(2/14/08 - Initial BBT Report)

Alex Mayo, 32, a second and third grade teacher at Rilke Schule German Charter School in Anchorage, Alaska has been charged with child molestation in Snohomish County, Washington.

Mayo was charged in December with the alleged sexual abuse of a 9-year-old boy in Washington state in 1999.

He is currently under investigation on similar allegations in Anchorage.

Reportedly none of the accusations involve Mayo’s students or illicit behavior on school property. All of the alleged victims were the children of friends of Mayo.

Mayo has worked for the Anchorage School District since 2000 and has taught at Muldoon Elementary, Village Charter School and North Star Elementary.

Mayo has been suspended by the Anchorage School System and is currently free on bond in Washington. He is not permitted to leave the state or to be around children.

Anchorage Police have forwarded the results of their investigation to the district attorney’s office with a recommendation that Mayo be charged with three counts of second-degree child molestation.

08/31/08 - Guilty Plea and Sentencing

Alex Mayo in a plea deal with prosecutors in both Washington and Alaska has pleaded no contest to a felony count of sexually molesting a 9-year-old child in Washington.

As part of the plea deal, Mayo was sentenced to 51 months in prison, he must never teach again and is prohibited from contact with his victims.

Prosecutors in Alaska dropped charges against Mayo as part of the plea deal with prosecutors in Washington.

References:

Former Anchorage teacher sentenced (08/28/08)

Sex abuse charges trail teacher (2/14/08)

Anchorage elementary school teacher accused of abusing several children (2/13/08)

(08/19/08 - Initial BBT Report)

Allanah Benton-Wells, 42, a former teacher at Williams Elementary School in Flint, Michigan will, according to Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton, be charged today with two counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct with a person under the age of 13.

It is alleged that Benton-Wells had sex with the sixth-grade male student on two separate occasions around Halloween of 2007. Reportedly the boy was in her class and she was supposed to be tutoring at her home.

Benton-Wells came to the attention of authorities when the student’s mother grew suspicious after she intercepted a phone call between the her son and Benton-Wells. The boy’s mother later notified school administrators and they in turn called the police.

Reportedly, the alleged victim told a fellow student that he and Benton-Wells had sex in an upstairs bedroom at the Benton-Wells residence.

Additionally, the Flint Journal reported:

Benton-Wells’ then-husband told police the student spent the night at their Flint home. He described arriving home at 2:30 in the morning to find the student sitting on the couch without a shirt on. Another time, the student was sitting on the couch with his wife who was wearing a nightgown and no bra.

He also told police that the student called at all hours of the night. The couple divorced in January.

On Monday, Allanah Benton-Wells, through her attorney, has denied the allegations. She is expected to turn herself in to police today.

Benton-Wells was placed on paid administrative leave in November, 2007. She was fired by the school system earlier this month.

If convicted of the charges she could face up to live in prison, owing to the nature of the felony offenses against a then 12-year-old victim.

Benton-Wells is divorced and the mother of 19-month-old twins.

Update: Allanah Benton-Wells Officially Charged

Allanah Benton-Wells was arraigned earlier today on two counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct with a person under the age of 13.

08/22/08 - Pre-Trial Hearing Delayed

Allanah Benton-Wells was scheduled for a pre-trial hearing today however the judge and attorneys decided to move the hearing until August 29 because the defense has not obtained information from the prosecution, such as the police report on the case.

08/29/08 - Pre-Trial Hearing Delayed Again, Attorney Ousted

Flint District Judge Nathaniel C. Perry III rescheduled Allanah Benton-Wells’ pretrial hearing for next month after granting a prosecutor’s request to disqualify her attorney.

The prosecutor’s office argued her attorney, Michael B. Haley, had a conflict of interest because he accompanied Benton-Wells’ sister on an interview with Flint police about the allegations.

An appeal of the judge’s ruling is likely.

