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Former Softball Coach Faces Years in Prison, Begged 17-year-old Student to Keep Sexual Battery Private: Prosecutor

 Ashley Rison
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A former Ohio softball coach indicted on numerous felony charges pleaded guilty this week at the Butler County Common Pleas Court. According to Journal-News, 31-year-old Ashley Rison (pictured) pleaded guilty Wednesday to sexual battery and gross sexual imposition. Charges of tampering with evidence and giving alcohol to an underage person have been dropped. Rison, a …

MISSING: Teen boy likely on the run with former teacher facing sex battery charges
Missing
May 1, 2018

MISSING: Teen boy likely on the run with former teacher facing sex battery charges

Mississippi police are searching for a former teacher and one of her male students who authorities suspect are together. The pair disappeared on early Monday morning. SunHerald reports that former teacher Nicole Jackson, 30, who was arrested on April 10 and charged with “sexual battery while in position of trust or authority,” is believed to be …

Teacher throws X-rated sex-toy party at school with young children: Police
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October 22, 2017

Teacher throws X-rated sex-toy party at school with young children: Police

A teacher in southern Florida has been fired after throwing an X-rated party where children as young as 11 years old were present, WSVN-TV reports. The party, reportedly for a former student, occurred at Mater Lakes Academy charter school, which teaches grades six to 12 in the Miami area. Parents say the controversial celebration was …

Middle school football coach plies youngster with booze before sexually assaulting them: Cops
Teacher Scandals
September 25, 2017

Middle school football coach plies youngster with booze before sexually assaulting them: Cops

Ohio police have arrested a middle school football coach and accused him of providing a minor with alcohol before raping them, as reported by 10TV. The Newark Advocate reports that Gary Stratford, 36, of Thornville, was charged Monday with first-degree rape. Court records indicate that Statford is accused of giving a juvenile alcohol before having …

Police: Teacher molests at least eight students, names them ‘Jason’s Girls’
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August 6, 2017

Police: Teacher molests at least eight students, names them ‘Jason’s Girls’

A recently-filed lawsuit accuses a Florida high school teacher sexually molesting at least eight female students and nicknamed them “Jason’s Girls.” Miami Herald reports that the incident started in 2008, when someone emailed the principal at Dr. Michael M. Krop High School in Miami and accused creative writing teacher, Jason Edward Meyers, 41, of molesting both current …

SHOCK! ‘Not Guilty’ verdict for teacher who admitted to having sex multiple times with a teen student
Teacher Scandals
April 26, 2017

SHOCK! ‘Not Guilty’ verdict for teacher who admitted to having sex multiple times with a teen student

A judge in Destrehan, Louisiana, found a Destrehan High School teacher,  who was accused of having sex with a student on more than 40 occasions, not guilty on Wednesday. The Times-Picayune reports, that Shelly Dufresne, 34, was found not guilty on two counts of carnal knowledge of a juvenile. Judge Danyelle Taylor, of the 24th Judicial District Court, said that there …

Connecticut drama teacher facing sex charges after allegedly caught with student, 15, in dressing room
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 …

Police: Special education teacher arrested for relationship with student
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March 28, 2017

Police: Special education teacher arrested for relationship with student

A Grand Prairie, Texas, special education teacher at an all-boys middle school is facing charges of having an inappropriate relationship with a student. San Antonio Express News reports that Rebecca Goerdel, 28, taught classes at the Young Men’s Leadership Academy at Kennedy Middle School. She was removed from her classroom and the school after school officials contacted law …

Teacher smiles for mugshot after arrest for sexual contact with student
Teacher Scandals
March 21, 2017

Teacher smiles for mugshot after arrest for sexual contact with student

A Texas teacher is facing charges for having an inappropriate relationship with one of her students, but she doesn’t seem to bothered by it, at least going by her smiling mugshot. The Sacramento Bee reports that anatomy teacher, Sarah Madden Fowlkes, is accused of “having an improper relationship” with a student at Lockhart High School in Lockhart, a …

Texas teacher demands pay raise, threatens to set staff on fire and ‘burn them alive’
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February 23, 2017

Texas teacher demands pay raise, threatens to set staff on fire and ‘burn them alive’

A Dallas, Texas, high school teacher is in hot water after allegedly threatening to set an entire school staff on fire if he didn’t get a raise. Dallas Morning News reports that Omar Alaniz, 29, a social studies teacher at Seagoville High School, is accused of making terroristic threats via email to staff members at the …