(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)

(08/13/08 – 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)

(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