Gabriela Cortez, 42, Spanish teacher, Roosevelt High School, Los Angeles California

Gabriela Cortez was arrested on Wednesday for alleged sexual relationships with two students. An alleged victim contacted police because his conscience was bothering him, and told them he was banging Gabby from 2008 to 2010. During the ensuing investigation, the police found another student that also allegedly screwed her. All at her house.

She taught Spanish at the school for 18 years.

Kathryn Camille Murray, 28, 8th grade teacher, Memorial Middle School, Houston Texas

Kathryn Camille Murray was arrested and charged with sexual assault of a child. Allegedly she was having sex with a 15 year old student in his home, when the boy's 12 year old brother walked in on them. The younger brother saw a tan bra and used condom on the floor. The older brother then introduced the younger brother to Mrs Murray. The boys parents were not home at the time.

A faculty member member had reported the inappropriate relationship on Feb 13, and the teacher was removed from her position. Murray had attended the school herself and was teaching there for three years. She tutored the boy after class and they started exchanging text messages. You see where this is going, right? Yep, next they fell in love and started having sex.

Murray emptied her bank account and bought a plane ticket to Mexico to visit her brother.  But after getting out of jail on bond, she has to wear an ankle monitor, so it looks like she will not be travelling any time soon. Murray has been married to a local lawyer since 2009.

Deborah Lee Tipton, 44, special education and eighth-grade math teacher, Mountain Community School, Hendersonville, North Carolina

Deborah Lee Tipton was charged with first-degree sexual exploitation of a minor. Allegedly she videotaped a girl's genetalia and then disseminated the video "for the purpose of producing material containing a visual representation depicting this activity, the defendant knowing the character and content of the performance and material."

That allegation makes my skin crawl.

Monica Lee Teel, 27, Civics teacher, Murfreesboro High School, Murfreesboro Arkansas

Monica Lee Teel surrendered to authorities in connection with a series of sexual liaisons she allegedly carried on with a Murfreesboro student for more than a year. She was booked into the Hempstead County Detention Center on a single count of a charge of Sexual Assault in the First Degree. Allegedly the teacher was having regular sex with a student in a remote cabin.

Lauren Redfern, 25, Gym teacher, Basalt High School, Basalt Colorado

Lauren Redfern has a warrant out for her arrest. She has agreed to turn herself in to police today. She will be charged with sexual assault on a child by a person in a position of trust. Allegedly she had repeated sexual contact with a 17 year old male student at the school. The student is a senior who is now 18. The relationship began in the fall and went on for 3 or 4 months.

Redfern graduated from Basalt High school in 2004, and was coaching the girls basketball team. Evidently Lauren was a great high school basketball player back then.

Update Feb 16 2012: Redfern was booked today, and will remain in jail pending her first court appearance. I hope someone told her about underarm deodorant.

Update Feb 16 2012: Some new info I saw today: Allegedly Lauren and her young sex partner were caught screwing in the teachers bathroom.

Update Feb 23 2012:  Looks like she resigned her position.

Some coach with the team photos here.

Update May 24 2012:  Laura pleaded guilty to a felony charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. But she will not face prison time and will not be added to the sexual-offender registry.

Credit: Jim Ryan Special to The Aspen Times

Credit: Eagle County Sheriff

Feb 3 2004
Aspen Times photo / Paul Conrad

Christine Powell, 39, Special Education teacher, Middletown High School, Middletown Connecticut

Christine Powell has been arrested and charged with second-degree sexual assault. Details of the case have not been released.

Powell had resigned her position in late 2011. Her lawyer said she misses her two children. In court he said Powell is going through a divorce.

Update Feb 24 2012: Some details of the case have now been released. The student's mother found Christine's Victoria Secret panties and class ring under the boy's mattress, and made a complaint. Powell tutored the kid in middle school, then she transferred here job to the high school, where the kid was attending. Colleagues were concerned about the relationship. One teacher stopped by Powell's house in the summer, she answered the door in a bikini and the kid and a friend were swimming in her pool. Powell says they are in love, and were going to move out of state together once the kid turned 18.

Lisa Kays, 46, Spanish teacher, Putnam City High School, Warr Acres OK

Lisa Kays was arrested Monday on three complaints of rape and two complaints of forcible oral sodomy. The charges sound pretty scary. An anonymous e-mail tipped off authorities. The student was questioned about the relationship, but he denied it. Some other students were interviewed, and then the boy was interviewed a second time, during which he admitted he had not been completely truthful. Allegedly 5 incidents occurred, 3 on the school grounds after school, one in the city of Warr Acres and another in Oklahoma City.

Court records show that Kays' husband, Skyler Kays, filed for divorce Jan. 20. The two married in September 1985 and have two grown children.

Stacy Stracener, 36, Science teacher, Cabot Junior High North, Cabot Arkansas

Stacey Stracener was arrested on 11 counts of First Degree Sexual Assault and 2 counts of Second Degree Sexual Assault. The 15 year old victim told his mother he and Stacy had sexual contact including intercourse 13 times. The boy's mother found a crapload of text messages on his phone from the teacher.

