(02/24/09 - Initial BadBadTeacher.com Report)

Lisa M. Lavoie, 24, a first year eight-grade teacher at Maurice Donahue Elementary School in Holyoke, Massachusetts, has been arrested in West Virginia after allegedly running away with a 15-year-old male student.

Reportedly, Lavoie and the boy were found in a motel in Morgantown, West Virginia on Monday night after apparently having been together for a week.

Lavoie came to the attention of school officials on February 13th when the boys parents informed school officials of a possible relationship between the teacher and their son.

The boy had been missing since February 16th, the start of a week-long school break. Lavoie was not missed until she failed to show up at work on Monday.

Reportedly investigators had been tracking the pair for several days using credit card and cell phone data. On Monday night, state police were informed that Lavoie was at the Super 8 Motel in a Morgantown, West Virginia shopping center.

Lavoie has reportedly be placed on administrative leave by the school system.

Reportedly Lavoie was arrested and initially held on charges of child endangerment and statutory rape.

It is also reported that Lavoie is being held without bond because kidnapping in West Virginia carries a possible life sentence.

Lavoie faces the possibility of extremely serious felony charges in both states, but it appears that she will be returned to Massachusetts to face charges there initially.

02/25/09 - Case Update

Police have indicated that the boy’s parents had complained to the school about their suspicions of an affair just days before the two went missing, but no one at the school had contacted police. The boy’s family contacted police after he disappeared.

Police have also said that the alleged affair between Lavoie and the boy went on for months and that the boy’s friends knew about it.

02/26/09 - Lisa Lavoie Waives Extradition

Lisa Lavoie has waived an extradition hearing, agreeing to return to Massachusetts to face a charge of enticing a child under 16.

Police say the boy was driven halfway home Tuesday night and turned over to Massachusetts authorities.

03/06/09 - Arraignment in Massachusetts

Lisa Lavoie was arraigned today in Holyoke District Court on a charge of enticing a minor.

Lavoie entered a plea of not guilty.

The judge set Lavoie’s bail at $25,000 and ordered her to stay with her mother.

Lavoie’s attorney said he expected Lavoie to be released on bail today.

06/12/09 - Grand Jury Indictment

Lisa Lavoie has reportedly been indicted by a Hampden County Superior Court Grand Jury on six counts of statutory rape and one count of enticement of a minor.

No arraignment date has been set yet on the charges for which she has been indicted.

07/01/09 - Arraignment

Lisa Lavoie has been arraigned on three counts of aggravated rape and abuse and three counts of statutory rape.

Lavoie reportedly pleaded not guilty to the charges resulting from the grand jury indictment. She had earlier pleaded not guilty to a count of enticement of a minor.

A pretrial conference is scheduled for December 10th.

s(03/06/09 - Initial BadBadTeacher.com Report)

Valynne Asay Bowers, 39, a math teacher at Bountiful Junior High School in Bountiful, Utah has been arrested on allegations that she had a sexual relationship with a 13-year-old male student.

Bowers came to the attention of police when another teacher at Bountiful Junior High School went to her supervisor and reported that she had been having sex with a male student.

That teacher, Linda Richins Nef, then implicated Bowers, saying that Bowers had been having sex with the same boy since December, 2008.

As a result, Valynne Bowers was arrested Thursday night on charges of forcible sodomy of a child and child rape.

The Linda Richins Nef was expected to arrested today.

Officials say the alleged crimes involving Bowers happened at Bowers’ home since December of 2008.

Reportedly the boy was 13 when the sexual activity allegedly began and is now 14-years-old.

Bowers appeared in court Friday afternoon and her bail was set at $20,000.

03/10/09 - Case Update

Stunned by the alleged rape of a student by two of his teachers, Bountiful Junior High School principal Brent Stephens spent most of Monday pacifying teachers and parents.

03/16/08 - Arraignment

Valynne Bowers appeared in court today for arraignment.

Her attorney entered not guilty pleas on her behalf on felony counts of forcible sodomy and rape.

Bowers next court appearance is set for April 13 for a pretrial conference.

Bowers also conditionally waived her preliminary hearing today and her attorney indicated that he hoped to work out a plea bargain with the Davis County Attorney’s Office. If no deal can be made, the defendant can then request a preliminary hearing.

The judge ordered that Bowers have no contact with the alleged victim.

04/13/09 - Attorney Seeks Mental Evaluation

The attorney for Valynne Bowers is asking the judge to delay the case in order to provide time for a psychosexual evaluation to be done on Bowers before moving forward with a plea agreement.

Rich Gallegos, Bowers’ attorney, said, “I’m hopeful the state will be willing to work something out you know that I think is fair to the victim and fair to Valynne as well”.

Bowers will appear back in court on May 4.

05/05/09 - Court Appearance and Plea Deal Under Discussion

Valynne Bowers had a court appearance yesterday.

Bowers’ defense attorney indicated that his client may opt for a jury trial if prosecutors are unwilling to back away from the first-degree felony charges Bowers now faces.

Defense attorney Rich Gallegos is seeking a plea deal in which Bowers would plead guilty to third-degree felony unlawful sexual contact with a minor, a charge that carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison.

06/01/09 - Plea Deal Still In Works

The attorney for Valynne Bowers has asked the court for more time to work out a plea deal with prosecutors.

Reportedly Bowers recently underwent a psycho-sexual evaluation and is in counseling.

Bowers’ attorney indicated that he is hopeful that we can work out a deal where she can get some type of probationary sentence.

06/29/09 - Bowers Rejects Plea Deal, Headed To Trial

Valynne Bowers has reportedly rejected a plea deal which would have required her to plead guilty to first-degree felony charges of rape and sodomy.

Reportedly, Bowers rejected the deal, believing the facts of the case did not match the charges.

The judge set the next hearing in the case for July 27th.

Defense attorney Rich Gallegos contends that Bowers was not in a “position of special trust” with the boy because she was formerly his teacher, not his current teacher at the time of the alleged sexual relationship.

Gallegos reportedly contends, “Nothing occurred during school hours; the contact was not initiated by her. She never used her position as a teacher. The victim came around to see her. Our position is she’s not a teacher when she goes home and is on her own time.”

(06/29/09 - Initial BadBadTeacher.com Report)

Robert Rich, 47, a science teacher at Catoctin High School in Thurmont, Maryland has reportedly been indicted by a Frederick County grand jury on allegations of inappropriately touching a 17-year-old female student.

Reportedly, Rich was indicted on one felony count of child sex abuse on school property and six misdemeanor counts of fourth-degree sex offense.

Rich came to the attention of investigators when the alleged victim confided in a family friend, who in turn told the girl’s parent of the allegations.

Rich, who has reportedly worked for Frederick County Schools since 2004, was placed on administrative leave on May 6th.

Assistant State’s Attorney Lindell K. Angel has indicated that a warrant for Rich’s arrest is forthcoming.

If convicted, Rich could face up to 25 years in prison.

Indicted by the same grand jury, on the same day, was Adam Windsor, a teacher at Ballenger Creek Middle School in Frederick, Maryland.