3/03/08 – Initial BBT Report)

Kevin B. Johnson, an assistant instructor in the Junior ROTC program at Seneca Valley Senior High School in Harmony, Pennsylvania has been charged with sexually abusing two boys enrolled in the program.

Johnson faces a total of 58 counts ranging from involuntary deviate sexual intercourse to intimidation of a witness with bail set at $50,000. The incidents are alleged to have occurred between August 2004 and January 2008.

Johnson came to the attention of authorities in January when the mother of one of the boys told school officials that her son had been assaulted.

Johnson, a retired command sergeant major who served 23 years on active duty in the U.S. Army, has been suspended without pay from the school system since the mother’s complaint.

3/26/08 – Kevin Johnson Ordered To Trial

Kevin Johnson has been ordered to stand trial on charges he sexually abused two students.

Johnson, charged with 58 counts including involuntary deviate sexual intercourse and sexual assault, remains free on $50,000 bond. No trial date has been set as of yet.

References:

Ex-Teacher Accused Of Sex Abuse; Alleged Victims Testify (3/26/08)

Seneca Valley security concerns mount (2/23/08)

Sexual abuse charges leveled against Seneca Valley instructor (2/22/08)

Seneca Valley ROTC instructor charged with sex assaults (2/21/08)

(12/17/07 – Initial BBT Report)

James Randy Gatlin, 58, of Sheridan, Arkansas, a golf coach at Sheridan Junior High School, has been charged with sexual indecency with a child.

Allegedly Gatlin engaged in sexually explicit Internet conversations with a person Gatlin believed to be a 13-year-old female.

The “girl” turned out to be an officer with the Conway Police Department. The online conversations are said to have occurred between November 29th and December 12th.

It is further alleged that Gatlin, using a Web cam, exposed himself to the undercover officer.

Reportedly when Sheridan police took Gatlin into custody, he allegedly admitted that he had used a Sheridan School District computer to engage in sexually explicit conversations with a person Gatlin believed to be a juvenile female.

Bond for Gatlin was set at $10,000.

3/26/08 – Guilty Plea

On Monday James Randy Gatlin pleaded guilty to sexual indecency with a child.

As a result of that guilty plea, Gatlin was sentenced to our years of probation, was ordered to register as a sex offender, pay nearly $2,500 in various court costs, refrain from using the Internet during the probation period and is prohibited from attending any school activities or events during the four years of probation.

References:

Former Sheridan coach pleads guilty to sexual indecency with a child (3/26/08)

Sheridan coach arrested for sexual indecency (12/17/07)

(3/26/08 – Initial BBT Report)

Barrett Keith Williams, 44, a former teacher at Pendergast Elementary School in Phoenix, Arizona has been sentenced to three years in federal prison for possession of child pornography.

Williams was arrested in October 2006 after authorities found explicit images on his computer, including pictures of grown men engaging in sex acts with boys under the age of 12.

Williams pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography in July 2007.

In addition to the prison sentence Williams will be placed on lifetime supervised release and will be required to register as a sex offender.

References:

Former teacher gets prison in child-porn case (3/26/08)

Former Teacher Gets 3 Years For Child Porn (3/26/08)

Former elementary teacher gets 3 years for having child porn (3/26/08)