Here it is! Our first ever Dumbass Daily Teacher Sex Scandal Top Ten list. In past years, it would have been difficult to come up with ten, but this year the hard part was narrowing it down to our ten favorites. But after careful thought, we were able to come up with this list of the "Best of the Worst" of 2007. Remember, all parties are innocent until proven guilty! BONUS: Over at BadJocks.com "Top Ten High School Coach Sex Scandals of 2007" - Read them all, plus the Top Naughty Cheerleaders of the Year.
#10 . Our "Extra Credit" Award Winner - Female Teacher Admits to Sex With 5 Boys, PROBABLY Not at the Same Time
Just his spring, Allenna Ward, former seventh-grade language arts teacher at Bell Middle School, was denying what the cops were accusing her of: having sex with as many as 5 teen aged boys, three 14-year-olds, and two 15-year-olds. But that didn't last very long (they always do that at first to save face, right) and now has pleaded guilty to those charges. Well, at least she was creative, admitting to having the carnal encounters in cars, parks, a hotel and at the school. Here's more WFYY:
She pleaded guilty Thursday to six charges -- three second-degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor and three lewd acts on a minor. Family members and her attorneys accompanied her as she made an emotional statement to the court. She said, "Today, I publicly admit my guilt and would like to apologize. I sincerely apologize for the effects of my actions."
Clinton police said that Ward had sex with at least five boys: three 14-year-olds, and two 15-year-olds. The students were at Bell Middle and another school that was not named.
Ward was fired when the allegations were made public in March. Thursday, Jerry Peace, 8th Circuit Solicitor, said, "She was in a position of authority. She had the trust of the community to teach kids
right and do what you need to do around children to let them grow to be responsible adults. She violated that trust.
#9. "Team Teaching" Award Winners - Teachers
Accused of Memorial Day Weekend "Sex Capades" With Two Boys
Mix two lonely female teachers at a school for troubled teens, two underage boys and a free holiday weekend and what do you get? According to this report, "sex capades." Here's more from North Country Gazette:
A teacher and teacher’s aide at a New York school for troubled children have been charged with performing sexual acts on two 16-year-old boys during a Memorial Day weekend of sex capades at a house in New Windsor.
Rebecca Becker (left), 28,of Walden and teacher’s aide Maria E. Zurita (right), 28, of New Windsor who worked at McQuade Children’s Services, are facing charges of third degree rape and endangering the welfare of a child. They have been terminated by the school which serves children who have been referred by family court, social service agencies and school districts from Westchester, Rockland, Putnam, Orange, Dutchess, Ulster and Sullivan Counties.
Police said that “sexually explicit and inappropriate” letters that Becker allegedly wrote to one of the students were found in the room of one of the boys during a search when the boys were reported missing over the weekend.
#8. Our "Don't Give Me That Look!" Award - Female Teacher's Aide, 39, Tries to Marry Student, 16, Following Alleged Affair
How wonderful! Weddings are always fun, even when there's a 23 year age difference between the bride and groom . . . and the young man is technically underage. But still! At least Brenda Baillargeon a teacher's aide at Amery High School in Wisconsin tried to do the right thing after authorities found out that she allegedly had been having sex since last May with a male student at her school. That's her mug shot at right . . . and just look at that sweet face! What teen aged boy wouldn't fall in love at first site with that?
On the other hand, it might be sad if he was thinking, at age 14, that "This is probably the best I can do, so I might as well take it." Here's more from KSTP:
39-year-old Brenda Baillargeon allegedly had an inappropriate relationship with a 16-year-old student, in which they were planning to get married. After the mother of the student was granted a restraining order to keep Baillargeon away from her son, Baillargeon still had phone conversations with the boy, according to the criminal complaint.
Baillargeon and the student were able to keep in contact by text messaging each other through Baillargeon’s daughter’s cell phone. Baillargeon faces three counts of sexual assault by school staff. She also is being charged with child enticement and violating an injunction.
