Ripley, TENNESSEE

Amy was going for a track record, only not on the track.
If you get our drift.

June 5, 2008 - Amy Elder, 28, a Ripley High School teacher and softball coach , was arrested Tuesday and charged with sexual battery and statutory rape for a sexual relationship with at least two girls at Ripley High School over the past two years.

According to the Lauderdale County indictment, Elder had a sexual relationship with a 17 year-old girl from September to October 2006.

Police say there was another sexual encounter on Christmas Day of 2006. Documents also show Elder had another sexual relationship with a 15 year-old girl from March to June 2007. Police say there was another encounter on News Year's Eve 2007, and that the relationship continued between January and March of 2008.

Her trial is scheduled to begin October 21.

GUILTY VERDICT October 23 - Elder was convicted of nine counts of child abuse. The nine criminal counts each carry a maximum punishment of 11 months and 29 days in jail. She will be sentenced December 19.

She faces similar sex charges involving another former student, and a second trial is scheduled for February.

Breckenridge, MICHIGAN

No contest to seven counts of gross indecency.
Fifty-year-old teacher and 15-year-old girl.

April 3, 2008 - Donita Brady, 50, a 7th grade physical education and language arts teacher at Breckenridge Middle School and Breckenridge High School, has been has been charged with seven counts of criminal sexual conduct with a 15-year-old female student.

She was arraigned Wednesday before 65th District Court Judge James Mackie. Because Brady teaches in the same district as the alleged victim, the five first-degree charges were upgraded from less serious third-degree counts and what would have been fourth-degree charges were upgraded to second-degree, Gratiot County Prosecutor Keith Kushion said.

The five counts of first degree criminal sexual complaint involve digital penetration or oral sex.

The alleged victim and her parents filed the complaint with the Breckenridge Police Department on March 2. The incidents allegedly took place between September 2007 and February.

ARRESTED April 4 - Teacher arrested on sex charges
Brady is divorced and has children. She is on leave from the school district. A preliminary is scheduled for April 16.

PRELIMINARY WAIVED April 16 - Brady waived a preliminary hearing in district court. She is scheduled to be arraigned in 29th Circuit Court on May 5. Originally on sick leave, she is now on paid administrative leave.

ARRAIGNMENT WAIVED May 6 - Brady on Monday waived her arraignment in Gratiot County Circuit Court. Official set a trial date of Wednesday, July 2. Brady, who is divorced and has children, is on administrative leave. She has taught in Breckenridge schools for 27 years.

TRIAL POSTPONED June 16 - Brady's trial has been postponed for two months. The trial scheduled for July 2 has been rescheduled for September 3.

June 23 - Gratiot County Circuit Judge Randy Tahvonen was to hear the case for Donita Brady, 50, but postponed it to Wednesday, Sept. 3, from Wednesday, July 2. Tahvonen adjourned the trial because of ''new discovery'' items about which Brady's lawyers want more information, Gratiot County Prosecutor Keith Kushion said without elaborating.

MOTION DENIED July 23 - During a pretrial hearing Monday in 29th Circuit Court, Judge Randy Tahvonen ruled against a motion filed by Donita Brady's lawyers to "obtain or have the court review confidential and privileged medical records" of the alleged victim, Gratiot County Chief Assistant Prosecutor Kristin Bakker said. Bakker called it a fishing expedition into the life of a victim.

NO CONTEST PLEA August 18 - Brady pleaded no contest to seven counts of gross indecency between females. She will be sentenced October 20. Brady remains on administrative leave from the district.

SENTENCED (Sorta) October 20 - Brady was sentenced (sorta) to one year in jail - not prison - followed by five years of probation. She will be required to register as a sex offender after her release.
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TT - Amazingly, the court had received numerous letters from supporters on both sides of the issue. Lowercase judge Randy Tahvonen from the 29th circuit court decided to stay within the state recommended sentencing guidelines of zero to 17 months for the reduced charge.

Erie, PENNSYLVANIA

Nov 13, 2007 - Erica L. Baker, 24, (also known as Erica L. McEldowney) a student teacher at Strong Vincent High School and a substitute teacher at Pfieffer-Burleigh Elementary School, was arrested on charges that she had sexual contact with a 16-year-old female student.

Baker is accused of three counts of corruption of minors, a first-degree misdemeanor. She was suspended today.

Nov 14 - She pleaded not guilty, according to her attorney.

[lSchool district attorney Richard] Perhacs said intimate encounters between students and teachers are on the rise, even though many of the incidents do not rise to the level of criminal activity. However, many still result in faculty terminations.

