William “Bill” Catterson, 61, a former director of audiovisual services at The Hockaday School, an elite all-girls academy in Dallas, Texas, has been arrested on allegations of soliciting sex from a minor over the internet.

Catterson who was reportedly under investigation by the FBI as well as Dallas and Houston police has been charged with two counts of felony online solicitation of a minor.

Catterson was arrested as the result of an internet sting in which he allegedly was having sexual conversations with a person he thought was a 13-year-old in Houston. In reality the “teen” was an undercover agent.

Reportedly Catterson was chatting online with a sheriff’s deputy posing as a 13-year-old when Dallas police entered his office at the school.

A spokesman for the Harris County District Attorney’s office said they moved a lot faster against Catterson than they normally might when they discovered that he was a school teacher with access to kids.

Catterson who is free on $40,000 bond has been terminated by the school.

Reference:

Hockaday School employee charged with attempting to solicit a minor online

Dallas School Employee Caught In Online Sex Sting (2/28/08)

(1/10/08 - Initial BBT Report)

Matthew Edward McGuire, 29, of Alexandria, Virginia a teacher and coach at Chantilly High School in Chantilly, Virginia has been arrested in an internet sex sting.

McGuire is charged with attempted indecent liberties with a minor and use of a computer to solicit sex with a minor.

McGuire’s arrest is the result of an on-line sting conducted by an Arlington, Virginia detective assigned to the regional Internet Crimes Against Children task force.

1/17/08 - Many New Details Released

Many new details of the online “sting” operation conducted against Matthew McGuire between March and August 2007 have been published in a news report by Bonnie Hobbs and published by “The Connection Newspapers”. The link for this report is provided below.

1/30/08 - Bail Denied

Citing the difficulty in regulating McGuire’s access to the Internet, a judge on Tuesday denied McGuire’s request for bail.

McGuire’s next court date is February 20.

References:

Northern Va. teacher jailed on solicitation accusation (1/30/08)

Chantilly Teacher Charged: Soliciting Minor Online (1/17/08)

High School Teacher Accused Of Soliciting Minor Online (1/10/08)

Chantilly Teacher Arrested in Online Child Sex Sting (1/10/08)

Joel Whitmore, 40, a math teacher at Lafayette High School, in Lafayette, Louisiana has been arrested on allegations of obscenity and multiple counts of indecent behavior with a juvenile.

Whitmore has been charged with six counts of indecent behavior, four counts of computer-aided solicitation for sexual purposes and one count of obscenity.

Whitmore’s arrest is the result of an internet sting conducted by the Bossier Parish Internet Task Force.

Whitmore is being held on bond of $165,000 will be suspended with pay by the school system pending the investigation and school board action.

Whitmore has worked at the school since 2004 and taught upper-level math courses in probability and statistics, including honors classes.

According to a report by The Daily Advertiser, a “Free Joel Whitmore” group has been started on the social networking site facebook.com in support of Joel Whitmore and contains comments in defense of Whitmore by students.

References:

Educator jailed on sex counts (7/28/07)

Lafayette High math teacher arrested in Internet sting (7/27/07)

Lafayette HIgh teacher arrested for obscenity