Saturday, October 6, 2007

Summary - October 4, 2007

TODAY's TRASH TEACHER
What can you say about 35-year-old, married teacher's aide with two daughters, who engages in sex with a 15-year-old student? Christine Marie Johanson, who probably thought she was hotter than she was, will be cooling off in jail. Sentenced to six months in jail TWICE, she is facing more charges in Oregon. (Washington)
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APPEAL DENIED
Sentenced to 18 months in jail in January and with a lot of time on his hands, Chris Tribbitt appealed his sentence. The appeals court denied the appeal so he's being ordered back to jail.
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SENTENCED - Sexual assault 13-year-old girl
Kelly Johnston, 38, a New Hampshire teacher, pleaded guilty on Monday to sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl in New Hampshire. He was sentenced to three years in jail. He's also being charged in Vermont. A 38-year-old man and a girl 13. Makes you want to crowbar his head, doesn't it?
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SENTENCED (sorta)- Statutory Rape 17-year-old girl
In Tennessee, Jeffrey W. Foster, 33, pleaded guilty to two counts of statutory rape involving a 17-year-old member of the volleyball team he coached in 2003. He was sentenced two years in prison -- suspended. He was placed on unsupervised probation. Readers at the news site recognize the extraordinary courage it took for the victim to challenge her abuser in court. Good for her.
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GUILTY, GUILTY, GUILTY
Charles W. Christopher, 28, pleaded guilty to trying to arrange sex with a Burlington girl he met on the Internet. It's a federal charge, so he isn't going to get community service, donuts and a self-satisfied lecture from a judge.
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ARRESTED - Public Intoxication
The public intoxication was in the classroom. School officials removed Sharon Duerring, 49, from the first grade classroom. Police were called and arrested her at 10:30 am. They found two cans of beer in her purse. (Indiana)
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ARRESTED - Sexual Battery
A Georgia teacher is accused of inappropriate sexual contact with two seven-year-old girls at his school. He was accused of touching their buttocks. Jeremy Bennett, 28, was charged with two felony counts of sexual battery.
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WE CARE
Teachers in the Harrison Hills School District are demonstrating poor behavior to their students as they picket. Deliberately obstructing traffic, according to the school superintendent, they are blocking substitute teachers, students, and parents. We're sure that most teachers in the district are equally contemptuous of the conduct of the teachers on the picket line, but it's up to them to speak up to condemn the disgusting behavior.
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