Sex abuse, female perps: Katie Megan Hightower, teacher at Prue High School [Prue Public Schools], Prue, Oklahoma, furnishing alcohol to minors, sex with boy, 16. Katie Megan Hightower, Terlton, Oklahoma (arrested Oct 2012) Additional news reports for: Guilty: Megan Denman, Fresno, California (arrested Apr 2012) Sex abuse, male perps: Todd Allen Reich, 38, physical education teacher at Martha Hunt Elementary School [Plano ISD], Murphy, Texas, "charged with indecency with a child", age approximately 5-9 (abuse allegedly started in kindergarten) Todd Allen Reich, Murphy, Texas (arrested Oct 2012) William Eugene Bernstein Jr. , 37, (400 block of Babbling Brook Drive, Virginia Beach), private-lesson piano teacher, Virginia Beach, Virginia, sexual abuse of boy, 14 William Eugene Bernstein Jr. , Virginia Beach, Virginia (arrested Oct 2012) Additional news reports for: Michael Merrick, Lafayette, California (arrested Oct 2010) Brett Naff, Huntsville, Alabama (arrested Oct 2012) Other sex stuff: David Palmer Harper, former music teacher at E. Stapleton Elementary School [Rio Rancho Public Schools], Rio Rancho, New Mexico, "six counts of sexual exploitation of children and two counts of possessing child pornography" David Palmer Harper, Rio Rancho, New Mexico (arrested Oct 2012) [child porn] Donald F. Hill, (age 52, residing at 139 Union Avenue, Old Orchard Beach, Maine) former hockey coach at Kennebunk High School [Maine Regional School Unit 21], Kennebunk, Maine, identified as John # 6 in Kennebunk's "Zumba Madam" prostitution scandal. External link: Donald F. Hill, Old Orchard Beach, Maine [Kennebunk Johns web site] Additional news reports for: Andrew E. Emmons, Boonville, Indiana (arrested Sept 2012) [camera in restroom] Non-sex stuff: Christopher K. Walsh (Glenview Avenue, Dallas, Pennsylvania), 8th-grade history & geography teacher at West Hazelton Elementary / Middle School [Hazelton Area School District], West Hazelton, Pennsylvania, "theft and criminal use of a communications device" Christopher K. Walsh, Dallas, Pennsylvania (arrested Oct 2012) [theft] Georgia B. Cox, 49, special education teacher at Meadowdale High School [Dayton Public Schools], Dayton, Ohio, "accused of hitting teen" Georgia B. Cox, Dayton, Ohio (arrested Oct 2012) [misdemeanor assault] Damian Esteban, 33, teacher at Williamsburg School of Architecture and Design [New York City Department of Education], Brooklyn, New York City, New York, possession of "18 small bags of heroin" Damian Esteban, Brooklyn, New York City, New York (arrested Oct 2012) [heroin] Jose Palomo, 31, teachers aide at Mercedes Early Childhood Center [Mercedes ISD], Mercedes, Texas, "fired and arrested after a 6-year-old student accused the man of injuring him earlier this month" Jose Palomo, Mercedes, Texas (arrested Oct 2012) [injury to a child] Mary Ruth Ayers, 58, pre-kindergarten teacher at Clements/Parsons Elementary School [Copperas Cove ISD], Copperas Cove, Texas, "alleged abuse of a 4-year-old student while in class" Mary Ruth Ayers, Copperas Cove, Texas (arrested Oct 2012) [injury to a child] Study abroad: Additional news reports for: Guilty: John Maycock, London, Ontario, Canada (arrested Jun 2009) [child porn] Tags:
Finally finished the posts for Wednesday, Oct. 17: 10 newly distinguished scholars and 5 oldies back in the news.
