Guilty! Jennifer Tyree, Springfield, Illinois (arrested Nov 2012)

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Jennifer Tyree (Petersburg, Illinois), 36, English teacher at Lanphier High School [Springfield Public Schools], Springfield, Illinois, "allegedly having a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old student earlier this year"

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WICS: UPDATED: Lanphier Teacher Investigated for Inappropriate Contact with Student (Nov 2 2012)

Springfield police and District 186 are both in the early stages of their investigations. They're not releasing the teacher's name or any details about the alleged behavior ... Administrators are remaining tight-lipped but say the teacher is on paid administrative leave until further notice.​

The State Journal-Register article below is the only one at this point with any real details at this point, and I can only quote so much here:

State Journal-Register: Lanphier teacher arrested for alleged affair with student (Nov 14 2012)

Jennifer Tyree, 36, of Petersburg was taken into custody Wednesday afternoon on one count of criminal sexual assault, Springfield police said. She remained in jail Wednesday night. Tyree was placed on administrative leave by the Springfield School District Nov. 2, after her husband told Petersburg police his wife was having an affair with a teenage boy, according to police reports. He also told the youth’s mother about the alleged relationship, the reports said. The mother reportedly told police her son admitted the affair. The mother said Tyree contacted her about a month ago, saying she was one of her son’s teachers and would like to mentor him in order to improve his grades, a police report said.​

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WMAY: Lanphier High School Teacher Arrested (Nov 14 2012)

A Lanphier High School teacher has been arrested on charges that she had a sexual relationship with a student at the school. 36-year-old Jennifer Tyree of Petersburg was taken into custody Wednesday afternoon.​

 

WICS: Lanphier Teacher Arrested for Alleged Sexual Assault (Nov 14 2012)

Springfield police say a Lanphier High School teacher has been arrested on charges of criminal sexual assault. Jennifer Tyree is accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a 17-year-old male student. Springfield police received a complaint about the alleged relationship on November 1.​

 

Illinois Home Page: Teacher arrested, accused of sexual relationship with student (Nov 14 2012)

Jennifer Tyree is charged with criminal sexual assault. The 36-year-old English teacher works at Lanphier High School. She's been on paid administrative leave since earlier this month.​

 

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WUIS: Dist. 186 Investigating Teacher For Alleged Relationship With Student (Nov 15 2012)

Police arrested 36 year old Jennifer Tyree of Petersburg Wednesday on one count of criminal sexual assault. Tyree taught English at Lanphier High School. Authorities say she was involved with a 17 year old student.​

 

State Journal-Register: Teacher accused of student affair did not have high school credential (Nov 15 2012)

Lanphier High School teacher accused of having a sexual relationship with a student should not have been teaching high school students to begin with, according to state teacher certification records ... [Jennifer] Tyree taught English at Lanphier, even though her teaching credentials qualify her to teach only elementary and middle school grades. Tyree holds an elementary teaching certificate, which allows teachers to teach kindergarten through ninth grade. Teachers must obtain an endorsement in a specific subject to be hired at a middle school or high school. Tyree has endorsements for middle school grades, but not high school.​

 

Peoria Journal-Star: Springfield teacher accused of sexual relationships with two students (Nov 17 2012)

A second student is alleging he had a sexual relationship with a Lanphier High School teacher. The mother of a 17-year-old Lanphier student told The State Journal-Register Friday her son has admitted having a sexual relationship with Jennifer Tyree, an English teacher who was put on unpaid administrative leave after being accused of having a sexual relationship with another 17-year-old student. Tyree was arrested earlier this week. Springfield deputy police chief Cliff Buscher confirmed officers have received a second complaint and will be investigating the allegations.​

 

This UK Daily Mail article is the best overview of the case yet -- best to skip my quotes below & go to the Daily Mail to read the whole article.

UK Daily Mail: Teacher arrested over affair with 17-year-old student after her husband tipped off the boy's mother (Nov 18 2012)

A teacher has been arrested over an affair with a 17 year old student - after her husband tipped off the boy's mother. Jennifer Tyree was charged with criminal assault after the teenager admitted to investigators he had sex multiple times with her. The 36 year old is now facing questions over a second relationship after the mother of another 17 year old told police her son had sex with Tyree.​

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'The woman was coming to my home. She told me she was his mentor. We met for lunch — she picked me up, and we had lunch, and we had discussed nothing but (my son) and his grades. 'I would say, ‘We need more teachers like this,’ not knowing she was sleeping with him'.​

