Teens Set Up Own Internet Sting, Catch Male Teacher Hitting on Underage Girls - Scott Dietlin

And he would have gotten away with it, if it wasn't for those stupid, meddling kids!

Scott Dietlin, a teacher at Casa Grande High School in California, thought he was exchanging messages with an underage girl online, when in fact it was two teen aged boys who had created the fake MySpace page. When Dietlin's messages allegedly appeared inappropriate, the young Hardy Boys turned their evidence over to Burlingame police, who then also posed as a teenage girl (must be pretty easy, everyone seems to be doing it) and began communicating with Dietlin, who then arranged for the "girl" to meet him to have a possible sexual encounter. Instead--you guessed it!--the 34-year-old history and economics teacher was arrested on several felony charges for allegedly making arrangements to have sex with a minor.

For their efforts, the boys were given a hardy pat on the back and a date with Nancy Drew (the hot TV one, not Julia Roberts niece). Here's more on the story from the Press Democrat:

Scott Dietlin was arrested by Burlingame detectives at 9:45 a.m. after a week-long investigation stemming from a correspondence he had with two Burlingame teenagers on myspace.com. The teens posted a photograph and profile of another young woman on myspace.com as if they actually were being posted by her, and Dietlin then started engaging in e-mails with them.

The teens, feeling that Dietlin’s e-mails were inappropriate, contacted Burlingame police, who began investigating the situation. A Burlingame detective, posing as a teenage girl, then began communicating with Dietlin, and arranged a time and place in San Mateo to meet him to have a possible sexual encounter.

When he arrived at the location, they arrested Dietlin on charges of sending harmful matter with the intent to seduce a minor, attempting to contact a minor with the intent to commit a sexual offense and arranging to meet with a minor with intent to commit a sexual offense. He was booked into Sonoma County Jail, where he remained in custody on $550,00 bail.

After his arrest, Burlingame police obtained a warrant to search his vehicle and home in Petaluma. They reportedly found condoms, as well as a computer and cell phone police believe he used during the communications.

Florida Becomes Ground Zero for Student/Teacher Sex Scandals

Does it seem like it to anyone else that the State of Florida has more than its share of female teacher sex scandals? Well, according to this report in the Orlando Sentinel, we were not imagining things as more than 150 teachers in the Sunshine State have been arrested in the past three years! Here's more from this outstanding article:

At least 150 Florida teachers have been disciplined in the past three years after being accused of sexual misconduct with students, an Orlando Sentinel review has found.

Some of the most severe cases resulted in arrests and criminal convictions for offenses such as secretly watching a boy change and shower, tricking elementary-school girls into touching a man's genitals and having sex with minor students. But the Sentinel's case-by-case review of teacher-discipline records from the Florida Department of Education found that a lot of the alleged misconduct did not rise to the criminal level.

Still, parents would be alarmed.

Among those cases are a former Apopka High teacher accused of flashing a teenage student with whom she was having an affair; a Port Orange teacher who sent text messages to a boy, calling him "cutie" and "sexie"; a ninth-grade teacher in Tampa who asked a student about the color of her nipples; and an Orlando coach accused of using e-mail and instant messages to tell a 13-year-old girl he loved her and wanted their relationship to grow beyond friendship.

Those 150 cases don't include the dozens of educators who have been suspended or lost their teaching certificates since 2006 for molesting nonstudents, downloading porn at school, having sex in public and trying to pick up prostitutes. Many of the cases occurred in the South Florida and Tampa Bay areas. In Central Florida, 34 teachers were disciplined in the three-year period, including 12 from Orange County, 11 from Volusia, four from Polk, three from Seminole, three from Brevard and one in Lake.

Scholars, mental-health experts, police and others aren't sure whether more teachers these days are committing such acts. Little research has been done on the issue. They say it's likely students are simply reporting bad behavior more often. One trend is certain, however: The number of disciplinary cases involving sexual misdeeds is rising in Florida -- among female educators in particular.

Boy, 13, Arrested for Repeatedly Passing Gas in Class - Spectrum Junior-Senior High School

Who had November 2008 in the pool? You know, the one where we guessed when the first stupid high school boy was arrested for INTENTIONALLY farting in class? If you had this month, then you're a winner . . . and certainly more fortunate than this punk's classmates at Spectrum Junior-Senior High School in Stuart, Florida. You would think there'd be something in the school "Code of Honor" about breaking wind, cutting the cheese, or just plain farting in class . . . but apparently not, and now the cops are involved. Thanks a lot for all the bean burrito lunches Mom! Now I'm going to jail!
The best part of the story: the police say they have a confession from the kid! What no CSI-type evidence search of the classroom? I'm somewhat disappointed.
Here's more from WPBF (fortunately, there is no video or audio with this story):

A 13-year-old boy from Stuart was arrested after teachers said he was repeatedly passing gas during class. Police said the Spectrum Junior-Senior High School student continually disrupted his class by intentionally passing gas. He then shut off some computers other students were using, police said. A school resource officer placed the boy under arrest after police said he confessed. He's charged with disruption of a school function and was released to his mother.

