Female Teachers Accused Of Having Sex With Male Students

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Pemberton High School Aide Allegedly Sent Nude Photos To Several Students
November 2, 2018 at 4:22 pm

PEMBERTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. (CBS) – Authorities in Burlington County are investigating a disturbing case out of Pemberton Township after a high school student says a teacher’s aide sent him illicit photographs.

Pemberton police learned of the allegations Friday after school officials say several students came forward.

Administrators at Pemberton Township High School were notified of alleged inappropriate contact, specifically alleged nude photos being sent from a female substitute classroom aide to multiple male high school students.

School officials say parents were notified along with police.

The Burlington County Prosecutor Office is also involved.

That aide is currently off the job pending an investigation.

“The school district takes all allegations of inappropriate behavior between a student and employee very seriously and remains committed to ensuring the safety and security of all students,” said Superintendent Tony Trongone.

Parents say she sent at least four nude photos to their children on social media.

Eyewitness News spoke with one of the alleged student victims.

“We all left and I went home, she started texting me and all,” said the student.

“I just want the woman to be brought to justice for what she has done to these boys,” added a parent. “Hopefully, she hasn’t scared them :blink: and they can get past this.”
 
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Pemberton Township High School Aide Charged For Allegedly Sending Nude Photos To Student
November 3, 2018 at 6:25 pm

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BURLINGTON COUNTY, N.J. (CBS) – A substitute teacher aid at Pemberton Township High School has been charged with having inappropriate contact with a male student and using social media to engage in sexually explicit conversations by sending him nude photographs of herself.

The Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office says Casey L. "Zits Queen" Bartholomew, 22, of Browns Mills, was charged Friday with Endangering the Welfare of a Child, Aggravated Criminal Sexual Contact, and Showing Obscenity to a Minor.

She was lodged in the Burlington County Jail in Mount Holly and will have her first appearance in Superior Court on Saturday.

The investigation revealed the contact happened earlier this week at the high school.

Authorities began investigating Friday after several students came forward accusing Bartholomew of sending them nude photographs.

“The school district takes all allegations of inappropriate behavior between a student and employee very seriously and remains committed to ensuring the safety and security of all students,” said Superintendent Tony Trongone.

Parents say she sent at least four nude photos to their children on social media.

Eyewitness News spoke with one of the alleged student victims.

“We all left and I went home, she started texting me and all,” said the student.

The investigation is being conducted by the Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office and the Pemberton Township Police Department.
 
https://nypost.com/2018/12/08/ex-miss-kentucky-busted-for-allegedly-sexting-teen-student/

Ex-Miss Kentucky busted for allegedly sexting teen student
By Sara Dorn
December 8, 2018 | 6:17pm

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A former Kentucky beauty queen-turned-teacher has been busted for sending nude photos of herself to a 15-year-old former student, authorities said.

Ramsey BethAnn Bearse, Miss Kentucky 2014, was arrested Friday in West Virginia and charged with four felonies for sending the illicit snaps.

The boy’s parent’s found the nude photos of their son’s 28-year-old former teacher on his phone and alerted authorities, according to police.

Bearse, now a married science teacher at Andrew Jackson Middle School near Charleston, West Virginia, admitted to cops that she sent four photos via Snapchat, according to police.

Just four years ago, Bearse won the Miss Kentucky crown by wowing judges with her fiddle act and multiple sclerosis advocacy.

“I just want to help people understand the disease,” she told the Lexington-Herald Leader about her plans to raise awareness.

She faces a $100,000 fine, a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, and has been suspended from her teaching position.
 
https://nypost.com/2018/12/19/teach...ld-get-off-easy-because-he-wanted-it-lawyers/

Teacher who had sex with student should get off easy because he wanted it: lawyers
By Joshua Rhett Miller
December 19, 2018 | 9:25am | Updated December 19, 2018 | 12:20pm

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Attorneys for a former middle school teacher who admitted having sex with a 14-year-old student argued she should serve less than the minimum sentence for the crime because the boy was a “willing participant,” :biggrin: according to a motion filed on behalf of 27-year-old Stephanie Peterson obtained by the Daytona Beach News-Journal.

