Female Teacher Accused of Sending Naked Pictures of Herself & Having Sex With Boy, 13 - Stephanie Diane Harris, Marble City Schools

Who needs Playboy Magazine when you have good-looking teachers sending you naked pictures of themselves? No wonder readership is down!
In our latest "Female Teacher Sex Scandal" of 2008, Stephanie Diane Harris, who taught at Marble City Schools, has been arrested for having sexual relations with a minor, but also several text messages of nude photos of herself. What kind of pictures? According to one source, the pics consisted of Harris’ vaginal area, her nude breasts, and one of her breasts while wearing a bra or bathing suit top. Sounds like quite a collection for such a young lad?
A relieved school district attorney (as they do in most of these cases) was quick to boast that the alleged sexual encounters DID NOT take place on school grounds and happened during the month of June during the normal summer break. So, uh, don't sue us, please. At right, a picture of Stephanie Diane Harris.
Here's more from KFSM:

A former teacher at Marble City Schools has surrendered herself to the Sequoyah County Sheriff's Department after a warrant was issued on allegations of her having sexual relations with a minor.
Stephanie Harris, 27, allegedly had intercourse with a 13-year-old student. A court affidavit says after that incident, Harris sent the victim several text messages of nude photos of herself. Harris now faces four felony charges including first degree rape.

Mom, 33, Steals Daughter's Identity to Become High School Cheerleader - Wendy Brown, Ashwaubenon High School - Green Bay

Yikes! There might be a few younger looking gals out there who, at 33, might be able to convince someone they were college students or maybe a senior in high school, but this woman? How blind are the people at Ashwaubenon High School in Green Bay, Wisconsin? You're looking at one Wendy Brown, 33, who allegedly stole the identity of her own 15-year-old daughter, who actually lives in Nevada with Brown's mother. The senior Ms. Brown not only managed to get enrolled in school, she also made it on the cheerleading squad. Here's more from New York Daily News:

"The defendant stated she wanted to get her high school degree and be a cheerleader because she had no childhood and was trying to regain a part of her life she missed," according to the complaint.
She allegedly attended cheerleading practices before school started, received a cheerleader's locker and went to a pool party at the cheerleading coach's house.
A high school employee, Kim Demeny, told authorities that the woman, posing at the teen, seemed very timid, told her she was not good in math and even cried when she talked about moving from Pahrump Valley High School in Pahrump, Nev. Although she looked older than a student, Demeny said she believed her demeanor was consistent with that of a high school girl.
Assistant Principal Dirk Ribbins later learned Brown's daughter was enrolled at Pahrump Valley High School. Ribbins also spoke with Brown's mother who told him she had custody of the girl. She also said Brown has a history of identity theft crimes, the complaint said.
The complaint also said the $134.50 check Brown gave to the cheerleading coach for her uniform bounced. If convicted, she could face up to six years in prison and a $10,000 fine.

Female Teacher, 45, Accused of Having Sex With Boy, 17 - Wendie Estrada Fernandez, Corona Ranch Elementary

Married for 24 years.
Mother of 4.
A 45-year-old elementary school teacher.
And now, also accused of having sex with a 17-year-old high school boy. We don't have a picture yet, but Wendie Estrada Fernandez was, until recently a teacher in the Corona-Norco Unified School District. That is, until police arrested her on suspicion of having sex with a minor, specifically that Fernandez had unlawful sexual intercourse and oral sex with a 17-year-old high school boy. Here's more from the Press Enterprise:

Fernandez, a fifth-grade teacher at Corona Ranch Elementary School and mother of four children, was released after posting $25,000 bail, police said. She knew the boy through someone in her family, said Jerry Pawluczenko, a sergeant with the Corona Police Department. A biography obtained from clicking on her TeacherWeb page said Fernandez and her husband of 24 years have three boys and a girl.

Fernandez was placed on "indefinite administrative leave" Tuesday and replaced with a "highly qualified" substitute teacher, said Tom Pike, the district's assistant superintendent for executive services. Fernandez's year-round class started the second week in July.

