A Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, teacher was seriously injured Wednesday when a fourth grader’s mother allegedly attacked her following a dispute over a cellphone. KDKA reported that the student bit Janice Watkins, 46, (pictured) a teacher at Pittsburgh King PreK-8 School, after Watkins confiscated her phone. Sources said the girl’s parents came to the school, where the mother …
A Kerrville, Texas, high school teacher is accused of sending explicit photos of herself to a male student via Snapchat. The San Antonio Express-News reports that Sara D’Spain, 38, admitted to letting the student feel her breasts while they kissed behind a burger stand on September 10. On September 12, a different student showed school …
Apparently, former health sciences teacher Tad Cummins is trying to get out jail by claiming he’s not allowed to talk privately with his lawyer. Prosecutors said that Cummins’ allegation is simply not true. Tennessean reports that Cummins, 51, and his lawyer, Assistant Public Defender Dumaka Shabazz, filed a motion last Friday that claimed they’ve been denied …
Los Angeles police have arrested a biology teacher and accused her of having sex with a 16-year-old student, Los Angeles Times has reported. Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) spokesman Tony Im announced Sunday that Aimee Palmitessa, 45, a teacher at the prestigious Brentwood School, was arrested Friday and charged with statutory rape. In a recent newsletter, …
An Oklahoma court has ordered an ex-middle school teacher to pay $1 million to a teenage boy she had a sexual relationship with, as reported by The Oklahoman. A federal judge handed down the ruling against former grammar teacher Jennifer Caswell, 31. The unnamed boy and his father sued Caswell and the Hollis School District …
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 …
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 …
The 13-year-old student had his leg amputated after a teacher slammed him several times
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 …
A Benicia, California, teacher who was allegedly caught with stolen property and marijuana edibles in her car is now accused of having sex with an underage student. According to KCBS, Benicia High School employees contacted police earlier this month to report that the student had been seen leaving the building on multiple occasions. When police …
The married teacher is accused of raping a student in a storage unit
A Tampa, Florida, social studies teacher is facing serious charges after he reportedly assaulted a student in class. Luis Rizo, 43, and the 12-year-old were in a verbal argument when the Adams Middle School teacher supposedly got physical. The 43-year-old spat in the child’s eye, grabbed him by the throat, and slammed his head into a …