Peterson, who previously taught at New Smyrna Beach Middle School, pleaded guilty in October to lewd and lascivious battery sex act with a child and electronic transmission of material harmful to minors, admitting that she had sex with an eighth-grader in her car and gave him oral sex in her home and in a barn behind his home between November 2017 and last January, court documents show.

Peterson could have been sentenced to up to 20 years in prison if convicted of both felonies at trial, but she now faces between five and 10 years behind bars when she’s sentenced Wednesday at a courthouse in DeLand.

As part of that plea deal, Peterson’s attorneys will be allowed to seek a lesser sentence for the disgraced former teacher, and one of the reasons they cited is that the teen victim was a “willing participant” in the sexual assaults, during which he was legally unable to provide consent under state law.

But at least one law professor contacted by the newspaper disagreed with that strategy, since the legal age of consent in the Sunshine State is 18.

“The child is below the age of legal consent for sexual activity with an adult, so the fact that they were a willing participant, in my mind, is actually an escalator,” Stetson College of Law Professor Charlie Rose told the newspaper. “It’s an indication that perhaps the child was manipulated into engaging in sexual activity. It does not make the crime less culpable.”

Peterson’s attorneys are expected to call up to 16 witnesses to testify on her behalf during Wednesday’s hearing before Circuit Judge Raul Zambrano.

The teen and Peterson began interacting after she lent the student her cellphone so he could check his Instagram account. Peterson later sent him a message from his own account after he left himself signed in, according to court documents.

The pair then continued communicating via Snapchat before Peterson sent the teen nude pictures, including one from inside a shower. The illicit trysts were later revealed when another teacher called his home to offer to tutor the teen, prompting his mother to jokingly ask him if the teacher was planning to molest him.

“Anyone could molest you,” the teen replied while crying.

Peterson later wrote to the teen to “delete everything” after learning that his mother was planning to contact police.

In a subsequent message released by the State Attorney’s Office, Peterson wrote: “Pleas [sic] tell her it was the worst decision of my life and I know it was and idk where my brain was but that I somehow fell in love with you briefly and idk why and I’ll never be the same person because of it.”

Peterson is expected to testify Wednesday on her behalf, according to the newspaper. The motion that requests a lighter sentence indicates that she’s already lost her teaching career as a result of her actions, as well as her tarnished reputation.

She also had a “troubled relationship” with her biological father and has started working again, although the motion did not specify her new profession, the newspaper reports.
 
https://nypost.com/2019/01/11/married-teacher-charged-with-having-sex-with-two-students/

Married teacher charged with having sex with two students
By Joshua Rhett Miller
January 11, 2019 | 10:12am | Updated January 11, 2019 | 10:34am

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A young, married teacher in Michigan who was fired earlier this week amid allegations of having sex with two students — including one illicit romp inside a car — is now facing criminal charges, authorities said.

The former special education teacher, Kathryn Marie Houghtaling, is set to be arraigned Friday on six counts of third-degree criminal sexual conduct, Oakland County Undersheriff Michael McCabe told the Detroit News.

Houghtaling, 26, was fired Tuesday from Rochester High School after an internal investigation by Rochester Community Schools. District officials said the alleged incidents occurred outside of school hours.

But sources told WXYZ that Houghtaling — whose social media accounts were largely wiped clean of identifying data as of Friday — had sex with two students in both an apartment and a car.

The district’s superintendent notified parents of the allegations in a statement on Tuesday, saying that the charges are related to incidents involving “inappropriate conduct” with students outside of school hours.

“The safety and welfare of our students and staff is always our primary concern,” read the statement, which was obtained by The Post. “The district fully cooperated with law enforcement officials throughout the investigation. In order to protect the integrity of the criminal investigation process, the district did not publicly disclose any information that could have a negative impact on the case while the investigation was pending.”

Houghtaling, of Sterling Heights, did not return a message seeking comment early Friday. It’s unclear whether she has hired an attorney.