"In recent years, these cases have come to light primarily because the culture has changed, and I think people, particularly young people, affected by these types of behaviors, have become a lot more likely to come forward and tell people about them and report them," Perhacs said. "Whether they're being reported more often or occurring more often, I can't say."

Baker was recently divorced. She's been suspended without pay.
News story contains list of teacher misconduct cases.

GUILTY PLEA September 3, 2008 - Baker was pleaded guilty to one count of corruption of a minor in a plea bargain that dropped two additional corruption of a minor counts. She also agreed to give up her teaching license. She is scheduled to be sentenced on Oct. 23

SENTENCED October 23 - Baker was sentenced to three months to one year in jail - not prison - to be followed by four years of probation.

Though prosecutors had said they wouldn't oppose probation, Judge John Garhart said jail was warranted because Baker was in a position of authority.

The Erie Times-News reported that both the prosecution and the defense expected probation. But the judge rejected the plea agreement.

"The thing that looms large is the court's responsibility for general deterrence," Garhart said.

He said he wants his sentence of Baker to send a message: "If a teacher gets involved with a student, jail time will be served."Garhart also said incarceration was appropriate because Baker, who was teaching at Strong Vincent High School when she met the victim, was in a position of authority when she had sex with the victim in August and September 2007 at a campground near Presque Isle State Park.

"What she did was with a protected class of person -- a minor," Garhart said.

Baker's family seemed shocked, according to the article. The judge was adamant.

The commonwealth and the defense are entitled to reach any agreement they want," he said. "In the end, the decision is mine."

Baker has surrendered her teaching license.
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ONLINE RESOURCE: The Standards and Practices Commission at the Pennsylvania Department of Education maintains online list of actions taken against teaching certificates.

Phillipsburg, NEW JERSEY

Sentenced in Pennsylvania to 15 to 30 years in prison and lifetime registration as a sex offender.
Still to be sentenced in New Jersey.

Jan 24, 2008 - Keri Brekne, 28, a seventh-grade social studies teacher at Lopatcong Township Middle School, was arrested and charged with sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl at the teacher's home.

Brekne was arraigned on charges of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, aggravated indecent assault and corruption of minors. Police said Brekne drove the victim from her home in New Jersey to Brekne's residence in Pennsylvania, where the assaults happened between last July and this month.

A preliminary is scheduled for Feb 1.
Full Name: Keri Ann Brekne or Keriann Brekne

Jan 25 - Warren County prosecutors filed separate charges of sexual assault, endangering the welfare of a child by engaging in sexual conduct, aggravated criminal sexual assault and two counts of criminal sexual contact for incidents that allegedly occurred in Lopatcong Township between June 1 and Sept. 30, 2007.

Police said Brekne provided the girl with a cell phone so they could stay in contact. The girl's parents found the phone, which police said contained sexually explicit text messages. The girl told police where to find a sexual device in the bedroom of Brekne's Bethlehem home.

Brekne was arraigned Wednesday before District Judge Gay L. Elwell of Easton and committed to Northampton County Prison under $75,000 bail. On the New Jersey charges, Superior Court Judge John H. Pursel set bail at $150,000.

Location is always the school location.

SUSPENDED Feb 20 - Brekne has been suspended with pay. Her salary is $46,012.

PLEA AGREEMENT Feb 29 - Brekne agreed at a hearing Friday before District Judge James Narlesky to plead guilty to five counts of aggravated indecent assault. She may plead guilty next month to sexual assault-related charges in New Jersey in connection with the same victim.

PLEA AGREEMENT REJECTED - March 28 - Brekne rejected a plea bargain Thursday calling for a prison sentence of up to 10 years. The charges in Warren County are now set to go before a grand jury.

The victim's father has called for the maximum sentence allowed, in both states.

"It infuriates us that Brekne's attorney comments that his client wants to get on with her life and put this behind her when in fact our child, our family and our community are forever impacted by her selfish, hideous and abusive acts we want to be sure she never has the opportunity to harm another child again," the 14-year-old's father told WFMZ-TV on Thursday. His name was withheld to protect the victim's identity.

GUILTY PLEA July 31 - In Northampton County, Brekne pleaded guilty to five counts of felony aggravated indecent sexual assault and faces an unlikely maximum of 50 years in prison. She admitted molesting the girl in her Bethlehem home.

Her sentencing in Northampton County is scheduled for Oct. 3, and she will be sentenced on the Warren County conviction sometime later. (Earlier this month, she pleaded guilty in Pennsylvania to five counts of aggravated indecent assault that each carry penalties of between 22 months and 10 years in prison.) She will have to register as a sex offender for the rest of her life.

Brekne has been in prison since a July 9 plea hearing when Northampton County Judge F.P. Kimberly McFadden revoked her bail.

