Archive for the 'Art Teachers' Category

Heather Thorsby

(5/17/07 - Initial BBT Report)
Heather Thorsby, a 34-year-old art teacher for the past three years at Independence High School in Franklin, Tennessee has been arrested for sexual battery by an authority figure.
Thorsby is alleged to have carried on a sexual relationship with a then 17-year-old female student.

Thorsby allegedly confessed the sexual affair to both [...]

Kesha Denna Manuel

(11/01/07 - Initial BBT Report)
Kesha Denna Manuel, 27, an art teacher at Belaire High School, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana has been arrested and jailed after allegedly admitting she had sex with a 15-year-old male student.
Manuel is charged with one count of carnal knowledge of a juvenile and faces up to 10 years in prison and [...]

Matthew Prichard Sentenced

Matthew Prichard, 44, a former art teacher at Palmer High School in Colorado Springs, Colorado has been sentenced after pleading guilty to a felony count of sexual assault on a child by a person in a position of trust.

4th Judicial District Judge Ronald Crowder sentenced Prichard on Friday to 10 years to life of intensive, [...]

Lisa Minchew Guilty

Lisa Minchew, 29, a former art teacher at Magnolia High School, in Magnolia, Texas has entered into a plea deal under which she pleaded guilty to sexual assault of a child and in return received five years of deferred adjudication.

A deferred adjudication basically means a probationary period during which the guilty party must adhere to [...]

Roberta Walter (Blackwell)

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 [...]