Some of the teacher’s neighbors, meanwhile, said they were shocked by the accusations.

“You expect the best when your student goes to school,” neighbor Lazette Parks told WXYZ. “Whatever she did, I’m quite sure the board did what they needed to do.”

Another neighbor, Bart Fox, said he’s having a hard time coming to grips with what Houghtaling allegedly did.

“That’s gross, that’s disgusting,” Fox told the station. “I mean, she should be embarrassed of herself.”

Fox said he’s now concerned about the safety of his own family.

“My daughter, really she plays out here in the summertime with a whole bunch of kids from down the street,” he said. “Like, are they really safe?”

Oakland County Chief Assistant Prosecutor Paul Walton told the Detroit Free Press that at least one of Houghtaling’s alleged encounters with the students, which occurred in November and December, took place inside a car.

Houghtaling, who also previously taught in Pontiac, is now facing up to 15 years in prison if convicted, the Detroit Free Press reported.
 
https://nypost.com/2019/01/15/teacher-charged-with-kidnapping-student-after-racy-messages-found/

Teacher charged with kidnapping student after racy messages found
By Joshua Rhett Miller
January 15, 2019 | 10:51am

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Breanna Hernandez
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department


A high school teacher in Nevada was arrested Monday on kidnapping charges after “inappropriate messages” between her and a student were found, police said.

Breanna K. Hernandez, a 27-year-old teacher at Basic Academy of International Studies in Henderson, is facing two counts each of first-degree kidnapping, lewdness with a minor and luring a minor, Clark County School District police announced.

Hernandez was arrested after a months-long probe was launched in November when authorities were first alerted to “inappropriate messages” between her and the student, Lt. Darnell Couthen said. It was not clear why the kidnapping charges were warranted.

Hernandez, who was hired by the district in 2015, had been reassigned to work from home since the start of the criminal probe, Couthen said.

A message seeking comment from school district officials and Hernandez’s attorney, Richard Tanasi, were not immediately returned Tuesday.

Hernandez, who was taken into custody at the Clark County Detention Center, is scheduled to make her initial court appearance on Tuesday, jail records show. A search of the school’s website did not return any additional information on the teacher.
 
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Atlantic County High School Teacher Arrested For Having Sexual Relationship With Student, Prosecutors Say
January 18, 2019 at 10:10 pm

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MAYS LANDING, N.J. (CBS) — A Pleasantville High School teacher has been charged for allegedly having a sexual relationship with an 18-year-old student, the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office announced Friday. Thirty-year-old Jessica Gaeckle of Galloway Township was arrested Friday.

Prosecutors say Gaeckle engaged in sexual relations with the student on at least two occasions, and then ordered the student to destroy evidence of the relationship upon learning about a criminal investigation.

Gaeckle is charged with two counts of second degree official misconduct and one count of third degree hindering apprehension, officials say.

She was released on a summons after being processed.
 
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New Jersey Special Education Teacher Charged With Having Sex With Student
January 29, 2019 at 10:11 pm

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – A Rancocas Valley Regional High School teacher will be in court Wednesday to face charges she had sex with a student.

Police arrested Alexandra Reiner on Tuesday night.

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Credit: Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office


Prosecutors say the 30-year-old special education teacher had sex with the student several times last month in Mount Holly and Lumberton.

Investigators will not say how old the student is.
 
Blonde female Teacher allegedly had sex with 13-year-old (boy) while his friend watched
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A former Arizona sixth-grade teacher arrested last year for having sex romps with a 13-year-old pupil did so once while another student was in the classroom, according to a report.
On another occasion, Brittany Zamora, 28, who worked at the Las Brisas Academy Elementary School in Goodyear, and her 13-year-old student lover fondled each other in a school classroom while other students, apparently unaware, watched a video, according to the Arizona Republic, which found the disturbing new details in newly obtained records that included police interviews and videos.
There were times Zamora “touched his stuff” at her desk while she pretended to look for something in a drawer while students worked on a project mere feet away, the boy told police. The parents of the boy are now seeking $2.5 million in damages,


 
https://nypost.com/2019/04/10/teacher-who-sexted-teen-using-school-email-pleads-guilty/

Teacher who sexted teen using school email pleads guilty
By Jackie Salo
April 10, 2019 | 5:38pm

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Michelina Aichele
Somerset County Prosecutor's Office


A former New Jersey teacher admitted in court to using a school email address to send a student X-rated messages, according to officials.