August 12 - Ann Brekne will officially lose her teaching position this evening during a meeting of the Lopatcong Township Board of Education.

SENTENCED October 11 - Brekne was sentenced in Pennsylvania to 15 to 30 years in prison.

''In 20 years on the bench, I have not seen a case as heinous as this one,'' Judge Kimberly McFadden said in a courtroom packed with about 85 supporters of the girl and her family and about 15 for Brekne.

Brekne will have to register as a sexual offender for the rest of her life, and she has surrendered her teaching certificate.

In New Jersey, she has also pleaded guilty to one count of sexually assaulting the girl, and faces up to five to 10 years in prison when she is sentenced in three to six months, said Kevin Brotzman, a Warren County assistant prosecutor.

Gilbert, ARIZONA

July - Victim objection to the plea agreement. Judge agrees to defer acceptance.
September - Sentenced (sorta) to 10 years of probation.



Dec 19, 2007 -
Gay Lyn Turley, 42, a Mesa High School teacher, coach and an employee at the Mesa Aquatic Center, was arrested on ten counts of sexual contact with a minor.

The sexual relationship with the girl began when she was 16-years-old and dated from 2003 through 2005. The victim is now 20. Turley admitted the relationship.

Gilbert Police are concerned that there may be additional victims in this case. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Gilbert Police Department at 480-503-6500.

Dec 21 - The former student who accused Turley was arrested earlier this year on domestic violence charges. The arrest was made in August after the former student allegedly assaulted Mesa High School teacher and coach Gay Lyn Turley, 42, in her Gilbert home, police said.

She was also charged with disorderly conduct and criminal damage. The two had been living together since 2005, and were romantically involved since 2003. However, the former student recently moved out, police said. Turley is on paid leave.

NOT GUILTY PLEA Jan 18, 2008 - Turley pleaded not guilty to charges of having sexual conduct with a former student.

GUILTY PLEA - SENTENCING DELAYED July 24, 2008 - Turley pleaded guilty Thursday to sexual conduct with a minor, but the victim objected to the agreement that could mean Turley would only be charged with a misdemeanor.

Deputy County Attorney Harold Brenneman Jr. asked Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Helene Abrams to defer accepting the plea after hearing the victim's objections. Abrams granted his request and scheduled sentencing for Aug. 27

The charge is a class six felony and can be reduced to a misdemeanor because the victim was more than 15 years when the crime occurred. The difference would be one year in prison on the felony or six months in jail on the misdemeanor conviction.

SENTENCED (Sorta) September 20 - Turley was sentenced (sorta) to 10 years of probation. She will have to register as a sex offender. She must also surrender her teaching certificate.

Flat Rock, NORTH CAROLINA

"I couldn’t even protect my own daughter,” the father said while sobbing.

May 7, 2007 - Julie Culbertson, 38, a health occupation teacher at East Henderson High School, was arrested on Friday charged with a sex offense involving a female * student.

Police: Culbertson faces a felony count of “sex offense of a student." Henderson resigned on Friday.
Full Name: Julie Miller Culbertson

May 8 - Deputies say the relationship went on for several weeks. After allegations were made, Culbertson quickly resigned from her job.

Anyone who may be a victim to come forward and call the Henderson County Sheriff's Department at 828-697-4596.

UPDATE June 30 - Culbertson's case was postponed until the next setting of the grand jury. No reason was given for the postponement. No specific date was given by the assistant D.A.

* Gender of victim only noted in June 30 story.
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LICENSE ACTION: June 2007. Action: Surrender
Reason: Charged with sex offense with student.
Source: N.C. Board of Education.
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SENTENCED September 2, 2008 - Per a plea agreement in July, Culbertson pleaded guilty to the felony charge and spent 30 days in the Henderson County jail. Culbertson was released from jail in August. She was formally sentenced today. The victim was a police officer's daughter.

Resident Superior Court Judge Mark Powell allowed the victim’s father to address the court about the incident.

“It’s a shame that in my 24 years in law enforcement I have protected strangers, and I couldn’t even protect my own daughter,” he said while sobbing.

Culbertson is now on three years' probation.
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INTERESTING NOTE: truTV lists her in their Female Sex Offenders.

Culbertson, a registered nurse, was a health science teacher for the upper grades and the student in question is a girl. That's a rarity even among this uncommon type of predator. [TT - Not so uncommon. They have 25 pages on the topic.]

Which probably accounts for her saying in court, "My actions did not come from a predatory intent, but were wrong.”

White Bluff, TENNESEE

May 22, 2007 - Julie Petty, 36, a substitute teacher at William James Middle School, was arrested and was charged with sexual battery by an authority figure and rape by an authority figure.