Teacher Carole Leigh Mayers, 41, Arrested for Sex With Underage Boy - Salisbury Christian School

Today's female teacher/cougar caught having sex with an underage boy comes to us from Salisbury Christian School in Maryland. Carole Leigh Mayers, 41, faces five counts of third-degree sex offense, five counts of fourth-degree sex offense, five counts of child abuse and one count of perverted practice. According to the cops, the former music teacher is accused of "inappropriate activity" with a former student.
We haven't been able to find a good definition of what exactly a "perverted practice" is but what little we did find online makes us think this is something more than uh, "natural" sex acts. (If you have suggestions as what this might be, post a comment below.) Which makes us think the cops got a lot more detail about what this lady was doing with her alleged young stud than we're hearing. Maybe the nasty details will come out during her trial. (WMDT)

Teacher Victoria Chacon Accused of Sending Naked Pictures of Herself to Boy, 14 - Sunday School

First, the kids were sending naked pictures of themselves to each other. Now, the teachers seem to want to get into the act! According to police, Victoria Chacon, a math teacher at Somerset Junior High School in San Antonino, not only sent naked photos of herself to an underage student (she allegedly met him at church, when she taught Sunday School!) along with some love letters, professing her love. As often happens in these cases, the boys mother found the love letters and called police. To top things off, the father also found a cell phone they had not provided him and the screen saver pic was of Chacon . . . topless. Here's more from WOAI:

The arrest affidavit states the mother of the 14-year-old boy told police she found two love letters from Chacon to her son. The affidavit also says that in those letters, "Chacon professes her love for the teen about how passionate he is, and about how she feels when she and the teen kiss each other."

Somerset Independent School District took action after learning of the allegations.

"When the allegations first surfaced, and the district was investigating, we immediately placed her on administrative leave," explained Maury Vasquez of Somerset ISD.

Soon after that, Chacon resigned from her teaching position.

While police continued their investigation, another development surfaced. According to the arrest affidavit, the teen's father found a cell phone they hadn't bought for their son. The affidavit states that "the screen saver on the phone was a photo of Chacon topless" and "at least one other photo stored on the telephone of Chacon exposing her breasts."

Former NFL Cheerleader & Bachelor "Winner" Arrested for Public Intoxication, Resisting Arrest, Breaking Cop Car Radio - Mary Delgado

Mary Delgado, who used to shake her pom-poms for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, has been arrested . . . again! Last year Delgado, who received a marriage proposal in 2004 on the TV show "The Bachelor" from pro fisherman Byron "What Was I Thinking?" Velvick, was arrested for hitting her fiancé. Now comes word that Mary was at a bar this weekend in Texas called Lorina's Cantina when she refused to leave. When police showed up, they arrested Delgado for public intoxication and disorderly conduct. But the fun doesn't end there: Mary earned an extra charge of resisting arrest, after she reportedly screamed at officers in the squad car and also kicked the car radio. What, they didn't taser her? Oh well, at least we have a hot mug shot photo to stare at today. (E! Online)

Cop Suspened for Tasering Inmate to Wake Him Up - Deputy Michael Kenefic,

You'd think that Deputy Michael Kenefic, of the Pinellas County detention center, would get style points, at least, for his creative way of waking up a sleeping inmate. Not sure if I was the inmate I would appreciate that (I'm more of a natural sunrise kinda guy) but sometimes you have to use the tools that are given you, right? But note: even the tasering didn't wake this drunk up! Here's more from the St. Petersburg Times:

Apparently you're not allowed to use a stun gun as an alarm clock — even in jail. That's what one Pinellas County detention deputy was reminded of after a July incident where he tried to wake up an inmate by crackling a Taser stun gun near the inmate's head. Deputy Michael Kenefic, 32, received a 15-day suspension for the events the morning of July 27.

According to an internal affairs report, Kenefic was having trouble with inmate, Robert McAllister, who had been waiting a long time in the intake section of the jail. McAllister, 54, was facing DUI crash and drug charges. At one point during the night, McAllister went to sleep on the floor in the seating area. Kenefic came over and told him he was required to stay in his seat.

At 7 a.m., Kenefic noticed that McAllister was sleeping on the ground again, according to the internal affairs report. That's when Kenefic decided to try something different. He mentioned to a deputy nearby that he bet he could wake up the inmate with the sound of the stun gun cycling through. Another deputy remembers Kenefic saying, "Watch this."