Stracener once taught the boy in 7th grade and was a friend of his family, often attending BMX bike races with them and her own family.

Ashley Jean Campbell, 27, teacher, Montrose Christian School, Rockville MD.

Ashley Jean Campbell has been charged with having sex with a 16 year old student at Montrose Christian School in Rockville MD. Police received an anonymous tip about the relationship, and started an investigation. Allegedly the victim claims they had been together for a year and a half, and they liked to park in the parking lot of a park and bang away in the teacher's car.

Andrea Ebert, 30, Special Education teacher, Rice Lake Middle School, Rice Lake WI

Andrea Ebert has been arrested and charged with two counts of sexual assault. According to police, Ebert allegedly had sex with two different 17 year old students, on separate occasions, between Nov 9 2011 and Jan 31 2012. Allegedly she sent one boy 15 nude photos of herself.  The other kid got only 10. And he gave her a ride home from a bar.  If anyone has these pics, please send them to me at TeachersInCustody@gmail.com The criminal complaint alleges that Ebert admitted to spreading her legs for the boys and sending nude photos. A citizen tipped off police. Evidently Ebert was pulled out of class in the middle of the school day Friday, and transported by police to the police station, in a low-key manner. And allegedly the sexual contact with the boys happened in her homes in the city of Barron and the village of Cameron. Damn this skank hot box owned two houses!

The teacher is now on unpaid leave, and due back in court on March 22. Her husband filed divorce papers with the court yesterday.

Some awesome dude grabbed this off facebook before it got pulled down.
Supposedly it said she has 4 or 5 kids too.
We shall see, I'm sure that info will come out sooner or later...

Heather Whitten, 38, 5th grade reading teacher, Williams Intermediate School, Pell City AL

Heather Whitten was arrested for the second degree rape of a student between the ages of 12 and 16. Police revealed few details, but said they received a tip, and started an investigation. They allege an incident happened off school grounds.

The teacher has been suspended without pay. Or maybe with pay. Just goes to show, who knows what is true or not. We don't know any of the details of these allegations, and what the evidence is. Whitten is reported to be married with 3 children.

Cristina Preston, 44, Special Education teacher, Veterans Memorial Middle School, Columbus GA

Cristina Preston was arrested for sexual assault on a 14 year old student. She is charged with two counts of child molestation, one count of enticing a child, and one count of sexual assault against a person in custody. A police report alleges that an incident took place at Cooper Creek Park off Milgen Road just after midnight on Monday. She has been teaching in the school district for 19 years.

Source: Muscogee Co. Jail   (click for large version)

Unknown teacher, 29, teacher, unknown school, Australia

First lets start out with the fact that Australia has different laws than the USA, which prevents the naming of the teacher, the school or the location of the offences. But a teacher pleaded guilty to five sex offences between November 2010 and January 2011. The lesbian teacher had an 8 month sexual relationship with a female student. She pleaded guilty to four charges of sexual penetration of a child under 16 or 17 in her care, supervision or authority, and one count of committing an indecent act. She was sentenced to three years' jail, with eight months to be served immediately, and the remaining 28 months were suspended.

Evidently the teacher and student told each other they loved each other. They exchanged 100s of text messages, would meet in local parks, sleep in the teacher's car together, and even skipped school to be with each other. The students mother was pissed off though, due to here daughter's innocence being violated.

Rachel Farrell, 25, Language Arts teacher, Bangor Area High School, Bangor PA

Rachel Farrell has been arrested and charged with three counts of corruption of minors. Allegedly she had sex with a 17-year-old student on numerous occasions. Allegedly in secluded spots where they parked the car, a Walmart parking lot, and a Ramada Inn in Tannersville. Allegedly the teacher and teenager got to know each other through Facebook and text messaging. The district attorney said that the teacher is cooperating with the investigation and admitted to relationships with 4 students. Presently only 1 of the 4 teens has cooperated with the police.

Farrell was married in June 2010, and according to police affidavit had sex with the teen from Aug 2010 to Jan 2011. Whne the allegations came to light, she was placed on administrative leave and then resigned her teaching position in December 2011.

Tammi Monty, 40, 6th grade teacher, Manitoba School, Milwaukee WI

Tammi Monty was arrested on felony child enticement. Police caught her half naked in her SUV with a 14 year old boy. Ummm, that is the bottom half that was naked.

Allegedly the teacher sent him nude pictures and an explicit 30 second video of herself, and had asked the boy for a photo of his genitals, and said she wanted to have sex with him. Allegedly the boy told police that on Jan 28th he received a text message from Tammi Monty, asking him if he wanted to go out with her. He replied yes, and Monty showed up to his home between 1:30 and 2:00 in the morning. The complaint says the two drove to an empty parking lot and parked, and were listening to music. The complaint says Monty then told the boy to get into the back seat, and take off his underwear, after which Monty removed her underwear as well. The complaint says Monty gave the boy a condom, and he opened it and was holding it when police walked up to the car. A Milwaukee police officer saw an SUV in the KK Sports Center parking lot, and walked up to the driver’s side door. Using his flashlight, the officer saw two people in the back seat, both naked from the waist down.

