Bad Bad Teacher

(02/08/10 – Initial BadBadTeacher.com Report)

Timothy Sanders, 41, a second-grade teacher at Ford Road Elementary School in Memphis, Tennessee has reportedly been arrested on allegations that he was caught trying to have sex with a 17 year old boy in a public park at 1 a.m. Wednesday morning.

Reportedly, Sanders is charged with solicitation and sexual exploitation of a minor.

It is alleged that an officer on routine patrol saw Sanders’ vehicle parked and upon investigation allegedly found Sanders with a 17 year old boy. It is further alleged that Sander’s private parts were exposed and he was ready for sex with the partially clothed boy.

It is also alleged that Sanders went to the boys home to pick him up and had previously sent him sexually explicit text messages.

Reportedly, the parents of the alleged victim were contacted and have indicated that they wish to press charges against Sanders.

Reportedly, Sanders, who met the victim on MySpace, has been suspended without pay by the school system.

Following his arrest, Sanders was reportedly being held in lieu of $10,000 bond.

(03/27/09 – Initial BadBadTeacher.com Report)

Daniel Acker, 61, an aquatics coordinator for the West Allis-West Milwaukee Recreation Department in Milwaukee, Wisconsin has been arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting boys for more than three decades.

The alleged victims are boys who ranged in age from 7 to 15-years-old when the crimes were committed between the 1970’s and 2008.

Police say that Acker may have committed hundreds of sexual assaults on dozens of victims over a period of four decades.

Acker came to the attention of authorities when the West Allis West Milwaukee School District tipped off Greenfield police after an adult came to them claiming that Acker assaulted him years ago. Police started an investigation and found four alleged victims, all now in the 40’s, who allege that Acker sexually assault them.

Police say that they also have evidence that Acker who also worked with at-risk children at the Milwaukee County Mental Health Complex preyed on boys he met there as well.

Police also have interviewed an 19-year-old man who them that he and Acker started having sex when he was 15 or 16 and that he and Acker are still in a sexual relationship. As a result of this alleged sexual relationship, police took Acker into custody on charges of sexual assault of a child.

Acker’s duties included setting up the swim schedule and coordinating lifeguards and instructors for the department’s four pools, at Nathan Hale and Central high schools and Frank Lloyd Wright and West Milwaukee middle schools.

West Allis West Milwaukee School District said Acker has been suspended since Monday.

04/06/09 – More Charges Filed

Late Friday afternoon, prosecutors charged Daniel Acker with new counts of assault, enticement and producing child pornography on allegations that he sexually assaulted, tied up and photographed a boy during the early 1990s.

Reportedly Greenfield police spent more than four hours on Thursday searching Acker’s Waukesha condominium looking for any secret compartments that may have been used to hide child pornography.

9/29/09 – No Contest Plea

Daniel Acker has, in a plea deal with prosecutors, pleaded no contest to sex assault charges.

Under the terms of the plea agreement Acker will be sentenced to 15 years in prison. He faced up to 40 years in prison if convicted at trial.

Formal sentencing is set for January.

02/08/10 – Sentencing

Reportedly, Daniel Acker has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.

Acker will be required to serve eight years on extended supervision after he is released from prison.

Acker’s sentence was longer than the 15 years the prosecution had requested and the eight-to-12-year term suggested by defense attorney Robert Peterson.

(11/14/08 – Initial BadBadTeacher.com Report)

Sean Lee Catron, 38, a biology teacher at Stilwell High School in Stilwell, Oklahoma was charged, on November 3rd, with three counts of second-degree rape and a count of sexual battery.

Catron was arraigned in Adair County District Court on the charges yesterday.

According to prosecutors, the charges involve two female students at Stilwell High School, allegedly victimized by Catron, with the alleged incidents said to have taken place this year at both the school and at Catron’s residence.

Catron came to the attention of authorities when one of the alleged victims told a parent about the alleged incident and Stilwell Police were contacted.

A preliminary hearing has been set for December 9th to determine if the charges against Catron will go forward.

Catron has been suspended by the school system and a hearing concerning his employment is reportedly expected to be held next week.

Catron’s attorney Tim Baker maintains his client’s innocence and says the girls fabricated the allegations in retaliation for Catron giving one of the girls a failing grade.

Court records indicate that Catron was released on bond totaling $100,000.

02/08/10 – Charges Dismissed

Today, court records have been updated to indicate that all charges against Sean Catron have been dismissed.

The court records indicate that the charges were dismissed because “neither of the alleged victims desire for this case to be prosecuted”.

(02/08/10 – Initial BadBadTeacher.com Report)

Dawn Marie Schwartzengraber, 37, a government/economics, history and psychology teacher at Camden-Frontier High School in Camden, Michigan has reportedly been arrested on allegations of a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old male student.

Reportedly, Schwartzengraber was arrested on a charge of sexual misconduct with a minor.

Schwartzengraber came to the attention of Michigan State Police by way of a complaint from the parents of the alleged victim, although the complaint was reportedly not of a sexual nature.

During the course of the investigation by Michigan State Police, the alleged two-year long sexual relationship was discovered.

It is alleged that the sexual activity took place in Schwartzengraber’s residence and along roadways in both Indiana and Michigan.

Schwartzengraber, a resident of Angola, Indiana, was arrested by Indiana State Police at the request of Michigan State Police and following her arrest was subsequently released on bond.

References:

Teacher arrested for sexual misconduct (02/08/10)

Camden-Frontier Schools Web Site

(12/03/09 – Initial BadBadTeacher.com Report)

Jenifer Stitzel, 34, a preschool teacher at Central Valley Adventist Academy near Tangent, Oregon has reportedly been arrested on allegations of inappropriate relationship with a 14-year-old male student.

Reportedly, Stitzel faces two counts of third-degree sex abuse, a misdemeanor offense.

Stitzel came to the attention of authorities by way of a complaint by the boys’ parents who allegedly discovered text messages containing sexual content on his cell phone. The parents called the principal and, as mandatory reporters, the school contacted the sheriff’s office.

Detectives say that in addition to the text messages, the woman and boy had kissed and had other inappropriate contact both on and off school grounds.

After booking at the Linn County Jail, Stizel was released and scheduled to appear Dec. 23 in Linn County Circuit Court.

02/08/10 – Case Continued Again

Jenifer Stitzel was due in court both February 1st and today, but attorneys asked to have the case set over once again.

Stitzel is now scheduled to appear on February 22.

She remains free on her own recognizance.