Tanikka “Bella” Queen, 22, substitute teacher at Hyde Park Middle School, Clark County School District, Las Vegas, Nevada, "charges she sexually assaulted a 15-year-old boy" Review Journal: Substitute teacher faces charges of sexually assaulting teen (Mar 12 2014) Tanikka “Bella” Queen ... faces multiple counts, including first-degree kidnapping, sexual assault against a child under 16, statutory sexual seduction and luring a child to engage in a sex act ... The affair was uncovered when the parent of a female student, with whom Queen had a close friendship, found text messages on the girl’s phone referring to the affair. The boy’s father also became suspicious when his son came home with a hickey....Detectives were able to recover from a cellphone about 2,400 text messages, 108 phone calls and 38 photographs sent between Queen and the boy which showed a burgeoning love affair. The affair began about 10 days after Queen started teaching a class the boy was in on Feb. 2. The two would meet at Lorenzi Park or she would tutor him in math during lunch. The two also went on dates to McDonald’s and to Texas Station to see the romantic comedy “About Last Night.” On Feb. 13, Queen insisted the boy create a code name for her in his cellphone. “I’m serious (name redacted). I’m putting my job on the line talking to you so how can I not be serious,” she wrote. Queen’s code name was “Cachetona On Valentine’s Day, the boy texted to Queen that her kisses “took me to the clouds babe.” By Feb. 16 the two were saying they loved each other. “Death is the only thing that’s going to separate us,” the boy wrote. A week later, Queen said their romance needed to simmer down. “Babe people are getting hella suspicious. We gotta cool it down,” she wrote on Feb. 24. The next day Queen assured the boy of how she felt. “Remember no matter how I act at school I still love you with all my heart.” Queen repeatedly denied the affair to detectives. But she also admitted to spending too much time with the boy and kissing him. At one point, she told detectives she had sex with the boy while she was house-sitting for a friend, according to a police report. Tags:
Fox 5 Vegas: Sub teacher accused of sexually assaulting student (Mar 12 2014) According to Queen's arrest report, on March 11, after having been taken into custody, she confessed to police to having had sex with a 15-year-old male student and told investigators, "I am in love with [name redacted]. I have never been in love before." Metro police first responded to a report about an inappropriate relationship between Queen and an eighth-grade student on Feb. 26. The student's father had become suspicious when his son said he had been spending time with a girlfriend named Bella. The alleged victim was interviewed, confessing to having spent time away from school with Queen, but denying the two had sex. After police interviewed Queen, they extracted a series of text messages between her and the 15-year-old student from her iPhone: "You should know how I feel by now," Queen wrote. "I'm serious, I'm putting my job on the line talking to you, so how can I not be serious?" On Feb. 24, Queen texted, "People are getting hella suspicious. We gotta cool it down." Police interviewed another student on March 5 who said Queen had confessed to her that she and the victim had sex, and had been dating since Valentine's Day.
CBS Local Las Vegas: Substitute Teacher Arrested In Sex Assault (Mar 12 2014) A substitute teacher in the Clark County schools is facing multiple charges in connection with the sexual assault of a teenager. CCSD police identify her as 22 year old Tanikka Queen, accused of sexually assaulting a 15 year old boy.
NBC News: Substitute teacher arrested, facing sexual assault charges (Mar 12 2014) A substitute teacher is under arrest and charged with the kidnapping and sexual assault of a teenager. Court documents show 22-year-old Tanikka Queen faces a list of charges. These include luring a child for sex and statutory sex seduction along with kidnapping and sexual assault.
ABC 13: Female CCSD substitute teacher arrested for sexual assault (Mar 12 2014) Clark County School Police confirm they arrested a substitute teacher on Tuesday for sexual assault. 22-year-old Tanikka Queen is facing multiple sex charges with a minor. She is accused of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy.
