Arrested Teachers in the News 31 August (Friday)

Discussion in '2012 Daily Arrest Blotters (Archive)' started by TMP, Sep 1, 2012.

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    Sex abuse, female perps:

    Erica Depalo, honors teacher at West Orange High School, West Orange, New Jersey, "arrested ... for having a sexual relationship with one of her 15-year-old students"
    Sex abuse, male perps:

    Eric Anderson, former arts & communications teacher and soccer & basketball coach at Dr. Helen Baldwin Middle School, Canterbury, Connecticut, "arrested in an investigation into a possible inappropriate relationship with a 14-year-old student"
    Robert Gervasi, teacher at Kawameeh Middle School (also owner of Ablaze Softball/Baseball Academy in Parsippany, New Jersey), Union, New Jersey, "charged in connection with having sexual contact with a juvenile girl"
    Other sex stuff:

    Laura Lee Kelly, teaching assistant at Whitman Elementary School , Mesa, Arizona, "leaving her six-year-old daughter with a group of homeless people so that she could allegedly go and satisfy her 'manic sexual rage', by prostituting herself"
    Juan A. Villarreal, 3rd-grade teacher at Anderson Elementary School, Houston, Texas, "accused of distributing child porn"
    Non-sex stuff:

    Arnaldo Lugo, martial arts instructor for Colonial Town Neighborhood Center, Orlando, Florida (also former Department of Corrections), "arrested on charges of participating in illegal gambling operations"
    Study abroad:

    Emma Webb, cover supervisor and mentor at unnamed secondary school in Wokingham, Berkshire, England, sex with 3 boys
    Rabbi Heshi Nussbaum, former teacher at teacher at Eitz Chaim Hebrew, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, "alleged to have committed an indecent on a male from 1972-1975. The victim was 12 at the time of the allegations"
    Updates:

    Update: Christina Carbone, Tuscon, Arizona, sentenced
    Update: Craig Richard Chandler, San Jose, California, may have molested girls for 2 years
    Update: Wendy Hickman