#7. Let's Go to the Video! Chicago Teacher & Principal Sex Tape Made at School
The mystery here is not why principal Leroy Coleman, right, and teacher Janet Lofton at Sandridge Elementary School in Chicago Heights allegedly had sex in his office during school hours. No, the real mystery is who videotaped their trysts--sneaking a hidden camera in and out of Coleman's office--and then put them on DVDs that were distributed to parents just days before a school board election. And, for some reason, neither of them could find underage kids to have sex with, imagine that? Here's more from 11Alive:
The tape was reportedly recorded inside Sandridge Elementary School in Chicago Heights, Illinois.
The principal and a science teacher, who were allegedly in the video, have resigned. Parents were sent DVDs of the tape Wednesday and Thursday, just days before a school board election.
Parents of students at the school met Thursday evening. "Where is she supposed to be?" asked parent Kim Grivakis. "We have tons of needy children. But no, she'd rather be with the principal bumping and grinding." The tape was allegedly shot in the principal's office during the day and evening on five dates ranging from late December to early March.
The two people in the video (see still image at right) have--not surprisingly--resigned their jobs.
UPDATE: Second Woman Resigns - A third school employee, teacher's aide Anjayla Reed, resigned Friday after the superintendent contacted her about allegations that she also appears on a separate portion of the sex tape hugging and touching Principal Leroy "Love Machine" Coleman.
#6. Our "What Were You Thinking?" Award - Teacher Accused of Sex With Boy, Taking Him to Faculty Parties
Whatever happened to the idea of teachers and students leading separate lives away from school? Apparently, at D.W. Higgins Charter School in Phoenix, not only was it okay for female teachers to have sex with underage boys, they could also treat them like regular boyfriends and take them around to the homes of other staff members . . . just as if nothing odd was going on. At right, Judith Wallace's mug shot. Here's more from KPHO News:
In late January 2006, Maricopa County sheriff's detectives said they learned that a sex crime had occurred between Judith Wallace and a 15-year-old male
victim.
The Sheriff's Office Special Victims Unit said they learned during the investigation that the victim had allegedly engaged in a sexual relationship with Wallace and that she had given him alcohol.
The victim also reported that Wallace would frequently take him to parties and social gatherings as a "couple," detectives said.
A witness told detectives that it was common to see the two together outside of school and at other staff member's homes, according to deputies. The victim, now 16, stated he and Wallace engaged in sexual acts on separate occasions between February 2006 and April 2006.
#5. The "Wrong Place, Wrong Time" Award - Female Teacher Caught in Back of Van With Boy by Undercover Cops
Attention hot teachers: if you're going to have sex with an underage boy in the back of your van in a church parking lot, make sure that undercover cops aren't also meeting there. They get curious when the "van's a rockin'" and they do "come a knockin'". For 32-year-old middle school Janet Hughes, it's not likely a mistake she'll make again . . . if, and when, she gets out of jail. No word on why the 16-year-old boy cops caught her with naked on a blanket in the back of the van was still in middle school, but dumb kids would seem to be the least of the district's problems at this point. More from WFTV (link
includes video clip featuring shocked & outraged parents and pictures from
Hughes MySpace page):
Janet Hughes, the business teacher at Jackson Middle School was placed on paid administrative leave while the case is under investigation. Hughes could be released Tuesday evening. Tuesday afternoon, a judge lowered her bond despite concerns from prosecutors that the teacher might try to contact the student she's accused of having sex with.
It wasn't easy to wipe away tears with handcuffs on, Hughes learned in court, Tuesday. The Jackson Middle School teacher tried to hide her face as the judge reviewed her arrest for having sex with a student.
The 32-year-old wife and mother was arrested after two undercover detectives found her in a van in a church parking lot with the 16-year-old male student. The detectives just happened to find them.
"These detectives met in a parking lot to go over a case and they see the van. They walk over there and that's when they discover the sex was about to happen between these two," explained Todd Hutchinson, Titusville Police Department.
The two were found lying on a blanket in the back of the van, in a position detectives said was clear they were about to engage in a sexual activity. When Hughes was taken back to the police station, detectives said she admitted to having sex with the same student in the past.
