Dennis Reeves and secretary both denied affair years ago; now she won’t talk to police
School Crimes
The Texas high school principal shot himself in the head last week after school officials confronted him about the alleged affair
Teacher Scandals
May 31, 2017
Teachers Gone Wild: Tad Cummins pleads ‘not guilty’ & Mary Kay Letourneau splits with hubby
Tad Cummins defense against federal charges of taking a minor across state lines for illegal sex is that his former student Elizabeth Thomas wanted to go with him on a cross-country trip. The ex-Tennessee teacher entered a not guilty plea this week in a court filing, avoiding a formal hearing set for Thursday. Also read: …
Suicide
May 30, 2017
Texas principal Dennis Reeves threatened to kill himself if affair was exposed, says former secretary and accuser
New statements expose yet another discrepancy in Superintendent Wallis’s account of what happened that day
Suicide
May 30, 2017
Assistant to Texas high school principal who died last week abruptly resigns as police face complications in death investigation
The surveillance video of the parking lot where Dennis Reeves died may have been malfunctioning
Police
May 30, 2017
Texas principal who shot himself in school parking lot was confronted with allegations before his death
A high school principal in Kirbyville, Texas, who took his own life last week was given an ultimatum to resign from his job or face an investigation. READ the latest update: Assistant to Texas high school principal who died last week abruptly resigns According to local news reports, corroborated by Kirbyville police, Dennis Reeves met …
Teacher Scandals
May 24, 2017
VIDEO: Teacher who traded candy for kisses with fifth-grade student avoids jail time
A fourth-grade teacher was sentenced to a year of probation after a video caught him trading candy for kisses with a 10-year-old student. The Palm Beach Post reported that Brian Kornbluth, 29, pleaded guilty to battery on Tuesday in connection with the February incident. The boy’s sister told police that she and her brother went to Kornbluth’s classroom and …
Teacher Scandals
May 24, 2017
Teacher called in bomb threats to preschool he worked at: Police
A San Francisco, California, assistant teacher is accused of calling bomb threats into the preschool he worked at. Pablo Munoz, 22, supposedly left the calls on the LePort Montessori School’s voicemail on May 8 and May 16. According to the KGO-TV, the school was evacuated and police recovered no explosive devices during both instances. The San Francisco …
Suicide
May 12, 2017
School claims 8-year-old boy who killed himself never said he was bullied
LISA CORNWELL Associated Press CINCINNATI (AP) — An 8-year-old boy shown on surveillance video being knocked to the floor unconscious at school two days before he killed himself told staff he had fainted and never said he had been bullied or assaulted, a school spokeswoman said Friday. Gabriel Taye’s mother didn’t learn of the bullying …
Teacher Scandals
April 29, 2017
Texas teacher had threesome with students: Report
A Texas kindergarten teacher is facing charges after she admitted to having a threesome with two high school students. According to the Dallas Morning News, Heather Lee Robertson, 38, admitted to having sex with four students in total, and with two of them simultaneously. She also reportedly did not ask the minors to wear a …
Teacher Scandals
April 26, 2017
Police: Teacher told 11-year-old to ‘go and kill yourself’; Teacher’s aide assaulted another student for going to authorities
Not only is an elementary school teacher accused of forcing her students to bully one of her pupils, but an aide supposedly assaulted a student who took part in the bullying for reporting the incidents to police. KLFY reported that Washington Elementary School teacher Anne Marie Shelvin (pictured left) allegedly threatened to fail students if they …
Sex Offenders
April 24, 2017
Sister of Tennessee kidnap suspect Tad Cummins: ‘He’s still my brother and I love him.’ Former teacher claims he ran away with teen student to keep her ‘safe’
The sister of former Tennessee teacher Tad Cummins, who was arrested last week after 39 days on the run with 15-year-old student Elizabeth Thomas, says her brother doesn’t seem to think he did anything wrong. Daphne Quinn, Cummins’s sister, revealed on the Today show Monday morning that she had been in contact with her brother …
Teacher Scandals
April 18, 2017
Connecticut drama teacher facing sex charges after allegedly caught with student, 15, in dressing room
A New Haven, Connecticut, teacher charged with sexual assault was reportedly caught with a 15-year-old student in a school dressing room. An arrest affidavit obtained by the WFSB claimed that Wilbur Cross High School drama teacher Jennifer Frechette, 44, was caught in the act on January 5. Two school security guards allegedly told police that they heard noises behind a clothing …
