Kids: Don't Put Stripper Poles in Your Dorm Room

Of all the things you would think college administrators would have to worry about today: rising costs, shrinking budgets, stripper poles in the dorm rooms . . . wait, what? That's right: at one university, the student housing department did a quick inspection of empty dorm rooms over Spring Break and found at least one room that had a stripper pole . . . permanently bolted into the floor and ceiling. Here's more from Kent State News:

A residence hall director found a stripper pole bolted to the ceiling and floor of a dorm room over winter break. Edward Moisio Jr., fire safety coordinator at Kent State, said 99 percent of students who have illegal items in their rooms offer the typical excuse: "We didn't know we weren't allowed to have that."Residence assistants and Kent State's Fire Safety Division frequently find other, more common violations in the residence halls - stripper poles are unusual."I haven't really read the handbook," said Mark Feldman, junior political science major. He suspects that's the case among other students, too. Carrie Circosta, assistant residence hall director of Beall and McDowell Halls, confirms it. She said one of the main reasons students don't know what is and isn't illegal in the residence hall is because they don't read the handbook or just don't care.

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Teacher's Aide Accused of Sex With Middle School Boy

This is our second story in a week about a fairy young teacher (okay, in this case a "teacher's aide") having some kind of inappropriate relationship with a kid in junior high. No age is given for the boy, but that's usually 7th, 8th, & 9th grade, isn't it, making him, what, around 14? Strange, very strange.

According to cops she was caught when--surprise!--the boy's mother found pictures of the teacher in her underwear on the boy's cell phone.

At right, the mug shot pictures of the accused, Lauren Breslin. Here's more from Press of Atlantic City:

A Vineland teacher’s aide and former champion high school swimmer allegedly kissed a male middle school student and sent him sexually suggestive pictures of her, according to police. Police arrested Lauren Breslin, 23, of Vineland, early Friday morning and charged her with endangering the welfare of a child. The boy’s mother found three sexually suggestive photos of the woman on her son’s phone and contacted Vineland Police on Thursday, according to police. Police say the boy told them he and Breslin kissed on the lips multiple times during school hours. The photos on the boy’s cell phone allegedly show Breslin wearing lingerie.
Investigators seized the phone as evidence and are awaiting a search warrant to proceed in their investigation. Their investigation remains ongoing, and more charges could be brought, Vineland Police Capt. Rudy Beu said Friday.

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Student Teacher Arrested for Sex Middle Schooler

Wow! Both the teachers AND the students keep getting younger in these cases. This time it was a 23-year-old student teacher and a boy in 8th grade. My favorite line from the article? "According to Superintendent Braden Hirsch, Massaro was in charge of schooling eighth-grade students on a myriad of subjects." Apparently so.

Here's more from WPIX:

A student teacher at an elementary school in Frankford has been arrested and charged with having sexual relations with a young student, authorities said Thursday. Lindsay Massaro, 23, a student at Centenary College in Hackettstown, reportedly struck up a week-long romance with the Frankford Elementary school student, which apparently began on March 21 and ended this past Saturday.

Massaro is accused of committing "acts of sexual penetration and sexual contact with the intimate parts of a minor male," according to information provided by the Sussex County Prosecutor's office. According to Superintendent Braden Hirsch, Massaro was in charge of schooling eighth-grade students on a myriad of subjects. Officials say she was working toward getting her state teaching certificate in special education.

Massaro was arrested Monday following a probe by police, but it is not clear if police tracked her down at the elementary school, which serves student grades K-8.

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Parents Arrested After Boys, 7 & 8, Show Up at School Stoned - Cleveland Elementary School

The things that our schools have to put up with these days that we could NEVER have imagined happening 20 years ago. For example: elementary school kids showing up to school high after smoking pot. Here's more from MSNBC:

Officers arrested a central New York couple because their 7- and 8-year-old sons showed up at school stoned on marijuana, police said. Officials at Cleveland Elementary School notified authorities about the possible drug use last week.

