(04/04/09 – Initial BadBadTeacher.com Report)

Edwin Constantino Rodriguez, 22, former assistant dean of boys at the Ozark Adventist Academy in Gentry, Arkansas has been arrested and charged on allegations that he had a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old female student.

Rodriguez was arrested on a charge of sexual assault in the first degree.

It is alleged that Rodriguez checked the alleged victim out of the girls’ dorm to go to Wal-Mart in Siloam Springs, AR and that the two ended up having sex in the car before returning to the school.

Reportedly Rodriguez denies having a sexual relationship with the girl and claims the girl once kissed him, touched him inappropriately and sent him nude photographs of herself.

Following his arrest, Rodriguez was being held in the Benton County Jail in lieu of $50,000 bond.

Rodriguez is the second staff member at Ozark Adventist Academy to be arrested on allegations of sexually abusing a student. Thomas Hayden McDonald was arrested in December, 2008 on suspicion of having sexual contact with a female student.

Reportedly, both Rodriguez and McDonald are no longer employed by the school.

10/08/09 – Guilty Plea and Sentence

Edwin Constantino Rodriguez has reportedly pleaded guilty to sexual assault in the second degree.

His plea was under a plea agreement with the prosecution and resulted in Rodriguez being sentenced to 102 days in the Benton County Jail and five years’ state-supervised probation.

Rodriguez, who is now attending college in Texas, will be allowed to finished the semester before he serves his jail time.

In addition to jail time and probation, Rodriguez is required to register as a sex offender and to complete a sex offender treatment program.

(07/16/08 – Initial BBT Report)

Michael R. Reagan, 41, the baseball coach at Har-Ber High School, in Springdale, Arkansas has been arrested on allegations of the rape of two teenage boys.

Reagan turned himself in to police Tuesday on two rape counts.

Reagan is alleged to have sexually molested two boys, ages 14 and 13, between fall 2007 and April 2008. Neither of the boys live in Springdale, and police said the boys did not attend Har-Ber High School.

KFSM TV reported that one of the boys tested positive for a strain of herpes and that police obtained a search warrant that allowed them to test Reagan’s blood. The station reported that Reagan tested positive for the same strain of the sexually transmitted disease.

After being booked on suspicion of two counts of rape, Reagan was released on $20,000 bond.

He has been suspended by the school.

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05/27/09 – Trial Postponed

The trial of Michael R. Reagan on four counts of rape and one count of sexual assault, which was scheduled to start yesterday, has been postponed to September 1st.

Reagan reportedly remains free on $20,000 bond.

09/04/09 – Jury Finds Michael Reagan Not Guilty

The trial of Michael Reagan has concluded with the jury finding him not guilty on all counts.

Reportedly, Reagan said he will next try to pick up the pieces of his life, having lost his job and his family business.

4029tv.com quoted Michael Reagan as saying:

To be honest I have a bad taste in my mouth right now for the whole teaching and coaching things, because this can happen literally to anyone.

References:

Jury: Reagan Not Guilty On All Charges (09/04/09)

Former Coach’s Trial Reset (05/26/09)

Arkansas High School Coach Arrested in Rapes of Two Teen Boys (07/16/08)

Springdale Har-Ber Coach Arrested in Alleged Rapes (07/16/08)

Har-Ber Coach Arrested In Rape Probe (07/16/08)

Coach arrested on suspicion of rape (07/15/08)

Coach Accused Of Sexually Molesting 2 Young Boys (07/15/08)

(08/25/09 – Initial BadBadTeacher.com Report)

Rebecca Sue Harvey, 36, a former school librarian/media specialist Badger Elementary School in Beebe, Arkansas has reportedly been arrested and charged on allegations of a sexual relationship with a boy who was a student in the Beebe School System at the time.

Reportedly, Harvey is charged with first-degree sexual assault.

Harvey came to the attention of police when they were notified on May 19th that a school employee was having sex with a student in the school district.

During the course of the investigation it is alleged that the boy gave investigators a written statement saying he had sex with Harvey several times and that she provided him with alcohol.

Reportedly, Harvey has resigned from the school system and the alleged victim has graduated.

Harvey is reportedly free on bond.