(09/05/09 – Initial BadBadTeacher.com Report)

Brenda Osborne, 42, a guidance counselor and volleyball coach at Xenia High School in Xenia, Ohio has reportedly been arrested on allegations of inappropriate sexual activity with a 17-year-old female student and volleyball player.

On Friday, Osborne was arraigned on three counts of sexual battery in Xenia Municipal Court and subsequently released on $7,500 bond.

It is alleged that Osborne had sexual contact with the girl off school grounds between July 1st and September 2nd.

Xenia Police said they would not release details of the incident, but did indicate that Osborne came to their attention on Wednesday and that an investigation was conducted which resulted in Osborne’s arrest on Thursday.

Reportedly, Osborne who has been with the school for over 10 years has been placed on paid administrative leave.

If convicted, Osborne reportedly faces up to five years in prison on each count.

10/04/09 – Court Appearance

Brenda Osborne made a court appearance last week at which she entered a plea of not guilty.

Osborne remains free on $7,500 bond with a required that she reports to adult probation while free.

She has a pre-trail hearing set for October 22nd.

05/06/09 – Initial BadBadTeacher.com Report)

Wayne Clark Thompson, 69, a former counselor, teacher and vice-principal at College Street Public School in Smithville, Ontario, Canada has been arrested on allegations of inappropriate sexual contact with grade-school boys between 1973 and 1976.

Thompson is reportedly charged with four counts of indecent assault on a male.

Police say investigators learned other children may have had knowledge of the alleged assaults and therefore police are seeking info from anyone who has information about this matter.

Anyone with information is asked to call Niagara police at 905-688-411 ext. 5125 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).

(8/14/07 – Initial BBT Report)

Carrie O’Connor, 34, of Mount Vernon, Georgia and a Montgomery County High School guidance counselor has been indicted on allegations that she had a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old male student.

Reportedly, Christopher Bowman, a former teacher at the school, reported O’Connor’s alleged behavior to the school’s juvenile probation officer and to the Georgia Professional Standards Commission claiming that the relationship started when O’Connor and the student were returning from a basketball game in Macon. Bowman allegedly quoted the student as indicating that he and O’Connor had sex in O’Connor’s car and in her home.

Allegedly the sexual relationship between O’Connor and the boy occurred between January and July of this year.

O’Connor’s mother, school superintendent Dale Clark, has been quoted in the media as stating that her daughter is entitled to continue working at the high school until she is found guilty of the charge. Clark’s statement is contradicted by officials with other school systems that say that a school employee under indictment can be placed on administrative leave with pay until the issue is resolved.

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