The sheriff said the victim is a 14-year-old girl at the school.
WKRN news: According to the court affidavit, the student said Petty “touched her all over and then went further.”

The Dickson County Sheriff is asking parents or anyone else to come forward if their children had inappropriate contact with Petty. 615-789-4130

INDICTED: August 30 - Petty was indicted on a charge of sexual battery by a person in authority and statutory rape by a person in authority. Both charges are Class C felonies.

Last month the judge put several restrictions on her. "Petty was also warned not to knowingly make a visual, audible, sexually suggestive or obscene gesture, sound, or communication at or to the alleged victim." She will be arraigned on September 10.

TRIAL SCHEDULED May 30, 2008 - Petty goes on trial Monday on sex-related charges involving an eighth-grade female student.

GUILTY PLEA - August 17, 2008 - Petty pleaded guilty to sexual battery by an authority figure. In exchange for that plea, the state dismissed a statutory rape charge against her. She will be sentenced next month.

Murrieta, CALIFORNIA

Guilty plea to 10 felonies of oral copulation of a minor.
Plea agreement calls for 120 jails in local jail.

May 2, 2008 - Crissy Hisey, 28, a 10th grade English teacher at Vista Murrieta High, was arrested and booked into the Southwest Detention Center on suspicion of oral copulation by force and sending harmful matter to seduce a minor.

She is accused of having a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old girl she first met in her classroom. Police were given a cell phone that contained photos and messages that led them to suspect that inappropriate and unlawful behavior was taking place between Hisey and her former student.

The school district says there was never any reason to suspect a relationship. But the mother of a senior at Vista High said when school officials announced the arrest, students were not surprised because the teacher and the girl, who was described as “withdrawn,” had been spending a lot of time together.

Hisey resigned from her teaching position.
Full Name: Crissy Torcella Hisey
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UPDATE (June 24, 2008) - A Felony Settlement Conference is scheduled for 08/01/2008
Case SWF025505 Defendant 1685238 NOORIS, CRISSY T
Arrest charge was 1 count of Oral Cop/Under 18 years.
Filled charges are 10 counts of Oral Cop/Under 18 years and 1 count of Distribution/Exhibition of lewd Material to Minor
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GUILTY PLEA August 22 - Hisey pleaded guilty Friday to 10 felonies stemming from a sexual relationship she had with an underage girl. She pleaded to 10 counts of oral copulation with a minor and prosecutors dismissed one count of sending harmful material to a child. (That charge came from the pictures and videos found on the cell phones of both Hisey and the girl.)

According to court records, under the plea agreement, she faces up to 120 days in county jail - not prison - and her case will be reviewed by a probation officer before she is sentenced.

North Augusta, SOUTH CAROLINA

Thirty-seven-year old teacher and 14-year-old female student.

July 31, 2008 - Shannon Fowler, 37, a a math teacher at Paul Knox Middle School, was arrested on charges of contributing to the delinquency of a minor and enticing an enrolled child from attendance in school.

Authorities say Fowler was having an “inappropriate relationship” with one of her 14-year-old students since the fall of 2007, saying the two allegedly engaged in explicit conversations and that Fowler would take the girl off the school campus several times a week without the permission of the girl’s parents. Authorities say Fowler encouraged the teen to hide their relationship.

Investigators say the teacher spoke with the student throughout the day in person and by phone and text messages. Investigators say the conversations between the two were sexual in nature and even encouraged the girl to skip class to spend time with her.

Fowler is also accused of buying the girl a prepaid cell phone and giving her answers to a standardized test. South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) handled the investigation because Fowler's husband is a former employee of the North Augusta Department of Public Safety.
Aiken COUNTY

August 12, 2008 - Fowler is scheduled to appear in court on Sept. 5.

CERTIFICATE SUSPENDED September 10 - The South Carolina State Board of Education summarily suspended Fowler's educator certificate until a due process hearing or the matter is otherwise resolved. PDF

No other online updates to the case.

Nashville, TENNESSEE

Sentenced to three years in prison.

ARRESTED May 15, 2007 - Independence High School teacher Heather Thornsby, 34, has been arrested on charges that she had a sexual relationship with a student.

Thornsby told school officials that she’d been having an inappropriate relationship with a female student, according to the sheriff. She is charged with sexual battery by an authority figure and is being held at the county jail without bail.

The Williamson County Sheriff's Department told Channel 4 News that a parent filed a complaint. They said the complaint alleged improper contact between the teacher and a student. The girl’s parents discovered the relationship after finding a message in her room.

