(08/22/008 - Initial BBT Report)

Nicholas E. Salvo, 34, a chemistry teacher at Mt. Lebanon High School in Mt. Leabanon, Pennsylvania has been arrested in an Internet sex sting.

Slavo is accused of using the Internet to send sexually explicit photos to someone he believed was a 14-year-old girl and has been charged with two counts of unlawful contact with a minor, one count of attempted unlawful contact with a minor and two counts of criminal use of a computer.

It is alleged that on July 3rd, Salvo accessed a teen chat room from his home computer and contacted an undercover agent posing as a teenage girl.

Allegedly while chatting with the “girl”, Salvo sent her a private message asking what her measurements were and telling, “I like younger girls.”

It is further alleged that Salvo used a webcam to send to the “girl” videos of his penis and of him masturbating.

Salvo was arrested last night at his home. His computer and related equipment was seized and will undergo forensic analysis.

Following his arraignment Salvo was held in the Allegheny County Jail in lieu of $25,000 bail.

In the wake of Salvo’s arrest, school administrators have placed him on suspension and have banned him from the campus.

References:

Mt. Lebanon chemistry teacher charged in online sex sting (08/22/08)

Mt. Lebanon High teacher charged after online sex sting (08/21/08)

(08/18/08)

Michael Richard Wullschleger, 48, of Monroe, North Carolina, a swim coach and a bus driver for Union County Parkwood School District in North Carolina, has been arrested in Polk County, Florida in an Internet sting in which it is alleged that he traveled to meet and have sex with what he thought was a 14-year-old girl.

Wullschleger’s arrest was the result of the sting, dubbed “Operation Marauder” conducted by the Polk County, Florida Sheriff’s Office. It is alleged that Wullschleger communicated with three different undercover detectives, each posing as a 14-year-old girl.

If is further alleged that during his online chats that Wullschleger asked the girls different things, such as if they’d ever been with a guy over age 40, and if they wanted to, and if they were virgins, and he discussed watching X-rated movies with them. He told one girl he could teach her certain sex acts.

On Friday morning it is alleged that Wullschleger who was vacationing at the Sea World Hilton hotel with his wife, daughter and daughters friend dropped off his family at Disney World and then engaged in another online chat with the undercover detective playing the role of the 14-year-old girl.

Wullschleger was arrested after he allegedly drove about 45 miles from the hotel with the intention of meeting the underage girl for sex.

Wullschleger was booked on charges of traveling to meet a minor for sex, two counts of receiving a computer statement for the purpose of sexual conduct and use of a computer to seduce a child.

Wullschleger was released on $20,000 bond, provided that he have no contact with children under 18, including his own and that he has no access to a computer.

References:

Cops nab 3 men accused of seeking sex with kids (08/18/08)

Swim coach arrested in Polk County internet sting (08/17/08)

Youth swimming coach charged in child sex sting (08/17/08)

(08/14/08 - Initial BBT Report)

Joseph Tracy Garner, 42, a social studies teacher at Ontario High School in Ontario, Oregon has been arrested and charged with seven counts of online sexual corruption of a child in the second degree.

Garner’s arrest came after a three month investigation which began when a private group conducting an Internet sting operation notified authorities that a person had used MySpace to contact and initiate explicit and, at times, graphic conversations of a sexual nature with a purported 13-year-old Oregon girl who was in reality a trained adult decoy.

It is further alleged that Garner tried to arrange a physical meeting with the girl for the purposes of having sexual contact.

Oregon State Police were allegedly able to trace the internet communications back to Garner’s account. It has also been reported that during one of the online conversations that Garner sent a school picture of himself to the decoy.

A school spokesperson says that Garner has resigned in the wake of his arrest.

References:

Oregon teacher accused of soliciting girl online (08/14/08)

Ontario teacher arrested on felony charges (08/14/08)

08/14/08 - Initial BBT Report)

Joel Matthew Cupp, 29, a teacher at Trinity Oaks Elementary School in New Port Richey, Florida has been arrested on allegations of solicitation on the Internet of someone he thought was a child.

It is alleged that Cupp thought that he was communicating online with three young teenage girls. It is further alleged that Cupp also exposed himself multiple times over a web cam to the “girls”. The “girls” were in reality two different undercover investigators with the Citrus County Sheriff’s Office and one with the Attorney General’s CyberCrime Unit.

According to a press release by the office of the Florida Attorney General:

The investigation was initiated by the Citrus County Sheriff’s Office which requested assistance from the CyberCrime Unit when the investigators determined Cupp, 29, was located in Pasco County.

The investigation was further coordinated once the investigators realized they were all chatting with the same suspect. A search warrant was executed at Cupp’s New Port Richey residence and Cupp was taken into custody by law enforcement with the Citrus County Sheriff’s Office and members of the Attorney General’s Tampa Bay CyberCrime Task Force, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Plant City Police Department and the New Port Richey Police Department.

Cupp is the second school teacher arrested by the CyberCrime Task Force this month.

Cupp is charged with three counts of online solicitation and one count of lewd and lascivious exhibition, all third-degree felonies and if convicted of all charges, he faces up to 20 years in prison.

References:

Tampa CyberCrime Task Force Arrests Elementary School Teacher (08/14/08)

Pasco teacher arrested for online sex crimes (08/14/08)

Trinity Oaks Teacher Charged With Online Soliciting (08/14/08)

(08/11/08 - Initial BBT Report)

Cesar J. Rivero, 34, of Paterson, New Jersey and a substitute teacher in the Newark school system has been arrested and charged with attempted endangering the welfare or a minor, luring, and attempted sexual assault.

Rivero was arrested as the result of an internet sex sting in which it is alleged that Rivero communicated online with what he thought was a 14-year-old girl that lived in Bergen County.

When Rivero arrived at the pre-arranged meeting location he was arrested by detectives.

Following his arrest Rivero was being held in the Bergen County Jail on $100,000 bail.

Rivero has a court date set for Wednesday.

References:

Newark substitute teacher arrested (08/11/08)

Teacher caught in online sex sting (08/11/08)