(8/02/07 – Initial BBT Report)

The trial of Albert Scerbo, 45, of Clay, New York has concluded with a split verdict. The jury found him guilty on 2 of the 19 charges he still faced.

Scerbo was found guilty of one count of sexual abuse in the first degree and guilty one count of endangering the welfare of a child in a case that started with 17 alleged victims and 35 alleged crimes.

Scerbo a former music teacher at the Onondaga Indian Nation School was arrested in December of 2006 on allegations that he had sexual contact with two girls, ages 7 and 8.

As the police investigation continued additional girls ranging in age from 7 to 14-years-old made allegations that Scerbo touched them improperly through their clothing as they sat on his lap in the back of a darkened room while he showed movies or videos to the class.

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(5/31/07 – Initial BBT Report)

Tom Porras, 49, of Scottsdale, AZ, a substitute teacher and assistant track coach at Saguaro High School today entered a not guilty plea on a felony count of sexual abuse, one count of public sexual indecency and one count of assault in a case in which Porras is accused of the sexual assault of a 17-year-old female student.

Porras came to attention of authorities in April when a school resource officer was notified of the alleged incident by school staff. He was arrested at the school. It is alleged that while being interviewed by police, Porras made admissions to the sexual abuse.

The teenager told police Porras, an assistant track and football coach and former professional football player, inappropriately touched her while she was at his house on Wednesday. She told officers she was invited to the home for an “athletic massage,” and during the time she was there, he had unwanted sexual contact with her.

While being interviewed by police, Porras made admissions to the sexual abuse incident, a Class 5 felony if convicted, and public sexual indecency, a Class 1 misdemeanor.

In the wake of the April allegations, Porras was placed on unpaid administrative leave.

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(8/13/07 – Initial BBT Report)

Jennifer Leigh Rice, 31, a former contract teacher at McKinley Elementary in Tacoma, Washington has been arrested on allegations of child rape.

Rice was arrested Saturday on one count of second-degree kidnapping, five counts of first-degree child rape and four counts of first-degree child molestation in a case alleging a 10-year-old boy who was the Rice’s former student at McKinley Elementary as victim.

Allegedly Rice took the 10-year-old boy with her when she left a party around 3 a.m. headed for an Idaho amusement park when they stopped at a rest area in Ellensburg, napped and had sex.

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