A second female teacher at the school is also being investigated for sex with another female student. Channel 2 news link.
Full Name: Heather Lee Thorsby

Update May 16 - Thornsby bailed out ($10,000) and to remain with her parents who live in Franklin. Thorsby planned to resign at the end of the school year, according to Williamson County Schools Director Rebecca Sharber. She has been suspended without pay.
(Photo courtesy Williamson County Sheriff's Office.)

INDICTED Nov 13 - A grand jury has indicted Thornsby on seven counts related to an alleged inappropriate relationship with a student. She is charged with three counts of statutory rape by an authority figure, two counts of sexual battery by an authority figure and two counts of exploitation of a minor by electronic means.

Thorsby was arrested on May 15 and charged then with sexual battery by an authority figure. School officials suspended Thorsby without pay on May 11, after she admitted to displaying conduct unbecoming of a teacher.

In May, Williamson County Sheriff Ricky Headley said Thorsby told school officials she’d been having an inappropriate relationship with a female student. Headley said the relationship began as a friendship but turned sexual.

The girl turned 18 in March. Her parents uncovered the relationship after finding a message in her room, Headley said. The parents went to school officials.

GUILTY PLEA & SENTENCING July 31, 2008 - Thornsby pleaded guilty Monday to three counts of statutory rape by an authority figure and 2 counts of sexual battery by an authority figure. She was sentenced to three years in prison.

She was sentenced to three years for each of the five counts but as part of the plea bargain, she will serve the sentences concurrently. She was also required to registry with the state as a sex offender.

Monroe, NEW JERSEY

Oct 12, 2007 -
Victoria Blevins, 23, a physical education teacher at Monroe High School, has been charged with sexual assault of a female student and official misconduct.

She was arrested after the mother of a former female student at the school found an instant message on a computer suggesting that the student and teacher were having an inappropriate sexual relationship.

She was being held at the Middlesex County Adult Corrections Center in North Brunswick in lieu of $100,000 bail.

Anyone with tips should call Monroe Township Police detective Jason Grosser at (732) 521-0222, Ext. 147 or investigator James Kelly of the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office Sex Crimes Unit at (732) 745-3600.

NOT GUILTY PLEA Feb 8, 2008 - Blevins was in court but did not speak. A not guilty plea was entered on her behalf by an attorney for the New Jersey Education Association, the statewide teachers' union.

GUILTY PLEA April 18 - Blevins pleaded guilty to a downgraded charge of harassment Thursday after the victim in the case recanted. The student continues to contact Ms. Blevins. Blevins agreed to give up her teaching certificate. She can eventually reapply for it through the state.

Her attorney, G. Robert Wills of Princeton, a network attorney for the state teacher's union, said Blevins intends to join the military. She will be sentenced July 18.

UNCOOPERATIVE VICTIM & REDUCED CHARGES July 18 - Charges against a former Monroe High School gym teacher accused having a sexual relationship with a female student have been reduced because the alleged victim has refused to cooperate with investigators, prosecutor said in court today

SENTENCED Blevins was sentenced today to three years probation for a disorderly persons charge of harassment. Blevins apologized for the affair sordid sex with the girl and said she planned to enter the military.

Port Orchard, WASHINGTON

Lesbian sexual contact nets teacher two months under house arrest.

May 23, 2008 - Ryann Springer, 25, a Kitsap High School teacher and assistant athletic medicine trainer, pleaded not guilty to one count of sexual misconduct with a minor for a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old female student.

Springer was arrested Tuesday and appeared in court Friday to face formal charging.

According to the certificate of probable cause filed by the POPD, School Resource Officer Bob MacFann received a complaint regarding suspicious activity between Springer and the student. The activity was alleged to be sexual in nature and include inappropriate text messaging, touching and other behaviors.

When the alleged victim was later interviewed by MacFann and a member of the Kitsap County Prosecutor’s Office’s Special Assault Unit, the student admitted to having sexual contact with Springer on “multiple occasions and in multiple locations,” which included the high school and Springer’s home in Gig Harbor.

The Port Orchard Police Department investigated the case and said "sexual contact" had occurred on at least four separate occasions. Springer was placed on administrative leave. This was her first year as a staff member at the school.
Full Name: Ryann C. Springer

GUILTY PLEA June 24, 2008 - Springer pleaded guilty to sexual misconduct. Her sentencing is scheduled for July 22, and the standard sentencing range is six to 12 months.

SENTENCED (sorta) July 22 - Springer was sentenced to six-months, however, she already spent about two months in the Kitsap County jail following her arrest in May. She will be allowed to serve the rest of her time under house arrest.

Danville, ALABAMA

July 22, 2008 - Jessica Defoor, 34, a 2nd grade teacher at Danville-Neel Elementary, was arrested, accused of having inappropriate contact with a female student in February 2006. She is being charged with second-degree sexual abuse - a Class A misdemeanor.

