(10/31/07 - Initial BBT Report)

James Raymond Jr., 26, a music teacher at Park Avenue Elementary and East Auburn Community schools in Auburn, Maine has been charged with unlawful sexual touching of a student.

Raymond reportedly came to the attention of authorities when the alleged victim reported an incident to school officials who called in police. Thus far police are not releasing information on the age or sex of the alleged victim.

Raymond who was arrested Tuesday afternoon at his home was released from the Androscoggin County Jail after posting $5,000 cash bail.

Raymond who has been a music teacher in the Auburn school system for five years has been placed on administrative leave.

Auburn police indicate that the investigation is still ongoing and that police will be interviewing other students making sure that there are no other incidents requiring investigation.

Update 11/01/07:

News media reports indicate that police alleged that Raymond told them:

He sometimes put his hand up the skirts of young girls in his class.

That he had an attraction to female students from kindergarten age to third grade

That 95 percent of the time he was satisfied to get a hug from a student. It was the remaining 5 percent of the time that posed a problem

There’s a little voice telling him to engage in that behavior. On those occasions, he tries to control himself, but he is unsuccessful some of the time.

Most incidents occurred during music class because all the girls would want to sit next to him.

He never touched the vaginal areas of the girls.

A federal agency was investigating him for his online activity involving child pornography and that he had bought memberships at child pornography Web sites.

It was further reported that the alleged victim, a 7-year-old girl first reported the alleged improper touching to her mother who was reluctant to report it to authorities and that the girl reported it to the school administration herself.

Reportedly Raymond told police he did not recall touching the girl on the day she says it happened in early October.

04/30/08 - Arrested On Bail Violation

James Raymond has been arrested and jailed upon an allegation that he approached a child at a Wal-Mart in violation of bail conditions.

It is alleged that an off-duty police detective spotted Raymond in the Wal-Mart and that he was talking to a child that is younger than 16, a violation of the bail conditions imposed upon Raymond.

08/21/08 - Guilty Verdict

An Androscoggin County Superior Court jury has found James Raymond Jr. guilty on all counts.

Raymond was found guilty on two counts of unlawful sexual touching and three counts of assault.

Testifying in his own defense on Wednesday Raymond told the jury that he lied when he told detectives that he was attracted to young girls. Raymond testified that he only confessed in order to end the interview in which he felt intimidated.

No word yet on a sentencing date.

References:

Teacher Found Guilty Of Molesting Students (08/21/08)

Jury Deliberations Continue In Music Teacher Trial (08/21/08)

Former teacher says he’s innocent (08/21/08)

Former teacher in child sex case back in jail (04/30/08)

Teacher told cop of urges for girls (11/01/07)

Teacher faces sex charge (10/31/07)

Auburn Teacher Facing Sex Charge (10/31/07)

Teacher facing unlawful sex charge (10/31/07)

(9/17/07 - Initial BBT Report)

Donald L. Hebert, 33, head baseball coach and educational technician at Dirigo High School, in Dixfield, Maine has been arrested on a sex charge involving an underage teenager.

Hebert, was during the 2006-2007 season, also the junior varsity girls basketball coach at Mountain Valley High School in Rumford during the past year.

Hebert was arrested for the alleged sexual assault involving a teenage student in Rumford over the course of the past year. Hebert was charged Friday with gross sexual assault, a Class C felony and was released on $800 bail.

Hebert is scheduled to be arraigned at Oxford County Superior Court in Paris, Maine on January 24, 2008.

Reportedly, Hebert has held positions as Mountain Valley’s athletic director, soccer coach and as a soccer official in the past.

Update 10/10/07:

Donald Herbert on paid leave since his arrest for the alleged sexual assault of a Mountain Valley High School girl has resigned effective December 31st.

Reportedly the district agreed to continue paying Hebert’s health insurance premiums for his family until the end of the year.

11/10/07 - Donald Hebert Indicted

An Oxford County grand jury has indicted Donald L. Hebert on three counts of gross sexual assault and four counts of unlawful sexual contact.

Hebert is currently free on $800 cash bail and is not allowed to have direct or indirect contact with either of the alleged victims or anyone under the age 18, except for his own children. His attorney James Martemucci say, “we are going to schedule him into court for an arraignment fairly quickly to address some of the bail conditions.”

Reportedly the three counts of gross sexual assault are associated with a one girl. The charges of unlawful sexual contact involve both girls during the time frame from February through April 1.

1/07/08 - Court Appearance

Donald Hebert appeared in court on Monday to face seven sex-related charges and entered not guilty pleas to all charges.

Hebert remains free on $800 bail and is prohibited from any unsupervised contact with anyone under 18-years-old.

06/20/08 - Guilty Plea and Sentence

On Wednesday Donald Hebert pleaded guilty to one count of gross sexual assault and one count of unlawful sexual contact, both of which are Class C felonies.

Hebert was sentenced to serve nine months of a five-year prison sentence.

He will also have to serve four years probation and to register as a sex offender for 10 years.

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References:

Ex-coach gets nine months in sex case (06/19/08)

Coach Pleads Not Guilty To Sex Charges (1/07/08)

Ex-coach indicted on sex charges (11/10/07)

Coach facing sex charge resigns (10/10/07)

District 21 puts coach on leave following arrest (9/17/07)

High school baseball coach charged with sexual assault (9/15/07)

Baseball Coach Charged With Sexual Assault Of Student (9/15/07)

(05/01/08 - Initial BBT Report)

David Tanguay, 61, a former biology teacher at Windham High School in Windham, Maine has pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to one count of possessing child pornography.

Tanguary was identified during an U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement investigation in 2003 as a person who had paid for subscriptions to Web sites that contained child pornography.

Tanguay, who has been retired for a year, faces up to 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000 at sentencing.

References:

Ex-teacher pleads guilty in child porn case (05/01/08)

(1/25/08 - Initial BBT Report)

Gilbert E. Telford, 69, a former substitute teacher at New Suncook Elementary School in in Lovell, Maine has pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography.

As a result of his guilty plea Telford was ordered to serve six months of a five-year prison sentence, six years of probation register as a sex offender for 10 years, forfeit computers seized from his home and he is prohibited from possessing any computer or computer related equipment.

Telford came to the attention of police by way of a complaint from a women who cleaned for Telford. Police serving a search warrant seized five computers from which were recovered tens of thousands of pornographic photos and more than 300 digital movies. Some of the materials featured children under 12-years-old.

References:

Lovell Neighborhood Watch Report on Case of Gilbert Telford

Former teacher sentenced for porn (1/25/08)

Former Substitute Teacher Arraigned On Child Porn Charges (3/15/07)

Lovell man indicted for having child porn (2/09/07)

(1/23/08 - Initial BBT Report)

Frank “Skip” Gleason III, 60, a former assistant principal and athletic director at Carrabec High School in Anson, Maine has pleaded guilty to sexual abuse of a 15-year-old male student.

Gleason was alleged to have hugged, kissed and fondled the boy during a ride home from a school.

In the wake of the allegations Gleason resigned his positions at the school. He also has stepped down as pastor of Maranatha Assembly in Anson.

Gleason was originally charged with unlawful sexual conduct and sexual abuse of a minor. The first charge was dropped in light of Gleason’s guilty plea to the second.

Gleason, who remains free on $1,500 bail will be sentenced within 90 days.

He faces a maximum sentence of 364 days in jail on the misdemeanor offense.

References:

Teacher guilty of sex crime (1/23/08)

School official faces sex-abuse charge (12/26/07)