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SENTENCED
A Philadelphia teacher tried to solicit sex from a 15-year-old boy in a chat room. It wasn't a sting. He announced he was good at a sex act and later tried to arrange to meet to meet the boy. The boy changed his mind, the mother found out and called police. An officer met Michael Castleman, 42. He was sentenced to nine months probation.
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SENTENCED - Sex with a 15-year-old student
Anthony Graves, 28, pleaded guilty to having sex with the girl. He also admitted taking pictures of acts. He was sentenced to eight years. (Kentucky)
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SENTENCED - Making death threats against five children
You may have seen her interviewed by Rita Crosby on NBC. Michelle Dohm, 40, was arrested in 2005 for stalking teenage boys at the school and sending threatening notes. It was a bizarre case. She was convicted in April. Her sentence was nine months in prison and nine months of home confinement. The judge also ordered Dohm to get psychological counseling. (Maryland)
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SENTENCED - Sex with two 13-year-old boys
A 7th grade teacher in Virginia was sentenced to four years in prison and five years' probation for having sex with two of her students. Karen Patton, 41, was teacher of the year in 2004. As a poster at a news story remarked, "I am beginning to think that being a popular teacher is a red flag."
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GUILTY
In New Jersey, Timothy Zisa, 35, pleaded guilty to three counts of cruelty and neglect to a child. Zisa agreed to forfeit his teaching license and never to take a public job in the state. Zisa admitted that he engaged three students in obscene conversations, passionately kissed two of them while they were underage and had sex with two after they turned 18. But he was popular.
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GUILTY - 12 counts second-degree criminal sexual conduct
The six-year-old boy scowled at a hearing that determined that Ronald Taylor, Jr., 28, would stand trial. Today, a jury found him guilty of 12 counts criminal sexual conduct against all nine young victims.
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GUILTY - Indecent liberties with boys
A Virginia choir director at Charlottesville High School pleaded guilty to one count of indecent liberties and no contest on three other charges. The married father of two children would ask boys to enter his office and he made sexual proposals towards them. With three of them, he actually participated in sexual contact. Jonathan Spivey, 47, however, will likely be sentenced to probation.
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GUILTY - Public Corruption
A University of North Texas researched pleaded guilty to public corruption. Dr. James Jarrett Glass, 63, is the fourth case of embezzlement by staff members or professors in the last two years. He'll be sentenced in September.
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GUILTY - Sex with 14-year-old girl
Dustin Powers, 36, a middle school gymp teacher pleaded guilty to sexual battery for having a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old girl. He'll be sentenced in August. (Ohio)
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Our Bad
Well, the school district hasn't really apologized for the recent $4.6 million settlement of six lawsuits connected to molestations by an elementary school teacher in 1999-2000. They never explained why they were liable. Nor are they apologizing that a $2 million tax surplus won't be returned to taxpayers this year as it will go to pay for the lawsuit. And they'll be asking for more. (South Carolina)
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Lawsuit in Temecula
The Temecula Valley Unified School District is going one better. They settled a lawsuit by a family alleging their daughter was sexually harassed. But they aren't telling how much, nor the teacher's name. Or anything else. There were never any criminal charges filed, but somehow, the school district ended up paying.... something.
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