Hughes has only worked at Jackson Middle School for less than a year, teaching business electives. Before there, she worked at Palm Bay High School.
As usual, police are looking for other victims, so if you're an underage boy in the Titisville, Florida area think you may have accidentally had sex with Janet Hughes, please notify the authorities.
#4. The "Neither Can We" Award Winner - Middle School Teacher Admits "I Can't Believe I Hooked Up With Two 9th Graders!"
Frankly, neither can we Jeff, but that's what the police say happened. Jeffrey Anderson, 23, had been the building substitute at Tohickon Middle School in Plumstead Township outside Philly . . . until the parents of a 15-year-old girl used computer monitoring software to capture an exchange between the teacher and one girl that included the message (allegedly from Anderson) that read: "Hah . . . im so going to hell . . . I can't believe I hooked up with two 9th graders!!"
Here's more from the Philadelphia Enquirer: Jeffrey Anderson, 23, of Northeast Philadelphia, was arrested Monday night and charged with crimes including involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, aggravated indecent assault, and criminal use of communications devices.
Anderson had been the building substitute at Tohickon Middle School in Plumstead Township. Detectives pulled him out of his classroom Monday for questioning, and he provided a 14-page confession, court records say.
Anderson was fired immediately by the Central Bucks School District, where the La Salle University graduate had worked since 2005.
According to court records, Anderson admitted he kissed, fondled and digitally penetrated the girls, ages 15 and 14, inside the 15-year-old's house on a recent Saturday afternoon. He also engaged in oral sex with the younger girl during the April 28 meeting, the records say.
If convicted of the most serious crimes, Anderson faces a mandatory minimum five years in state prison. He is being held in Bucks County prison in lieu of $500,000 bail.
The girls' parents had been alerted by computer monitoring software that their daughters had been communicating with the teacher via instant messaging and Facebook.com personal Web sites, District Attorney Diane Gibbons said. They confronted the girls, who admitted engaging in sexual acts with Anderson, a probable-cause affidavit said.
Both girls had been in Anderson's class, and had been messaging him outside of school for about a month. In some exchanges, Anderson told the girls he wanted to have sex with them, the affidavit says, and recently met with them in a Tohickon classroom and kissed them.
In an April 22 Facebook posting, Anderson pleaded with the girls to keep things quiet, the affidavit says.
"PLEASE . . . nothing that is said or done between the three of us can EVER be repeated to anyone else!!!" the message said. "Not your best friend, your diary, or any of those girls at school!! I could get fired, never become a teacher again. or go to jail. . ."Five days later, after an explicit proposition to the girls on Facebook, Anderson allegedly added: "Hah . . . im so going to hell . . . I can't believe I hooked up with two 9th graders!!"
#3 (Tie). The "Goggles Do Nothing!" Award - Love Notes and Email Help Arrest Female Teacher for
Sex With Boy
Kelli Jo Camp wasn't even certified to be a teacher, but she was already acting like one in many respects. Unfortunately, it was the kind of things most teachers are supposed to AVOID doing, like having sex with the students. Here's more from The Daily Nexus:
A temporary Santa Ynez Valley high school teacher was booked at the Santa Barbara County Jail last Tuesday after detectives arrested her for allegedly having unlawful sexual relations with an underage male student.
The arrest of 29-year-old Kelli Jo Camp came after a month-long investigation by the Santa Barbara Sheriff’s detectives into her alleged misconduct with members of the male student population at New Cuyama High School. After obtaining alleged e-mail correspondences between the teacher and her 17-year-old student, detectives arrested her for allegedly having unlawful sex with a minor.
The Santa Barbara Sheriff’s Department was first contacted by school administrators who were concerned that Camp was allegedly having inappropriate relationships with her male students. This concern grew as a result of numerous occasions over the course of several months during which Camp had allegedly received greeting cards from the alleged victim, communicating his love for her. In addition to the cards, investigators found photos of the victim in Camp’s desk drawer.
Detectives also discovered allegedly incriminating e-mails between Camp and the alleged victim referencing a consensual sexual relationship between them.