Popular Teacher Arrested for Sex With Underage Girl Same Day He Appeared on Local TV Station - Jose Bernardo Fanjul, West High

The fortunes of teacher Jose Bernardo Fanjul, 45, at West High School in Utah rose and fell quickly this week. On Tuesday morning he was interviewed by KSL-TV in Salt Lake City on his lesson plan to commemorate the 7th anniversary of the 9/11 tragedy. Later that day though, police showed up at the school to arrest him for allegedly having sex with a female student from March to July of this year, sometimes actually at the school! To add insult to injury, Fanjul is also an award-winning teacher and was named as the American Star of Teaching from Utah. Which makes all of this even more bizarre. Here's more on the story from KSL:

Police arrested Jose Bernardo Fanjul, 45, at West High after school Tuesday. None of the students even knew he had been arrested. The news came as a shock because Fanjul is one of the most well-liked teachers there.

Student Joel Organasta said, "He's very popular. All the people I know, know him." But police say Fanjul crossed the line with one student. Jail documents say he engaged in sexual activity with a 17-year-old girl between March and July of this year. She told police they had numerous sexual encounters after hours at West High and at other places. Police say they're working with her and her father.

Fanjul has also appeared on Eyewitness News, once in 2006 to warn Utah Latinos about a scam targeting their community; then again just Monday, on Eyewitness News at 6:30. Fanjul highlighted his lesson plan on the September 11th terrorist attacks. Fanjul said, "I teach it in the context that this is something that's happening in the world nowadays, and this is how we deal with it."

Organasta says Fanjul showed part of the Talking Point segment in their class Tuesday morning. He had no idea that by the end of the school day, his teacher would make the news again, for this. "Everybody knows him, and he doesn't look like someone that would do that," Organasta said. Fanjul was arrested on multiple counts of forcible sexual abuse and forcible sodomy. The school district says he is on paid administrative leave.

Man Caught Looking at Porn, Masturbating at Public Library

At the Madison County Library in Rexburg, Idaho they have a simple rule about public use of their Internet computers: If you look up pornographic material, you're banned from computers for a year. If you're caught doing it again, you are banned permanently. Unfortunately, the MCL policy doesn't say anything about looking at porn AND masturbating. My guess is that will also earn you the lifetime ban, but those in charge will likely need to ammend the policy after this latest incident. Here's more from KIDK:

It was a quiet Tuesday afternoon at the Madison Library when workers noticed something wasn't right. "Two of the staff saw what was going on and immediately called the police," said library director Judy Dewey.
Sitting in the corner, at a computer, was 33-year-old Daniel Young looking at pornographic websites and masturbating. The library has a strict policy against pornography. Every computer has filters and when patrons log on, they agree to stay away from sexually explicit material.
"The other part of the policy is to not disable any software or change any settings on the computer," said Dewey. That's most likely how Young accessed the porn - by disabling the filters. It's something other people have done too. "We do encounter them like every other community. This isn't the first one at the library," said Rexburg Police Capt. Randy Lewis. Young was removed from the library, cited, and released. He won't be returning any time soon because he's been banned from ever coming back.

Teacher Lisa Temsey Admits to Sending Topless Pic to Boy, 14, Gets Probation - East Canton Middle School

Former middle school teacher Lisa Temsey admitted in court yesterday that yes, indeed, she did send a topless photo of herself to a 14-year-old boy who used to be a student of hers, but then moved out of town. Her punishment? 5 years PROBATION! Now tell me: if she had been a he and sent a 14-year-old GIRL a picture of his penis, do you think we'd be talking probation or would we be talking pitchforks, tar and feathering? Exactly my point. Look, I realize that they can't lock the door and throw away the key on every teacher who does something like this (although it might improve the SAT scores in the slammer) but how bad does this double standard have to get before someone does something about it. We don't have a mug shot of Lisa Temsey, although we understand from sources that she is an attractive young blond. If you find a picture of here, drop us a line at Tips2 at DumbassDaily.com. (Thanks to long time reader Artie Bigley for the link!)
Here's, more on the story from the Canton Repository:

A former East Canton Middle School teacher narrowly dodged a prison term Monday for sending a topless picture of herself to a 14-year-old boy. "You are a hair's breadth away from going to the institution," Judge Richard Reinbold told one-time educator Lisa Temsey during her sentencing hearing.

Temsey pleaded guilty last month to one felony charge of disseminating matter harmful to juveniles, a fifth-degree felony. Temsey was teaching gifted students at East Canton Middle School last May when she was corresponding with a student via her MySpace page, said Katie Chawla, assistant Stark County prosecutor.

