(07/31/08 – Initial BBT Report)

Aaron J. Stewart, 28, scheduled to begin teaching at Clearwater Intermediate School in Clearwater, Florida has been arrested and charged with one count of promoting the sexual perfomance of a child, and eight counts of possession of child pornography.

Investigators allege that they discovered Stewart online when they noticed he was trading files of what they said was child pornography. It is further alleged that investigators traced the files back to his computer at home and executed a search warrant there Thursday.

Allegedly Stewart’s computer was found to contain child pornography which showed adults having sex with children.

Stewart faces 55 years in prison if convicted on all the charges.

Reportedly Stewart is the first arrest by the attorney general’s CyberCrime Task Force, a partnership of local, state and federal authorities .

Stewart will reportedly be placed on paid administrative leave by the school system pending the outcome of its investigation.

Following his arrest Stewart was being held in the Pinellas County Jail in lieu of $180,000 bail

References:

Pinellas teacher accused of swapping child porn (07/31/08)

Pinellas Teacher Arrested On Child Porn Charges (07/31/08)

William Samuel Paxton, 42, a former music instructor and color-guard coach at five Jefferson County, Colorado schools has been arrested on allegations that he sexually assaulted female students.

Paxton, who taught at Arvada High School in 1995-1996, at Alameda High School in 2006-2007 and advised, volunteered or consulted at D’Evelyn, Jefferson and Lakewood high schools was arrested on suspicion of sexual assault and sexual assault on a child by a person in a position of trust.

Reportedly investigators say that they became aware of the assaults and began looking into Paxton’s time at the five schools and believe that there may be more victims. Anyone with more information is urged to contact the tip line at 303-271-5612.

05/30/08 – Guilty Plea

Reportedly William Paxton has pleaded guilty to the sexual assault of a 17-year-old female student.

Paxton who faces up to 12 years in prison when he is sentenced in July will also serve 10 years to life of intensive supervision as a sex offender.

07/31/08 – Sentencing

William Paxton has been sentenced to 12 years in prison.

Following the completion of his prison sentence Paxton will be on probation from 10 years to life and under intensive supervision for sex offenders.

References:

Ex-band teacher gets 12 years in prison (07/31/08)

Former Music Teacher Sentenced In Sex Abuse Case (07/31/08)

Music teacher pleads guilty to sexually assaulting student (05/30/08)

Jeffco teacher held on suspicion of sex assault (10/23/07)

Investigators: Man who worked at 5 different schools sexually assaulted girls (10/23/07)

Music Teacher From 5 High Schools Accused In Sex Assault (10/23/07)

(08/01/08 – Initial BBT Report)

Ronald Norris, 57, of Derby, New York, a former English teacher at Frontier High School has been sentenced to 78 months in federal prison, 5 years supervised release, and a fine of $24,000 as a result of his guilty plea to a felony charge of knowing possession of child pornography on January 4, 2008.

Norris’ arrest was the result of an investigation conducted by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, (ICE).

As part of the plea deal, Norris agreed to surrender his New York state teaching and administrator certificates to the New
York State Department of Education.

References:

U.S. Attorney Western District of New York Press Release (07/30/08)

Former teacher sentenced in Web child porn case (07/31/08)

New York School Teacher Arrested on Kiddie Porn Charge (12/02/06)