(07/22/08 - Initial BBT Report)

Tommy Stoutamire, a former agriculture teacher at Sneads High School in Sneads, Florida has pleaded guilty to four counts of child abuse, two counts of false imprisonment, one count of battery, and three counts of lewd and lascivious molestation in a case with four female student victims.

All crimes to which Stoutamire pleaded guilty occurred in 2007. He came to the attention of authorities in May of that year and resigned from the school shortly thereafter.

As a result of his guilty pleas, Stoutamire was sentenced to 11 months and 29 days in the Liberty County jail to be followed by 14 years of probation.

Stoutamire will be required to register as a sex offender.

Stoutamire was taken into custody immediately after sentencing although his lawyer had asked the judge to give his client two weeks to clear up personal matters and undergo a medical procedure before starting his sentence. The judge refused and ordered Stoutamire to begin serving his sentence.

References:

Former teacher Tommy Stoutamire gets jail time in plea deal (07/22/08)

Stoutamire Sentencing (07/22/08)

(05/27/08 - Initial BBT Report)

Carol Elizabeth Walsdorf, 23, an agricultural science teacher at Nordheim High School in Nordheim, Texas has been arrested on a charge of improper conduct between educator and student.

Walsdorf is accused of having a sexual relationship with a male student at the school.

Walsdorf came to the attention of authorities by way of the school superintendent who contacted Child Protective Services, who in turn contacted the DeWitt County Sheriff’s Office.

Following her arrest, Walsdorf was freed on $30,000 bond.

If convicted, Walsdorf faces between 2 and 20 years in prison.

Thanks to the person that tipped us to this case which we had missed. - Webmaster

References:

Nordheim teacher arrested on charge of improper conduct with student

(12/06/07 - Initial BBT Report)

Steven D. Mitchell, 33, of Pineville, Arkansas a former agriculture teacher at Melbourne High School has been indicted by a federal grand jury in a superseding indictment on five counts that charges Mitchell with taking minors across state lines, witness tampering and an attempt to travel with minors related to criminal sexual activity.

Mitchell was originally indicted by a federal grand jury in April on 12 counts of sexual misconduct with students. He is accused of taking students across state lines on field trips to engage in sexual acts.

In an appeal of the earlier indictment Mitchell’s attorney argued that the charges involving all the different victims on trips should have been one charge. Prosecutors resubmitted evidence to the grand jury and included all the victims in each trip. As a result of the new indictment Mitchell will have to appear before the judge this month for formal arraignment.

The indictment claims Mitchell engaged in numerous sexually oriented activities with FFA students frequently during trips out of state and over a period of years.

In August 2005 Mitchell pleaded guilty to state charges of two counts of sexual assault involving high school students and was given probation and required to register as a sex offender.

2/08/08 - NOT GUILTY

Yesterday U.S. District Judge Leon Holmes dismissed four of the five charges which Mitchell faced.

This left one charge remaining for the jury to decided and the jury returned a verdict of not guilty.

In August 2005 Mitchell pleaded guilty in Izard County Circuit Court to two felony counts of second-degree assault in connection with the same group of boys and was sentenced to five years’ probation, fined $2,500 and was ordered to register as a Level 3 sex offender.

References:

Mitchell acquitted (2/08/08)

Superseding indictment filed Wednesday (12/06/07)

Background:

Mitchell confined to home (5/07/07)