(2/25/08 - Initial BBT Report)

Eric Foster, 39, an algebra teacher and assistant coach on the girls softball team and the boys basketball team at Conroe High School in Conroe, Texas was arrested over the weekend on allegations of sex assault of a child.

Reportedly the alleged victim in this case is not a student at Conroe and has been identified in news media reports as a 15-year-old female.

Foster resigned from the school on Monday.

References:

Conroe High math teacher quits amid child sex case (2/28/08)

Conroe ISD Teacher Resigns Amidst Child Assault Allegations (2/25/08)

Conroe teacher charged with sex assault of child (2/25/08)

Victor Denson, 44, a JROTC instructor and drill team coach at Northeast High School, in Macon, Georgia has been arrested and charged with charged with two felony counts of sexual assault, one felony count of child molestation and one misdemeanor count of exhibiting porn to a minor.

Denson also is accused of buying condoms for a student.

All of the alleged victims are between 15 and 16-years-old.

Denson came to the attention of authorities when school officials contacted Macon police after a student came forward with the allegations.

Denson who was formerly employed as a Macon police officer has been on administrative leave since February 12th.

References:

Northeast Teacher Arrested (2/27/08)

Former Northeast High Teacher Under Investigation (2/27/08)

Police Investigating Teacher (2/27/08)

Police arrest Northeast High teacher on sexual assault charges (2/27/08)

(2/27/08 - Initial BBT Report)

Robert Hursh, 56, a a social studies teacher at DeKalb High School, in DeKalb, Illinois has been arrested and charged with four counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse of a victim under the age of 17.

The alleged abuse occurred over a four-year period starting in 1998 and the alleged victim was not a student of Hursh’s.

Following his arrest, Hursh was subsequently released from the DeKalb County Jail after posting $50,000 bond.

The victim and their family members made their first allegations against Hursh in September 2007.

References:

DeKalb teacher faces sexual assault charges (2/27/08)

DeKalb HS Teacher Charged with Sexual Abuse (2/27/08)

(2/27/08 - Initial BBT Report)

Lowell B. Hanna, 66, a retired Baltimore industrial-arts teacher has been ordered to stand trial on 219 counts, including criminal solicitation to commit rape and statutory rape, attempted rape of a person less than 13 years old, attempted corruption of minors and other charges.

Hanna was arrested in January after he allegedly arranged on the Internet to have sex with the mother and her 7- and 9-year-old daughters.

At the time of his arrest Hanna was on the substitute teacher lists of at least two York County, Pennsylvania school districts.

The “mother” was in reality Detective Lisa Carroll, a member of the Delaware County, PA Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force and the “sting” was the culmination of an on-line investigation during which Hanna allegedly communicated with the detective from June 2007 until his arrest in January 2008.

It is alleged that over the course of the months that Hanna was persistent in his efforts to schedule a date with the woman and her “daughters”. A meeting was set up for a parking lot of a Ridley Park, PA diner in January. When Hanna arrived he was arrested.

When officers searched his vehicle they allegedly found dozen bottles of wine, Viagra, condoms and gifts including a “Hannah Montana” compact disc and video game as well as a yellow legal pad containing the names of the woman and her daughters, their meeting location and directions.

References:

Attempted rape, other charges for former teacher (2/27/08)

Man accused of sex offense to face charges (2/27/08)

Court log: Retired teacher faces trial on charges (2/25/08)

Internet Task Force busts York man on sex charges (1/15/08)

(2/25/08 - Initial BBT Report)

Maria R. Commins, 39, a teacher at Greenport Elementary School in Greenport, New York has been arrested on allegations of serving alcohol to and raping a 15-year-old boy.

Commins came to the attention of police when a private investigator hired by her husband called in a tip indicating that Commins and the boy were together in a room at the Holiday Inn Express in Riverhead, New York.

Commins allegedly told the investigating officer that “she’d picked him up, bought some beer, checked into the Holiday Inn Express had sexual relations twice.”

Reportedly Commins who was arrested on Friday, was released on bail on Saturday and gave a letter of resignation to the Greenport schools Superintendent on Sunday.

The alleged victim is a 15-year-old eighth-grade student at Greenport High School and police suspect that Commins had sex with the boy in remote areas in Greenport or Southold.

Commins reportedly has three children and the alleged victim is a friend of her son.

It is alleged that both Commins and the boy told police they are “in love”.

Commins allegedly told police that the relationship started around the boy’s birthday and that they’d had sex seven or eight times before they were caught at the Holiday Inn Express.

Commins who is charged with two counts of rape, endangering the welfare of a child and unlawfully dealing with a child is free on $500 bail and has a court appearance set for tomorrow.

2/27/08 - Court Appearance

Maria Commins appeared in court on Tuesday and was issued a “stay-away order of protection”, forbidding her to communicate with the teen.

Reportedly Commins was accompanied to her court appearance by her husband.

References:

Court orders teacher’s aide to stay away from teen (2/27/08)

Teacher’s aide on rape count says she loves teen (2/25/08)

Greenport teacher’s aide charged in rape of boy (2/24/08)