On Wednesday, state police charged 33-year-old James Tyson and 34-year-old Christina Miczek of Bernhards Bay with endangering the welfare of a child. The misdemeanor is punishable by up to a year in jail.

The boys smoked the marijuana after finding it at their home, police said. Troopers also charged a 15-year-old who made a smoking device for the boys. Troopers didn't release his name because of his age.

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Anal Retentive Burglars Kept List of Everything They Stole; Cops Appreciate the Help

From our "Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time" Files, comes the story from Surprise, Arizona of a couple who had a very organized burglary ring, to the point that they kept ledgers of what they stole and from where, making it much easier for the cops to nail them. Why not just shoot some video next time, dumbass?

Here's more from Your West Valley:

A Surprise couple arrested last week kept a ledger of homes they broke into and
items they stole during a string of burglaries in the Surprise area, police said Sunday.

The pair suspected in the crime spree - Travis Anderson, 27, and Gina Dunn, 34 - were arrested at approximately 1 p.m. Friday at their home in the 7300 block of North 185th Drive, police said. The major break in the case occurred when a burglary victim called police to let them know he believed he had seen his stolen golf clubs at the "Play It Again Sports" store located in Surprise.

When police arrived at the store, an officer recognized several other sets of golf clubs that were reported stolen from homes in his beat. The subsequent investigation led detectives to the home of Anderson and Dunn where they served a search warrant. Detectives discovered several sets of golf clubs, flat screen televisions and numerous other items that appeared to have been stolen, police said.

Detectives said they also found ledgers and notebooks kept by Anderson where he logged the addresses of homes he had burglarized and items he had taken, including a list stating whether the homes were occupied. Detectives found numerous real-estate open house fliers in Anderson's home. The fliers included hand-written notes on them regarding electronic equipment and appliances that were in the homes up for sale.

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Principal Accused of Making Boy Zap Himself With "Shocker Pen"

Want to bring a fake pen to school at Beaver Ridge Elementary School that gives off a mild, but not dangerous electrical shock? If you get caught with it, be prepared to have the principal turn it on yourself. And then, shortly thereafter, the parents and administration will turn on her. Good thing she didn't catch him with a bear trap! FYI: it's not the first time this principal has used some questionable disciplinary techniques: 10 years ago she allegedly took a kid who was biting other students and held him down while the other kids bit him back.

Here's more from the AJC:

A Gwinnett County elementary school principal is under fire for ordering a student to shock himself with a pen he carried to school that emits a low current.

Esther Adames-Jimenez, principal of Beaver Ridge Elementary School, apparently wanted to teach the student a lesson. So when the boy was summoned into her office to face discipline consequences for bringing the toy to class, she asked the student to turn the pen on himself. The student was not injured.

“Her actions reflect poor judgment,” said Sloan Roach, a spokeswoman for Gwinnett County Public Schools. “It clearly violates our discipline procedures.” This is not the first time the principal has come under scrutiny for discipline allegations.

In 1999, she was placed on paid administrative leave from East Boston Early Education Center amid allegations that she disciplined a 4-year-old who bit classmates by holding that student down so his victims could bite him back. Adames-Jimenez was reinstated without disciplinary action. However, the mother of the disciplined student filed a civil lawsuit against Adames-Jimenez and the school. The case later was settled for an undisclosed sum.

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Female Teacher Jennifer Lynne McCalla Accused of Sex With Boy

Now the Canadian teachers are getting into the act! What next, someone from the UK? Here's more from Canada.com:

A 33-year-old female high school teacher has been charged with sexual assault
and sexual exploitation by Ottawa police. Police said an investigation began in early February into allegations of inappropriate touching by a teacher in the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board of a male student. The alleged assault occurred in late January.

Jennifer Lynne McCalla, a teacher at Brookfield High School, was to appear in court Tuesday. Sharlene Hunter, a spokeswoman for the board, said McCalla has been
on "home assignment" since early February when the police investigation began.

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