News 3: Details released on alleged sexual seduction by teacher (Mar 13 2014) The arrest report says the romance began two days after Queen became a substitute teacher in the victim's class on Feb. 14. She became his tutor on Feb. 18. The arrest report says that without the knowledge of the victim's parents, the pair went out to eat, to nearby parks and to the movies during for two weeks. The report says Queen used text messages to entice the student to meet with her away from his home without his parents' consent. The romance ended when the victim's father noticed a hickey on his son's neck and questioned him before going to school officials on Feb. 26.
What is happening with teachers today? It appears the women are molesting the boys. I guess these women are developmentally delay. This is a nice looking woman and that obviously have issues with an adult relationship.
CBS Local Las Vegas: Texts, Calls Led to Teacher’s Sex Arrest (Mar 13 2014) CCSD police identify her as 22 year old Tanikka Queen, accused of sexually assaulting a 15 year old boy, an eighth grader at Hyde Park Middle School, where Queen has taught for the past year. Queen is facing a half dozen counts, including kidnapping and sex assault. CCSD Police tell KXNT the parent of another student alerted authorities to the possible relationship. Police say Queen and the student exchanged as many as a hundred phone calls, and more than 2,000 text messages over a four-day period in mid-February.
Las Vegas Sun: School police say parent’s inquiry about inappropriate relationship led to arrest of sub (Mar 13 2014) CCSD Police Sgt. Mitch Maciszak, in a news conference this morning, said Tanikka S. Queen, 22, was arrested Tuesday on counts including luring a child with sexual intent, open and gross sexual lewdness and kidnapping. The counts, Maciszak said, are related to a relationship the long-term substitute teacher had with a 15-year-old Hyde Park Middle School student over a period of less than two weeks in February. A concerned parent alerted district officials about a possible inappropriate teacher-student relationship on Feb. 26. ...A police arrest report detailed a burgeoning relationship that began with Queen tutoring the student during lunch. The report indicates the following: Queen and the student began dating around Valentine’s Day. During a 12-day period, Queen would often pick the student up near his home and take him to Lorenzi Park, where they would display their affection for one another. At one point, the student’s father said the teen came home with a hickie on his neck, which the boy said came from Bella (Queen). On another day, the father said his son did not get home until 7 p.m. because he was “hanging out with Bella.” The father said he did not know Bella was Queen and had not given consent for their relationship.During their time together, Queen and the teen exchanged more than 2,400 text messages, called each other 108 times and sent each other 38 cellphone photos. In the texts, they often discussed dates, declared their love for one another and expressed concern about revealing their relationship. On Feb. 13, Queen asked the student to give her a nickname on his phone and acknowledged that the relationship could get her in trouble, the report said. “(Name redacted) You should know how I feel by now,” Queen wrote in one text. “I’m serious (name redacted),” she followed up. “I’m putting my job on the line talking to you so how can I not be serious.”Queen in an interview with CCSD Police initially denied the relationship, claiming the boy only had a crush on her and that she was helping him with math. In a follow-up interview Tuesday, she admitted to kissing and dating the student but denied any sexual relationship.
Daily Reporter: Former Las Vegas substitute teacher arrested accused of sex with teenage boy (Mar 13 2014) Tanikka Queen remained jailed Thursday pending an initial court appearance on charges including sexual assault of a child, kidnapping and lewdness ... The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that police recovered thousands of cellphone text messages between Queen and the eighth-grader, records of more than 100 voice calls and dozens of photographs. Police were alerted by a parent of a female student who found text messages on the girl's phone referring to the affair. Trib Town: Former Las Vegas substitute teacher arrested accused of sex with teenage boy (Mar 13 2014)
ABC 13: Report details relationship between sub teacher, boy (Mar 13 2104) The relationship came to light after the student came home with a hickey and the parent of another student found text messages on her child's phone about the relationship. According to the report, the 15-year-old boy told police that his relationship with the teacher, whom he called "Bella," began two days after Valentine's Day. During their relationship, Bella would allegedly pick up the student and the would go to a local park. They also went to a movie at Texas Station hotel-casino and to McDonald's.A review of [Tanikka] Queen's cellphone revealed 2,400 text messages, 108 phone calls and approximately 38 photographs shared between the pair. Some of those text messages included proclamations of love. Queen also allegedly revealed to another student that she was having a sexual relationship with the teenager and told her not to tell anyone. A parent of that student discovered the messages. Queen initially denied the affair to police, but admitted she spent too much time with the boy. Eventually, she told investigators that she had sex with the teen while she was house sitting for a friend.