The student and her mother contacted police. Defoor was placed on administrative leave with pay.
Full Name: Jessica Heather Defoor

Whnt: (July 22)

Lieutenant Jonathan Green with Decatur P.D. says, "The incident allegedly happened back in 2006. It came to the attention of the police department in late 2007. Since that point, the family worked with our criminal investigation division, DHR and the Morgan County District Attorney's office to see which avenue is best to pursue prosecution of the case."

The girl was 14 at the time.

Raleigh, NORTH CAROLINA

April 15, 2008 - Shannon Best, 33, a Sanderson High School studies teacher, was arrested for taking indecent liberties with a student - an 18-year-old female student.

Although the victim is of legal age, police said criminal charges are being pursued because of the teacher-student nature of the alleged encounter.
Full Name: Shannon Lynn Best

GUILTY PLEA & SENTENCING June 18, 2008 - Arrested on a charge of taking indecent liberties with a student by school personnel, Best pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of misdemeanor attempted crime against nature and giving alcohol to a student.

"We wanted to make sure she pled to something that was on her record, so, if someone did a background check, it would be a red flag that it was something they needed to inquire about," Wake County District Attorney Jeff Cruden said.

Cruden said in court Wednesday that the student's mother found photos of her daughter drinking and kissing Best on her daughter's cell phone. Cruden said the student and her parents agreed to the plea deal so that the family, which has had a strained relationship, could begin to mend it.

As part of the plea, Best received a 45-day suspended jail sentence, 18 months of unsupervised probation, and she must pay a $250 fine and court costs. In addition, she cannot have any contact with victim nor be around minors without supervision. She will not have to register as a sex offender.

Post-biker girl Photo. She comes from a family of teachers in Kinston.

Lake Elsinore, CALIFORNIA

Franca sentenced to 240 days in jail - not prison - and registration as a sex offender for life.

Dec 16, 2006 - Franca Munoz-Juvera, 26, a Lakeside High School math teacher has been arrested on suspicion of lewd acts with a female student while the suspect's twin sister, Antonia Munoz-Juvera, 26, -- also a Lakeside teacher -- was arrested and accused of not reporting the alleged child abuse. Also arrested was Eileen Valerio.

The sisters, both in their first year in the school district, have been placed on administrative leave.
From left to right, they are Franca Munoz-Juvera, Antonia Munoz-Juvera, Eileen Valerio.

UPDATE: Jan 18, 2007 - Father's hunch lead to arrest. In September the father of the 16-year-old girl read an e-mail from from Franca Munoz-Juvera to his daughter and became suspicious. After talking to his daughter, he contacted the principal, vice principal and a sheriff's deputy. The vice principal later notified him that a background check showed nothing and no actions would be taken against the teacher, according to the father's account found in a request for a restraining order. He had to tape telephone conversations to get sufficient evidence for authorities to act.

COURT APPEARANCE Jan 23 - Court appearance scheduled for today, Friday by the latest. Valero is identified as the girlfriend of Antonia Munoz-Juvera by the victim. She posed as a student to drive the victim to meet with the teacher. Police are speculating that Valero might have been victimized when she attended Colony High.
"It makes sense," [Police detective Greco] said. "She was a student there. Her teacher taught there."

Update Mar 5 - On Monday, Lake Elsinore police detectives forwarded their reports to prosecutors, said detective Sgt. Evan Peterson. Prosecutors may soon decide whether to charge Franca and Antonia Munoz Juvera, 26-year-old twin sisters who live in the Rancho Cucamonga area in San Bernardino County.

ARRAIGNMENT SCHEDULED Oct 11 - After nearly a year, the three were charged in connection with a case of lewd acts with an underage girl who was a student at the school.. Court records state that arrest warrants have been issued for them and they are scheduled to be arraigned at the Hall of Justice in Riverside today.

CREDENTIAL SUSPENDED Oct 13 - Franca Munoz-Juvera's teaching credential was suspended because she was charged Tuesday with sexually abusing a minor, said Mary Armstrong, general counsel for the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing.

The school district has hired or designated an outside investigator to look into the Adelanto district's procedures that allowed the Munoz-Juvera sisters to be hired. He declined to comment further. (See entry on suspension.)

Oct 19 - From the Daily Press:

How could a woman dismissed from teaching in another district and under investigation for a sex crime involving a minor end up in Adelanto teaching children?

And then the reporter answers the question,

The Riverside Press Enterprise reported the policy of the Lake Elsinore school district was to answer all questions honestly and accurately when called as a reference, but that they do not volunteer information.

As for state records, it can take months before a credential is flagged.