References:

Flint teacher accused of sex with student, 12, to get new attorney (08/29/08)

Pre-trail hearing for Allanah Benton-Wells pushed back a week (08/22/08)

Former Flint teacher Allanah Benton-Wells officially charged with sexual assault for allegedly having sex with sixth-grade student (08/19/08)

Elementary school sex scandal (08/19/08)

Flint teacher accused of having sex with 12-year-old student, says Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton (08/19/08)

Flint ex-teacher, 42, accused of sex with boy, 12 (08/19/08)

(08/13/08 - Initial BBT Report)

Jeremiah Gunner Scott, 26, a former teacher at the North Coast Christian School in Hammond, Oregon has been charged with eight counts of third-degree rape and one count each of third-degree sodomy, contributing to the sexual delinquency of a minor and sexual misconduct.

The alleged sexual activity between Scott and the 15-year-old female alleged victim is said to be “consensual”, although the alleged victim is too young to legally consent.

Scott’s arrest was the result of a combined investigation involving the Warrenton, OR Police Department and the Pacific County, Washington Sheriff’s Office.

Reportedly Warrenton Police have concluded their investigation, however the Pacific County Sheriff’s Office is continuing their investigation and additional charges may be forthcoming.

Scott, in addition to having been a school teacher, was also reportedly a youth pastor for Warrenton First Baptist Church.

08/29/08 - Arraignment

Jeremiah Scott was arraigned Wednesday on eight felony counts of third-degree rape and one felony count of third-degree sodomy.

Scott’s attorney asked and the judge granted permission for Scott to have contact with minors under the age of 16, so he could look for a new job.

At Scott’s arraignment it was revealed that Scott may have been having consensual sex with a 15-year-old female student inside the school. Also it was revealed that Scott may ultimately face additional charges in Pacific County, Washington.

References:

Former teacher arraigned on rape charges (08/29/08)

Former Christian school teacher arrested, accused of having sex with student (08/12/08)

(12/17/07 - Initial BBT Report)

James H. Clay, 41, of Piqua, Ohio a former freshman boys’ basketball coach at Troy Christian School has been indicted on one felony count of sexual battery for alleged sexual conduct with a 15-year-old girl.

Clay was a coach at Troy Christian School for about two years before he was fired in February of this year. Reportedly his firing was unrelated to the current criminal charges.

Clay appeared in court in Miami County and entered a not guilty plea to the charge.

He was released on his own recognizance and although prosecutors did not oppose his release they sought and obtained an order prohibiting contact by Clay with the alleged victim and her family.

1/18/08 - Prosecutors Seek Bond Change

Prosecutors contending that James Clay is contacting underage females on the Internet have asked a judge to modify the conditions of Clay’s own recognizance bond. They are asking the court to prohibit the alleged communications.

08/29/08 - Guilty Verdict

After less than 90 minutes of deliberation, a Miami County jury found James H. Clay guilty of the felony sexual battery of a then 15-year-old girl.

The jury foreman indicated that a tape made by sheriff’s deputies of the victim speaking to Clay in 2007 regarding videotapes she said he made of two sexual encounters between her and Clay weighed heavily in the jury’s decision.

Clay faces up to five years in prison at sentencing on October 14th.

Pending sentencing, Clay remains free on a recognizance bond with the condition he has no contact with the girl.

References:

Ex-coach Clay found guilty of sexual battery (08/28/08)

Girl Details Sexual Encounters With Ex-Coach (08/28/08)

Girl testifies she did not want Clay’s children hurt (08/27/08)

Prosecutors: Coach charged in sex case still contacting minors (1/17/08)

Men accused of sex with teens plead not guilty (12/13/07)

(06/21/07 - Initial BBT Report)

John J. Wachel, 48, of Hammond, Indiana, a physical education teacher at Tolleston Middle School in Gary, Indiana has been charged with sexual misconduct with a minor.

Wachel is alleged to have fondled a seventh-grade special education student. It is alleged that while the girl was changing in a dressing room that Wachel grabbed the girl’s buttocks, looked at her chest and said, “I want some of that.”

The girl’s accusations were backed up by another student who was putting equipment away in the adjacent storage area and who says he saw the coach grab the girl and make the remark.

Wachel was allegedly hiding in his basement Wednesday when police arrived to arrest him.

He is being held on $30,000 bond.

08/29/08 - Charges Dismissed

Prosecutors dropped a criminal charge against John Wachel saying that they determined they would be unable to prove the case beyond a reasonable doubt after sworn statements were taken from the girl and school-age witnesses.

Reference:

Sex charge dropped against former teacher (08/29/08)

Gary teacher accused of fondling girl