Creekview High School educators with issues: Adam Blake Bearden, Canton, Georgia (arrested Nov 2012) Matthew Tamanini, Canton, Georgia (arrested Jan 2013) Matthew Tamanini, 31, drama & English teacher at Creekview High School, Cherokee County School District, Canton, Georgia, "charges of having an inappropriate relationship with a 16-year-old student" Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Creekview High teacher accused of sexual assault on student (Jan 16 2013) A Creekview High School drama teacher was arrested Wednesday afternoon on charges of having an inappropriate relationship with a 16-year-old student. Matthew Tamanini, 31, was charged with two counts of sexual assault against a person in custody, according to the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office. Tamanini, who lives in Canton, has taught English and drama at Creekview since May 2007. Cherokee County School District Police notified detectives of the allegation Wednesday morning. According to investigators, the alleged relationship with the student had been ongoing for about four months and assaults occurred on the Creekview campus on at least two occasions. Tags:
11 Alive: Creekview HS teacher arrested for sexually assaulting student (Jan 16 2013) A drama and English teacher at Creekview High School in Cherokee County has been arrested on charges of having a sexual relationship with a student. Matthew Tamanini, 31, was taken into custody Wednesday. Cherokee County Sheriff's Lt. Jay Baker said investigators learned Tamanini had a four-month relationship with a 16-year-old Creekview student. Deputies believe Tamanini and the student had at least two sexual encounters on the school's campus.
WSB Radio: Canton teacher arrested on sex crime (Jan 16 2013) Police have arrested a high school drama teacher in Canton for an apparent sex crime. Investigators believe a teacher at Creekview High School, 31-year-old Matthew Tamanini, had a four-month sexual relationship with a 16-year-old student. Tamanini now faces two felony charges of sexual assault against a person in custody.
Cherokee Tribune: Creekview teacher arrested on sex charges (Jan 17 2013) Investigators arrested Matthew Tamanini, 31, of Canton, on Wednesday afternoon after receiving information the teacher had a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old Creekview student, Lt. Jay Baker, spokesman with the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office, said in a release. Tamanini, a drama and English teacher who has taught at the school for six years, is charged with two counts of sexual assault against a person in custody, Baker said. Baker said Cherokee County School District Police notified detectives of the allegation Wednesday morning....“The principal of Creekview was made aware of the allegations on Tuesday and the Cherokee County School District Police Department was alerted,” district spokeswoman Barbara Jacoby said in the statement. “Superintendent (Dr. Frank Petruzielo) immediately authorized an internal investigation on Tuesday; this action authorized the CCSD Police to contact the Sheriff’s Office, which began a criminal investigation this morning.”
Examiner: Second Creekview High teacher accused of having sex with student in weeks (Jan 17 2013) A Creekview High School drama teacher was arrested Wednesday afternoon for allegedly having sex with a 16-year-old student, sometimes at the school. And his arrest came after another teacher was arrested on similar charges in just over a month. Mr. Matthew Tamanini, 31, of Canton, was charged with two counts of sexual assault against a person in custody, according to the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office. “It is believed the relationship with the student has been ongoing for approximately four months, the sheriff’s spokesman Lt. Jay baker said. “Investigators believe that the assaults occurred on the Creekview campus on at least two occasions.”
Cherokee Ledger-News: Teacher charged with sexual assault (Jan 23 2013) A Creekview High School drama teacher was charged with two counts of sexual assault after allegedly having a four-month-long consensual relationship with an underage student. Matthew Tamanini, 31, of Canton, is the second teacher from the high school to be arrested on sexual assault charges in less than two months ... Tamanini was taken to the Cherokee Adult Detention Center. He was released on a $44,400 bond.
Cherokee Tribune: Former Creekview teacher gets 10 years in sex case (Oct 3 2013) A former Creekview High School teacher originally charged with sexual assault pleaded guilty in Cherokee County Superior Court on Monday to one count of cruelty to children in the second degree. Matthew Tamanini, 32, of Canton, was sentenced to the maximum of 10 years, but will only serve jail time of four months. The remainder of his sentence will be served on probation, court documents show ... As part of his probation ordered by Superior Court Judge Frank C. Mills, Tamanini has to perform 120 hours of community service, avoid alcohol and drug use, and cannot possess a firearm or occupy a home or a vehicle where there is a firearm. Tamanini is prohibited from having direct or indirect contact with minors, residing with any minor, contacting the victim, possessing any pictures of minors and possessing sexually oriented material, according to terms of the plea agreement.