What a package! Three teachers at Triton Regional High School busted for shagging their students, two administrators nailed for not reporting the abuse. Will the last pervert to leave Triton High please turn out the lights? Catherine DePaul, Runnemede, New Jersey (arrested Oct 2012) [failure to report] Jernee Kollock, Runnemede, New Jersey (arrested Oct 2012) [failure to report] Jeff Logandro, Runnemede, New Jersey (arrested Oct 2012) Nick Martinelli, Runnemede, New Jersey (arrested Oct 2012) Dan Michelli, Runnemede, New Jersey (arrested Oct 2012) Jeff Logandro, 32, math teacher at Triton Regional High School [Black Horse Pike Regional School District], Runnemede, New Jersey, "charged with official misconduct, criminal sexual contact and endangering the welfare of a child" CNN: 5 charged in alleged teacher-student relationships at New Jersey high school Jeff Logandro, 32, Dan Michelli, 27, both math teachers at Triton Regional High School in Runnemede, were arrested, along with physical education teacher Nick Martinelli, 28 ... The prosecutor's office said the three men engaged in sexual activity with three female students on numerous occasions from November 2011 to June 2012. Logandro and Michelli are charged with official misconduct, criminal sexual contact and endangering the welfare of a child. AP via My Fox Phoenix: 3 NJ teachers accused of sex contact with students Math teacher and girls' track coach Jeff Logandro, 32, of Blackwood is charged with official misconduct, criminal sexual contact and endangering the welfare of a child. A court filing says he inappropriately touched a female student. Glouchester Township Patch: District, Superintendent Issue Statements on Triton Sex Scandal Glouchester Township Patch: [UPDATE] Triton Teachers Under Investigation Internet Radio Philly: Three Teachers in NJ Arrested Sex Students Three teachers from Triton Regional High School in Runnemede, New Jersey have been arrested and accused of having inappropriate sexual relations with three female students. Teachers Jeffrey Logandro, 32, Daniel Michielli, 27, and Nicholas Martinelli, 28, turned themselves in today facing official misconduct charges. The victims all graduated in June. Two of the students were 17 and one was 18 at the time. Principal Catherine DePaul and Vice Principal Jernee Kollock are also facing charges of official misconduct for allegedly knowing about what was happening and not reporting it to law enforcement. Logandro and Michielli face additional charges of criminal sexual misconduct and endangering the welfare of a child because their victims were only 17. Tags:
News reports on Friday Oct. 5: Gettysburg Times: Correction: School Staff-Sex Charges story The AP reported erroneously that a prosecutor said rape charges could not be brought against three defendants because the alleged victims were above the legal age of consent. One student with whom one of the defendants is alleged to have had sexual intercourse was under the age of consent, and a sexual assault charge was filed in that case. In addition, the AP erroneously paraphrased the comments of a prosecutor when he said the circumstances were unusual. The prosecutor did not characterize the situation as a case of three sexual assaults by teachers at one school. Only one of the cases involves a sexual assault charge. New York Daily News: 3 teachers, 2 administrators arrested in student-teacher sex scandal at New Jersey high school Jeff Logandro has been charged with official misconduct, criminal sexual contact and endangering the welfare of a child. He was a math teacher and girls’ track coach ... All three teachers were said to be friends, and allegedly took a trip to Ocean City with their victims, NBC News reported. Herald Online: Correction: School Staff-Sex Charges story WLTX: Teachers Accused of 'Hooking Up' with Students Three faculty members at Triton Regional High School -- math teachers Jeff Logandro, 32, and Daniel Michielli, 27, both of Blackwood, N.J.; and health instructor Nick Martinelli, 28, of Cherry Hill, N.J. -- allegedly engaged in sexual activity and other misconduct with separate members of last year's senior class ... All three teachers are accused of official misconduct. Martinelli was also the boys' soccer coach and Logandro was the girls' cross country coach. Logandro and Michielli face additional charges of criminal sexual contact and endangering the welfare of a child because they are accused of engaging in sexual activity with girls younger than 18, the prosecutor said. Michielli also is accused of sexual assault. KSDK: Three Triton Regional High School teachers accused of sexual relations Logandro, 32, of Nicole Court in Blackwood, is charged with official misconduct, criminal sexual contact and endangering the welfare of a child. He is a math teacher and a girls' track coach. Los Angeles Daily News: 3 New Jersey teachers charged with having sex with students Lehigh Valley Morning Call: Teachers, bosses charged in New Jersey school sex scandal Nick Martinelli, 28, of Cherry Hill, and Jeff Logandro, 32, and Dan Michielli, 27, both of Blackwood, began relationships with the girls as early