Guilty! Donald Dudley Ingerson, St. Louis area, Missouri (arrested July 2012)

>>> Dumb As A Rock!!! <<<
>>> This complete idiot taught your children for thirty years!!! <<<​

I'll be adding more links, articles & info to this thread over the next few days, but this guy is the ultimate clueless loser. This bozo taught in numerous schools in the St. Louis, Missouri, area over a thirty-year period, shagged a number of his female students and never got caught. Upon retirement he moved to Ely, Minnesota. After a couple years, thinking that the statute of limitations had expired (it hadn't ), he called the authorities in the St. Louis area "to clear his conscience".​

>>> Busted!!! <<<​

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Name: Donald Ingerson, Ely, Minnesota (retirement residence)​

Age: 67​

Schools (partial list):​

• Formerly taught at Ferguson Middle School, Ferguson, Missouri
• Freshman baseball coach, Ritenour High School, St. Louis, Missouri, February 2011 to April 2012
• Science teacher & coach, McCluer High School, Florissant, Missouri, 1987 to 2010
• Assistant baseball coach, Ritenour High School, St. Louis, Missouri, June 2001 to September 2005
• Taught biology and coached football & wrestling at University City High School, University City, Missouri, 1976 to 1981
• Physical science teacher and football & wrestling coach, W. F. Gaunt School, Affton, Missouri, 1971 to 1976 [no link, school no longer exists at that location]
• Science teacher at Lafayette High School, Wildwood, Missouri, 1969 to 1971.

Position: Science teacher​

Victims: At least two girls, one in 1974 and one in 1995, one aged 15, one aged 16​

Best description so far of the crimes & the victims is from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch:​

The rape charge stems from a sexual encounter in 1974 with a girl who was under age 16 at the time, authorities said in court documents. He was charged with statutory sodomy for contact he had with a girl in 1995, according to the documents. She was 15 years old at the time.​

City Pages: Donald Ingerson of Ely confesses rape thinking statute of limitations is up, gets arrested (Aug 2 2012)​

Donald Ingerson, 67, taught science and coached baseball at St. Louis-area high schools from the 1970s up through last spring, when he retired and moved to Ely, Minnesota.​

During his teaching career, Ingerson apparently sexually assaulted at least two students, one in 1974 and another in 1995. But the assaults, at least one of which included rape, were never reported to school officials or the police and Ingerson was able to wrap up his career without punishment.​

Though the assaults remained between himself and his victims, Ingerson was beating himself up over what he'd done. In June, he placed an unsolicited call to St. Louis County prosecutor Robert McCulloch and confessed to the assaults, reportedly because he wanted to clear his conscience. Ingerson did so in the belief that the statute of limitation had expired, thus exempting him from any criminal culpability -- but he was mistaken.​

He drove hundreds of miles to St. Louis to "discuss" the assaults with investigators? If he really didn't suspect he might be arrested, then, assaults aside, we feel sorry for the students who "learned" in Ingerson's classes for the better part of four decades. ​

Riverfront Times Blog: Criminally Stupid: Donald Ingerson Confessed to Sexual Assault, Is Quite Surprised to Be Arrested (Aug 1 2012)​

St. Louis County Prosecutor Robert McCulloch just got a freebie. Retired St. Louis County school teacher Donald Ingerson, 67, allegedly felt the need to clear his conscience, and called McCulloch's office to admit he sexually assaulted two female students during his career. Sure, it sounds like the doings of a man attempting to right some wrongs. But according to McCulloch, the only reason Ingerson 'fessed up is because he believed the statute of limitations on these crimes had expired, and Ingerson could get all the conscience-salving benefits of a confession without having to face any punishment. ​

McCulloch believes the statute of limitations have not expired, and that Ingerson can indeed be brought to trial. As a former teacher, you'd think Ingerson would have checked his work before turning it in, so to speak. Ingerson allegedly committed the assaults in 1974 and 1995; the statute of limitations is 30 years. McCulloch's legal opinion is that the 30 years starts ticking from the time the victim becomes an adult, meaning he can prosecute both cases -- a prosecution that begins with an uncoerced confession seemingly already in hand. ​

But wait, there's more. Ingerson made his fateful phone call in June. In the intervening months, investigators tracked down the two victims, told them of the new developments and they both confirmed the assaults. At that point the investigators contacted Ingerson at his home in Minnesota and asked him to drive down to St. Louis to discuss the assaults with them. When Ingerson arrived, he was arrested and charged with rape and statutory sodomy. He's being held in county jail on $300,000 cash-only bond.​

What a complete patsy!!! He even saved them the cost and trouble of extraditing him from Minnesota.

