(11/20/09 – Initial BadBadTeacher.com Report)

Timothy Riendeau, 29, an art teacher at Robert Fitch Senior High School in Groton, Connecticut has reportedly been arrested on allegations of sexually assaulting a female student.

Reportedly, Riendeau was arrested Thursday at his home in Groton on two counts of second-degree sexual assault.

Riendeau came to the attention of police on November 9 by way of school officials who were suspicious that Riendeau was engaged in an inappropriate relationship with a female student.

Riendeau, reportedly in his first year at the school, has been placed on paid administrative leave by the school system.

Following his arrest, Riendeau was freed on a $150,000 bond and is due to appear in New London Superior Court on December 2nd.

(06/15/09 – Initial BadBadTeacher.com Report)

Ronald Bartlett, 49, an art teacher at Victor High School in Victor, New York has reportedly been arrested on allegations of sexually abusing a 16-year-old female student.

Bartlett is reportedly charged with forcible touching, sexual abuse in the third degree, and endangering the welfare of a child.

It is alleged that Bartlett engaged in sexual contact with the alleged victim on the Victor campus several times throughout the school year.

Reportedly, Bartlett was arraigned in Farmington Town Court today and was being held in the Ontario County Jail on $2,500 cash bail or $5,000 bail bond.

Bartlett was put on administrative leave by the school district.

06/18/09 – Court Appearance

Ronald Bartlett appeared in Victor Town Court Thursday evening on three counts of forcible touching, three counts of sexual abuse and one count of endangering the welfare of a child.

Bartlett was released on $25,000 bail and is scheduled to return to court on July 21st.

Students have started a Facebook page in support of Ronald Bartlett and reportedly over 600 former and current students have joined the group.

09/11/09 – Grand Jury Indictment

An Ontario County grand jury has indicted Ronald Bartlett on two counts of forcible touching and one count each of third-degree sexual abuse and endangering the welfare of a minor.

Bartlett was arraigned this morning.

11/10/09 – Trial Date Set

A March 1, 2010 trial date has been set for Ronald L. Bartlett on two counts of forcible touching, one count of third-degree sexual abuse and one count of endangering the welfare of a minor.

Roberta Walter, 61, known in the 1970’s and 1980’s as Roberta Blackwell, a former art teacher at Beaumont Junior High School in Fayette County, Kentucky has been arrested in Nashville, Tennessee and charged with third-degree sodomy of a then 15-year-old girl and third-degree rape of a then 15-year-old male student.

The alleged sexual abuse began in the late 1970’s when Blackwell was a teacher at Beaumont Junior High School and the alleged victim, a student there, was babysitting for Blackwell.

Also charged in the case is former science teacher Jack Russell Hubbard who was arrested in Johnstown, Pennsylvania and is charged with third-degree rape and four counts of first-degree sodomy. The rape charges against Hubbard allege the rape of the 15-year-old female victim. The sodomy charges stem from alleged sexual abuse of Thomas “Beau” Goodman who told police he was sodomized by Hubbard 30 times between ages 14 and 15.

The female victim’s name is Carol Lynne Maner and she came forward with her accusations in August 2003 and has accused the school district of concealing evidence of a clear pattern of sexual abuse by four teachers, a guidance counselor and an assistant principal at Beaumont and Lafayette High School in the late 1970s and 1980s.

Carol Lynne Maner, now 44-years-old, has sued the Fayette County Board of Education saying that Roberta Blackwell and Hubbard traded her back and forth for sexual abuse.

The civil trial is currently on-going.

Thomas “Beau” Goodman has also sued the Fayette County Board of Education.

Update 7/13/07:

Roberta Walter (Blackwell) made an appearance in a Lexington, Kentucky courtroom today and entered a not guilty plea to all charges.

Update 7/27/07:

A hearing in a sex abuse case that was originally scheduled for today has been rescheduled for August 17th.

Roberta Blackwell Walter Withdraws Guilty Plea

Roberta Blackwell Walter who had previously pleaded guilty to two charges of sexual misconduct in a three-decades-old case involving a student has withdrawn that guilty plea after the judge insisted that she serve jail time even though the prosecutor recommended probation.

The original charges were reduced in exchange for her testimony against another teacher who was convicted of rape and sodomy.

References:

Former Fayette Teacher Withdraws Guilty Plea In Sex Case (10/30/09)

Delay in sex abuse case (7/27/07)

Ex-Teacher Enters Sex Abuse Plea (7/13/07)

2 ex-teachers named in lawsuit arrested (7/11/07)

Two arrested, charged in Fayette schools sex-abuse case (7/10/07)

Former teachers arrested ; sex abuse lawsuit begins (7/10/07)

Former Teachers Arrested as Sex Abuse Lawsuit Begins (7/10/07)

Former teachers arrested as sex abuse lawsuit begins (7/10/07)

Two arrested, charged in Fayette schools sex-abuse case (7/10/07)

Former Student Testifies in Sex Abuse Case against Schools (7/10/07)

View BadBadTeacher.com Coverage of Jack Russell Hubbard