(09/02/10 – Initial BadBadTeacher.com Report)
Michael Scott Brinkerhoff, 42, an English and drama teacher at Burley Junior High School in Burley, Idaho was reportedly arrested last week on allegations of enticing children over the internet, and sexual abuse of a minor child under the age of 16.
Reportedly, Brinkerhoff was charged with felony enticing children over the Internet and felony sexual abuse of a minor under age 16. The alleged victim is a 14-year-old female student.
It is alleged that Brinkerhoff contacted the alleged victim on Memorial Day, telling her his 15-year-old nephew was moving to Burley from Arizona and that Brinkerhoff wanted to introduce him to some area teens.
It is further alleged that Brinkerhoff arranged for the fictitious boy to meet the victim on the social networking website Facebook and thereafter pretended to be the 15-year-old boy in order to engage in online sexual conduct with the alleged victim.
(04/29/09 – Initial BadBadTeacher.com Report)
Gina Marie Watring, a teacher’s assistant for dance and drama at Creekside Elementary School in Durham, North Carolina has been arrested on allegations of having sex with a male student, who is reportedly 10-years-old.
Gina Watring is reportedly charged with two counts of first degree sex offense with a child.
Watring, who turned herself in to investigators, is reportedly being held at the Durham County Jail in lieu of $100,000 bond.
Watring, who worked for the school system since November, 2006 reportedly resigned yesterday.
04/30/09 – Bond Reduction Denied
Gina Watring appeared for an initial appearance in court today and defense attorney Steve Monks asked that Watring’s bond be reduced from $100,000 to $20,000, saying that Watring is “a wonderful person” who has been married for 13 years and has three children.
The judge denied the bond reduction request.
Monks indicated that he was only representing Watring for the initial appearance and the judge appointed a public defender to represent Watring.
Watring’s next court date was set for May 13.
(11/05/09 – Initial BadBadTeacher.com Report)
Robert Mark Fickenscher, 57, a chemistry teacher at Madison High School, in Madison, Ohio has reportedly been arrested on allegations of attempting to solicit sex from what he believed to be a 13-year-old girl.
Fickenscher was arrested during a teaching symposium at Harvey High School on a warrant from the Pennsylvania Attorney General Child Predator Unit.
It is alleged that Fickenscher and the undercover agent posting as the girl met in a chat room and were speaking between April and July and that Fickenscher and “the girl” planned to meet in the Erie area.
Fickenscher faces extradition to Pennsylvania to face a total of five charges, including attempted unlawful conduct with a minor and criminal use of a communication facility.
Fickenscher has reportedly been placed on paid administrative leave by the school system.
11/06/09 – Case Update
A press release from the office of Pensylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett reveals new information on the allegations and charges against Robert Fickenscher.
(05/18/09 – Initial BadBadTeacher.com Report)
Joseph O. Massey, 36, an eight-grade social studies at Utterback Magnet Middle School in Tucson, Arizona has reportedly been arrested on allegations of having an inappropriate relationship with a 15-year-old female student.
Reportedly, Massey has been charged with two counts of sexual conduct with a minor.
Massey came to the attention of authorities when a family member of the alleged victim discovered suspicious chat messages on the alleged victim’s Facebook account and alerted authorities.
Police contacted Massey and after interviewing him they determined they had enough probable cause to arrest him. Reportedly, Massey was arrested in the Utterback parking lot after school Friday.
Massey, who is reportedly in his first year at the school, has been placed on administrative leave.
09/02/10 – Trial Underway
The trial of Joseph Massey is underway Pima County Superior Court.
The case is one in which there appears to be very little physical evidence with the prosecution relying primarily upon the testimony of the alleged victim and the defense challenging the alleged victim’s testimony and pointing to a lack of physical evidence and a shoddy investigation by police.
Defense attorney Dan Cooper maintains that the alleged victim “made this up”, in regard to the allegations against Massey.
(09/02/10 – Initial BadBadTeacher.com Report)
Chancy Thomas Leavell, 32, an agricultural biology teacher at Lincoln High School in Lincoln, California has reportedly been charged with a misdemeanor count of annoy or molest a child under the age of 18.
Leavell, who teaches at the Lincoln High School farm has been on administrative leave since March during the investigation into allegations involving a female student.
The offense for which Leavell is charged is alleged to have occurred on December 1, 2009.
The Lincoln Police Department conducted an investigation and in April filed a report with the Placer County DA’s Office asking that charges of sexual battery and annoy or molest a child under the age of 18 be filed against Leavell.
Reportedly, Leavell, who has not been arrested, has been given an arraignment date of September 8th.
References:
Chancy Leavell to be arraigned (09/01/10)
Teacher faces molest charge (08/27/10)
(04/28/10 – Initial BadBadTeacher.com Report)
Richard A. Neff, 47, girls’ basketball coach at Dundee Middle School in Dundee, Michigan has reportedly been arrested on allegations a sexual relationship with a female student who is now 14-years-old and who was 13 when the alleged relationship began.
Reportedly, Neff has been charged with two first-degree counts of criminal sexual conduct and one count each of second-degree criminal sexual conduct and accosting a child for immoral purposes.
On Tuesday, Neff made an initial appearance before First District Judge Mark S. Braunlich who set bond at $50,000 and ordered Neff to have no contact with the alleged victim and her family and to stay away from the school.
The prosecution, which had sought a $100,000 bond, is alleging that Neff and the girl had a relationship since January, 2009 and that the alleged relationship continued until Friday when they reportedly were caught in a suspicious situation at the school.
Reportedly, a school custodian allegedly caught Neff and the girl in the school last Friday night. The custodian reported the incident to district officials who then alerted police.
Neff is reportedly free on bond and has a preliminary examination set for May 11th.