Michelina Aichele, 30, entered the plea on child endangerment charges Wednesday in Somerset County Superior Court in Somerville, NJ.com reported.

The former Montgomery Township High School teacher is accused of sending nude photos and explicit messages to a student between February and April 2018.

Police said they interviewed the student, who admitted the English teacher sent him four nude pics on Snapchat when he was a junior.

“He further stated that she sent him text messages through Snapchat, stating that she thought about him while masturbating,” authorities said.

Aichele initially denied the relationship claiming students hacked her phone then sent themselves her nude snaps, officials said.

But authorities later discovered the teacher used her school email address to send the student racy messages and asked him to take the “Rice Purity Test,” which measures a person’s level of sexual experience, according to NJ.com.

Prosecutors recommended Wednesday that Aichele serve a year in county jail. Her sentencing is set for July.

Aichele was ordered to register as a sex offender and must surrender her teaching license.
 
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Lake Charles Charter Academy teacher accused of raping 10-year-old student

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Updated May 1 at 3:48 PM

LAKE CHARLES, LA (KPLC) - A Lake Charles Charter Academy teacher has been arrested after allegations were lodged against her for sexual misconduct with a student, according to Kim Myers, spokesperson for the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office.

Deidre R. Smith, 34, of Sulphur was arrested for allegedly having an inappropriate relationship with one of her 10-year-old students, Myers said.

According to Myers, the investigation began on Tuesday, April 30, when the Sheriff’s Office received a complaint from an administrator at Lake Charles Charter Academy regarding Smith.

Detectives learned that Smith had been having inappropriate contact with the boy since the end of 2018, Myers said. According to Myers, detectives also learned that Smith allegedly had sexual intercourse with the victim.

Smith was arrested and is facing charges of first-degree rape and felony indecent behavior with a juvenile.


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Charter school teacher charged with raping 10-year-old boy
By Joshua Rhett Miller
May 2, 2019 | 10:04am | Updated May 2, 2019 | 10:56am

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A teacher at a public charter school in Louisiana has been charged with raping a 10-year-old boy, deputies said.

Deidre R. Smith, 34, was arrested Tuesday on charges of first-degree rape and felony indecent behavior with a juvenile after investigators from the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office got a tip on April 30 from an administrator at Lake Charles Charter Academy regarding a teacher at the school.

The complaint indicated that an educator was “possibly having an inappropriate relationship” with one of her students. A subsequent investigation revealed that Smith had ongoing physical contact with the boy, including sex, since the end of last year, deputies said Wednesday.

The case remains under investigation and more charges are likely. Smith, who has been released after posting $50,000 bond, declined to comment when reached early Thursday by The Post.

A spokesperson for the school said in a statement that the alleged incident involved only one student.

“While we are not at liberty to discuss personnel issues, please be aware that we do not tolerate any behavior that compromises our safety standards and we are fully cooperating with law enforcement to assure a thorough investigation is completed,” the statement read. “We believe this was an isolated incident and no other students were involved.”

The school’s president, meanwhile, said in a statement Tuesday that the allegation had not yet been verified.

“If verified that teacher will be subject to termination,” Judge Ulysses Gene Thibodeaux said in a statement to KPLC. “The safety and security of our students and staff are our top priority.”

The alleged incident took place off campus, Thibodeaux said.

“Once the allegation was reported, the school promptly took steps to contact authorities who are now conducting the investigation,” Thibodeaux’s statement continued. “The investigation is incomplete and ongoing.”
 
https://nypost.com/2019/05/17/teacher-had-sex-with-student-in-suv-behind-hotel-court-docs/

Teacher had sex with student in SUV behind hotel: court docs
By Joshua Rhett Miller
May 17, 2019 | 9:14am | Updated May 17, 2019 | 10:42am

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A 16-year-old boy told state police that a gym teacher in upstate New York sent him nude photos before having sex with him in a car behind a hotel, court records show.