The boy, 14, was a former student who had moved out of state. The discussion "changed from professional to a personal one, and she sent him a naked picture of her breasts," Chawla said. The exchange came to light when she started talking to two of the boy's friends, Chawla said. Investigators found a copy of the naked picture on the boy's computer, Chawla said.

Cops Find Weed, Sex Toys, Women's Clothes in Car of School Superintendent - Christopher Gregory, Washtucna School District

You know, if you're going to get pulled over in your car by the cops and the least of your problems is a pipe and a bag of weed in the back seat . . . you've got some bigger problems. And that bigger problem would be a bag that contained a mixture of sex toys, condoms, creams, leather whips, female clothing, . . . and a shock collar? That seems to be the case for Christopher Gregory, who used to be the Superintendent for the Washtucna School District. We say "used to be" because, since this report came out, Gregory has resigned his post. Here's more on this bizarre story from KXLT:

Gregory, 60, was arrested on August 23rd after a traffic stop on Lovell Valley Road near Plummer, Idaho. Deputies reported that Gregory's SUV was swerving into the westbound lane while heading eastbound on Lovell Valley Road.
During the stop the deputy noticed Gregory was nervous and being very methodical in his answers to the deputy's questions, particularly in pausing for several moments after being asked if he had any drugs in his vehicle.
Gregory then admitted that he was the superintendent for the Washtucna School District and had some marijuana and a pipe that he had confiscated from a student's locker in his SUV. He then showed deputies a large leather bag in the back of his SUV that contained a Ziploc bag filled with marijuana and a pipe that had marijuana inside of it.
Deputies handcuffed Gregory then and placed him in the back of a patrol car before continuing a more detailed search of his SUV, where they found "leather whips, female clothing, assorted sex toys, condoms, creams and a shock collar" inside the bag they found the marijuana in. En route to the Benewah County Jail Gregory told deputies that in addition to being a school superintendent he was also a former Marine.

Drunk Teacher Arrested After Grenade Launcher Found in Basement - Benjamin Terril, Buchtel High School

The worse thing my high school science teacher ever did was give me a C on a project that really was probably deserved an F. Actually, that was probably a good thing, now that I think about it, but either way it's much better than what we learned about Benjamin Terril, a science teacher at Buchtel High School. Cops found a lot of interesting things when they raided his home, including drugs, guns and--for some reason--a grenade launcher. Likely he was saving up for the Nerf grenades that go with it. Here's more from NewsNet5:

Benjamin Terril, a science teacher at Buchtel High School, was charged with carrying a concealed weapon, weapons under disability, possession of dangerous ordnance, drug paraphernalia and drug abuse marijuana. Police went to Terril's home on Iona Avenue at about 7:30 p.m. after getting a call about a suspicious person with a gun.
When officers arrived on scene, they found the 50-year-old with a 9 mm semi-automatic loaded handgun in his pants pocket.
Police said he was heavily intoxicated. During a consent search of his house, officers found at least 26 guns, including machine guns and a grenade launcher. The police report said there was an AR-15 with magazines that hold more than 31 bullets, a Ruger .22 handgun with silencer, marijuana, drug paraphernalia, unknown powders and a lockpick kit. The guns were found in the basement along with a stash of food. Lt. Rick Edwards termed Terril a "survivalist."

Hong Kong Reporter Loses Job After Being Arrested Masturbating on City Bus

Well, look at it this way: at least it wasn't a SCHOOL bus he was on at the time, right? Here's more on the story from AFP:

A Hong Kong television reporter who quit his job after he was arrested for masturbating naked on a bus said he was only trying to "ease his stress", reports said Friday. Chiu Yu-kit, a former journalist at Asia Television (ATV), admitted in court to the act while he was alone on the top tier of a double-decker bus on July 31, The Standard and other newspapers reported.

An off-duty officer made the arrest after he jogged past the bus and saw Chiu standing on a seat naked and facing a window, the court was told. Chiu, 31, pleaded guilty to one count of indecency in public, but added that he committed the offence only to release his stress.

