17 female student. LINK
Richard A. Foster, 51, and minor student. LINK
Stephanie Ann Stein, 31, and a 15-year-old male student. LINK
Shariff Mills, 32, and a student. LINK
Steven Maffucci, 30, and three girls, ages 15 and 16. LINK
Daniel Velasco, 33, and a 15-year-old student. LINK
Vernon E. Heizer, 50, and a 14-year-old student. LINK
Edison Muñoz, 51, and a 17-year-old student. LINK
Steven Lysogorski, 37, and a 14-year-old boy. LINK
Vicky Lynn Lewallen, 44, and a 14-year-old female student. LINK
Janet Parker, 26, and a 14-year-old male student. LINK
Marvin King, 48, and a s 16-year-old female student. LINK
Dennis Carter, 52, and a 16-year-old female student. LINK
Derek Baird, 19, and a 16-year-old student. LINK
Unnamed teacher from Paterson, NJ and cell phone pics. LINK
Ryan Novak, 25, and a female student. LINK
Richard Parrish, 32, and a 17-year-old female student. LINK
Chris White sending pics to a female student. LINK
David Nenzoski, 49, and a 13-year-old student. LINK
--- "And then when she got the cell number, why would any teacher give a child the cell number?"
Kourney Mullen, (female)22, and a 17-year-old female special ed student. LINK
Some states and school districts are already working on the problem. LINK
And some education specialists should know better. LINK