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The first affair involving Tyree and a student at Lanphier High School in Springfield, Illinois, came to light her husband discovered she was having sex with a student she was mentoring. He told the boy's mother he witnessed them having inappropriate contact with each other and also that his wife and her son had rented a hotel room on September 21st. The boy’s mother called police to report details of the affair. When questioned by police, the boy reportedly admitted to having sex with his teacher. The boy's mother told police that Jennifer Tyree contacted her about a month ago and stated that she was a teacher and was interested in mentoring her son to improve his grades. Tyree then visited the student's home on several occasions to help with class assignments. She then allegedly took the boy to movies and kickboxing classes but is now believed to have used the activities to have sex with the teen.​

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State Journal-Register: No change in bond for teacher accused of sexual assault (Dec 7 2012)

Bond was maintained at $100,000 Friday for an English teacher at Lanphier High School accused of having a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old student earlier this year ... Circuit Judge Leslie Graves maintained Tyree’s bond following a hearing at which defense attorney Scott Hanken argued that Tyree has family support, does not represent a flight risk and has no criminal record. He asked for Tyree’s bond to be lowered to $25,000.​

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Assistant state’s attorney Sheryl Essenburg told Graves that when the original bond was set, authorities knew of only one victim. Since Tyree’s arrest, a second 17-year-old has said he and the woman had sex. No charges have been filed in that incident. Essenburg said Tyree also had contacted the original victim, asking him to “find her a gun.”​

 

State Journal-Register: State officials praise progress at Lanphier High (Dec 12 2012)

Jennifer Tyree, 36, of Petersburg, was brought on as an “emergency hire.” Tyree was arrested in November on a criminal sexual assault charge for allegedly having an affair with a 17-year-old male student ... After Tyree’s arrest, the mother of a second student told authorities her son had a similar relationship with the former teacher. Charges have not been filed in that case. Alexander Ikejiaku, the district’s human resources director, resigned amid the fallout.​

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One thing leads to another which leads to another ...

 

Global Dispatch
Jennifer Tyree, Illinois teacher arrested for sex with teen, didn’t even have high school credentials.
A married Illinois high school teacher was arrested after her husband contacted the mother of a 17-year-old student she was having sex with.
www.theglobaldispatch.com/jennifer-tyree-illinois-teacher-arrested-for-sex-with-teen-didnt-even-have-high-school-credentials-86659

 

Journal Register
Springfield teacher, district sued over alleged sex with student.
The mother of a Lanphier High School student is suing former teacher Jennifer Tyree, who is accused of having a sexual relationship with the plaintiff’s son and another student, and the Springfield School District, alleging it did not investigate rumors of the inappropriate relationship before police got involved.
By Molly Beck
Jul. 31, 2013
www.sj-r.com/article/20130731/News/307319912

 

Illinois Times
Sept. 9, 2013 05:05 pm Monday,
Case against district settled
Six figures for alleged victim
By Bruce Rushton
The mother of a Lanphier High School student who allegedly had sex with a former teacher has agreed to a $100,000 settlement to end a lawsuit filed against the Springfield School District and district officials in July.
http://illinoistimes.com/article-12816-case-against-district-settled.html

 

Springfield Leaks
January 9, 2014 · 5:13 am
Mr. [Alexander] Ikejiaku’s resignation was submitted soon after irregularities were discovered in hiring procedures for the School District in at least two instances. One instance involved the hiring of, Jennifer Tyree, a former teacher at Lanphier High School who is currently accused of having sexual relationships with two students.
www.springfieldleaks.com/?p=2347

 

WZOE
Illinois Briefs
April 22, 2014
by John Spataro
New Court Date For Accused Teacher
Springfield, IL
The sexual assault trial of a former Springfield high school teacher will be continued to June 16th.
http://wzoe.com/2014/04/22/illinois-briefs-42214

 

Springfield Journal Register
By Maggie Menderski
Staff Writer
June 16. 2014 3:20PM
Former District 186 employees appear in court
Two former Springfield School District employees appeared briefly in court Monday facing criminal charges.
Sangamon County Circuit Judge Leslie Graves continued Jennifer Tyree’s criminal sexual assault case to Aug. 4.
www.sj-r.com/article/20140616/NEWS/140619517/1997/NEWS?template=printart

 

WTAX 1240 AM, 107.5FM
Tyree Trial Continued Again
08/04/2014
The trial of a former Lanphier High School teacher accused of having a sexual relationship with a student has been continued again.
Jennifer Tyree will have to wait until October to stand trial.
http://wtax.com/news/101101-tyree-trial-continued-again

 

Springfield Leaks
February 21, 2013 · 3:44 pm
In addition to posting the bail amount, the former Lanphier Teacher has also filed a request to legally change her name. Jennifer Tyree has filed paper work to change her name to Jennifer Hine. The name change request is currently pending with Sangamon County Judge Childress.
www.springfieldleaks.com/?m=201302&paged=2

 

There is a Facebook entry for Jennifer Hine Tyree.