A Nebraska woman is facing charges after police say she was caught engaging in sexual behavior with a student, who fled the scene naked when officers discovered them parked in a secluded area. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Erin Ward, 45, identified as a now-former substitute teacher at Burke High School in Ohama, is facing a …
A Minnesota teacher has been arrested for allegedly having sexual relationships with three students, KTTC-TV reports. Authorities say 29-year-old Eric Birth, a teacher at Winona Senior High School, exploited the victims when they were struggling with personal matters and had confided in him. The teens were between 16 and 18 years old at the time of the incidents. …
A former Virginia teacher pleaded guilty to sexual acts with a child, Henrico County Commonwealth’s Attorney Shannon Taylor announced Tuesday. Megan Pauline Jordan pleaded guilty to five felonies for sexual acts with a student at Hungary Creek Middle School during the 2022-2023 school year. She’s been convicted of four felony counts of carnal knowledge of …
A former third-grade New York teacher is accused of sexually abusing more than 50 students over several decades. ABC 7 reports that Thomas Bernagozzi, 76, appeared at a Suffolk County court in New York Wednesday and pleaded not guilty to sexually abusing at least two former Bayshore students. According to ABC 7, 56 former students …
A former Iowa middle school reading teacher has pleaded guilty in a sex abuse case involving three students in Carroll County. Cassidy Kraus, 24, was initially arrested in October and charged with third-degree sexual abuse, lascivious acts with a child, and dissemination of obscene material to minors. Following a plea agreement, she pleaded guilty to …
A Missouri woman who taught at a Lutheran school allegedly poisoned her husband’s food multiple times while she was having a relationship with someone halfway around the world, KMIZ-TV reports. Sarah Scheffer, 37, faces charges of first-degree domestic assault, first-degree attempted murder and armed criminal action in connection with the allegations. On Tuesday, Scheffer’s husband …
A Missouri high school math teacher has been arrested in Texas, after fleeing the state amid accusations of engaging in a sexual relationship with a teen student. Police arrested 26-year-old Hailey Nichelle Clifton-Carmack last week while she visited family near San Antonio, according to the Garden Ridge Police Department. She was wanted out of Laquey, …
A Long Island principal who resigned abruptly late last year had a sexual relationship with a teenage student decades ago, which is now just coming to light, News 12 Long Island reports. Jessica Bader, 51, left her job as principal of James H. Vernon School in October. She had just started the position in September after …
A Florida teacher who served as a “religious ambassador” is accused of recording dozens of sex videos with an underage student. Authorities say that between June and September of 2023, Marie-Jo Gordo and the student had sex throughout Florida in hotels and vehicles. Investigators believe that Gordo recorded the sex acts on her phone and …
A Louisiana woman identified as a former West Monroe High School teacher is facing charges after police say she sent a boy nude photos. According to court documents obtained by KTVE, Tatum Hatch, 32, was arrested Wednesday following a text message to a 15-year-old boy she had been exchanging incriminating messages with for at least …
A former Pennsylvania teacher will serve time behind bars for engaging in a sexual relationship with a high school student, the York Daily Record reports. This week, Emily Lehneis was sentenced to one to two years in prison for the crime after she apologized in court. “I want . . . her family to know …
On Thursday, New Mexico police arrested a middle school teacher for allegedly seeking sexually-explicit images of children. Santa Fe Public Schools spokesperson Cody Dynarski confirmed to the Santa Fe New Mexican thatPablo Angeles-Guaderrama, 34, a math teacher at Ortiz Middle School, was placed on unpaid leave. Though a court had Angeles-Guaderrama’s case sealed due to …
