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Teacher who indecently filmed dozens of children pleads guilty
A school teacher who indecently recorded dozens of children has pleaded guilty to more than 60 offences. The male teacher, who was sacked upon being charged, faced the WA District Court on Thursday and entered guilty pleas to 62 charges, including 57 counts of indecently recording a child. He also…
Brownsville ISD teacher charged with improper relationship with student
A Brownsville ISD teacher was arrested Wednesday on a charge of improper relationship between an educator and student, a second-degree felony. Vicente Flores was placed on administrative leave by the school district on Feb. 15 pending the results of the ongoing investigation, according to Drue Brown, the district’s spokeswoman. Flores…
Former N.S. teacher gets house arrest for sex crimes involving teenaged boys
A former Nova Scotia teacher with bipolar disorder who sexually abused one teenage male student and sent sexually explicit texts to another has been sentenced to 15 months of house arrest by a judge who said the mandatory minimum of one year in jail was too harsh. Judge Del Atwood…
District’s social media policy questioned following NC teacher’s sex trafficking arrest
Some parents in Pender County are questioning the school system’s social media policies following the arrest of a Topsail High School track coach. Ahmad Garrison, 27, of Holly Ridge, was charged Wednesday with four additional counts of sexual activity with a student. According to the Pender County Sheriff’s Office, the…
Newlywed teacher sacked after ‘having sexual relationship with pupil, 14’
A newlywed teacher has been arrested after being accused of having a lesbian affair with a pupil. Camryn Zelinger allegedly had an intimate relationship with the 14-year-old for two months before her arrest at the school in California on Monday. The 32-year-old, who got married last August, has since been…
Springfield teacher put on leave, faces charges of sexual abuse, luring a minor
A teacher at a Springfield middle school has been put on leave after being booked into the Lane County Jail on Friday for multiple child sexual abuse charges, the school district confirmed Saturday. Matthew McKinley Woodford, 34, faces 17 charges, including luring a minor, according to jail records. Woodford is…
Sydney teacher and students stabbed after boy ‘bullied’
Friends of a 16-year-old student accused of stabbing a teacher and two teenagers in a schoolyard attack have said he was bullied and pushed to breaking point when he lashed out. Bonnyrigg High School, in Sydney’s west, went into lockdown for two hours yesterday after 48-year-old science teacher Carolyn Cox…
Ex-teacher Mark Frost admits two decades of child abuse
A retired teacher who abused children for decades both in the UK and abroad has admitted 45 sex offences in one of the worst cases to come to court. Mark Frost, known as Andrew Tracey, pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey to a catalogue of abuse against nine children in…
Ex-English teacher, Brianne Altice, says she took advantage of students
The latest on a parole hearing for an ex-English teacher in prison for sexually abusing students A former Utah English teacher in prison after being convicted of sexually abusing three students says she now recognizes she took advantage of the teens’ attention as she dealt with self-esteem problems. A member…