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Primary school teacher cleared by a jury faces professional hearing over indecent assault allegations
A former primary school teacher indecently assaulted pupils over a seven-year period, a professional conduct committee heard yesterday. Nicholas John Lewis denies allegations of indecent assault and inappropriate behaviour at a Cardiff primary school and
Read More »Former Newton teacher expected to plead guilty to federal child porn charges
In January, Ettlinger was indicted by a Middlesex grand jury on five counts of aggravated indecent assault and battery on a child under the age of 14, plus charges of posing a child in
Read More »Student sues Mineral County school board
A Keyser Primary-Middle School student is suing the Mineral County Board of Education, through his parent, for sexual assault by a teacher that occurred in 2010, according to The West Virginia Record. Former school employee
Read More »School district to absorb cost of background checks for volunteers
School districts will be charged $10 for every criminal background check requested for volunteers beginning July 1 as a result of state budget cuts in May by the General Assembly. This decision could cost the
Read More »Teacher may plead guilty to fed child-porn rap
The disgraced Newton teacher dubbed a “serial predator” by local authorities may plead guilty to federal child porn charges at an August hearing, his lawyer said, in a move that could pave the way
Read More »San Clemente teacher charged in sexual assault of eighth-grader
An Orange County middle school teacher who has already pleaded not guilty to lewd behavior with two students was charged Monday with repeatedly sexually assaulting an eighth-grade girl. Richard Rack, 50, is charged with
Read More »Teachers guilty of child abuse to face dismissal
Teachers indulging in child sexual abuse will, henceforth, be punished with compulsory retirement, removal or instant dismissal. A government order issued by the School Education department states that it might go to the extent of
Read More »Teacher, 4 Students Arrested for Sexual Hazing Assaults at Fontana High School
A teacher at Fontana's AB Miller High School has been arrested and accused with instructing summer-school students to carry out sexual forms of hazing against other students. Police believe that teacher Emmanuel Delarosa, 27, facilitated
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