(09/19/08 – Initial BadBadTeacher.com Report)

Robert Michael Gatlin, 44, a fourth-grade teacher at Coleman Intermediate School in Pine Bluff, Arkansas has, according to police, been arrested on suspicion of sexually abusing five or more female students, ages 9 and 10.

Reportedly the alleged victims were students in Gatlin’s class during the Spring and Fall semesters of this year.

Police say that all of the alleged acts of sexual assault occurred while Gatlin was a teacher and while school was in session.

Reportedly, Gatlin came to the attention of school administrators due to complaints from parents of children in Gatlin’s class.

A schools system spokesperson is being quoted in the media as saying, Gatlin was suspended with pay earlier this month after he reportedly admitted touching students inappropriately in class. Gatlin is also accused of showing favoritism toward girls over boys in his class.

KARK TV is reporting that during the investigation that it was discovered that Gatlin was fired from a previous job as a teacher with the Kingsland School District for kissing 4th and 5th grade students and that Gatlin in a statement to detectives admitted that he “may” have a problem with 4th and 5th grade aged females.

11/18/09 – Mistrial Declared

A mistrial has been declared in the case of Robert Michael Gatlin.

The mistrial was declared when about half of the potential jurors were dismissed for indicating that they had heard or read about the case or knew at least 1 of the alleged victims.

Reportedly, prosecutors will retry the case in January.

References:

Mistrial in sex trial of ex-Watson Chapel teacher (11/18/09)

Watson Chapel Elementary Teacher Arrested on Sex Charges (09/19/08)

Teacher arrested on suspicion of sexual abuse (09/19/08)

Ark. teacher arrested on suspicion of sexual abuse (09/19/08)

(10/20/08 – Initial BadBadTeacher.com Report)

Clint Daniel Bouscher, 30, reportedly an English teacher and school bus driver at DeWitt High School in DeWitt, Arkansas has been arrested and charged with three counts of first-degree sexual assault.

News reports indicate that the alleged victim is younger than 18-years-old and is a student in the DeWitt school district.

No other information on the alleged victim is available at this time.

Following his arrest by Arkansas State Police last Wednesday, Bouscher was being held in lieu of $150,000 secured bail.

10/22/08 – More Information Comes Available

Reportedly the victim is in bouscher’s 9th-grade English class.

Bouscher was suspended by the school district earlier this month.

10/28/09 – Guilty Plea

Clint Bouscher has reportedly pleaded guilty to three counts of sexual assault in the second degree.

Bouscher’s guilty plea came on the day his trial on two counts of sexual assault in the second degree and one count of sexual assault in the first degree was scheduled to be held.

References:

Ex-teacher pleads guilty to sex charge (10/28/09)

DHS teacher charged with sexual assault (10/22/08)

DeWitt Teacher Accused of Sexual Assault (10/16/08)

Two arrested for assault (10/16/08)

(08/21/08 – Initial BBT Report)

Allison Dean, 30, a former English and Oral Communications teacher at Magnolia Junior High School, in Magnolia, Arkansas has reportedly turned herself in for the sexual assault of a 15-year-old male student.

According to the Columbia County Sheriff, Dean gave drugs to the boy and had sex with him for a period of eight months.

Reportedly, Dean faces eight counts of sexual assault, each carrying a potential prison sentence of from six to thirty years, if convicted.

Dean resigned from the school last week.

Reportedly Dean is free on $25,000 bond pending trial.

Dean’s attorney in a public statement said, “She maintains her innocence and the allegations are wholly fabricated and false”.

Although Dean voluntarily turned herself in to police, she reportedly refused to give a statement to investigators.

CWArkansas.com reports:

An investigation into Dean began after the boy’s mother found several text messages on her son’s phone related to drug use and a caller refused to offer a name, an affidavit by police claims. When questioned by his parents, the boy admitted having sex with a teacher at his school, the affidavit claims.

The affidavit alleges that Dean gave the boy, who was not in any of her classes, her cell phone number. The relationship intensified and the two often met at the Genestet water well near Waldo, where they had sex and smoked marijuana together, the affidavit alleges.

Dean is the second Magnolia Junior High School teacher arrested on sex-related charges in less than four months. Donna Lou Sanders was arrested in April on two counts of accomplice to rape, four counts of third-degree sexual assault and six counts of permitting abuse of a minor.

10/08/09 – Guilty Plea and Sentencing

Just as jury selection was to get underway in the trial of Allison Dean she pleaded guilty to four counts of first-degree sexual assault stemming from a relationship with a 15-year-old boy.

As a result of her guilty pleas, Allison Dean was sentenced to 20 years in prison.

References:

Ark. Ex-teacher Pleads Guilty To Sex With Student (10/08/09)

Ex-teacher at Ark. junior high pleads guilty (10/08/09)

Magnolia Jr. High teacher faces student sex charge (08/22/08)

Ex-Magnolia teacher accused of having sex with student (08/22/08)

Teacher Turns Herself in for Affair with Student (08/21/08)