(10/21/09 – Initial BadBadTeacher.com Report)

David Leslie, 51, a substitute teacher in the Avondale, Arizona school system has reportedly been arrested on allegations of molesting a 13-year-old female family member.

Leslie is reportedly charged with three counts of sexual abuse and two counts of molestation of a child.

It is alleged that Leslie molested the girl on approximately eight occasions. It is further alleged that Leslie admitted touching the girl inappropriately on two occasions.

According to KSAZ TV, Leslie apparently said that he did it to “teach her about sex offenders and sex abuse.”

Leslie is reportedly being held without bond.

(11/16/07 – Initial BBT Report)

Kerry Lynn McJunkins, 38, of Lexington, Kentucky has been arrested on a warrant from Douglas, Arizona where McJunkins is alleged to have molested two boys in the late 1980’s.

Reportedly McJunkins was a teacher at a private school operated by the Bible Baptist church in Douglas, Arizona. At the time McJunkins was reportedly 18-years-old. One of the alleged victims was 10-years-old when the sexual abuse allegedly started in 1987. It is further alleged that McJunkins sexually abused this victim for four years.

James Pitts who reportedly has been the pastor of the Bible Baptist church in Douglas for the last 30 years says he hired McJunkins in the late 1980’s and fired him in 1991, after McJunkins became very arrogant and his behavior changed.

The alleged victim has been quoted in media reports as saying, “Everything I’ve done in my life has been affected by what he has done to me. I was threatened and I was scared, and it carries over you when you’re young and it carries with you until your older but at one point I realized he couldn’t hurt me any longer.”

The alleged victim came to this “realization” in 2006 and went to police with his complaints about McJunkins.

Little if any information has been released on the second alleged victim.

Immediately following McJunkins arrest by Lexington Police he was held on $100,000 bond. He was subsequently released on $20,000 cash bond to await an extradition hearing in which Arizona authorities will seek to have him returned to Arizona to face charges.

Reportedly police were tipped off to McJunkins’ location by his alleged victims, who tracked him down in Kentucky.

McJunkins was working at a Lexington church, but church officials indicated that his role did not put him in contact with children.

07/21/09 – Guilty Plea and Sentencing

Kerry McJunkins has entered into a plea deal with prosecutors, pleading guilty to one count each of molestation of a child and sexual conduct with a minor. As part of the plea deal, six additional charges were dismissed.

McJunkins was sentenced to five years in prison, lifetime probation and required to register as a sex offender.

McJunkins was taken into custody immediately following sentencing and Cochise County, AZ jail records indicate that McJunkins is in fact currently held in the county jail.

10/19/09 – News Report of Sentencing

On 12 October, 2009 The Sierra Vista Herald published a report titled, “Court Sentencing” which revealed the names and sentences of those criminal court case concluded between June 1 and August 31st, 2009.

That report reflects the 5 year prison sentence Kerry McJunkins received beginning on 20 July, 2009, as well as the lifetime probation imposed as part of his sentence.

McJunkins online record at the Arizona Department of Corrections indicates that he will be eligible for release on parole on 12/14/2011 and that his maximum sentence end date, if denied parole, is 06/13/2014.

References:

Kerry McJunkins Record at Arizona Department of Corrections

Court sentencings (10/12/09)

Former Lexington church worker arrested on Arizona warrant (11/16/06)

Accused Ariz. Molester Arrested In Ky. (11/16/07)

Former Lexington church worker arrested on Arizona warrant (11/16/07)

Former Douglas man arrested in Kentucky for sexually assaulting a Douglas boy (11/16/07)

Sexual Assault Suspect Out Of Jail (11/15/07)

Douglas man arrested 20 years after alleged sex crime (11/14/06)

(03/10/09 – Initial BadBadTeacher.com Report)

Thomas “Tom” Krepelka, 46, a science teacher at Shadow Mountain High School in Phoenix, Arizona has been arrested on suspicion of having sex with a 17-year-old female student.

Krepelka, following his arrest, was booked into the Maricopa County Jail on one count each of child molestation and sexual conduct with a minor.

Krepelka came to the attention of authorities when a student at the school made accusations to school administrators and they in turn called in police.

Reportedly Krepelka has been placed on administrative leave by the Paradise Valley Unified School District.

It is being reported that although Krepelka is a reportedly a popular teacher, the reaction of his estranged family was quite different and that when Krepelka’s sons and daughter were told about their father’s arrest, one of them reportedly said, “Oh, it’s about (expletive) time. That’s great news!”

Police ask that anyone with information call Phoenix police at (602) 262-6141 or Silent Witness at (480) WITNESS.

03/11/09 – Case Update

Tom Krepelka reportedly made an initial court appearance on Tuesday night at which time his bond was set in the amount of $27,000.

The judge is reported as indicating that there was no probable cause for the molestation charge due to the age of the alleged victim.

In spite of that observation, the judge did not dismiss the child molestation count.

03/20/09 – Grand Jury Indictment

Tom Krepelka has reportedly been indicted by a Maricopa County grand jury on three counts of sexual conduct with a minor for an alleged sexual encounter with a 17-year-old female student.

08/06/09 – Guilty Plea

Thomas Krepelka changed his plea from not guilty to guilty on Wednesday after another student came forward claiming she also had sexual relations with him.

Sentencing is set for September 16th.

10/09/09 – Sentencing

Tom Krepelka has been sentenced to four years in prison on two counts of attempted sexual contact with a minor.

Once Krepelka is released from prison he will reportedly be on lifetime sex offender probation.