ABC Local KABC: Bill for easier teacher firing moves to Assembly Wicked Local: Newton Public Schools expands background checks for new hires Daily Democrat: Bill responds to LA Unified teacher sex abuse case Sex abuse, female perps: Julie Warning, global studies teacher at Manhattan Theater Lab High School, Manhattan, New York, reassigned and "under investigation after a shocking photograph allegedly shows her kissing a student." Julie Warning, Manhattan, New York (reassigned May 2012) Sex abuse, male perps: Antonio Gomez, former physical education teacher at Robert Louis Stevenson Middle School, Los Angeles, California, arrested in 2007, "convicted Wednesday of 12 counts of lewd acts upon a child" http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/30/antonio-gomez-convicted_n_1557028.html Zachary Meints, former coach associated with the Boulder Hockey Club & the Rocky Mountain Rough Riders, Boulder, Colorado, "pleads guilty to internet sex exploitation" http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/30/zachary-meints-former-bou_n_1557128.html Carlos Usatorres, teacher at Miami Springs Middle School, Miami Springs, Florida, arrested in 2010 "on multiple counts of sexual battery on a child", victim's mother is now suing school district http://miami.cbslocal.com/2012/05/30/alleged-teacher-sex-assault-victim-sues-school-system/ Sean Alan Holloman, music teacher at Aria School of Music & Art, Reno, Nevada, "statutory seduction and sexual acts in public" http://carsonnow.org/story/05/30/20...rrest-reno-teacher-statutory-sexual-seduction http://www.nevadaappeal.com/article/20120531/NEWS/120539969/1070&ParentProfile=1058 http://www.foxreno.com/news/news/crime-law/music-teacher-arrested-sexual-seduction-15-year-ol/nPJxc/ Other sex stuff: Adam David Comer, coach & teacher at Riverside High School, Decaturville, Tennessee, prostitution charges http://www.jacksonsun.com/article/20120530/NEWS01/305300008 Johny Urias, 1st & 2nd grade teacher at Rogers Elementary School, San Jose, California, "being in possession of, and manufacturing, child pornography" http://milpitas.patch.com/articles/...possession-manufacturing-of-child-pornography http://www.contracostatimes.com/education/ci_20746281/ex-san-jose-teacher-arrested-after-child-porn http://www.examiner.com/article/san-jose-teacher-arrested-for-possessing-child-pornography http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/20...chool-teacher-arrested-on-child-porn-charges/ http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Possession-of-Child-Pornography-Arrest-155978955.html http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local/south_bay&id=8683966 http://www.kron4.com/Article.aspx?ArticleID=4279 http://www.mercurynews.com/milpitas/ci_20750884/former-milpitas-man-arrested-child-porn-charges-san http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local/south_bay&id=8682937 Non-sex stuff: Joe Monsibais, former teacher at SW School of Business, San Antonio, Texas, identity theft http://www.ksat.com/news/Man-accuse...ntity/-/478452/14288546/-/3wlrbb/-/index.html Arlene Saper, teacher at Mary Scroggs Elementary School, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, caught trying to break into the school at 3 a.m. http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news/local&id=8681908 Jason Allen Andrews, 10th-grade science teacher Ashford High School, Ashford, Alabama, "charged with two counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance, one count of unlawful possession of precursor chemicals and one count of possession of moonshine" http://www2.dothaneagle.com/news/2012/may/30/ashford-high-teacher-arrested-drug-charges-ar-3884480/ http://www.wtop.com/209/2885217/Alabama-teacher-facing-drug-moonshine-charges- http://www.gadsdentimes.com/article/20120531/APN/1205310713 http://www.washingtonpost.com/natio...th-moonshine/2012/05/31/gJQAKqQ83U_story.html "Turned himself in to the Houston County Jail after prosecutors say he violated the conditions of his bail" http://www2.dothaneagle.com/news/2012/aug/17/5/ashford-teacher-turns-himself-jail-ar-4359027/ Tiffany Ballew, biology teacher at San Rafael High School, San Rafael, California, arrested "on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon with the possibility of great bodily injury" http://sanrafael.patch.com/articles/srhs-teacher-accused-of-using-car-to-threaten-man Brian A. Huber, 6th grade science teacher at Gotham Avenue School, Elmont, New York, "criminal possession of a controlled substance" http://www.newsday.com/long-island/suffolk/elmont-teacher-arrested-on-drug-charge-1.3751571 Lawrence Reichard, substitute teacher at Hampden Academy, Hampden, Maine, claims he was fired because he was arrested protesting, school superintendent denies firing http://www.wcsh6.com/news/article/2...-firing-from-Hampden-Academy-following-arrest http://bangordailynews.com/2012/05/...acklisting-as-hampden-academy-sub/?ref=latest http://www.mpbn.net/News/MaineHeadlineNews/tabid/968/ctl/ViewItem/mid/3479/ItemId/22066/Default.aspx http://www.counterpunch.org/2012/05/31/the-story-of-my-arrest-for-disrupting-tony-blair/ Updates: Update: Kyle S. Daniw admits kissing student, to receive 3 years in "Pretrial Intervention" http://www.northjersey.com/news/Pas...tudent_to_serve_in_Pretrial_Intervention.html Update: Chung Ramos Chung Ramos, Riverview, Florida (resigned May 2012)
