Nicole Kurowski, 7, Gym Teacher, Tulpehocken High School, Reading PA

Gym Teacher Nicole Kurowski has been arrested on charges of institutional sexual assault.  She allegedly had sex with a student both on and off school property.  Police allegedy recovered lots and lots of photos and text messages between the two.

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.

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.

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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.

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.

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

Christina Layser, 37, 6th grade math teacher, Reynolds Middle School, Lancaster PA

Christina Layser was charged with one count of Unlawful Contact with Minor, one count of Corruption of Minors, and three counts of Indecent Assault. A 13 year old student reported inappropriate conduct that had been occurring between him and a 36-year-old female teacher, to the School Resource Officer. Police investigated and found incidents occurring in the teacher's classroom between Oct 2011 and Dec 2011. The boy claims that Layser initiated the contact, and that she kissed him on the lips and mouth and touched his genitals and "did cause him to touch her genitals."

Obviously the police don't always release all the details of every case, but I wonder if this is a case of "he said she said".  Lots of cases involve things like phone calls, text messages, things can can be tracked, but I don't know about this case...

Sherri Baffa, 36, Math teacher, Sullivan East High School, Bluff City TN

Sherri Baffa has been arrested on seven counts of sexual exploitation of a minor. The police received an initial report of the alleged crimes in May of this year. Evidence includes explicit photos of an adult female and juvenile male, dated 2007. Police identified the victim as 16-years-old at the time of the alleged offenses. Allegedly the indictment describes seven different incidents that allegedly took place in February 2007.

The indictments against Baffa allege she, “did unlawfully, knowingly and feloniously promote, employ, use, assist, transport or permit a minor to participate in the performance of, or in the production of, acts or material which includes the minor engaging in sexual activity.”

She is expected in back court on September 30.

Update Dec 5 2011:  Evidently the photos that allegedly show the teacher having sex with a 16 year old male were provided to police by the teacher's former husband.  The student is denying that it is him in the photos.  And Sherri Baffa is denying that she had any type of sexual relationship with the boy, implying the pictures were photoshopped or something.  The case was reset for Feb 15.

Update Feb 16 2012: Sheeri Baffa appeared in court briefly, and the case was again reset to Apr 27 at the request of Sullivan County Assistant Public Defender Andrew Gibbons.

This case is starting to smell fishy to me. The EX-Husband finds the pictures 4 years later? Either the pictures are real, or they were photoshopped. An expert could settle this matter in one day. Five months since the arrest, and no one knows if the evidence is real or not? Why are the authorities in Johnson County taking months and months on this? Is there any other evidence?

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Jordan Lane, 27, teacher, Honey Grove TX

Jordan Lane was arrested for alleged sexual misconduct with a 14 year old student. She resigned from the Honey Grove Independent School District on June 20th. Her husband was also an employee of the Honey Grove ISD, and he too resigned his position. Ironically, Lane and her alleged victim are both pictured in one volume of the tiny K-12's yearbook: When Lane was a high school senior, her purported victim was in kindergarten.

Zenna Galeria, 23, teachers aide, American Falls High School, American Falls ID

Zenna Galeria has been officially charged with felony sexual battery. She has not been arrested because of her cooperation, officers said. She will be served a summons for her arraignment on August 15.

Galeria was fired after an investigation into her relationship with a 17 year old student. Allegedly the relationship started with text messaging and ended in shagging something physical.  The head volleyball coach/teacher's aide and the student have had an ongoing relationship for the last five months. The sheriff's office believes it started during the last half of the school year.

Evidently Zenna is married to a guy named Robbie.

Update Aug 15 2011: Galeria was in court for her arraignment, and is due back in court August 26th at 10 a.m.

Update Sept 9 2011: Zenna Galeria pleaded not guilty to the charges against her.

Update Nov 14 2011: Zenna has changed her plea to guilty, evidently in hopes of getting a lighter sentence.  She will be sentenced Jan 14 2012.

Update Jan 13 2012: Zenna was sentenced to 45 days in jail.

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Belinda Ray, 40, English teacher, Cleveland High, Rio Rancho NM

Belinda Ray is charged with three counts of rape and three counts of selling or giving alcohol to a minor. Detectives say the victim is now an adult, but was a juvenile when the alleged incident happened.

The student was in Ray's AP English class. Allegedly in Dec 2007 they met in the auditorium, then went to a nearby neighborhood, consumed alcohol, and performed sex acts on each other. A second occurrence happened at Haynes Park, and a third at the student's home. Police say they have 47 e-mails and a statement from the 'victim', proving Ray was banging having sex with the student. Ray is also accused of furnishing her young victim with alcohol, marijuana and cocaine.

The student's ex-girlfriend contacted the police and reported the teacher.

Rio Rancho Public Schools officials say Ray resigned at the end of this past school year, but didn’t say if it had any connection to the alleged incident. Ray worked at Cleveland High from 2009 until this year. Before that, she spent 10 years at Rio Rancho High.

