(10/07/08 – Initial BadBadTeacher.com Report)

Daniel Toler, 46, a former math teacher at Sunnyside Elementary School in Stanton Heights, Pennsylvania has been arrested as the result of an Internet sting conducted by Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS), yes – the real one.

Initially Toler is charged with unlawful contact with a minor and possession of child pornography.

It is alleged that Toler contacted an undercover officer in a Yahoo chat room as the officer was using a fictitious identity of a 29-year-old mother with two 12-year-old children.

It is also alleged that during subsequent chats Toler contacted the undercover officer and told her he would “love to have a young girl to play with and adore.” The complaint also states Toler encouraged the officer, whom he believed to be the mother, to engage in sex acts with her children.

It is further alleged that Toler exposed himself via webcam to what he believed were the mother and her children and that he downloaded pictures and videos of child pornography to his personal computer and a school-issued laptop.

Toler is free on $10,000 bond with a preliminary hearing set for Thursday.

Toler who reportedly worked for the school system for three years was suspended by the school system in August and resigned on September 30.

References:

Former math teacher faces child porn charges (10/08/08)

Pittsburgh math teacher charged in child porn sting (10/07/08)

Pittsburgh School Teacher Charged With Child Porn (10/07/08)

City school instructor charged with child porn (10/07/08)

Pittsburgh School Worker Charged After Sex Chats With Undercover NCIS (10/07/08)

(6/28/07 – Initial BBT Report)

Mark Allen Boster, 46, a Columbus, Ohio Public Schools teacher has been arrested and charged with unlawful sexual conduct with a minor and importuning for attempting to have oral sex with a 14-year-old boy.

Boster was caught in an internet sting when the 14-year-old boy with whom he thought he was going to have oral sex turned out to be sheriff’s deputies waiting for him at the prearranged meeting place.

According to media reports Boster has been with the school system for over 20 years and has worked in several schools with problems reported along the way.

The issues included watching boys urinate in the restroom, improper physical contact with students, allegations of twisting a boy’s breast, rubbing a boys legs and similar acts.

In spite of the various problems reportedly occurring with Boster he was never fired and apparently never disciplined in any way. At the time of his arrest he was working at a Columbus Public Schools distribution facility after being diagnosed with “health problems”.

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(05/08/08 – Initial BBT Report)

Chad Roby, 34, a former 6th-grade English and social studies teacher at River Trails Middle School in Mt. Prospect, Illinois has pleaded guilty and been sentenced on one count of possession of child pornography.

Roby who came to the attention of authorities from online chats with an undercover Indiana police detective posing as a 13-year-old boy. He was originally charged with two counts of attempted child molestation, two counts of child solicitation and one count of dissemination of matter harmful to minors. Roby was arrested in June 2006 when he went to a mall to meet what he thought was the “boy”.

Following his arrest, Roby’s computer was seized and a forensic examination of the computer revealed child pornography.

As a result of his guilty plea, Roby was sentenced to 2 years in prison.

References:

Former Mt. Prospect teacher gets 2 years for child porn (05/08/08)

Suburban teacher charged in internet sex sting (06/21/06)

Parents Express Shock At Coach’s Arrest (06/19/06)