SENTENCED - sortaIn Arizona, Rebecca Kelley, 24, was sentenced to three years' probation for failing to report an offense involving a minor and three separate charges of contributing to the delinquency of a child. The male student was 17-years-old. The judge said he believed probation was appropriate given Kelley’s remorse, acceptance of responsibility and age. (Arizona) We looked up the judge's qualifications.
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SENTENCED - for child pornography
Not only did James Mircovich possess pornography, he distributed it. When he was teaching he was accused of inappropriate conduct or contact with female students. Sentenced to 12 years for possession and distribution of child pornography, including pictures of a 20-month-old baby being sexually abused by her father.
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SENTENCED - Sex with student
In Georgia, Richard Whitehead, 34, will have a lot of time to wonder if maybe sex with a 17-year-old student was a good idea. He was sentenced to 30 years. And after that, he'll be a registered sex offender.
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ARRESTED - Child pornography
A teacher's aide in an elementary school was arrested for possession of child pornography. The aide is James Leonarczyk, 40, and investigators are now looking into his interactions with students at the school. (New Jersey)
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See our list of teachers and administrators who have been sentenced for child pornography and those who are awaiting sentencing.
OTHER NEWS
Sentencing Reform
They are talking about sentencing reform in Massachusetts to require mandatory sentences for child rapists. The average sentence for child rape in Massachusetts is three to five years. One of the witnesses at the hearing was a victim of a Massachusetts teacher who got a suspended jail term and probation after pleading guilty to child rape and child pornography. A MEASURE of the teacher's remorse was that the teacher broke the conditions of his probation and ended up being sentenced to the two years. They ought to investigate the judge. Oh, we already did.
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Ghost Employees
Even while giving stump speeches and writing articles about how there aren't enough jobs in Pennsylvania, former Representative Frank LaGrotta hired his sister and her daughter for ghost jobs. They got paid but did no work. He was charged with conflict of interest in the corruption investigation. His sister is a third-grade teacher. Both she and her daughter were also charged. And that's just the beginning of the scandal in Pennsylvania.
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Understandably Upset
Parents at an elementary school are understandably upset after they found out the school counselor was arrested for indecency with a child in 2004. A jury acquitted him of the charge. Authorities say another charge against him was dropped after a second student who'd accused him of a sex crime previously couldn't be found to testify in court. (Texas)
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Drunk in the classroom
"I'm trying to think why they wouldn't even mention that," one mother commented when she heard from reporters that a teacher her children's elementary school was sent home for being drunk and having a bottle of liquor in his classroom. (Wisconsin)
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Lawsuit
A judge ordered a Pennsylvania school district to turn over the names of 19 students whose names were redacted from documents turned over to an attorney whose client is suing the school district. The lawsuit? The parents of a girl who a victim of Donald James Rosie, 56, contend the school failed to investigate Rosie's involvement with female students. The girl was 16-years-old.
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