(03/17/09 – Initial BadBadTeacher.com Report)

Russell Otis, 46, boys’ basketball coach and athletic director at Dominguez High School in Compton, California has been charged by the Los Angeles County district attorney with two criminal counts related to alleged unwanted sexual advances on a 16-year-old boy.

Otis is charged with one felony count of meeting a minor for lewd purpose and a misdemeanor count of child molestation.

Both charges reportedly involve the alleged use of text messages of a sexual nature to the boy on August 30, 2008.

Reportedly Otis has been on paid administrative leave since September, when the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department launched an investigation into the alleged crimes.

Otis was arrested and booked at the Carson’s Sheriff’s station on March 7 and was subsequently released on $75,000 bond.

Reports indicate that Otis was charged and acquitted in 2001 on charges of sodomy and oral copulation with a minor.

03/19/09 – More Charges

Russell Otis was charged with four more felony counts Wednesday.

The new counts allege that Otis misappropriated a $15,000 check from Nike to the Compton Unified School District, depositing the money into his personal bank account in November 2007.

Two charges of commercial burglary and one each of grand theft and forgery have been added to existing felony complaints against Otis.

06/29/09 – Russell Otis Ordered To Trial

On Friday, Russell Otis appeared for a preliminary hearing and was ordered to stand trial on charges that he attempted to molest one of his players and embezzled $15,000 intended for his team.

Otis is scheduled for arraignment on July 6th.

10/05/09 – Split Verdict

The jury has found Russell Otis guilty of misdemeanor child molestation.

The jury found Otis not guilty on felony theft and forgery charges.

Reportedly, the misdemeanor charge requires Otis to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life and could spell the end of any coaching or teaching career.

Otis’ attorney says he will appeal the misdemeanor conviction.

Otis was permitted to remain on bail until sentencing despite the prosecution’s objections.

(06/10/09 – Initial BadBadTeacher.com Report)

Michael A. Markeson, a fifth-grade teacher at Indian Valley Middle School and a drama coach at Greenon High School, in Springfield, Ohio has reportedly been arrested and charged with the rape of a male high school student.

Markeson is reportedly charged with rape, sexual battery and gross sexual imposition.

It is alleged that Markeson met the alleged victim at a grocery store and offered the boy a job pulling weeds at Markeson’s home.

It is further alleged that at some point Markeson attempted to hug the boy, eventually pulled the boy’s pants down and sexually assaulted him.

Markeson came to the attention of police by way of the boy’s parents who notified the authorities of the alleged assault.

Markeson made an initial court appearance today at which he entered a plea of not guilty and was reportedly released on $50,000 bond. Markeson’s attorney Jon Paul Rion indicated that the allegation in its entirety is not accurate and that the defense will challenge it.

Markeson has reportedly been suspended by the school system.

Guilty Plea and Sentencing

Michael Markeson has reportedly pleaded guilty to the sexual battery of a teenager. Under the plea deal, charges of rape and gross sexual were dismissed.

As a result of the plea, Markeson was sentenced to three years in prison and ordered to register as a tier 3 sex offender.

Defense attorneys say Markeson could be eligible for parole after serving one year in prison.

(07/06/09 – Initial BadBadTeacher.com Report)

John Calvin Hegedus, 32, a religion teacher at Holy Name Catholic School in San Antonio, Texas has been indicted by a grand jury on allegations that he solicited a 15-year-old boy for sex and traveled to Seguin, Texas to sexually assault him.

A Guadalupe County grand jury has indicted Hegedus on two counts of on-line solicitation of a minor and two counts of attempted sexual assault of a child.

Hegedus was arrested in April when he arrived at the home of a boy that he had allegedly sent nearly 100 text messages to on Easter Sunday. It is alleged that some of the messages were sexually explicit, using graphic detail to described specific sex acts he wanted to perform on the boy.

Hegedus came to the attention of police when the boy’s parents called regarding the alleged text messages. Officers responded to the text messages and allege that Hegedus came to Seguin believing he would be having sex with the boy.

Reportedly, Hegedus was a seminarian at St. James Catholic Church in Seguin over the summer of 2007, and investigators said in court documents he had maintained contact with the boy and his family for two years.

Since his arrest, Hegedus has been held in the Guadalupe County Jail in lieu of $200,000 bond.

If convicted he faces a minimum of 2 years in prison and a maximum of 20 years in prison on each of the two most serious counts and from 2 to 10 years in prison on each of the remaining counts.

07/21/09 – Guilty Plea and Sentencing

John Calvin Hegedus was scheduled to appear in court for arraignment on Monday, however he entered into a plea deal with prosecutors and pleaded guilty to on-line solicitation of a minor.

During his court appearance Hegedus admitted he sexually solicited a Seguin area boy in text messages last Easter Sunday.

If the judge accepts the plea deal, and it appears it will be accepted, Hegedus will be placed on 10-year deferred adjudication probation and prosecutors will drop a charge of attempted sexual assault of a child.

Sentencing is set for late August and the judge lowered Hegedus’ bail from $300,000 to $5,000 Monday and Hegedus was released on bail to await sentencing.

10/20/09 – Formal Sentencing

In accordance with the plea agreement, John Calvin Hegedus has been sentenced to 10 years of deferred adjudication probation.

The judge warned Hegedus that if he does not successfully complete probation, he faces up to 20 years in state prison.