 

For now, here are some more links:

• http://www.kare11.com/news/article/985153/396/Former-teacher-charged-with-rape-arrested-in-Ely
• http://www.kmov.com/news/editors-pi...rrested-on-rape-sodomy-charges-164456076.html
• http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/...cle_1eecd434-3b4a-58d4-92fd-959957de675e.html
• http://ballwin-ellisville.patch.com...with-rape-sodomy-didnt-expect-arrest-624562c8
• http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/...cle_11d410dc-db37-11e1-bbec-001a4bcf6878.html
• http://hazelwood.patch.com/articles...harged-with-rape-didnt-expect-arrest-f1c90d8f
• http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nat...ute-limitations-prosecutors-article-1.1126542
• http://theoriginalgreenwichdiva.com...ing-statute-of-limitations-had-expired/36435/
• http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/31/former-st-louisarea-teach_0_n_1726132.html

 

New York Daily News: Former teacher confesses to raping students, unaware there’s no statute of limitations: prosecutors (Aug 1 2012)

A former teacher is being held in a Missouri jail after confessing to two sexual assaults on his students, prosecutors say. Donald Ingerson, 67, believed the statute of limitations had run out, KDSK-TV reported – but Missouri removed the statute for rape in 2002. He now faces charges of rape and second-degree statutory sodomy. Ingerson’s teaching career spanned several St. Louis County school districts from the 1960s to the 1990s. He admittedly committed one of the assaults in the mid-1970s and the other in 1995 or 1996, according to Hazelwood Patch.​

The Original Greenwich Diva: Former St Louis teacher Donald Ingerson turns himself in for rape of girls believing statute of limitations had expired (Aug 1 2012)

Reports say [Donald] Ingerson taught at five or six school districts in St. Louis County beginning in the 1960s and continuing into the 1990s. One of the schools he taught at was Lafayette High School in Wildwood, where he was a science teacher from 1969-1971. During that time he also served as an assistant coach for football, wrestling, baseball, track and field. He also worked in the Ferguson-Florissant School District between 1987 and 2010 and Ritenour and McCluer schools. Reports say two victims have been identified and they were contacted. Authorities believe there are other victims.​

Huffington Post: Donald Ingerson, Former St. Louis-Area School Teacher, Charged With Rape (Aug 1 2012)

[Prosecuting Attorney Bob] McCulloch said [Donald] Ingerson called his office June 4 and met with prosecutors Monday, when he allegedly admitted to sexual contact with two high school girls – one in the 1970s and one in the mid-1990s. "This is the first time we've had someone contact our office and say, `I want to talk about what I did,' " McCulloch said. He said Ingerson did not admit to any additional crimes, but authorities suspect there could be other victims. St. Louis County police and McCulloch's office have contacted the school districts where Ingerson worked and have urged any additional victims to come forward.​

McCulloch said the crimes had never been reported and declined to name the district where Ingerson worked in an effort to help protect the identities of the victims. ne victim was listed as 15, and the other was listed as younger than 16. Both have been informed of the arrest, McCulloch said. "Even after all this time, they seemed quite relieved," he said.​

 

KSDK: Former teacher Donald Ingerson charged with rape (July 31 2012)

NewsChannel 5 has learned [Donald] Ingerson taught at University City High School from 1976 until 1981, teaching biology and coaching football and wrestling ... ​

Ingerson also taught science and coached at McCluer High School in the Ferguson-Florissant School District from 1987-2010 ...​

A spokesperson for the Ritenour School District verified Ingerson was an assistant baseball coach at Ritenour High School from June 2001 to September 2005, and then he left voluntarily and returned in February 2011 to be the freshman baseball coach at the school until April 2012 ...​

KSDK: Former teacher Donald Ingerson charged with rape (July 31 2012) [VIDEO]

St. Louis County police want potential victims of Donald Ingerson to come forward, according to St. Louis County police.​

Hazelwood Patch: Prosecutor: Ex-Teacher Charged with Rape Didn't Expect Arrest (Aug 1 2012)

Two victims, both students at the time of the incidents, have been identified so far, though [Prosecuting Attorney Bob] McCullough said his work in similar cases leads him to think there are others. Ingerson is suspected of having had multiple sexual encounters with both, McCullough said, the first between September 1974 and January 1976, and the second between Jan. 1, 1995 and Nov. 17, 1996. McCullough said he thinks the encounters happened at different locations outside of school grounds.​

 

CBS News: Donald Ingerson, longtime Missouri teacher, admits sexual contact with girls, authorities say (Aug 1 2012)

