(07/10/07 – Initial BBT Report)

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had previously pleaded guilty to two charges of sexual misconduct in a three-decades-old case involving a student has withdrawn that guilty plea after the judge insisted that she serve jail time even though the prosecutor recommended probation.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

12/07/09 – Sentencing Put Off

Attorneys in the case of former teacher Roberta Blackwell Walter — accused of molesting a 15-year-old student 30 years ago — will return to court in a month to continue discussing a possible plea and punishment in the case.

Fayette Circuit Judge James Ishmael asked the defendant’s attorney and the prosecutor to come back with more information so he can hand down a sentence that is fair to all parties.

02/05/10 – Plea and Sentencing

The judge has accepted an amended plea deal between Roberta Walter and prosecutors, a deal under which she pleaded guilty to sexual conduct rather than sodomy charges.

Walter was thereafter sentenced to one week in jail to be followed by ninety days of house arrest.

References:

Former Teacher Sentenced For Role In 1970’s Student Sex Case (02/05/10)

Ex-teacher’s sex-case sentencing put off (12/05/09)

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

(12/24/08 – Initial BadBadTeacher.com Report)

Melissa Diana Koehn, 30, a teacher and coach at St. Croix Lutheran High School in West St. Paul, Minnesota has been charged with having sexual conduct with a 17-year-old female student.

Melissa Koehn was charged by the Dakota County Attorney’s office Tuesday with three felony counts of fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct.

It is alleged that an Apple Valley police officer discovered Koehn and the teenage girl in a parked car in Apple Valley on Sunday, lying on top of each other and kissing in a fully-reclined seat.

Reportedly the officer notified the victim’s parents of the situation, then spoke with both Koehn and the girl.

It is alleged that they each said they started sexually touching each other in August 2008 and that there were a “handful” of sexual incidents at the girl’s home in Eagan.

Reportedly the girls’ parents allowed Koehn to stay overnight in the girl’s bedroom, but they did not know about the sexual relationship and they believed that Koehn was sleeping on the floor.

Koehn was booked into the county jail in Hastings on Sunday and released Tuesday afternoon on $10,000 bail.

Koehn’s next court appearance is scheduled for February 9th.

Reportedly Koehn was on unpaid leave this school year for professional development

11/21/09 – Guilty Verdict

A Dakota County jury has found Melissa Diana Koehn guilty on three counts of fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct.

Dakota County District Court Judge Robert King ordered a pre-sentence investigation and a psychological evaluation.

Sentencing is set for February 5th.

02/05/10 – Sentencing

Melissa Diana Koehn has been sentenced to three years in state prison, with the sentence stayed, five months in county jail and ten years probation.

She will also be required to register as a sex offender.

01/29/10 – Initial BadBadTeacher.com Report)

Kristen Carol Barnett, 38, a pre-school teacher at Over The Rainbow Preschool in Nederland, Colorado has reportedly been arrested on allegations of the sexual assault of a female child at the school.

Reportedly, Barnett turned herself in at the Boulder County Jail about 8 a.m. Thursday and was arrested on suspicion of sex assault on a child by a person in a position of trust.

Barnett came to the attention of authorities on December 10th when the mother of the alleged victim contacted the Sheriff’s Office to report her suspicions that a teacher at the school had sexually assaulted her child.

It is alleged that the young girl asked her mom to “rub her butt” and that the child said she wanted her mom to rub “inside like Kristen does”. It is further alleged that the girl then demonstrated by rolling onto her back and spreading her legs.

Reportedly, Barnett was released from the Boulder County Jail on Thursday after posting a $1,000 bond.