(12/28/08 – Initial BadBadTeacher.com Report)

Daniel “Danny” Villa, 44, the ex-coach of this year’s state champion Walpole High School football team surrendered to police in Arizona last night and will return to Massachusetts to face three counts of rape of a child over 14 and three counts of enticing a minor, according to both police and his Villa’s lawyer.

Villa, who played for the New England Patriots as well as the Cardinals, Kansas City Chiefs and Carolina Panthers and who retired from professional football in 1998 reportedly had flown to Arizona last week where he reportedly celebrated Christmas away from his wife and four children.

Reportedly a statement by Walpole School Superintendent Lincoln Lynch said that a parent had complained to him about Villa on Monday and that early Tuesday morning, Lynch met with Villa and confronted him with the complaint. Lynch said that Villa immediately resigned.

Villia’s lawyer has indicated that his client will waive extradition at an Arizona court on Monday and will return to Massachusetts voluntarily to face the charges against him. Villa’s lawyer said in a statement. “Mr. Villa intends to plead not guilty in court.”

Walpole Police Chief Richard Stillman indicates that it would take at least a week to process the paperwork for Villa’s return to Massachusetts.

As is so frequently true, this case came to our attention thanks to tips from two of our many fine readers and to them thanks are in order. – webmaster

01/02/09 – Court Appearance

Danny Villa has maded an appearance for arraignment in court in Wrentham, Massachusetts and entered a plea of not guilty on three counts of statutory rape and three counts of enticing a minor.

Villa’s bail was set at $100,000.

01/06/09 – Court Appearance and Release On Bond

Danny Villa appeared in court today and was subsequently released after posting $7,500 bail.

Villa’s bail amount was reduced from $100,000 last week.

Villa’s release on bail is conditioned upon his wearing an electronic monitor, having no contact with the alleged victim or her family, having no contact with any child under 16 except his own children and staying away from Walpole public schools.

03/17/08 – Grand Jury Indictment

On March 11th, Daniel Villa was indicted by a grand jury on three counts of rape of a child and three counts of enticement of a minor.

On March 11th, Villa was arraigned in Norfolk Superior Court where he pleaded not guilty to all charges.

A pretrial hearing for Villa is now scheduled for April 28 in Superior Court.

Webmaster’s note: Thanks to a Tim for bring this latest development in the case of Danny Villa to our attention.

08/27/09 – Guilty Plea and Sentencing

Daniel Villa has pleaded guilty to three counts each of statutory rape and enticing a minor.

Reportedly, Villa was sentenced to two years in the county jail to be followed by seven years of probation. If Villa violates the terms of his probation he faces five years in state prison.

In addition to his jail time and probation Villa is also required to attend a sex offender program and register as a sex offender.

(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.

(06/23/09 – Initial BadBadTeacher.com Report)

Timothy S. Kelly, 38, swim coach at North Attleboro High School in North Attleboro, Massachusetts has reportedly been arrested on child pornography charges.

It is alleged that Kelly had downloaded images of children engaged in sexual activity from the internet.

Kelly came to the attention of North Attleboro Police by way of an alerts from federal investigators who arrested a child pornography suspect in Mississippi. Investigators identified Kelly as someone who had allegedly been in contact with that suspect.

On Monday, police siezed Kelly’s home computer and related computer hardware for their investigation and it is alleged that Kelly admitted to downloading over 200 images of children in sexual acts from the Internet and keeping a collection of child pornography on portable computer drives and DVDs which police allegedly found throughout his apartment.

Kelly appeared for arraignment this afternoon in Taunton District Court and was freed on $75,000 cash bail. As a condition of bail, Kelly has been ordered to stay away from children under the age of 18.

Kelly is due back in court on July 14th.