Female Teacher, Out on Bond for Sex With Boy, Caught Letting Same 15-Year-Old Unlicensed Lover Drive Her SUV - Jeannie Michelle Hodges

If it's Thursday, it must be time for another female teacher sex scandal. And if this sounds like a repeat, well, it sorta is. Remember Stephanie Ragusa? She's the Florida teacher arrested four different times over a period of a few months for having sex with underage boys . . . sometimes the same underage boy twice! Well, now we have another lady teacher who can't stay away from the young boys: Jeannie Michelle Hodges.
Hodges, who taught at Hobbton Middle School in North Carolina, was arrested back in July on charges of statutory rape, sexual offense with a student and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. She bonded out on the charges and stayed out of trouble until this weekend when police set up a driver's license check point. They stopped a Ford Explorer with a young male driver at the wheel. Not only did he not have a license, the adult female in the passenger seat (Hint: it was Ms. Hodges) claimed she didn't have one either and had left it at home. They pulled her out of the car and--surprise!--found not only her license, but also a bail bond business card, which lead cops to discover that the passenger had been arrested for having sex with the same young male that she was now illegally letting drive her car! At right, Jeannie Michelle Hodges original mug shot . . . or is that her second one?
Here's more form the Sampson Independent:

When the Ford Explorer approached the checkpoint, police officers stopped it and asked the teenage driver for his driver’s license. He replied that he did not have one. Officers then asked the boy’s age, to which he answered 15, before asking if passenger Hodges had her license. Hodges told officers that she had a license, but not with her, reports state.
Both were asked to exit the Explorer and officers received consent to search it. A search was conducted of both the vehicle and Hodges’ purse. Inside the purse, officers found Hodges’ driver’s license as well as a business card for a local bail bonding service, according to reports.
When officers questioned Hodges about the card, she stated that she recently bonded out of jail on charges of statutory rape. Officers asked if it was the 15-year-old driver, to which she replied yes, authorities said.
Sheriff’s investigators have said that Hodges engaged in an affair with the 15 year old during the end of the 2007-08 school year, throughout which the juvenile was a student of hers. The student stayed overnight at Hodges’ residence “on multiple occasions” during that time, investigators said.

Man Arrested for Drunk Driving With Infant in Back Seat - And Much More!

If this was just a simple case of a drunk parent driving with the kids in the car, this may not have made it on The Dumbass Daily. I mean, really: how often do we hear about these idiots? Once or twice a week anymore? But Amilcar Lopez, 21, of Lynn, MA went above and beyond with his latest arrest. And we do mean "latest" since it appears this has happened a couple of times in the past. Let's see if we can break it down for you in bullet points:

- Passed several cars waiting at a stop light, turned left against same light right in front of cops
- Pulled over for OUI (operating under the influence) at 3:45 in the afternoon
- Not wearing seatbelt
- Infant daughter in the back seat, in a car seat, but NOT buckled in.
- Told cops he had a valid drivers license when he didn't
- Almost fell out of car when cops asked him to get out
- Urinated on himself while sitting in the back of a police car
- Cops find 12 empty bottles of Heineken in his car and another partially full
- And to top things off, the license plates on his Honda matched to a different vehicle, a 1998 Ford Explorer, recently purchased by someone else

In the end, young Mr. Lopez was charged with: operating under the influence (second offense), OUI with a child in the car, unlicensed operation of a vehicle, two counts of a red light violation, improper passing, drinking alcohol from a container while driving, driving an unregistered car and driving an uninsured car. And yes, somehow his kid was okay through all of this. (The Daily Item of Lynn)

Teacher Arrested for Being Drunk in Class, Blew Twice the Legal Limit BAC to Drive - Schallenberger Elementary School in San Jose

The little monsters have only been back in the classroom a couple of weeks and the teachers are already hitting the booze--and HARD! How hard? They're showing up at school drunk.
Apparently at Schallenberger Elementary School in San Jose some teachers became concerned about one of their as-yet-unnamed co-worker who appeared to be inebriated (for those of you in Muncie, that would be drunk, plastered, or smashed). So, they contacted the administration, who called the cops, who showed up only to confirm what everyone already seemed to know: this lady teacher was drunk! According to the cops, more than twice the legal limit to drive of .08% BAC or around .16% . . . which is some pretty good drinking! You don't get that by having a single Bloody Mary before work or a can of beer in the car at lunch.
Regardless of how she got her liquor, this female teacher was charged with a misdemeanor because it's against the law to be under the influence of any intoxicating liquor, drug or controlled substance in a condition that leaves someone unable to exercise care for his or her own safety or the safety of others. (San Jose Mercury News)