Lisa Gaye Placek, 45, Language Arts teacher, Traverse City West Senior High School, Traverse City MI

Lisa Gaye Placek has been arrested and charged with first-degree criminal sexual conduct. Police allege that Placek met with a 15 year old male student while on Christmas break, and that she performed oral sex on the sophomore while in her car in Elmwood.

Placek was a well-liked girls volleyball coach and language arts teacher. The school district placed her on a leave of absence pending a criminal investigation on Jan 21, and terminated her employment on Jan 24.

Placek assuredly has a secure spot in the bleach blondest teacher arrested of all time.

Update Jan 2012: Placek was arraigned via video camera from her jail cell at around 3:30pm Monday afternoon. She was denied bail and is jailed until a Feb. 10 preliminary hearing. Wow, that is harsh!

Update Mar 2 2012: Placek plead guilty to a lesser count of assault with intent to commit sexual penetration. Sentencing will be Mar 12. She could get up to 10 years in prison. The prosecutor is happy with the plea, saying "We didn't have a statement from her. We could go to trial, and it could be a he-said, she-said type of situation."

Credit: Record-Eagle file photo/Jan-Michael Stump

Sarah Drown, 20, after school programs coordinator, Lillian Larsen School, San Miguel CA

Sarah Drown was arrested by police after reports surfaced of a sexual affair between her and a 14 year old male student that occurred in Nov 2011.  A school employee saw them walking together, and the next day the student had hickeys all over his neck. The boy claims they had sex several times since October. Allegedly Drown admitted that they had sex one time over Christmas break.

Joanne Léger-Legault, ??, teacher, Merivale High School, Ottawa Canada

Joanne Léger-Legault pleaded no contest to allegations of professional misconduct involving four male students. Read the official case against her here, which states, "By her own admission, the Member violated student/teacher boundaries by engaging in inappropriate conduct that included transporting students in her car, meeting with students outside of the school setting, discussing personal issues, exchanging text messages and e-mails of an inappropriate personal nature, kissing one of the students on the lips, and having an intimate sexual relationship with two of the students.

No criminal charges have been filed in this case. These sanctions were handed down by the Ontario College of Teachers discipline committee. Joanne Léger-Legault has been stripped of her teaching license.

Joanne is the one on the left

Joanne is in the first row on the left

Sarah Holmes, 22, English teacher, North Pitt High School, Bethel NC

Sarah Holmes was arrested for having an inappropriate relationship with a 17-year-old male student. Police received a report in November and began an investigation. The teacher was suspended and then resigned a few days later. Holmes graduated from East Carolina University in 2011, and was in her first year of teaching - hired in August 2011. She started banging the student within days of taking the job, and continued until November when she got caught and was suspended.

Credit: WCTI 12 news

Jennifer Schultz, 25, teacher, Hebron ND

Jennifer Schultz teacher allegedly allowed four boys into her home in late October, and allegedly provided them with alcohol. She allegedly had sex with one boy, and then allegedly was turned down by another boy. This part is not alleged, she got charged with two counts of sexual assault, one count of corruption of a minor, and another count of delivery of alcohol to a minor.

It is believed to be her first teaching job (and likely her last). The school district released her, and she moved back to Minnesota.

Jacqueline Lavigne, 31, teacher, Monsignor Doyle Catholic Secondary School, Cambridge Canada

Jacqueline Lavigne faces a charge of sexual exploitation of a 17-year old male student. She is alleged to have had inappropriate sexual contact with the student off school property in October 2011. She will return to court on Feb 8 and plans to plead not guilty.

Heather Lasseigne Chiasson, 27, teacher, South Lafourche High School, Lafourche LA

Heather Chiasson was charged with with prohibited sexual conduct between an educator and a student. Allegedly she had sex with a 17-year-old student. The student was interviewed by police and spilled the beans. Allegedly he showed the detectives graphic sexual messages on his cell phone.

Whitney Dow Buck, 38, Business teacher, Morehead High School, Eden NC

Whitney Dow Buck was arrested and charged with sexual activity with a student by a teacher, school administrator, student teacher, coach, or school safety officer. Evidently someone tipped off police about the relationship. Buck was an employee of the Rockingham County Schools System since August 2010, and resigned on Jan 18.

I have NO IDEA if this is the same Whitney Buck who wrote the blog stayathomemommyblogger

And check this out: There is a social studies teacher at Morehead High School named Tommy Buck. And the Whitney Buck that wrote the blog above, is married to a guy named Tommy. Some coincidence, right? OK, I might be able to put 2 and 2 together. Is it possible that Tommy and Whitney worked together at the high school, and she was banging a student, right under his nose? I can't comprehend that, I feel so sorry for Tommy and those 2 kids, I do not know what to say. Speechless!

Update Feb 7 2012: A grand jury handed down an indictment yesterday.

Update July 28 2012: Guilty. 30 days in jail.

jail shot

Wow, she does not look so good in the mugshot photo.
But then again, who does?