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West Bend teacher charged with repeated sexual assault to be sentenced
Thomas Barany, a teacher in the West Bend School Districtcharged with repeated sexual assault of a child was set to be sentenced Tuesday afternoon, July 3rd.
Read More »Trial wrapping up for Coquitlam substitute teacher charged with sexually assaulting students
The Crown is urging that the alleged touching of an eight-year-old female student and two others by a Coquitlam substitute teacher should be considered sexual assault. In making her closing arguments in Port Coquitlam Provincial
Read More »Sixth grade teacher charged with having sex with 12-year-old boy
A sixth grade teacher at Tacoma's Gray Middle School has been charged with having sex with a 12-year-old boy in her class. Keshia T. Shaw faces five counts of second-degree rape stemming from the alleged
Read More »Former Paterson Catholic gym teacher charged with sexual assault of student, 17
A former Paterson Catholic High School gym teacher has been arrested and charged with sexual assault, accused of sexually assaulting a woman, now 19, in June 2010 when she was a 17-year-old junior at
Read More »Stowmarket: Teacher Derek Cable’s child sex abuse victims seek damages
A SUFFOLK teacher and school band leader’s child sex victims are seeking substantial damages from the county council for the abuse they suffered. Solicitors acting on behalf of the victims of Derek Cable, who ran
Read More »Bill to expedite firing teachers is rejected
Los Angeles schools chief John Deasy blasted state lawmakers Thursday for not passing a bill to speed up the teacher-dismissal process, which he and others pushed following the sex-abuse scandal at Miramonte Elementary School. The
Read More »McEachern High coach charged with sexual assault
A McEachern High School coach and teacher was arrested Thursday and charged with felony sexual assault, Cobb County police said. Terence Termayne Tarpley, 33, of Marietta, was allegedly engaged in an off-campus sexual relationship with
Read More »Former Newton Teacher May Plead Guilty to Federal Charges
A former Newton elementary school teacher who faces multiple charges of child pornography possession and indecent assault may plead guilty in a Louisiana federal court. According to a report Wednesday in the Boston Herald, a
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