Amber Stroda, 28, 3rd grade teacher, Solomon Elementary School, Solomon Kansas

Amber Stroda turned herself in to the Dickinson County Sheriff’s Office, after a warrant was issued charging her with 6 felonies. She is charged with 3 counts of Feloniously Engaging in Consensual Intercourse, and 3 counts of Feloniously Engaging in Consensual Sodomny. Allegedly she was involved in inappropriate relations with two high school students.

Update Aug 7 2013: Amber plead guilty to three felony counts of unlawful sexual relations.

Update Nov 13 2013: Amber was sentenced to 15 weekends in jail, plus 7 years probation.

The Updated Riley County Registered Offender Map is posted here.

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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.

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...

Natalie Gentry, 33, English teacher, LaRue County High School, Hodgenville KY

Natalie Gentry is being investigated by police say an investigation regarding a sexual relationship with a male student. Parents told WAVE 3 that Gentry has been off the job for a few weeks. The investigation is on going, and no arrest has been made.

In a somewhat related story, in the beginning of the 2010 school year, LaRue County High instituted a school-wide laptop program. And get this: "English teacher Natalie Gentry said one of her favorite features is an instant-messaging feature where students can ask her questions privately." Oh my gosh, I don't even know what to say to that...

Update Nov 17 2011: Police have turned over the results of their investigation to the prosecutor.  No decision has been made, whether or not charges will be filed.  Police believe that Natalie had sex with more than 1 male student.  The school district has fired her, and she has not appealed.

Update Jan 16 2012: Natalie Gentry has been arrested. The victim's mother has spoken to a newspaper. Allegedly the victim was one person who helped Natalie while her husband was overseas in the military, and she was taking care of an infant. He went to school where she taught, and he mowed her lawn and plowed her fields. Kentucky state police allege that she was involved with 2 students, age 17 and 18.

Update Feb 3 2012: Natalie Gentry has pleaded not guilty to the charges against her. She will be back in court Mar 12.

Laura Michelle Gallegos, 38, teacher's aide, Shasta High School, Redding, CA

Laura Michelle Gallegos has been arrested for allegedly engaging in sex with with a member of the Orland High School wrestling team, including in the stands during a state wrestling meet in Bakersfield. She is also accused of having exchanges of sexually explicit text messages with another juvenile male on the wrestling team.

Evidently one of the students mothers was checking his cell phone, and he admitted he was sexting the teacher's aide. A police investigation ensued. Gallegos was the mother of a wrestler at an unidentified school.

Update June 14 2011:  Her trial is set to begin Nov 14.

Update Feb 18 2012: Laura Michelle Gallegos changed her plea to guilty, to one felony count of arranging a meeting with a minor with the purpose of committing lewd acts. She was facing a trial beginning Feb 21. As part of the deal, 9 felony charges were dismissed. She faces up to 4 years in prison.

Shannon Hirchert, 42, Special Needs teacher, Martha Layne Collins High School, Shelbyville KY

Shannon Hirchert is facing charges for allegedly having sexual contact with two students. Allegedly she sent pornographic picture of herself to the students from her cell phone. If you have any of these pictures, PLEASE e-mail them to TeachersInCustody@gmail.com. Allegedly she had 5 encounters with one student, and 1 with the other. Allegedly the encounters occurred in a classroom and parking lots.

Rene Chantel Frank, 27, Math teacher, Charles Drew High School, Riverdale GA

Rene Chantel Frank was arrested and charged with sexual assault of a person in custody/school. She reportedly admitted to police that she engaged in sexual acts with a 17 year-old male.

It all started when the student's father asked her to transport the boy to Charles Drew High School. Which of course led to backseat sex. To complicate things slightly, the teacher claims she is pregnant with twins and that the 17-year-old boy is the father. Another student claims to have slept with her too, an accusation Frank denies.

Stacy Hopkins, 28, Gym teacher, Arlington High School, Arlington TN

Stacy Hopkins was arrested and charged with statutory rape of two male students. Allegedy she sent the males nude pictures of herself and had sexual intercourse them. Allegedy Ms Hopkin's boyfriend found out about it, and turned her in to the school principal. And allegedly her Facebook status was set to “Teaching high school students what not to do or how to do it without getting caught. :-)”

Ironic, isn't it?

Update May 24 2011: Stacy Hopkins was arrested again. Additional charges were filed, police found a third student who spent some quality time between Stacy's thighs.

Update Dec 15 2011: Stacy was indicted by a grand jury for the statutory rape of three students.

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Kimme Woolf, 29, teacher, Perrin High School, Perrin TX

Kimme Woolf was arrested for having sex with 2 students, 16 and 18 years old. According to the arrest warrant complaint, two Perrin High School students approached Woolf about a rumor she had left Mineral Wells schools because she was “messing around with students” and asked if she wanted to “fool around.” She declined, but the boys persisted, and eventually she agreed (allegedly).  Woolf met with the students on a gravel road where she allegedly performed oral sex on both of them. After that Woolf allegedly met with the 18-year-old at least two additional times for sex.

