Arrested Teachers in the News 31 May (Thursday)

Discussion in '2012 Daily Arrest Blotters (Archive)' started by TMP, Jun 1, 2012.

  1. TMP

    TMP Himself

    Sex abuse, female perps:

    Erin Sayar, teacher at James Madison High School aka "Horndog High", Brooklyn, New York, "rape and other charges for engaging in sexual conduct with the 11th grade student at Brooklyn’s James Madison High School"
    Sex abuse, male perps:

    Thomas P. Gibbons, teacher at John F. Kennedy High School, Bronx, New York, "accused of engaging in sexual conduct with an underage [9 years old] female relative"
    Jason Ward, history teacher, head boys basketball coach & assistant football coach at Foyil High School, Foyil, Oklahoma, "accused of having sex with a minor"
    David Scott Brohamer, golf coach at Moreno Valley High School, Moreno, California, "suspicion of having a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old student"
    Albert Hernandez, softball coach at Silverado High School, Las Vegas, Nevada, "six felony counts, including sex between a school employee and student and production and distribution of child pornography"
    John McDaniel, teacher at Colleyville Middle School, Colleyville, Texas, "charges of online solicitation of a minor and having an improper relationship with a student"
    Non-sex stuff:

    Wanda Trapp Rutherford, teachers aide at Hatton School, Laqwrence, Alabama, "allowing a minor to consume alcohol at a party in her home"
    Therese Bamba Flores, teacher at Agueda Johnston Middle School, Guam, "allegedly using a student's phone to pester a man with text messages"
    Troy Douglas Elliott, former teacher & football coach at Malcom Price Laboratory School ["placed on administrative leave in the fall of 2011"], Cedar Falls, Iowa, "charged with three counts of providing alcohol to a person under the age"
    Study abroad:

    James Hoffman, nursery school teacher for Jancett Group of Day Nurseries, Wallington, England, video voyeurism, "charged with three counts of possessing indecent images of children after a camera was found in staff room"
    Updates:

    Update: Christina Marie Carbone
     
    TMP, Jun 1, 2012
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  2. TMP

    TMP Himself

    Sorry about the abbreviated update earlier, but the day's update is now complete. :)
     
    TMP, Jun 1, 2012
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  3. Justiceforvictims

    Justiceforvictims Guest

    With the recent number of incidents involving students being sexually abused by teachers I think we need to take a long hard look at how these incidents are handled. If we do, it will be a sad day as we will find that the perpetrators are more protected than the innocents whose life they are destroying.
    The following example illustrates this point. There is a case on Long Island where a level one sex offender was allowed to "retire" in between the time he was arrested and the time he pleaded guilty. Subsequent to his arrest, no real investigation was done to see if there are other victims. He now collects a nice NYS pension and is living off our tax dollars.
    He recently has made some posts defending his position on the following blog:

    http://www.topix.com/forum/city/baldwin-ny/TV895N58AO3LBKT1H

    If offers a fascinating, albeit sick look into the minds of those whom our children are being left in the hands of. Maybe its' time someone takes a really close look at how these incidents are handled in our state. I think there are 3 clear questions that arise from cases like this:

    1) Are we doing enough to protect our children or do we need stronger consequences to predators who take jobs in the school systems to gain exposure to potential victims?

    2) How is it legal for a perpetrator of any kind of child abuse, especially someone who used their job to gain exposure to victims, allowed to live off of tax payor money?

    3) How is it legal for schools NOT to do a thorough investigation once a predator is found in their employ when some studies show child abusers can have over 100 victims?

    4) Why do the media keep publishing stories about these incidents and never address these questions?

    I hope at some point our society gains the strength to protect our children and answer these questions
     
    Justiceforvictims, Jun 2, 2012
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  4. TMP

    TMP Himself

    If someone has already earned a pension, he or she can retire and collect it. Ones pension can only be affected through "due process of law", e.g. being convicted and fined or ordered to pay compensation to the victims.

    Regarding #3, schools doing their own investigating is one of the biggest reasons as to WHY we eventually end up with all the repeat problems. As a general rule, schools are lousy investigators. The trend (and I feel the best approach) is to turn investigations over to competent civil authorities( police & prosecutors) at the earliest opportunity and leave the investigating to them. If you read through my detailed postings (e.g. in the Cougars & Tomcats forums), you will see that most school districts are now doing exactly that.
     
    TMP, Jun 10, 2012
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