News 9: McLoud Teacher Who Admitted Taking Explicit Pictures Of Students Asks For Probation (Mar 11 2013) The McLoud elementary teacher who admitted taking sexually inappropriate pictures of her students and sending them to a friend, asked a judge to consider probation ahead of her sentencing. In a letter to the court ahead of her sentencing, Kimberly Crain detailed the timeline of events leading up to her arrest. She pleaded guilty to several counts of manufacturing and distributing child pornography as well as ten counts of lewd molestation.
Click here to download Kimberly Crain Pre-Sentence Investigation Report, includes her ~30-page handwritten letter, PDF 3 MB total. (Note: My Firefox, version 19.0, has trouble viewing this file. I don't have any issues opening it with Opera, version 11.64. The original source is here.)
Huffington Post: Kimberly Crain, Teacher Who Took Lewd Photos Of Students, Blames Menopause, Hypnosis, Cholesterol (Mar 13 2013) A former third-grade teacher who admitted to taking photos of her students dancing in their underwear provided a laundry list of bizarre excuses for her behavior ... Crain blamed menopause, hypnosis, an "emotionally absent" husband, high cholesterol and depression for her illegal acts, according to a letter to the court.
Palm Beach Post: Ex-Okla. teacher pleads guilty in child porn case (Mar 22 2013) Former third-grade teacher Kimberly Crain, 50, pleaded guilty midway through a sentencing hearing in which she could have been sentenced to life in prison on multiple counts of sexual exploitation of a child under 12 and possession of juvenile pornography, plus separate counts of conspiracy to commit sexual exploitation and lewd molestation. Crain tearfully apologized to members of her family, friends and the parents and other family members of more than a dozen former students ... Earlier, the judge accepted Crain's guilty pleas to 31 felony counts, including 18 counts of sexual exploitation that will require her to serve 85 percent of her 45-year sentence, or 37 years and three months, before she is eligible for parole. "You will be 87 years and several months old. Do you understand that?" Canavan said.
Tulsa World: Pottawatamie Count sentencing hearing set for ex-teacher (Mar 22 2013) A former Oklahoma teacher who pleaded no contest to child exploitation and pornography charges is scheduled for to be sentenced in Pottawatomie County. The hearing is scheduled Friday for 50-year-old Kimberly Crain. Crain pleaded no contest in January when a co-defendant, former professor of early childhood development Gary Doby of Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty to child exploitation charges and was sentenced to life in prison.