Danielle Johnsen, 29, science teacher, Notre Dame Academy, Staten Island NY

Danielle Johnsen, a Staten Island Catholic school teacher, is accused of having sexual contact with a student. She was released without bail, and her lawyer say the entire story was made up by the student. Allegedy the female student and teacher engaged in makeout sessions, and the teacher used her hand to perform something on the student.

Ok, where is the evidence. Is this just a "she said, she said" case?

Colette Phelps, 28, teacher, Stratford Middle School, San Jose CA

Colette Phelps was arrested after being accused of sexually molesting one of her 14 year old students. It is believed that the relationship began approximately April 10 and continued until June 1. Ironically she listed 'fist pumping' as one of her favorite sports.

Her lawyer Steven Clark said she was 'deeply embarrassed' by the charges, and he said he would present evidence that Phelps had a medical issue that could have played a part in the alleged abuse.

Colette is married and has taught at the private middle school for 5 years.

Update Nov 15 2011:  Colette Phelps pleaded no contest to the charges against her and was sentenced to 5 months in jail.

April Patzkowsky, 32, teachers aide, W.K. Kellogg Middle School, Battle Creek MI

April Patzkowsky has been charged with sexual assault involving a middle school student that she helped in class. She was picked up in Brownsville TX. It is unknown if she was attempting to flee the country or not.

Update Nov 9 2011: April Patzkowsky has been sentenced to 7 to 15 years in prison. She has lost her husband and child as a result of this crime.
Wow that is a long sentence!  Seems way too long to me...

Randi Savage, 31, Reading teacher, Cheatham Middle School, Clarksville TX

Randi Lynn Bratcher Savage has been arrested and charged with two felonies. She is alleged to have sent sexually explicit notes, cellphone messages, and facebook messages to a 13 year old boy. Allegedy she kissed and hugged the boy. The boy's parents contacted the police. The school has removed her from her teaching position.

Update June 12 2012: The boy's mother found a note in the kids pants while doing the laundry.  Allegedly it was written by Savage Randi, and detailed sexually explicit things she wanted to do with the boy.

Update Feb 14 2012: Randi pleaded guilty, was sentenced to 5 five years in prison.

Abby McElhenny, 23, Spanish teacher, Boiling Springs High School, Boiling Springs SC

Abby McElhenny was allegedly seen by friends, holding hands with a teen at a restaurant, and the city’s annual Spring Fling festival. That teen's mother also found hundreds of text messages exchanged between teacher and student. OOOPS!

McElhenny resigned from her teaching position on Tuesday May 31, and turned herself into authorities on Wednesday June 1, when she was arrested. She has been charged with sexual battery of a student 16 or 17 years of age.

The first bunch of pictures are certainly her. I have been told by extremely reliable sources the last one is Abby also, let me know if you think it is not.

Teri Decker, 40, Health teacher, Corning High School, Corning NY

Teri K. Decker has been charged after an investigation into inappropriate contact with a 16-year-old male student.

Allegedly the teacher and student were sexting constantly. They communicated by cell phone text messages at all hours of the day and night and engaged in sexual conversation by text. Teri encouraged the victim to hide the relationship from his mother. Police said that during this time period thousands of text messages, many of them sexual in nature, were exchanged.

Allegedly on Feb. 14 the teacher grabbed the boy by the hand, pushed him against a desk, and kissed him on the lips continuously for 10 minutes while in Room 800 of Corning East. Later that day, police said, Decker continually kissed, held and allowed the same boy to touch her buttocks for nearly 30 minutes in the same school room.

In 2006, Teri Decker was certified as a Rape Crisis Counselor/Advocate for
the Rape Crisis of the Southern Tier. Wow.

Update: Teri Decker will be sentenced July 26.

Update Sept 20 2011: Teri Decker was sentenced to 15 days in jail, with three years probation.

Sept 20 2011 sentencing Credit: WETM

Michelle Falcon Garza, 32, teacher, Veterans Middle School, Rio Grande City TX

Michelle Falcon Garza was arrested for allegedly using alcohol to lure a teenage boy into her trailer, to get sexual contact, while camping at the Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show & Rodeo. The 16-year-old boy's mother told Action 4 News that Garza was a family friend until she learned what happened. The mother said Garza is a teacher at Rio Grande Citys Veterans Middle School and was competing in the rodeo earlier this month.

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Tammy Clinton, 39, 8th grade geography teacher, Farnell Middle School, Tampa FL

Tammy Clinton is accused of forcing a 14 year old middle school boy to touch her breasts, while she groped his buttocks. And of trying twice to arrange to meet him off campus for sexual activity. Police arrested her on two counts of lewd and lascivious molestation and two counts of lewd and lascivious conduct.

The distressed student eventually revealed what had taken place, and police had him wear a wire to collect evidence.

Apparently Tammy was a popular teacher with a spotless record, who taught at the school for eight years. Which just shows how effective those school background checks are...

Update May 11 2011:  Tammy Renee Clinton pleaded guilty to one count of lewd and lascivious conduct, and was placed on probation for 10 years. In exchange for the plea, the state dropped a molestation charge.

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2011-05-10 in court
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2011-05-10 in court
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2010-09-27 DUI arrest mugshot

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