GUILTY PLEA April 26, 2008 - Franca Munoz-Juvera pleaded guilty on Friday to committing a lewd act with a minor. She will be sentenced June 6. The judge told her that she could face from a year in jail to three years in prison when she is sentenced and that she will be required to register as a sex offender for the rest of her life.

Munoz-Juvera's twin sister and another woman pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges of being accessories after the fact for helping the former math teacher spend the night with the girl. They will be sentenced June 6th.

SENTENCED June 6 - Franca Munoz-Juvera was sentenced to 240 days in jail - not prison - plus five years probation. She will also have register as a sex offender for the rest of her life.

Her twin sister, Antonia Munoz-Juvera , and Eileen Valerio, were both sentenced to four months in jail on a work release program and three years probation for being accessories after the fact.

Nederland, TEXAS

May 28, 2008 - Kerry Foulk, 47, pleaded guilty Tuesday to felony charges of indecency with a child for engaging in sexual contact with a 14-year-old girl in September 2006.

Foulk's plea agreement with prosecutors calls for her to complete 10 years' deferred adjudication probation and to pay restitution for counseling attended by the student and her parent. She will have to register as a sex offender and will be barred from teaching in public schools.

The abuse, which occurred at Foulk's home, was not an isolated incident, Jefferson County prosecutor Pat Knauth said.

"After this student made an outcry, others came forward," Knauth said in a phone conversation Wednesday, explaining Foulk's activity with other girls did not rise to criminal levels.

Foulk is scheduled to be sentenced next month.
Full Name: Kerry Smith Foulk

She was indicted in July 2007. Foulk is married and has children. She had only substituted for the Nederland Independent School District few months before the investigation began, but she had worked in other districts previously.

Puyallup, WASHINGTON

Sentenced to five years in prison.

August 10, 2007 - Diane Hillman, 39, a counselor at Ballou Junior High School in Puyallup, was charged with child rape and molestation Friday for an alleged 5-month sexual relationship with a 15-year-old girl.

Hillman was charged with three counts of third-degree child rape and one count of child molestation, and was arraigned on Friday. Her next court appearance is Aug. 28.
Source: The Seattle Times
Full Name: Diane Amanda Hillman

SENTENCED April 27, 2008 - Hillman was sentenced to five years in prison. She pleaded guilty in February to three counts of third-degree child rape and one count of third-degree child molestation.

In her sentencing Friday, the 40-year-old Hillman asked Pierce County Superior Court Judge Lisa Worswick if she could be sentenced under a special provision that would keep her out of prison but require extensive sex offender treatment. The judge denied Hillmans' request because the judge said Hillman violated her position of trust.

Court records show Hillman pleaded guilty as charged on February 20, 2008 in Pierce County Superior Court.

See Ex-school counselor gets 5 years for raping teen

Somerville, NEW JERSEY

Found guilty by a jury. Sentenced to seven years in prison.

Dec 23, 2006 - Pamela Balogh, 39, , pleaded not guilty to allegations she sexually assaulted a 15-year-old female student while working at Immaculata High School in New Jersey.
(Picture: KATHY JOHNSON/COURIER NEWS)

Balogh was arrested Dec 14 and is charged with first-degree aggravated sexual assault, second-degree sexual assault, third-degree aggravated criminal sexual contact, fourth-degree criminal sexual contact and third-degree endangering the welfare of a child.

From the Star-Ledger: "During her 12-year tenure as coach at Immaculata, she was named The Star-Ledger coach of the year three times for Somerset County." (This seemed to be significant for them.)

PLEA OFFERED Mar 23, 2007 - The Courier-News reports that Pamela Balogh appeared in court today and was offered a prison term of 10 years in exchange for a guilty plea.

She was indicted last month on charges of first-degree aggravated sexual assault, second-degree sexual assault, third-degree charges of aggravated criminal sexual contact and endangering the welfare of a child and fourth-degree criminal sexual contact. Balogh has pleaded not guilty to the charges.

Mar 23 - Star-Ledger As part of the agreement, she would have to serve 85 percent of that time. link

PLEA DEAL REJECTED - July 17 - Balogh rejected a plea agreement that would have meant pleading to a first degree charge, but serving time for a 2nd degree offense and 8 years in prison.
TRIAL BEGINS - Nov 27 - Jury selection will begin today in the trial of Pam Balogh.

TAPED CONFESSION Nov 30- The taped confession of Balogh was played in the court.

STUDENT TESTIFIES Dec 4 - The student, now 18, testified about trinkets that Balogh gave her during study hall and the lengthy phone calls.