Authorities said Missouri teacher Donald Ingerson was charged with rape and statutory sodomy after he turned himself in on Monday, apparently mistaken in the belief that the statute of limitations already expired. St. Louis County Prosecutor Bob McCulloch said the 67-year-old Ingerson worked in five or six districts in the county from the 1960s through the 1990s. McCulloch said Ingerson called his office on June 4 and met with prosecutors Monday, when he allegedly admitted to sexual contact with two high school girls - one in the 1970s and one in the mid-1990s. "This is the first time we've had someone contact our office and say, `I want to talk about what I did,' " McCulloch said.​

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McCulloch declined to name the district where Ingerson worked in order to help protect the identities of the two female victims. One victim was listed as 15, and the other was listed as younger than 16. Both have been informed of the arrest, McCulloch said.​

Affton Patch: Teacher Who Confessed to Raping Students Worked in Affton (Aug 2 2012)

Donald Ingerson—the former St. Louis-area teacher who turned himself in for raping students—taught at W. F. Gaunt School from the 1971-72 school year to the 1975-76 school year, according to the Affton School District. That means Ingerson worked in Affton at the same time a woman says Ingerson sexually assaulted repetedly between September 1974 and January 1976. Ingerson's picture appears in the W. F. Gaunt School yearbook from 1975. ...​

Affton-Shrewsbury Patch recieved a copy of the yearbook page from Anne Badalamenti, who attended Gaunt at that time. "We were all like, 'Oh, ya, we remember that guy,'" Badalamenti said. She and her friends were discussing Ingerson's arrest on Facebook, where she says several of her friends remember Ingerson as a long haired man who was rumored to have had "affairs" with students.​

... Ingerson is listed in the 1975 yearbook as being the physical science teacher. Badalamenti and her friends say they remember him coaching the freshman football and wrestling teams.​

Fox News: Former St. Louis teacher charged with rape, thought statute of limitations expired (Aug 1 2012)

[Donald] Ingerson, who has been charged with rape and statutory sodomy, remains jailed on $300,000 cash bond after being arrested and charged Monday. He doesn't have an attorney, and [Prosecuting Attorney Bob] McCulloch said the suspect seemed surprised to learn the statute of limitations had not expired in at least one of the cases. McCulloch also told reporters that he believes there could be other victims. McCulloch said the first charge stems from an assault on a 16-year-old girl from around 1974 to 1976. The second involved a 15-year-old girl in 1995. McCulloch said the statute of limitations is 30 years, adding that that clock begins only after a minor becomes an adult. The statute of limitations for rape and sodomy varies because laws have changed over the years, he said. Both victims have been informed of the arrest and are “quite relieved,” McCulloch said.​

 

KMOV: Police: Former Ferguson-Florissant teacher admits sexually assaulting students (July 31 2012)

A longtime St. Louis area teacher is charged with rape and statutory sodomy after turning himself in, apparently in the mistaken belief that the statute of limitations had expired. Donald Ingerson, 67, was charged with rape and second-degree statutory sodomy after telling the country prosecutor about the incidents. Officials said he thought the statute of limitations had run out on the offenses when he admitted to the crimes. St. Louis County Prosecutor Bob McCulloch says Ingerson worked in five or six districts in the county from the 1960s through the 1990s. "I’ve been doing this a long time, this is the first time we’ve had someone contact us and say I want to talk about what I did years ago and then come in and do it," McCulloch said.​

KMOV: Former teacher charged with sexually assaulting students also taught in U City (Aug 1 2012)

A longtime St. Louis area teacher charged with rape and statutory sodomy after turning himself in also taught in University City, district officials confirmed Wednesday ... According to officials, Ingerson worked at University City High School from 1976 until 1981, teaching biology and coaching football and wrestling. Officials said about six years later Ingerson taught in the Ferguson-Florissant School District, where he worked from 1987 to 2010. During his more than 20 years teaching in the Ferguson-Florissant School District, Ingerson taught at Ferguson Middle and McCluer High School, where he also coached baseball. A school official said he also worked at Ritenour as a part-time baseball coach. The official said he worked as a baseball coach and mentor at the school from June 2001 until September 2005, and then as the head freshman coach from February 2011 to April 2012.​

St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Former teacher in St. Louis area charged with sex crimes (Aug 1 2012)

[St. Louis County Prosecutor] McCulloch said investigators in his office had contacted both victims after Ingerson first talked to authorities in June. Both confirmed the assaults had occurred when they were minors and were pleased to hear that [Donald] Ingerson was to be charged, he said. The rape charge stems from a sexual encounter in 1974 with a girl who was under age 16 at the time, authorities said in court documents. He was charged with statutory sodomy for contact he had with a girl in 1995, according to the documents. She was 15 years old at the time.​

 

And last but not least for now ...

