Archive for the 'Elementary Schools' Category

Jessica Defoor

(07/22/08 - Initial BBT Report)
Jessica Heather Defoor, 34, a second-grade teacher at Danville-Neel Elementary School in Danville, Alabama has been arrested on suspicion of second-degree sexual abuse.
Defoor was arrested on allegations of having inappropriate contact with a female student in February 2006.
Reportedly the alleged inappropriate contact was not reported by the student and her mother [...]

Eduardo Serrano

(07/18/08 - Initial BBT Report)
Eduardo Arturo Serrano, 56, a fifth-grade teacher at Valle Lindo Elementary School in Chula Vista, California has been arrested on suspicion of molesting a 6-year-old female family member.
The sexual assault is alleged to have occurred late last week in Serrano’s home.
Serrano came to the attention of authorities when the girl told [...]

Thomas Bavedas

(05/27/08 - Initial BBT Report)
Thomas Bavedas, 38, a former third-grade teacher at Waltersville School in Bridgeport, Connecticut has been arrested and charged on allegations that the raped a girl under the age of 16 on three separate occasions between 2001 and 2005.

Two days prior to being charged with the rape allegations, Bavedas was charged with [...]

Michael Berchtold

(07/16/08 - Initial BBT Report)
Michael Berchtold , 32, a third-grade teacher at Joseph Widmer Jr. Elementary School in Lathrop, California has turned himself in and been arrested on two counts of lewd or lascivious acts with a child under 14 and three counts of annoying or molesting a child.

There are three alleged victims, females ages [...]

Kenneth Kothe

(11/29/07 - Initial BBT Report)
Kenneth Edward Kothe, 61, a first-grade teacher at Lincoln Elementary School in Lynwood, California has been arrested on suspicion of possessing child pornography.
Kothe’s arrest came about as a result of Operation Predator, an ongoing probe by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) into the downloading of child pornography off the Internet.
A [...]