Male Teacher Arrested for Sending Porn to Student - Thomas Price, Lincoln High School

Are high school kids that lazy these days that they need to have a teacher actually send porn to them? Why, I remember in the old days when kids had to find their own porn or find a copy of National Geographic. Not that I'm complaining or anything, but it just seems that no matter how easy we make things for kids these days (haven't they ever heard of the Internet for free porn?) they're just whining for more.
Here's more from The Charleston Gazette:

A Harrison County fine arts teacher has been arrested for allegedly sending sexually explicit material to a minor. Thomas Price, 42, of Shinnston was arrested at Lincoln High School on Thursday and charged with two counts of displaying and distributing obscene matter to a minor. State Police Senior Trooper B.W. Claypool wouldn't give the victim's age, or say whether he's a student at the school. Claypool says Price allegedly had sent the boy links to pornographic Web sites and sexually charged text messages since January. The investigation was prompted by a complaint from the victim's family.

President of Iowa Community College Caught Boozing on Boat With Bikini Babes - Robert Paxton, 52

SHOCKING UPDATE: ICCC Board Asks Partying Prez Robert Paxton to Resign, Gives Him 400,000 Reasons Not to Let the Door Hit Him on the Backside on the Way Out - Can you believe this? The guy lies about a party on his boat, then admits it, then gets nearly half a million dollars NOT to work for a couple of years. Where does the line form for that job? More at the Des Moines Register
EARLIER REPORT: Over at our other site, BadJocks.com, we always wondered why college presidents never seemed to take a stand when we published pictures of underage college kids boozing it up during team initiations & hazings, despite school rules against such behavior. Well, now we know . . . at least at Iowa Central Community College, where President Robert "Animal House" Paxton appears in several pictures to be pouring beer down the throat of a young woman in a bikini. Not bad work, if you can get it, but probably not the way most parents want to think of the man at the head of the higher learning institution their children are attending. (In his defense, the tuition at ICCC is ridiculously low!)
Still, some people are not happy with the pictures and Paxton's lame attempts to dismiss the pictures is not earning him any points with the general public. How bad are they? Pres. Paxton--who initially denied the charges when approached by a reporter--now claims the keg in the photo was not even able to dispensed beer adding, "If you want to know the truth, the thing was broken. I never opened the tap on any keg." Asked what he was doing with the keg suspended over the woman's open mouth, Paxton said: "Nothing. The thing didn't work. I was laughing at them. You know, if I was doing anything, I was grabbing it and trying to put it back down." Here's more from The Des Moines Register:

A photograph showing Iowa Central Community College President Robert Paxton appearing to pour beer down the throat of a young woman has been circulating in the Fort Dodge area. Paxton, 52, and a group of young people are shown on a boat. Paxton and a young woman are holding a small keg of Coors Light above the head of another young woman, who appears to be drinking from the spigot held open by Paxton.
Paxton and an Iowa Central trustee said that Paxton had done nothing wrong and that the actions were in his private life, not his college work. But an academic ethics official said the photo shows a lack of good judgment that is expected from a person in Paxton's position as a college president.
When asked Friday about the photo, which also shows a passenger on the boat pouring vodka into the mouth of another person, Paxton initially told a Des Moines Register reporter, "I have no idea what you're talking about." Asked whether he had recently been aboard a boat with a group of young people, Paxton replied, "No, not recently I haven't."
In a separate conversation later in the day, Paxton acknowledged that he was aware of the photo. Asked why he initially denied knowledge of the picture, he said, "I was told not to speak." He declined to elaborate, however. Paxton said the photo was made on July 4 at West Okoboji Lake. He said his 19-year-old son, John, who was a student at Iowa Central last school year, is the younger man in the photo.
He said his son was not drinking on the boat. However, Iowa court records show that a day after the photo was made, John Paxton was arrested and charged with second-offense drunken driving in Dickinson County, where Okoboji is located. The younger Paxton has pleaded not guilty.