Lindsey M. Halstead, 29, was arrested Tuesday on charges of sexual misconduct and endangering the welfare of a child after the idiotic teen told police he had sex with the former Waterloo High School teacher in Seneca Falls, state police announced.

Halstead was employed by the Waterloo Central School District for four years until February 2018 before joining the Midlakes School District as a long-term substitute through last month, at which point she was fired, state police said.

Court records obtained by The Post-Standard indicate that the teen told investigators in May about the alleged sexual encounter in November 2018, months after Halstead had been the boy’s gym teacher during the 2017-18 school year.

Using Snapchat, Halstead reached out to the teen in September while working in her new job and started sending him nude photos within weeks, the teen told police.

After sending the racy snapshots, Halstead wondered if the teen planned to return the favor, asking if he was “going to send her something,” WROC reports.

Halstead later picked the teen up from a library in Waterloo and had sex in the backseat of her SUV while parked behind a Hampton Inn in Seneca Falls, he told police.

“I was pretty quiet and I just said a few words,” the teen told police of his demeanor after the alleged encounter. Halstead, meanwhile, was upbeat, the teen told police, WROC reports.

Halstead seemingly enjoyed the alleged encounter, later contacting the teen on Snapchat and Instagram, prompting him to block her, court records show.

“At this point, I was like, this is weird, why is she still texting me,” the teen told detectives.

An investigation is ongoing and Halstead may face additional charges. A state police spokesman told The Post-Standard that investigators circulated Halstead’s booking photo in case additional victims may recognize her.
 
https://nypost.com/2019/06/19/subst...x-with-teen-student-at-her-grandparents-home/

Substitute teacher allegedly had sex with teen student at her grandparents’ home
By Joshua Rhett Miller
June 19, 2019 | 11:33am | Updated June 19, 2019 | 11:58am

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A substitute teacher in Maryland plied a teen student with snow cones :eek: and booze, and late last month, had sex with him at her grandparents’ house :eek:, police said.

Alexis Mercedes Boberg, 25, of Severn, surrendered to police Monday after a student at the Center of Applied Technologies North told authorities they met up for sex at various locations in May after exchanging phone numbers at the school, Anne Arundel County police said.

Boberg and the teen also communicated on Snapchat, where messages soon turned sexual and the substitute teacher began sending explicit photos, according to court documents obtained by the Capital Gazette.

But Boberg first took the teen and a friend to a snowball stand in Glen Burnie, where the trio bought frozen treats before chatting in her car. She then drove the teen and his friend to a liquor store and bought them mini bottles of rum, which they drank before leaving, police wrote.

The teen, whose age was not provided by police, later met Boberg on May 24 at her grandparents’ home in Severn. He then waited outside the residence until Boberg snuck him into a back bedroom, where they had sex, the teen told police.

Days later, police said, Boberg met the teen again at a mall in Glen Burnie before returning to her car, where they engaged in sex acts, court documents show.

The teen and his mother told police about the alleged encounters on June 5 at North County High School, where he also takes classes, Anne Arundel police said. His mother then applied for a court order to keep Boberg away from her son the following day, the Capital Gazette reports.

“During the last 20 days, my son has been manipulated into a sexual relationship [with] his substitute teacher at school,” the teen’s mother wrote.

Boberg, who has been charged with fourth-degree sex offense with a person in a position of authority and consuming an alcoholic beverage on public property, made her initial court appearance Monday and was released on her own recognizance. She faces up to one year in prison on each sex offense count if convicted.

Boberg’s attorney, Peter O’Neill, told The Post on Wednesday that she intends to plead not guilty. He declined further comment.

A spokesman for Anne Arundel County Schools said Boberg taught as a substitute at several schools in the district since 2017, but has since been banned from the classroom. There’s no evidence she victimized other children, spokesman Bob Mosier told WJZ.