Kenefic, a three-year veteran of the agency, took out his Taser, removed the prongs, and walked across the floor to where McAllister was sleeping. He bent down and let the Taser crackle for a few seconds. Amazingly, it did not wake up the inmate.

Texas Judge Arrested on Drunk Driving Charges

A Texas district judge--who precided over an important trial this summer involving the drunk driving killing of a Fort Worth police officer--has herself been arrested for driving under the influence. Here's more from Fox News:

State District Judge Elizabeth Berry was booked into the Johnson County Jail on Saturday afternoon on a probable cause warrant by Alvarado police after being arrested in Interstate 35W south of Fort Worth, said sheriff's Lt. Tim Jones. She was booked and then released on a personal recognizance bond, he said.

In a statement released through her attorney Mark Daniel, Berry said it was premature to discuss the allegations. "There are a number of factual and legal issues before I can make any statement," she said. "In the meantime, it's my duty to preside over my court in an efficient manner and this matter will have no effect on my decisions."

Daniel said it is too soon to discuss specifics, including why police stopped Berry and whether her blood-alcohol level was tested, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported in Tuesday editions. "Judge Berry is a very highly respected judge," he said. "We are presently doing our own work and investigation. It is my belief that when all the dust settles this will likely be unfounded." The Johnson County Attorney's Office, which prosecutes misdemeanor drunken-driving cases, probably will not get the case for two weeks, a representative said.

This summer Berry presided over the trial of Samuel Lee Hilburn, who was convicted of intoxication manslaughter and sentenced to 13 years in prison for the 2006 death of Fort Worth police Officer Dwayne Freeto.

Teacher Melissa Snow Arrested for Sex With Boy - Sheridan High School, Colorado

Today's Female Teacher Sex Scandal comes to us from the small town of Sheridan, Colorado where Melissa Snow, who used to teach at Sheridan High School. Apparently a tip led cops to investigate accusations that Ms. "Pure as the Driven" Snow, 27, had sex multiple times with an underage male student. The school district, it seems, is most pleased that at least it didn't happen at the school . . . probably because that would have meant some additional janitorial costs, if you know what I mean.
There is also something creepy about Snow's eyes in the mug shot (right) don't you think? Could be the angle or it could be a partial stink eye, hard to tell. Either way, it looks like she's thinking "You will do my bidding and service me, young man!"
Here's more from the Denver Post:

She posted $50,000 bond on charges of sexual assault by a person in a position of trust and sexual assault with a pattern of behavior. The latter charge resulted from suspicion "that this happened more than once," said Denver police spokesman Sonny Jackson, who would not elaborate on the details. The tip that led to the arrest was provided by a school employee, but Sheridan police turned the case over to Denver because the alleged sexual assaults happened there, Sheridan police Cmdr. Diane Stone said.

Page Six: Ivana Trump Refuses to Believe Much Younger Hubby Cheated on Her With Hot Italian Model Belen

Who's the bigger dumbass here? Ivana "Crypt Keeper" Trump for refusing the believe that her husband Rossano Rubicondi (24 years her junior, by the way) would actually cheat on her with a pretty Italian model or Rubicondi who, if he had the chance to nail the extremely hot Belen, turned her down? We think that's a picture of Belen at right, but who knows with all these foreign models anymore?
Tough call, isn't it? Here's more from the NY Post's Page Six:

"Nothing sexual happened. That I know for sure," Ivana writes in her Page Six Magazine column in this Sunday's Post. "Rossano is on his way back from Honduras [where he competed in an Italian reality TV show]. I'm not going to make any other comment until I speak to him . . . Then I'll make a decision about how to handle the situation."

British Comedian Eddie Izzard Admits He Illegally Donated to Obama Campaign

Here's a video clip of British comedian Eddie Izzard (former star of "The Riches") is caught by CNN cameras last night following the American Presidential campaign, and admitting that while he can't vote (because he's not a US citizen) he did make a contribution to Barack Obama's campaign, which according to our legal experts is NOT legal. Guess he has to got to another famous American institution: the PMITA prison. Watch it for yourself and notice how Izzard seems to not want the words to come out of his mouth, but can't stop himself, he's so overjoyed that Obama won.
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Watch the clip here.

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Student Brandishes Toy Gun in Class, Tells Students to "Get Down" So Some Jump Out Windows

After all of the high school and college shootings over the years here in the USA, you would thinkt that someone would have to be pretty stupid to bring a toy gun to class and wave it around yelling, "get down." Or, you could be Ryan Labenz, 24, a senior art major at University of Nebraska-Lincoln, who allegedly pulled that stunt this week which caused several of his frightened classmates to jump out the window. Okay, the class was on the first floor, but still! Here's more from Omaha.com:

A 24-year-old University of Nebraska-Lincoln student was arrested Monday after allegedly brandishing a toy gun on campus.