Cops Arrest 12-Year-Old Drunk Driver in Stolen Car

Wow! There's a whole lotta stupid to go around here! Then again, this did happen in Australia where underage drinking is as common as a fight breaking out during a hockey game . . . or is it a hockey game breaking out during a fight? Either way, the teens caught in this Northern Territory adventure decided to let the youngest--a 12-year-old--and likely drunkest of them drive. And not just any car, but a STOLEN car that cops saw as it was turning into, of all places, a church parking lot. Here's more from The Australian:

A 12-YEAR-OLD girl has been arrested for allegedly driving a stolen car while drunk in the Northern Territory. A police patrol noticed the girl behind the wheel of a sedan turning into the Uniting Church on the corner of Tilston Avenue at the satellite city of Palmerston outside of Darwin about 1.30am (CST) today.
Police said six youths fled from the car into the Palmerston High School when officers approached them. After a short foot chase, four females - aged 12, 14, 15 and 20 - were caught on the school oval. Two others managed to escape, police said.
A 12-year-old girl was identified as the driver of the car and she returned a positive reading when police gave her a roadside breath test. All four were taken to the local police station, where the driver allegedly returned an official blood alcohol content of 0.065 per cent.

Man, 24, Arrested for Asking 12-Year-Old Girl for Hickey to Make Ex-Wife Jealous

Want to make your ex-wife jealous? Probably not the best idea to ask a 12-year-old girl to give you a hickey. Likely it won't work, and if the cops find out, you'll end up in jail . . . which is exactly what happened to Jesus Martinez. He and a Mesa, Arizona girl were found kissing by the girl's mother after the pre-teen left her home without permission to meet up with this genius. At right, Jesus Martinez' mug shot picture.
Here's more from AZ Central:

The girl told her mother that Martinez kissed her lips, face and breast area, left a hickey and asked the girl to leave hickeys on him for his ex-wife to see, according to the Sheriff's Office. The girl said she tried to leave several times by telling Martinez she was too young for him, according to the report. Martinez was booked on suspicion of one count of child molestation and four counts of sexual abuse.

Carnie Accused of Making Sexual Comments to Teenaged Girls, Inappropriately Touching One of Them

Hey wait, what about the infamous Carnie Code?
Seriously, does this really come as a shock to any one? Should it even be a news story? The cops were probably stunned. Stunned, I tell ya!
Here's more (what little there is) from the Deseret News:

A worker at a traveling carnival has been arrested on suspicion that he made sexual comments to teenage girls and fondled one of them.
Millard County Sheriff's deputies said the carnival was operating at Fillmore's fairgrounds on Friday. Deputies responded to a complaint that the suspect, 45-year-old Jeffery John Thomas, of Cottonwood, Ariz., had made inappropriate sexual comments toward a group of teenage girls. A 14-year-old girl claimed to have been inappropriately touched, deputies said. Thomas was booked into the Millard County Jail on investigation of forcible sex abuse of a child, a second-degree felony, and class A misdemeanor lewdness involving a child.

Teacher Autumn Leathers Accused of Sex With Boy, 16 - Mountain Ride High School in Frostburg, Maryland

UPDATE: Autumn Leathers Heading to Jail! - Details on the Dumbass Daily Main Page.

EARLIER:The one thing I really like about this story is the "before" and "after" pictures of the accused teacher, Autumn Leathers (what a great stripper name, too, eh?). At right Leather's mug shot, and below must be from the school yearbook. Quite a difference, don't you think?
Anyway, the important thing is to know that Ms. Leathers, 24 an English teacher at Mountain Ridge High School in Maryland, was arrested for allegedly having a sexual relationship with one of her 16-year-old students and now faces numerous charges, including child abuse, child sexual abuse, and sex offenses. Here's more from Your4State.com:

Officers say they were contacted by a resident, who noticed the student at Leathers’ home several times in the late evening. When he was interviewed by officers, the student told them he and Leathers had a sexual relationship that started in May of this year and continued throughout the summer. Authorities believe all of the sexual activity occurred at Leathers’ home, not in the school. A search warrant was executed at Leathers’ home on Braddock Street in Frostburg Wednesday evening, where police found other evidence that has become part of the investigation.