“People who would prey on children simply have no place in our school system,” Mosier told the station.
 
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Ex-Downingtown Resource Officer Accused of Sexual Relationship With Student
Stefanie Dunne allegedly drove the 17-year-old victim to secluded areas, where she would engage in a "physical relationship" with him
By Rudy Chinchilla
Published Jul 31, 2019 at 9:18 AM

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A former Chester County school resource officer was arrested after she was allegedly caught semi-clothed in the back of her car with a 17-year-old boy.

Stefanie Dunne, 44, was charged with one count corruption of minors after an Upper Uwchlan Police Department officer found her and the boy in a secluded area of a park in May, the Chester County District Attorney's Office said in a press release.

Dunne, a former Downingtown Police Department officer working at Downingtown West High School, allegedly met the victim, a former student at the school, when he was in ninth grade. The two became "friendly" in 2017 and Dunne began driving the boy home from Friday night football games, according to a criminal complaint.

Dunne then began driving the boy to secluded areas, where they would engage in a "physical relationship," according to the complaint. These encounters happened around eight different times, the complaint said.

Investigators also allegedly found more than 6,000 text messages between Dunne and the victim dating back to May of last year. The messages included "several photographs" of Dunne, as well as "intimate references and sexual innuendo," according to the complaint.

The Chester County District Attorney's Office, Downingtown Police Department and Downingtown Area School District all condemned the officer's actions.

"Officers are entrusted to protect children, not take advantage of them. This type of conduct is deplorable to anyone, but much greater to those who wear the Downingtown Police badge with honor" chief Howard Holland said in a statement.

Dunne resigned shortly after Downingtown Police began their investigation. She was arrested Tuesday, with bail set at $50,000 unsecured.
 
https://nypost.com/2019/08/08/new-jersey-school-librarian-accused-of-seducing-teen-student/

New Jersey school librarian accused of seducing teen student
By Jackie Salo
August 8, 2019 | 7:26pm | Updated August 8, 2019 | 9:12pm

This is not your average Harlequin romance.

A New Jersey middle-school librarian is accused of having a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old student :confused: — and will head to trial for the alleged misconduct during class hours.

Kimberly Pinkham, 38, appeared Thursday morning in Gloucester County court where she rejected a plea deal, NJ.com reported.

Pinkham, who worked in the Kingsway Regional School District for the last six years, was charged in May with official misconduct and endangering the welfare of a child. :confused:

Prosecutors say Pinkham used her position to forge an inappropriate relationship in which “she engaged in inappropriate sexual conduct with the student :confused: both during school hours and after.”

She rejected a plea deal that would have barred her from contacting the student :confused: and required her to submit to a mental-health evaluation in exchange for an unspecified sentence, according to NJ.com.

A grand jury in Gloucester County will consider an indictment against her.
 
https://nypost.com/2019/10/01/school-librarian-called-14-year-old-her-hot-boyfriend-prosecutors/

School librarian called 14-year-old her ‘hot boyfriend’: prosecutors
By Lee Brown
October 1, 2019 | 12:56pm | Updated

A New Jersey school librarian accused of having a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old student called him her “hot boyfriend” — and even kept photos of him on her desk, according to prosecutors.

Kimberly Pinkham, 38, pleaded not guilty Monday to charges of endangering and official misconduct while a middle school librarian with the Kingsway Regional School District in Woolwich Township, NJ.com said.

Prosecutors claim she had “engaged in inappropriate sexual conduct with the student both during school hours and after,” according to the report.

“In one incident, they were found in the media room together with the lights off laying on the floor looking at each other,” Assistant Prosecutor Elizabeth Tornese told the hearing, according to NJ.com.

Text messages also suggested “an inappropriate, possibly sexual relationship” — with Pinkham calling the boy her “hot boyfriend” as they exchanged “I love you” messages, according to the report.

“She had pictures of this student on her desk,” added Tornese, who noted that prosecutors do not have evidence of a sexual assault.

Kingsway officials reported the allegations to police earlier this year and Pinkham was suspended in February. She resigned in June.

