Berks County, Pennsylvania, educators with issues: Jean M. Kleckner, Laureldale, Pennsylvania (arrested Sept 2012) Kristy C. Risell, Birdsboro, Pennsylvania (arrested Sept 2012) Name: Jean M. Kleckner, 1136 Bernard Drive, Reading, Pennsylvania (Muhlenberg Township) Age: 47 School: Muhlenberg Middle School and Muhlenberg High School, Laureldale, Pennsylvania (Muhlenberg School District) Position: Field hockey head coach at Muhlenberg Middle School; also a substitute teacher at Muhlenberg Middle School and Muhlenberg High School Victim: Girl, 16 BCTV: Ex-substitute teacher, coach in Muhlenberg School District had sex with juvenile, detectives say (Sept 13 2012) A former Muhlenberg substitute teacher and field hockey coach gave a 16-year girl alcohol and started a sexual relationship on a camping trip in 2008, Berks County detectives said in a news release Thursday, Sept. 13. Jean Kleckner, 47, of 1136 Bernard Drive, Muhlenberg Township, acknowledged in a written statement Sept. 5 that she had sexual contact with the victim. CW15: Woman supplies teen girl with alcohol, sexually abuses her (Sept 13 2012) A teen girl was allegedly sexually abused by a family friend, Jean Kleckner, from 2008 through 2009. The first incident occurred when the teen was 16 and the two were on a camping trip. Kleckner gave the girl alcohol on the trip, and continued to as the sexual abuse continued at Kleckner’s home. During the time of the incidents, Kleckner was a substitute teacher at Muhlenberg School District, which is also where the victim attended. Kleckner was the head coach for the Junior High field hockey team as well. WHP TV: Woman supplies teen girl with alcohol, sexually abuses her (Sept 13 2012) Tags:
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York Daily Record: Two Berks teachers charged with sexually assaulting students (Sept 13 2012) Muhlenberg substitute teacher and middle school field hockey coach Jean Kleckner was charged with sexually assaulting a 16-year-old female student numerous times, according to the Berks County district attorney's office. She was charged with corrupting minors and endangering the welfare of children. The district suspended Kleckner, 47, of Muhlenberg Township, on Sept. 5 after learning of the investigation ... Kleckner was a frequent substitute at the Muhlenberg Middle School and high school and recently was hired as middle school field hockey coach. She knew her victim as a student and outside of school, detectives said. The Mecury: Former Berks County field hockey coach charged for sex with female student (Sept 13 2012) Jean Kleckner, 47, of 1136 Bernard Drive, Muhlenberg, is charged with corruption of minor and endangering the welfare of children, after she allegedly sexually abused the girl “on a regular basis,” according to Berks County detectives. Detectives initiated the investigation after receiving a report from Muhlenberg Township police. Through the course of their investigation, detectives learned the girl, who was a family friend of Kleckner’s, was allegedly abused by Kleckner from 2008 through 2009. Investigators said the first incident between Kleckner and the girl occurred when the girl was 16 and it happened during a camping trip they were both on. Investigators said during this incident, Kleckner “supplied the victim with alcohol.” The incidents of sexual abuse continued after the first encounter, investigators noted, and most of the subsequent incidents of sexual contact between the two occurred at Kleckner’s residence. Reading Eagle: Muhlenberg teacher charged with sexually assaulting female student (Sept 13 2012) Jean Kleckner, 47, of the 1100 block of Bernard Drive, Muhlenberg Township, was charged with corrupting minors and endangering the welfare of children, according to the Berks County district attorney's office.
WFMZ: Muhlenberg teacher, coach charged in child sex abuse case (Sept 13 2012) Jean Kleckner was charged Thursday with corruption of minors and endangering the welfare of children. Kleckner, 47, of Muhlenberg Township, sexually abused a family friend in 2008 and 2009, said detectives with the Berks County district attorney's office, adding that the first incident occurred on a camping trip in the summer of 2008 when the girl was 16-years-old. At the time, detectives said Kleckner also provided the girl with alcohol. The sexual abuse continued on a regular basis through the following summer, mostly at Kleckner's home, said detectives. NBC Philadelphia: Female Coach Arrested for Sex Abuse of Teen Girl: DA (Sept 13 2012) Jean Kleckner, of Reading, was arraigned Thursday after allegedly admitting she had inappropriate sexual contact with a teenage girl. The 47-year-old was the head coach for the Muhlenberg Junior High Field Hockey team at the time of the alleged abuse, and also served as a substitute teacher for the Muhlenberg School District. That's the same district the victim attended, according to authorities. Fox 43: Two Cases of Child Sexual Abuse: Berks County Teachers Arrested (Sept 13 2012) 47 year old Jean Kleckner, of Reading, was a substitute teacher and head field hockey coach at Muhlenberg Middle School. Police say she sexually abused a 16 year old female student. According to detectives the abuse began in 2008 during a camping trip with the victim and continued through 2009. On that trip, Kleckner supplied the victim with alcohol. The sexual abuse continued on a regular basis, mostly occurring at the Kleckner's home. She confessed to police on September 5, 2012 that she did have inappropriate sexual contact with the victim. Charges against Klechner incude Corruption of Minors and Endangering Welfare of Chidren.
ABC Local WPVI: 2nd Berks County teacher accused of sex with a minor (Sept 14 2012) Police say 47-year-old Jean Kleckner was a former teacher in Muhlenberg School District and became a field hockey coach this year. According to detectives, Kleckner gave alcohol to a young girl then had inappropriate sexual contact for part of 2008 through 2009. The Muhlenberg school superintendent says Kleckner has been suspended. Reading Eagle: 2 Berks teachers charged in sex assaults (Sept 14 2012) Muhlenberg substitute teacher and middle school field hockey coach Jean Kleckner was charged with sexually assaulting a 16-year-old female student numerous times, according to the Berks County district attorney's office. She was charged with corrupting minors and endangering the welfare of children. The district suspended Kleckner, 47, of the 1100 block of Bernard Drive, Muhlenberg Township, on Sept. 5 after learning of the investigation.
Thanks for the update: Jean Kleckner, a former Muhlenberg substitute teacher and middle school field hockey coach, is serving five years of probation for sexually assaulting a 16-year-old female student. Kleckner 48, of the 1100 block of Bernard Drive, Muhlenberg Township, pleaded guilty in January before Judge Stephen B. Lieberman to corrupting minors. Kleckner first sexually abused the girl in 2008 after giving her alcohol on a camping trip, and continued to abuse her on a regular basis into 2009, mostly in Kleckner's home, detectives said.