Parent's of the boys found text messages that revealed the sexual acts between their sons and the female teacher. After contacting Woolf they approached the principal and CPS was notified. Woolf's husband reportedly met with investigators and told them his wife called him around Oct. 22 and told him she had a letter he needed to read, court records state. When he jokingly asked if she was having sex with a student, Woolf reportedly told him she was, according to the affidavit. He told the investigator he had suspected she was having an affair.

Allegedly, the students parents sent her text messages, and wrote her a letter urging her to resign. She refused, but later said she would resign, but never did. That's when the parents contacted the authorities.

What an idiot! She could have got away with it, but I think now she is going to jail...

Update June 4 2011:  Kimme Woolf entered a guilty plea and agreed to an 8 year prison sentence. Woolf’s attorney asked the judge to delay sentencing until July 1 so she could arrange for resignation of her employment, finalize bankruptcy proceedings and spend time with her two 18-month-old twins.  This website says she is 5'4" and weighs 190 pounds.

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Jennifer Riojas, 25, Science teacher, Carter-Riverside High School, Fort Worth TX

Jennifer Riojas, 27, a science teacher in Fort Worth, Texas, was pregnant when arrested for sexual assault in November after allegedly having sex with a 16-year-old student. The pupil came forward because he was worried that the baby was his. He told police they met in motels, and even had sex when he was in a hospital bed recovering from a football injury.  Riojas has denied all allegations.  She resigned from the school district, citing stress on her pregnancy due to the rumors, and not believing secondary education was here calling. A second student was also rumored to have had sex with Riojas.

Update Jan 17 2012:  Riojas pleaded guilty to having an improper relationship with a 16-year-old male student. She received six years deferred adjudication probation, and will not be able to teach again.  Regarding the father of her baby, Riojas attorney said, "if you do the math, the teenager could not be the child's father as their last sexual encounter was in January of 2009 and she gave birth exactly one year later".

Christy L. Smith, 32, English teacher, McCaskey High School, Lancaster PA

Christy Smith has been arrested on allegations of having a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old male student. Smith allegedly had sexual intercourse with the boy at least 10 times, police said in a criminal complaint. She also performed oral sex on him twice, and she had him perform oral sex on her on at least five occasions.

Smith is charged with three counts of statutory sexual assault, six counts of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, three counts of unlawful contact with a minor and three counts of corruption of minors.

Update Oct 28 2010: Reportedly, another charge is pending against Christy Smith. Smith was charged with one count of corruption of minors and will be arraigned at a later date. This new charge alleges a second victim, a minor who was not one of her students, nor did he attend McCaskey High School. Reportedly, Smith remains incarcerated at Lancaster County Prison.

Update Feb 4 2011: Smith has lost her teaching licence and is awaiting trial.

Update Jan 23 2012: Smith now faces more charges.  Appears that she took some pics of the boy she was with.  Did I read that right?  She has been in jail since Oct 8 2010?  A year and 3 months?  Nobody could/would bail her out?  WTF?

Marla Gurecki-Haskins, 37, special education teacher, Canandaigua Academy, Canandaigua NY

Marla Gurecki-Haskins has been arrested for allegedly performing oral sex on a 17-year-old student on school property, and for allegedly using her cell phone and e-mail to try to encourage two 16-year-old male students to engage in sexual conduct with her.  She denies any physical contact took place.  Certain interwebs have dubbed her, the "Special Head-ucation" teacher.

Update Sept 2010: Gurecki-Haskins agreed to a plea bargain, for 45 days in jail plus three years probation in regards to two counts of endangering the welfare of a child and one charge of official misconduct.

Update Jan 6 2012: Gurecki-Haskins was sentenced today, to 45 days prison and 3 years probation.

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Jan 7 2011 being taken to jail
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Umm, did you know some pervs readers really like these pics of her shackled?
I've gotten requests for more handcuff pics, any teacher...

Stephanie Ragusa, 31, Math teacher, Davidsen Middle School, Tampa FL

Stephanie Ragusa has been arrested and charged with five counts of lewd and lascivious battery on allegations of having sex with a 15-year-old boy. Investigators allege that Ragusa performed oral sex on the boy twice, and had intercourse with him three other times, between Oct 1 2006 to May 4 2007. It is further alleged that the victim was also able to describe tattoos located on either side of Ragusa’s who-ha, tattoos which could only be seen if she wasn’t wearing clothes.

Update April 15 2008: Stephanie Ragusa has been arrested again. She was slamming another 15 year old. Police were able to link her via cell phone text message records. Allegedly she had sex with the boy as recently as Mar 10 2008.

Update April 28 2008: Stephanie Ragusa has been arrested again. Victim #2 did not show up for school, so police went to his house. They found Stephanie Ragusa there! So she got arrested for the third time in six weeks.

Update May 8 2008: Police believe there are now a total of four victims, and are investigating if there are others.

Update July 8 2008: Police release pictures of Ragusa's tattoos.

There is so much more, read some of it here...

Update June 28 2010: Stephanie Ragusa was convicted of having sex with 2 students, and was called a sexual predator today by a judge who sentenced her to 10 years in prison. Ragusa has already spent the last two years in jail. Ragusa plead guilty to repeated sexual encounters with a 14-year-old boy and a 16-year-old boy.

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