#3 (Tie). This Year's "Technology Award" Winner - Picture of Semi-Nude Teacher, Draped in Rebel Flag, Found on Boy's Cell PhoneNothing like leaving evidence at the scene of the crime. Great police work there, Lou!.
Apparently, school officials in Nacogdoches, Texas had suspected Janet Susan Gallager Parker, 26 (at right, her mug shot picture) of previously having an inappropriate relationship with a student while she was employed at Center ISD teaching technology applications and graphic arts, but didn't have enough proof. Well, now, allegedly, the do. Did we mention that Parker's ex-husband claimed he had seen the allegedly victim around his wife's home doing yard
work? What is this "Desperate Housewives, Texas Style?" Here's more from the News Journal:
Former Center eighth-grade teacher Janet Susan Gallager Parker, 26, surrendered to Shelby County authorities Wednesday, after school officials discovered photographs of the woman, partially-nude and draped in a rebel flag, on a student's cell phone. Those photos eventually led to 23 warrants for her arrest on charges ranging from sexual performance and sexual assault of a child and possession of child pornography.
Parker resigned after an investigation was initiated in December 2006 after the school received information that Parker had been seen at a shopping mall, holding hands, according to an affidavit filed with a Shelby County Justice of the Peace. Parker denied the allegations when questioned by school and law enforcement officials, but resigned from her teaching post at the middle school, according to the affidavit.
Although an inappropriate relationship was suspected, there was not enough evidence to support criminal charges, according to the affidavit.
Months later, a cell phone which had belonged to the student suspected of having a relationship with Parker, was taken up in school. Because of that suspected relationship, one of the school staff scrolled through photos saved on the cell phone, according to a statement by an investigator with the Shelby County District Attorney's office, made in the affidavit.
Among the photos was one of a partially-nude woman lying on a bed, nude from the waist up, covered by a rebel flag. The woman was identified as Parker by her former husband, according to an affidavit.
During a search of the student's cell phone, Parker's home and cell phone numbers were listed as "Baby" and "Baby's Cell," the affidavit said. The investigator said in the affidavit that Parker's ex-husband said he had seen the student at Parker's home several times, some times doing yard work.
A search of her residence and home computers turned up a rebel flag at the foot of a bed, according to an affidavit. Rebel flag blankets were also found on the bed that matched those found on the cell phone, according to the document. Numerous photos were reportedly found of Parker and her student on her computer, as well as e-mails, chats and 15 photographs believed to be child pornography, the affidavit said.
#2. First Runner Up - Hot Blonde HOME SCHOOLING Teacher Arrested for Sex With Boy, 14
Gone are the days when you had to actually GO to school to meet older female teachers to have sex with them. Now, they come to your house. How's that for service with a smile? At right, the "Would You Hit It?" mug shot of Merideth Johnson Vincent. Here's more from KNBC:
A Van Nuys teacher was arrested on suspicion of having a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old boy, police said Friday. According to police, Merideth Johnson Vincent, 40, was arrested on Thursday at about 3 p.m. Vincent is a teacher of a private home schooling group, KNBC's Laurel rickson reported. Police said Vincent was allegedly molesting the boy during the past several months. He was part of her home schooling group, according to police.
#1. Our "Teacher of the Year!" - Husband Gives Cops Video of Teacher Wife Having Sex With Underage Boy
Monica Ann Cluck was a kindergarten and Sunday school teacher in Paragould, Arkansas and even lead the Singing Hands sign-language choir at her church. But apparently the teen aged boys in the choir did more than sign with their hands. Last week Cluck's husband reportedly found a videotape of her having sex with a teen aged boy from the choir and did what any man would do: he gave it to police and had his wife arrested on first-degree sexual assault charges.
During their investigation, police claim that the 17-year-old victim acknowledged the relationship and since this story first broke, a second boy has come forward claiming that he also had a relationship with Cluck that started late last year when he was 15 and ended in May of this year. Both boys were in a church group she taught at (I'm not making this up!) Marmaduke First
Baptist Church.
The real question is, is Juliette Lewis too old to play her in the movie version of the story?
(My Fox Memphis) (KAIT)
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