TOP STORY OF THE DAYA judge sentenced Vincent Brothers to death for the murders of his three children, his wife, and his mother-in-law. The Bakersfield, California vice principal was convicted by a jury in May. The jury also recommended the death penalty. (Not that it will ever happen in California.)
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ACQUITTED of all charges
A jury acquitted Netzahaulcoy Ramos, 34, a Tucson, Arizona teacher of all charges. He had been accused of sexual misconduct with a 13-year-old girl.
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SENTENCED - to one year and nine months for misconduct with four students
In Virginia, Jonathan Spivey, 47, was sentenced after he pleaded guilty to one count of custodial indecent liberties. He entered an Alford plea (No Contest) on three other charges. He will be on probation for five years and has to register as a sex offender. The students were male. Spivey is married with two children.
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INDICTED
A substitute teacher was indicted on charges of voyeurism and child abuse. Robert Ashley, a substitute at eight schools in Albuquerque was arrested in Colorado. He was wanted for for secretly videotaping the legs of female elementary school students in the Albuquerque school. A teacher's assistant found the camera in his backpack.
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GUILTY PLEA - Child Pornography
It's always worrisome when an elementary school teacher collects child pornography. Marc Sardella, 48, a teacher at the Gardner-Dickinson Elementary School, pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography. He will be sentenced in January 2008.
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ARRESTED - Drugs
A Georgia teacher was arrested on drug charges after a traffic stop. Police found a small amount of marijuana in the car of Carlton Flowers, 43. He was also driving with a suspended license.
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Teacher Recruitment Scam
We were always a little curious about school superintendents who traveled to China to discuss recruiting teachers. Seems the trip is sometimes a "gift" which is always illegal when given to an official. In Texas, three Filipino recruiters will go to trial on a number of charges. They brought the prospective teachers to the U.S. even knowing there were no jobs for them. If the foreign teacher was hired, there were a number of fees. After being selected by a school district for possible employment the teachers paid a total of “$10,000.00 or more, requiring many of the teachers to acquire loans at high interest (60% APR). A Texas school superintendent and his wife were sentenced for accepting the trips. So was an associate superintendent of human resources in another district.
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