Female Teacher at Christian School Arrested for Sex With Boy, 14 - Holly Michelle Barnes

Small town.
Private Christian school.
Female teacher caught having sex with an underage boy?
Why, that can't happen here! At right, the oddly captivating mug shot picture of Holly Michelle Barnes, 24. Here's more on the story from the Atlanta Journal Constitution:

A former teacher at a Powder Springs Christian school has been charged with having sex with a 14-year-old boy, Paulding County authorities said Wednesday. Holly Michelle Barnes, 24, was charged Tuesday night with two counts of statutory rape and two counts of child molestation, said Cpl. Brandon Gurley, a spokesman for the county sheriff’s office. He declined to say whether the alleged incidents occurred at the church or school and whether the boy was a student or a member of the congregation.

Drunk Man Tasered by Cops for . . . Stabbing a Tree?

And you wonder why cops go a little nuts sometimes when they arrest a bad guy? How about it if you were called to take care of a neighborhood disturbance, only to find a crazy man--who had already thrown a large rock at a garage door--standing there with a booze bottle in one hand and a 10 inch knife in the other . . . and he was using it to stab a tree? Seems to me that tasering is an appropriate response to that kind of stupidity. Here's more from Redding.com:

Redding police officers used a stun gun today to subdue a 46-year-old Sacramento man after he allegedly brandished a large knife at passing motorists, threw a large rock at a nearby home’s garage door and ended up stabbing a tree. Steven Hill was arrested on suspicion of resisting arrest and possession of a concealed deadly weapon and booked into Shasta County jail, a police spokesman said.
Officers said when they arrived in the area of Keswick Dam Road and Lake Boulevard they found Hill stabbing a tree with a knife in one hand and holding a bottle of liquor in the other. Hill refused to drop the knife and officers used the stun gun to apprehend him, the police spokesman said.

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Teacher Allanah Benton-Wells, 42, Accused of Sex With 6th Grader - Williams Elementary School - Flint, Michigan

Ever wonder what's wrong with our public schools? Here's a good example: Allanah Benton-Wells, 42, was suspended from her job--with pay--teaching 6th grade at Williams Elementary School in Flint, Michigan back in November of 2007, while the district and cops investigated allegations that she had sex with a student. That's nine months of paid vacation, AFTER the boy's mother made a complaint to police. That came after the mom intercepted a phone call between the two that made her think Benton-Wells (pictured right in court) was having sex with the 12-year-old. Cops think on at least two occasions around Halloween that Benton-Wells picked up the boy to take him to her home for tutoring and instead had sex with him.
In January, Benton-Wells husband divorced her because he suspected something was going on when he came home at 2:30 in the morning and found the boy on the couch, with his wife, with his shirt off. Another time, the her ex-husband claims he came home to find the pair on the couch with his wife wearing a nightgown and no bra. Not if that means she was sleeping with the boy, but it does seem kinda strange when she was supposed to be turoring him. But still, it took ALL this time for charges to be filed and the school district to finally fire Benton-Wells.
Here's more on the story from NBC 25:

In November of last year investigators started looking into allegations, 42-year-old Allanah Benton-Wells had sex with the 12-year-old in October.
"Both times she was to pick the child up and take him back to her house for tutoring, help with homework,” said Genesee County Prosecutor, David Leyton. “We believe that's not what occurred. We believe in both instances resulted in sexual intercourse."
Investigators say the boy's mother found out about the sexual relationship, when she listened in on a call between her son and Benton-Wells. “The mother then went to the school, the principal, of the school then informed Flint Police."
Benton-Wells is a Flint native a mother of 19 month old twin boys, and two grown sons. Now she faces two charges of criminal sexual assault, each crime carries a sentence of 25 years to life behind bars. “She is entering a plea of not guilty," said Michael Haley, Benton-Wells’ attorney. “He was a student and she was helping him."

Chicago Couple Tasered at Wedding Reception in Michigan - Andy Somora and Anna Pastuszwska

We have to admit, this isn't the first wedding reception that we've heard about where cops had to be called and at least one member of the wedding party had to be tasered . . . usually the groom or best man. But zapping both the groom AND the bride, getting pictures of it, AND finding out that they got tasered AGAIN two days later? That has to be some kind of record for stupidity, even if they were drunk, which--according to police--is very likely at the center of this incident. At right, a picture of bride Anna Pastuszwska shortly after police tasered her husband.
Here's more on the story from the Chicago Sun Times:

Andy Somora and Anna Pastuszwska's July 19 wedding reception in tiny Lakeside, Mich., is still the talk of the town after officers from 14 police departments swarmed the art gallery to quell a melee. The groom's father, uncle, aunt and cousin -- several of whom hail from Villa Park and La Grange Park -- also got arrested.

