(05/21/08 – Initial BBT Report)

Charles Elsbury Whedbee, 41, a social studies teacher at Pasquotank County High School in Elizabeth City, North Carolina has reportedly been arrested and charged with three counts of taking indecent liberties with a minor.

Whedbee allegedly was involved in a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old female student.

Following his arrest, Whedbee was reportedly being held in the Albemarle District Jail with bond set at $30,000.

06/30/08 – Case Update

A Pasquotank County grand jury returned bills of indictment against Charles Whedbee increasing the severity of the the felony counts of indecent liberties.

When Whedbee was originally arrested he was charged with three class I felonies. Those charges have now been elevated to class F felonies which entail a more severe punishment range if convicted.

Following the grans jury indictment Whedbee was arrested again on the new charges and held in the Albemarle District Jail with bond set at $32,500.

References:

Former N.C. teacher faces higher charges of indecent liberties (06/30/08)

Pasquotank teacher charged with taking indecent liberties (05/21/08)

(06/28/08 – Initial BBT Report)

Marcelito Creer, an elementary teacher for the Bureau of Indian Affairs working at Choosgai School in Tohatchi, New Mexico has been arrested on sex abuse charges after an 8-year-old boy was allegedly improperly touched at a Tohatchi community function.

Creer, who along with the alleged victim and his family migrated to New Mexico from the Philippines has been charged with criminal sexual penetration of a minor, criminal sexual contact of a minor and intimidation of a witness and is being held on $50,000 cash bond.

The alleged victim told his family of the touching but the family was reluctant to contact authorities until local residents encouraged them to do after after a community meeting at which the allegations were revealed.

The alleged crimes are said to have occurred during an overnight party for children within the Tohatchi community on May 25.

In researching Marcelito Creer, we have discovered that the Minutes of the November/December 2004 of the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing suspended the teaching credentials of Marcelito Creer for a period of 180 days for misconduct under Education Code section 44421.

A review of California Education Code section 44421 reveals the following:

The Commission for Teacher Preparation and Licensing shall privately admonish, publicly reprove, revoke or suspend for immoral or unprofessional conduct, or for persistent defiance of, and refusal to obey, the laws regulating the duties of persons serving in the public school system, or for any cause which would have warranted the denial of an application for a credential or the renewal thereof, or for evident unfitness for service.

References:

Tohatchi teacher arrested on child sex charges (06/28/08)

Tohatchi BIA educator in custody, faces child sex abuse charges (06/27/08)

(06/25/08 – Initial BBT Report)

Jeremy Ross Calvert, 21, a former volunteer band teacher’s aid at Higley High School in Higley, Arizona has been sentenced to two years in prison, lifetime probation and is required to register as a sex offender.

Last month Calvert entered into a deal with prosecutors and pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual conduct with a minor. As part of the plea deal prosecutors dropped seven additional counts of the same charge.

Calvert was originally indicted by a grand jury on nine counts of sexual conduct with a minor on allegations that he had sex with a female student in a music practice room in November 2006.

Calvert is being given credit for the estimated 530 days he’s already spent behind bars since his arrest meaning his two year prison sentence is nearly over.

Prosecutors are pursuing restitution for the girl and her family.

Links:

Ex-Higley aide gets maximum in sex case (06/27/08)