(03/28/09 – Initial BadBadTeacher.com Report)

John Harvey Watson, 61, a retired Marine Colonel and Reserve Officers Training Corps program teacher at Ribault High School in Jacksonville, Florida has been arrested in a child-pornography investigation.

Watson is reportedly charged with five counts of possession of child pornography.

Reportedly, Watson came to the attention of authorities when officers from the Florida Attorney General’s CyberCrime Unit allegedly traced images of child porn back to his computer.

Investigators seized a personal desktop computer, an external hard drive, a thumbdrive and several CD-ROM discs from Watson’s home.

A press release from the Florida Attorney General’s Office indicated that investigators discovered the alleged child pornography on Watson’s computer equipment and that most of the girls depicted in the images were of middle school and high school age.

Reportedly, Watson made an initial court appearance on Saturday morning and was being held in the Duval County Jail in lieu of $500,000 bond.

Allegedly Watson admitted to detectives that he downloaded and viewed pornographic movies on his computer and reportedly told investigators, “He knew it was illegal, and did it anyway.”

The school system reportedly has placed Watson in a non-teaching position with the school system pending the outcome of the case.

(03/28/09 – Initial BadBadTeacher.com Report)

Greg Brewer, 32, a former seventh-grade math teacher and coach at Central High School, a PK-12 school, in Florence, Alabama who was accused of hugging, kissing and inappropriately text-messaging a 12-year-old female student has seen his charges deferred in a deal with prosecutors.

Reportedly under the terms of the settlement reached in Lauderdale County Juvenile Court, Brewer agreed to resign his position with the school system and to surrender his Alabama teaching certificate with both actions effective June 2. Brewer, under the terms of the agreement, is also to have no contact with the girl.

Kyle Brown, chief assistant district attorney in Colbert County, who prosecuted the case owing to a conflict of interest in the Lauderdal County DA’s Office, has been reported as saying that during the court hearing Brewer admitted to each of the three allegations – texting inappropriate messages with sexual overtones, and hugging and kissing the girl.

The Lauderdale County school board has already accepted Brewer’s resignation, effective June 2nd.

Brewer had been on paid leave since late May after the accusations involving the student surfaced.

(03/27/09 – Initial BadBadTeacher.com Report)

James Rodney Lee, 27, a teacher at Rome High School in Rome, Georgia has been arrested and charged on allegations of the sexual abuse of a 16-year-old male student.

Lee is reportedly charged with aggravated sodomy, second degree cruelty to children, sexual assault against a person in custody, and sexual battery.

It is alleged that the sexual assault occurred on March 20 and reportedly involved inappropriate touching, although news media reports are not clear on the exact nature of the alleged offenses.

Lee, accompanied by an attorney, turned himself in to the Floyd County Jail on Friday afternoon.

Reportedly school officials have indicated that Lee will not be allowed back in the classroom when school resumes following Spring break.