Ryan Labenz, a senior art major, pulled out what appeared to be a silver gun outside an art class in Richards Hall and shouted "get down," said Owen Yardley, UNL police chief. Several students in a nearby classroom felt threatened and decided to escape by jumping out a first-floor window, police said. No one was hurt.

UNL police arrested Labenz 13 minutes later at his residence on the 900 block of Y Street. Police recovered the gun, which turned out to be a toy. UNL Police Capt. Carl Oestmann said Monday afternoon that authorities were still interviewing Labenz and other students. Oestman wouldn't say whether Labenz was playing a joke or intended to scare others.

Parents Demand Resignation of Teacher Who Did Striptease in Front of Students - Hungary

From our "What the Hell?" Department: The image is kind of grainy, but you can definitely see a younger woman in what appears to be a gymnasium in front of adults and teens start dancing when the song "You Can Leave Your Hat On" by Joe Cocker comes on. It's obvious right away that she intends to start taking her clothes off, but no one seems to be stopping her . . . not the least of which are her 15-year-old students at this party.
The headmaster at the school in Zalaegerszeg, Hungary so far has refused parents calls for her resignation,saying she is "A valuable asset to the school, well liked by everyone" and also saying children would see more flesh on a beach than what they did at the party. Anyone ready to move to Hungary and start school over again? Watch the video for yourself below.

Female Teacher, 45, Accused of Having Sex With Boy, 17 - Cynthia Horvath

Cynthia Horvath, a rather hot looking 45-year-old teacher/cheerleading coach at Warner Christian Academy in Florida has been arrested for an alleged sexual affair with a 17-year-old male student. That's Cynthia at school picture at right. Below, the former teacher in handcuffs.
According to cops, Horvath a married mother of four, reportedly approached the teen about her "feelings" last spring and the two carried on a torrid affair during the summer months before being discovered this fall. According to the arrest affidavit the two lovers allegedly have sex in various place, mostly in parked cars, as many as 25 times, including once in a Walmart parking lot where they were caught naked by the cops. What happened to them? The police asked the teen if he was PAYING FOR SEX and then let them go. That's some nice police work there Lou.
The worst part of the story? One of Horvath's own sons is a classmate of the victim, and has since had to be transfered to another school. Yeah, probably wouldn't be cool to be walking around the halls of your school with people talking about your mom having an alleged affair with one of your friends.
Here's more from the News-Journal Online:

Investigators said the sexual acts between the pair occurred in both Port Orange and Daytona Beach. Many of them took place in Horvath's car in the parking lot of supermarkets and under the Dunlawton Bridge. When they weren't in the car, the teacher and teen went to motels in Daytona Beach, the arrest report shows.

Horvath resigned Oct. 13 after Tress confronted her with allegations about the relationship. The headmaster learned of the affair from another teacher at the school, who in turn heard it from several of the boy's classmates. The students who reported their suspicions about Horvath and the high school senior told police they had seen several of the sultry text messages Horvath sent to the boy.

According to the arrest report, the fellow classmates said it was Horvath who first approached the teenager, telling him she "had feelings" for him. Many of the classmates also saw text messages that included the phrase, "I love having sex with you," the report states.

Another report at the News-Journal Online gives even more saucey details:

According to her attorney, Horvath, the mother of four children -- one of whom is in the same class with the teen who was seeing Horvath -- was inside the store buying prescription medication for her husband, who is recovering from an appendectomy. An arrest affidavit released by Port Orange police Wednesday, however, shows Horvath went to Walmarts in Port Orange and Daytona Beach several times this year for other reasons.

The first time Horvath and the teen had sex was in her car in the parking lot of the Walmart on Dunlawton Avenue in Port Orange, the report states. In all, the pair met 25 times for sexual romps just in Port Orange, and "in various locations in Daytona Beach as well," the report shows. Besides the Walmart parking lots, the two also met in the parking lot of the Publix supermarket on Beville Road and under the Dunlawton Bridge. They also rendezvoused at the La Quinta Inn and Super 8 motels in Daytona Beach, police say.

During one of their meetings at the Walmart parking lot in Port Orange, a policeman approached Horvath's car. Teacher and teen rushed to put their clothes on, the report states. Before they could completely dress, however, Officer Jesse Pierson was at the window asking the pair what they were doing. After the two admitted they were having sex, Pierson then asked the boy whether he had paid for the act, the report shows. Horvath was not arrested and that episode is being investigated by detectives, the report shows.