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Can you say, "Oops!"?​

 

I'm not sure what you hoped to convey in your posts, however I took it that somehow parents were to blame for the fact that this teacher was teaching for so long. In my view, it was the school districts who failed, as any teacher who changes schools that frequently clearly has some issue which the schools were aware of. As a former student of the teacher, I would be very careful about how you present things, unless you want to blames parents and students for a shitty teacher.

 

also a former student and player under this guy, would've done anything for him. On the surface, the guy most of us saw and thought we knew, was a phenomenal guy. However, this surely has rocked my confidence and trust in people in general. 1st person should've put him away back in the 70's and none of this would be a topic to discuss....regardless, he f'd up. He's on his own now.

 

I hate to see so many posts, from same source convicting someone with repeated exaggerations, reporting "rumors", etc. Yes, there obviously was a terrible wrong committed; however, I can't see harping on "stupidity" and ridiculing someone who may have had a repentant conscience and was trying to protect his family. Can you even imagine how the family must feel? Why not let the courts decide before you wave that noose around? Are you getting some kind of perverse kick with all your gleeful gouging? This man is going to suffer from the consequences of his actions (as will his family who did no wrong). Even if he has received forgiveness from God, he will still have to be accountable, as did David in the Old Testament (remember the writer of beautiful Psalms, and the giant killer?). Yep, King David, who also committed adultery with Bathsheba, lied about it, and virtually committed murder by sending her husband into battle and certain death. His life was full of consequences, even after forgiveness. But guess what? He was "the apple of God's eye" in his elder years. I imagine the joking post writer is laughing heartily about now. So enjoy your sick humor, pointing at someone else... while several fingers point right back at yourself.

 

All of the information in here comes from mainstream media sources that are cited and linked. If you can't deal with that, you should probably find a rock to hide under.

In Donald Ingerson's case, he's definitely one of the dumbest we've covered certainly and the only one to self-extradite himself to another state, apparently thinking he would just have a nice chat with the cops & drive home.

I'd suggest you read the site's policy: Welcome & Introduction

Repeated annoying whining will get your IP and/or login banned.

 

That nice chat with the cops is now scheduled to turn into some quality time with a judge & jury next February 18 ...

KSDK: Don Ingerson to stand trial on rape charge he confessed to (Oct 17 2013)

A February trial date is set for a retired high school teacher and coach who confessed to sexually assaulting two female students while employed in the St. Louis area. Don Ingerson, 68, of Ely, Minn. allegedly confessed to St. Louis County prosecutors last year, thinking the statute of limitations had expired in both of the cases. Prosecutors thought otherwise, and charged Ingerson with rape for an incident in September 1974, and statutory sodomy for another crime that took place in January 1995. In the 1974 incident, prosecutors say a 16-year-old girl was attacked. the second incident involved a 15-year-old girl.​

 

Former teacher gets 3 years in prison

4 June 2014

A former suburban St. Louis teacher has been sentenced to three years in prison for sexually assaulting two minors in separate incidents two decades apart. Prosecutors say 68-year-old Don Ingerson turned himself in to St. Louis County authorities two years ago, apparently under the mistaken impression that the statute of limitations had expired on charges involving three minors. That proved to be correct in one case. But the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Ingerson pleaded guilty in February of rape involving a victim under age 16 that occurred from 1974 to 1976; and for sodomy for a victim under age ...

http://fox2now.com/2014/06/04/former-teacher-gets-3-years-in-prison/

 

From Missouri's Sex Offender Registry just now, appears he is "back home" in Minnesota:

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Involved in a bicycle-vehicle accident 3 months ago: https://app.dps.mn.gov/MSPMedia2/IncidentDisplay/8914

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Bicyclist struck by motorist near Ely

8 Aug 2017

A 72-year-old Ely bicyclist was taken to a hospital in Duluth with non-life threatening injuries after being struck by a motorist on Minnesota Highway 169 in the area around Kawishiwi Trail outside of Ely on Monday. Donald Dudley Ingerson was transported to St. Luke’s hospital in Duluth following the 3:30 p.m. crash, the Minnesota State Patrol news release said. Kathleen Jo Trueman, 75, of Cold Spring, Minn., was traveling north in a 2010 Chevy Traverse when her vehicle struck Ingerson riding on the northbound shoulder. Trueman was not injured, said the State Patrol. The crash, in Morse Township, also drew ...

http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/4309088-bicyclist-struck-motorist-near-ely

 

This remains my all-time favorite thread in this site!