The short version of the story is they didn't want to quit their partying," said Mike Sepic, Berrien County, Mich., chief assistant prosecutor. "If you put this in the class of wedding receptions gone bad, I guess this would take the cake."

And the story didn't end after the reception. Two nights later, the bride and groom were again arrested in Michigan -- and again shocked by a stun gun -- after struggling with police investigating a noise complaint, Sepic said. The groom was charged with pushing his new wife down during that incident, but the charge was later dropped as part of a plea bargain, Sepic said. Wedding photographer Kacper Skowron, a friend of the bride, said the party was "civilized" and "top-notch," with guests from around the country.

Gallery co-owner Tom Burnison, however, said that, fueled by alcohol, it got out of control and potentially dangerous, including when a guest heaved a metal lamp into a plate glass window. "Calling the police was a last resort," Burnison said. When the only local police officer on duty that night arrived, Burnison and his wife asked him to help break up the party because it had gotten "out of hand," with booze, water and broken glass on the floor, Chikaming Township police said. One guest was seen drinking straight out of a vodka bottle, Sepic said.

The officer called for backup and told everyone the party was over. Many guests left, but some refused and began cursing at officers, police said. "Andy got angry and started yelling, 'What are you doing? This is my wedding! You're making my wife cry!' " Skowron said.

"The crowd was trying to hold back the groom from mouthing off more, but finally he broke free, and they had to take him down," Sepic said of police. "He was heading for the officers. . . . Then the bride moved in and tried to interfere." As the newlyweds struggled on the ground, a police officer used a Taser on Somora, 29, police said. Pastuszwska, 28, was holding her new husband tight, and was shocked as well, Skowron and authorities said.

"Role Model" Teacher Laurie Anne Lewis Arrested for Prostution - Cleveland High School

UPDATE: We Have Teacher Laurie Anne Lewis's Mug Shot Along With Addition Details of Her Arrest: Cop Says "I Don't Know That She Was a Career Prostitute!" - Here's more from Click2Houston:

A Cleveland High School teacher was charged with prostitution after meeting a man in an online chat room and soliciting him in a downtown Houston hotel, police told KPRC Local 2 Monday. Police said Laurie Ann Lewis, 38, was arrested Tuesday at the Four Seasons, 1300 Lamar, in an undercover sting.
Investigators said Lewis agreed to meet her client at the hotel as an escort. She was arrested after asking for $300 to perform a sexual act, police said. We opened up a discussion with her in the chat room. She agreed at some point in that discussion for sex for money," said Capt. Bruce Williams of the Houston Police Department. "When she entered the room, the deal was done."
Police would not elaborate on the prostitution sting or on Lewis' alleged role as a prostitute. "I don't know to what extent she did this job. As far as I'm concerned, she's a teacher that got arrested for prostitution. I don't know that she was a career prostitute," Williams said.

EARLIER POST: Well, at least she wasn't caught having sex with a student . . . at least, not for free, anyways. At right, the only picture we could find of Laurie Anne Lewis. Here's more on the story from KHOU:

Cleveland High School theatre teacher and Student Council sponsor Laurie Anne Lewis was arrested on Tuesday on charges of prostitution in downtown Houston. According to the Houston Police Department, 38-year-old Lewis was arrested in an ongoing undercover operation. Since Lewis' arrest was part of a continuing investigation, the offense report regarding her arrest has not been made public. But Kerry Cowart, the superintendent of Cleveland ISD said he spoke to Lewis on Friday afternoon and confirmed the allegations. Cowart said that when he asked if she was arrested for prostitution, Lewis admitted it was true.

Lewis was immediately placed on paid administrative leave pending resolution of the charges. One teen on the student council describe Lewis as an excellent teacher and that this news surprised everyone. "She was role model to me and I really didn't expect her to do that because she was always on to us and I just thought that she would be different," said Kala Patton, a Junior at Cleveland High School.