She rejected an initial plea deal offer in August, with her case going to a Gloucester County grand jury that indicted her last week on second-degree official misconduct and third-degree endangering/sexual conduct with a child, according to the report.

She remains free pending trial and is due back in court next month.
 
https://nypost.com/2019/10/23/high-school-dean-of-discipline-fired-over-student-sex-claims/

High school dean of discipline fired over student sex claims
By Selim Algar and Ebony Bowden
October 23, 2019 | 4:15pm

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Grace Trinidad in court at her arraignment. Stephen Yang


A Bronx woman arrested and charged with raping a 15-year-old student has been fired from the charter school where she was dean of discipline, The Post has learned.

Grace Trinidad was dismissed by the New Visions Advanced Math and Science High School in Spuyten Duyvil on Wednesday after she was busted on Tuesday for having sex with the boy at her house in August, according to a source.

The 34-year-old invited the student, who she was mentoring, back to her Tinton Avenue home to watch movies — but things got hot and heavy and the pair had sex, according to police.

Officers interviewed Trinidad, a mother of two, at her home before charging her with rape in the third degree, criminal sex act, sexual misconduct and endangering the welfare of a child.

She was arraigned in Bronx Criminal Court on Tuesday night and held on bail of $10,000.

The boy and a classmate told the Spuyten Duyvil school’s principal, Robert Hiller, about the incident, and Hiller immediately notified police, according to authorities.

New Visions did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
 
https://nypost.com/2019/11/06/teacher-accused-of-sex-with-student-46-years-her-junior-found-dead/

Teacher accused of sex with student 46 years her junior found dead
By Jackie Salo
November 6, 2019 | 12:35pm | Updated

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A 63-year-old high school teacher accused of having sex with a 17-year-old student was found dead alongside her hubby in their North Carolina home, authorities said.

Emma Neil Ogle and her husband Michael died from gunshot wounds Wednesday at their Huntersville home in the wake of her sex scandal at Garnier High School, news station Fox46 reported.

Police said a relative called 911 to report that Ogle was armed and barricaded inside the residence with her husband.

Officers arrived to the scene to discover her husband dead inside from a gunshot wound, according to the report.

The teacher died shortly after her husband, though the circumstances surrounding her death are unclear, Fox46 reported.

Ogle’s death comes after she was arrested last Thursday on charges she had sex with a student 46 years her junior.

School officials said the veteran teacher was suspended without pay from the district following her arrest.
 
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Ex-Ohio teacher indicted for having sex with teen she tutored
By Joshua Rhett Miller
November 14, 2019 | 8:51am

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Brooke M. Wright
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A former teacher in Ohio has been indicted for having sex with a 13-year-old student she was tutoring, authorities said.

Brooke M. Wright — who also served as an administrator at Ventures Academy in Delaware, Ohio — is accused of engaging in sex acts with the teen between May and September, prosecutors in Franklin County announced Wednesday.

“The inappropriate sexual acts took place in multiple locations in Franklin County and if convicted on these charges, Wright faces numerous years of incarceration as well as registration as a sex offender,” Prosecutor Ron O’Brien said in a statement.

Wright, of Columbus, was placed on paid leave in September after school officials were notified of a criminal investigation, WSYX reports.

School district officials said the accusations against Wright “disgust everyone” throughout the central Ohio community.

“Her alleged actions represent a betrayal of the trust that students and parents place in us every day,” Educational Service Center of Central Ohio deputy superintendent Mike Trego said in a statement. “When we first learned of these allegations two months ago, we immediately removed her from school property and began cooperating with the investigation into her actions.”

Parents of students at the school said they were also outraged by the disturbing accusations, WSYX reports.

“I think it’s sad,” parent Amy Roberson told the station. “I think you put your kids on the school bus every day to be safe and then they’re preyed upon as vulnerable students with adults and that’s horrible.”

A grand jury on Wednesday indicted Wright on two counts of sexual battery and two counts of unlawful sexual conduct with a minor. She’s expected to be arraigned Friday, O’Brien said.

Attempts to reach Wright early Thursday were unsuccessful.
 
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