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.

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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."

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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.

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"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.

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