(8/21/07 – Initial BBT Report)

Kevin John Wolters, 36, a former part-time boys and girls soccer coach at Calvary Baptist School of Holland, Michigan has pleaded guilty to using a computer to accost a child for immoral purposes and using a computer to disseminate sexually explicit material to a minor.

Wolters was arrested after he used the Internet in an attempt to entice a 14-year-old girl to have sex with him. The ‘girl’ was in reality an investigator with the Michigan Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. Wolters alleged communications with the girl occurred between February and March of this year. He was arrested in April, charged and released on $10,000 bond.

Sentencing for Wolters is currently set for October 20th.

10/30/07 – Sentencing

Kevin John Wolters was sentenced to 270 days in jail, was placed on five years’ probation during which may not have access to a computer nor be in contact with minors unless another adult is present and was ordered to register as a sex offender.

At Wolters sentencing his attorney described Wolters, who has been in sex-offender counseling since June 1, as “hooked on Internet sex”.

References:

Ex-soccer coach gets jail after Internet sex sting (10/30/07)

Man pleads guilty to computer-related crimes (8/20/07)

Background:

West Michigan coach accused of soliciting minor over the internet (4/03/07)

Coach busted for Internet encounter with ‘teen’

Two Youth Coaches Arrested in Separate Internet Predator Stings

(8/03/07 – Initial BBT Report)

Kenneth Lang, 60, a former teacher at D. J. Bakie Elementary School, in Kingston, New Hampshire has been indicted on 13 counts of sexual assault alleged to have occurred between 1983 and 1986 in Hampton, New Hampsire.

In May of this year, Lang was indicted on 15 counts of aggravated felonious sexual assault by a Rockingham County grand jury. Apparently the new indictment replaces that from May.

Lang, already faces three counts of rape of a child involving the same victim in Essex County Superior Court in Massachusetts with those alleged crimes being committed between July 1978 when the boy was 7-years-old and May 1987, when the boy was 16-years-old with the alleged offenses occurring in Haverhill, Massachusetts.

All charges in Massachusetts and New Hampshire allege the same victim, now 36-years-old.

Lang was friends with the boy’s family and allegedly began the assaults on or around July 1, 1978 by sneaking into the boy’s room and fondling him. The sexual abuse allegedly escalated from that point, continuing for years in both states as well as on trips to other locations during which the boy accompanied Lang.

The alleged victim told his parents of the abuse in September, 2006 saying he “felt robbed of his childhood,” and he “came forward because he didn’t want this to happen to other kids.” Reportedly he told his sister of the abuse years previously.

10/30/07 – Guilty Plea

Kenneth Lang has pleaded guilty to molesting a boy in Hampton, New Hampsire between 1983 and 1986.

As a result of his guilty plea, Lang will spend between 7.5 and 15 years in New Hampshire state prison.

Yesterday, Lang’s victim said, “My intention in coming forward was to keep Ken from hurting others.“.

He said he finally disclosed the years of abuse in 2006 because he learned that Lang was teaching music at D.J. Bakie Elementary School in Kingston, where he worked for 13 years.

Lang is facing similar charges for the sexual abuse of the same victim in Essex County Superior Court in Massachusetts where he is set for trial next month.

References:

Former music teacher pleads to sex assault (10/30/07)

Teacher indicted on 13 counts of sexual assault (8/03/07)

Background:

Former elementary school teacher faces sex charges (5/18/07)

Court papers say teacher raped boy, 7 (10/13/06)

Kingston teacher charged with child rape (9/15/06) (Via Google Archives)

Elementary School Music Teacher Arrested On Rape Charge (9/14/06)

(10/30/07 – Initial BBT Report)

Travis Lee Thompson, 40, a former substitute teacher at McDougle Middle School in Carrboro, North Carolina today pleaded guilty to exposing himself to a 13-year-old female student he was supervising earlier this year.

Thompson who was watching the girl, who had been punished with in-school suspension, allegedly made sexual conversations with the girl which made her uncomfortable and exposed himself to her.

Assistant District Attorney Jacqueline Perez said of the girl’s experience, “she looked over at him, saw it, told him he should put it away and left”.

Thompson told the judge that he deeply regretted what he did, which was a “serious lapse in judgment.”. Thompson also apologized to the victim and her family.

In exchange for his guilty plea to one count of indecent exposure to a minor Thompson received two years probation, a $200 fine, must submit to a mental health assessment and must register as a sex offender.

Reference:

Ex-subsitute teacher admits to sexual misconduct (10/30/07)

Background:

Police: Teacher’s Assistant Took Indecent Liberties With 13-Year-Old (4/20/07)