ABC 13: Substitute teacher accused of having sex with boy appears in court (Mar 14 2014) The substitute teacher accused of having sex with a 15-year-old boy appeared in a Las Vegas courtroom this morning. 22-year-old Tanikka Queen was arrested for kidnapping, sexual assault of a child under 16, statuary sexual seduction and luring a child for a sex act ... the judge lowered Queen's bail from $210,000 to $100,000.
New York Daily News: Las Vegas teacher busted for sex, romance with 15-year-old middle school student: cops (Mar 14 2014) Tanikka Queen, 22, confessed to having sex with the student; they exchanged hundreds of texts professing never-ending love, police said ... In February, police were tipped off to a possible relationship between Queen and the student. Detectives uncovered troubling texts that were "pretty much very romantic" rather than sexual, according to Young. "Awwww you're making me blush. Why do you have to be young? Lol I wanna tell the world. When you turn 16?" the suspect texted leading up to Valentine's Day, according to an arrest report obtained by KVVU-TV. The teen replied, "Your kisses felt so special." "I'll never leave you," she said.
UK Daily Mail: Substitute teacher, 22, charged with sex assault and kidnap after boy, 15, came home with a love bite on his neck (Mar 15 2014) Tanikka Bella Queen banned from working in schools after arrest Queen and the student exchanged 2,400 text messages, police say
Yahoo! News: Las Vegas School Teacher Charged with Sexual Assault on Teenage Boy (Mar 15 2014) According to police reports, [Tanikka] Queen, a geography teacher at Hyde Park Middle School, at first denied having an affair with the teenager, whom she described as a troubled eighth-grader with a crush on her. But in a follow-up interview, she admitted to kissing and dating the student but denied any sexual relationship. The parent of a female student, with whom Queen was friendly, found text messages on the 22-year-old's phone, with details referring to the relationship. The school district police subsequently found 2,400 text messages, 108 phone calls and 38 photographs between Queen and the boy.
Celebrity Cafe: Las Vegas teacher arrested for sexual relationship with her student (Mar 15 2014) Las Vegas substitute teacher has been arrested for having a torrid affair with one of her students. Tanikka Queen, 22, confessed to having a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old eighth grader, according to the Las Vegas Review Journal. Evidence shows that the affair began around Valentine's Day, and Queen was arrested on March 12. Queen’s relationship with the minor came to light when a local parent who knew Queen discovered text messages alluding to the affair. According to Fox Las Vegas, hundreds of text messages were exchanged between the minor and Queen ... However, police [have] discovered 2,400 text messages, 108 phone calls and 38 photographs exchanged between Queen and the student.
Bing News Alert: LAS VEGAS (KSNV MyNews3.com) -- The former substitute teacher charged with having an affair with a 15-year-old student has reached a plea deal with prosecutors. A preliminary hearing Friday in Las Vegas Justice Court for Tanikka Queen was canceled after ... Continue reading... http://www.nbcnews.com/id/54932305/ns/local_news-las_vegas_nv/t/former-teacher-reaches-plea-deal-two-sex-charges/
I-Team: Ex-sub teacher regrets relationship with student LAS VEGAS -- Tanikka Queen was one of about 4,000 substitute teachers who work in the Clark County School District, that is, until she was arrested ... Continue reading... http://www.8newsnow.com/story/25336754/i-team-ex-sub-teacher-regrets-relationship-with-student
I-Team: Ex-sub teacher regrets relationship with student Tanikka Queen was one of about 4,000 substitute teachers who work in the Clark County School District, that is, until she was arrested in March and charged with having a sexual relationship with a student.More>> Continue reading... http://www.8newsnow.com/story/25336754/i-team-ex-sub-teacher-regrets-relationship-with-student