TRIAL CONTINUES Dec 4 - The mother of the student broke down Monday on the witness stand when she testified that phone bills showed Balogh had called her daughter's cell phone more than 50 times. The mother testified that she also found in her daughter's closet a bag containing gifts from Balogh.

The student's boyfriend testified that he received a phone call from her in December 2006, saying that she and Balogh had been "sexually involved" and that the rumors in school about their relationship were true. The boyfriend, who was a senior when he dated the student, a junior, said she was very upset and he told her to speak to her parents.

A school guidance counselor testified that Balogh once told her that because of the team's success she was "golden." The counselor also testified that Balogh called her wanting to get in touch with the student.

BALOGH TESTIFIES Dec 5 - Former Immaculata High School girls basketball and girls lacrosse coach Pam Balogh admitted Tuesday in testimony during her trial on sexual-assault charges that she had a sexual relationship with one of her players.
"I knew it was wrong," Balogh said.

DELIBERATIONS Dec 5 - The jury has begun deliberations after closing arguments.

The assistant prosecutor also characterized Balogh as arrogant, citing the teacher's quote that she was considered "golden" and "untouchable" at Immaculata.Head-Mellilo also cited testimony from another witness, who quoted Balogh as saying "You have a better chance of seeing God than me getting fired."

GUILTY VERDICT Dec 6 - The jury found Balogh guilty of:

• second-degree sexual assault,
• third-degree aggravated criminal sexual contact,
• third-degree endangering the welfare of a child, and;
• fourth-degree criminal sexual contact.

She was found not guilty of first-degree aggravated sexual assault. No sentencing date given.

PREVIOUSLY ALLOWED TO RESIGN Dec 7 - Home News Tribune: Balogh was allowed to resign from Immaculata in September 2004 when she was confronted by Immaculata administrators with an e-mail she sent to the student.

SENTENCED May 9, 2008 - Balogh was sentenced to seven years in prison. (Balogh will serve concurrently a seven-year sentence for second-degree sexual assault, four years for third-degree criminal sexual contact and one year for fourth-degree criminal sexual contact.)

Boise, IDAHO

Arrested for probation violation. Amazing how many female teachers who are sentenced to probation think the rules don't apply to them because the rules never have before.

ARRESTED Apr 30, 2007 -
Lauren Palmer, 22, an assistant high school softball coach at Centennial High School, was arrested and charged with felony sexual battery of a minor for allegedly having inappropriate sexual contact with a female student.

She was found in a car with the girl. The teenager was a student at Centennial High School.

City of Boise Police News Release page. [Page last updated Apr 27. Palmer was arrested on the 28th.]

GUILTY PLEA July 10 - Palmer pleaded guilty to sexual contact with a child. She will be sentenced in August.

Correction guilty plea. Thank you, poster. Even though the prosecution agreed to the withheld judgement, the final say is with the judge.

SENTENCED: March 26, 2008 -

Fourth District Judge Deborah Bail ruled that it appears to be a relatively minor, isolated incident.

She sentenced Palmer to two years probation and withheld judgment, a 30-day jail sentenced deferred, restitution for counseling for the girl and she will be required to undergo thinking errors under one-on-one counseling.

The girl was 16-years-old.

PROBATION VIOLATION - Feb 26, 2008 - Palmer was arrested by Ada County Sheriff's deputies after Idaho Probation and Parole issued a warrant for violation of parole terms and conditions.

She has conditions of her parole which include a curfew, and changing addresses without permission of Probation and Parole. She violated these two conditions, and Probation and Parole felt that these were enough to bring her back before a judge.
[TT - Hopefully, it will not be the same judge who sentenced her.]

March 10 - Palmer denies parole violation.

Goodyear, ARIZONA

Feb 5, 2008 - Susan Anderson, 28, a Desert Edge High School girls' coach, has been arrested on suspicion of having a sexual relationship with one of her students over the past year. Anderson also is a first-year fitness teacher at Centerra Mirage Elementary School.

Police say a family member became suspicious and contacted police. Detectives say there could be additional victims. Police believe the relationship started when the girl was just 15-years-old.

KPHO: Police said by her own admission Anderson preyed on victims due to their vulnerability. Police said their investigation into the alleged, one-year-long relationship led them to intercept and retrieve messages on myspace.com that contained information that indicated that a sexual relationship may have taken place.

Investigators said they also obtained phone records belonging to the coach and victim that revealed the pair had been engaging in multiple, hour-long conversations daily since December 2007. Officers also found thousands of text messages between the two during the same time period.

The victim said there were three to four incidents where Anderson had given her a ride home and that they had engaged in sexual contact, according to court documents.
Full Name: Susan Jayne Anderson

Goodyear police ask anyone with information to call 623-932-1220.