as November, exchanging intimate texts with them during class time and meeting them for sexual encounters, authorities said. The teachers were friends, as were the students, Faulk said. Corrections One: 3 NJ teachers accused of sex with students ABC 15: 3 Triton Regional High School teachers in Runnemede, New Jersey caught in student relationships CBS News: Three NJ teachers arrested for sex with students, 2 administrators arrested for covering up scandal Math teacher and girls' track coach Jeff Logandro, 32, is charged with official misconduct, criminal sexual contact and endangering the welfare of a child. A court filing said he inappropriately touched a female student. NBC News: Prosecutors: NJ teachers had sexual relations with students, colleagues covered it up
Weekend news reports Oct. 6-7: Gloucester Township Patch: School District Hires PR Firm in Wake of Triton Sex Scandal Gothamist: Three NJ High School Teachers Arrested For Sexual Relationships With Teens
Courier Post: Three plead guilty in Triton High sex scandal (Feb 11 2013) Two former Triton High School teachers and the school’s former principal pleaded guilty today to charges related to a sex scandal that rocked the Runnemede school last year. Former math teachers Jeff Logandro and Daniel Michielli admitted they “cultivated and engaged in improper personal and physical relationships” with different female students and entered guilty pleas to the third-degree charge of conspiring to commit official misconduct. Minutes later at Superior Court in Camden, former principal Catherine DePaul admitted she failed to immediately notify authorities about the illicit relationships with students and pleaded guilty to a disorderly person’s offense.DePaul was subsequently sentenced to one year of probation and banned from holding any public office, including public teaching positions, in the state ... Both men are expected to receive a sentence of 30 days of incarceration, which can be served through house arrest or time at the county jail. The pair could also face up to five years of probation and are banned from holding public teaching jobs in the state. Courier Post: 3 plead guilty in Triton Regional High School sex scandal: Trio barred from public teaching jobs (Feb 11 2013)
NBC News: 3 NJ Educators Admit to Roles in Sex With Students Scandal (Feb 11 2013) Former Triton High School math teachers and coaches Jeff Logandro, 32, of Nicole Court in Blackwood, N.J. and Daniel Michielli, 27, of Wimbledon Way in Blackwood both pleaded guilty to third-degree conspiracy to commit official misconduct after they carried on improper physical relationships with students that they held authority over, Camden County Prosecutor Warren Faulk announced in a press release. Former Triton principal Catherine DePaul, 55, of Hancock Court in Woodbury pleaded guilty to a disorderly person charge of failure to report a crime, after she didn't report Logrando’s, Michielli’s and another man’s alleged abuses to law enforcement, prosecutors said. ... As part of their pleas, both men will serve 30 days in jail, they forfeited their jobs in the district and agreed to no longer hold any public jobs in New Jersey. They each face one to five years of probation when they are sentenced next month, prosecutors said ... As part of her plea, DePaul agreed to forfeit her job, never hold a public job in New Jersey again and will serve one year probation, prosecutors said.
UPI: Teachers, principal guilty in sex case (Feb 12 2013) Two New Jersey teachers and their former principal pleaded guilty to charges stemming from sexual conduct with students and a failure to report it to police. The teachers, Jeff Logandro, 32, and Dan Michielli, 27, have forfeited their right to be a teacher or government employee in New Jersey for life and face 30 days jail time or home confinement followed by probation when sentenced in March ... Their former principal at Triton Regional High School in Runnemede, Catherine DePaul, 55, pleaded guilty to official misconduct after she failed to immediately notify law enforcement or child protective services when the abuse came to her attention. Superior Court Judge Thomas A. Brown Jr. declined DePaul's request to have her guilty plea include immunity from civil lawsuits. She will serve a year of probation.
Courier Post: Two Triton ex-teachers get probation, house arrest in sex scandal (Mar 15 2013) Two former teachers at Triton Regional High School must now serve 30 days of home confinement and three years of probation ... Former math teachers Jeff Logandro, 32, and Daniel Michielli, 27, both of Blackwood, were sentenced Friday in Superior Court in Camden. Both Logandro and Michielli, who are now barred from teaching again in New Jersey, pleaded guilty to the third-degree charge of conspiracy to commit official misconduct last month.
My Fox Philly: 2 Teachers In NJ School Sex Case Get House Arrest (Mar 15 2013) Two former New Jersey high school teachers are being confined to their homes for 30 days as punishment for charges stemming from inappropriate relationships with students. Jeff Logandro and Daniel Michielli were both sentenced Friday.
