(09/23/08 - Initial BadBadTeacher.com Report)

Ranee Sue Proper, 41, a former vocal music teacher at Holly High School in Holly, Michigan has been arrested and arraigned on felony sex charges on allegations that she had sex with two male students at her home and the high school.

Proper is charged with five counts of criminal sexual conduct in the third degree.

Authorities are refusing to say if the boys were students of Proper but have indicated that the alleged sexual misconduct took place between December of 2007 and April of 2008.

Proper reportedly came to the attention of authorities in May by way of a parent bringing allegations to police.

Reportedly rumors of alleged improper relationships between Proper and students surfaced near the end of the last school year.

Proper resigned from the school system in the midst of the investigation.

Bond was set for Ranee Proper in the amount of $50,000 with her next court appearance set for October 24th.

Reportedly Proper is married and has three children.

References:

Former Holly teacher Ranee Proper accused of having sex with students (09/23/08)

(07/17/08 - Initial BBT Report)

Carrie Alice Denbow, 32, a “student assistance provider” at the Hill Center Academy in Lansing, Michigan has been arrested and charged with having sexual contact with one of her students.

Denbow was arraigned today on 7 counts of criminal sexual conduct in the third degree on allegations that she had sexual contact with a male student from January 2006 to December 2007 at which time the student was between 13 and 15-years-old. Denbow is also charged with one misdemeanor count of domestic assault.

Following her arrest Denbow was released on $25,000 personal recognizance bond. While free on bond Denbow is not allowed to have any contact with a child under the age of 18 and she is not to be within 500 feet of an alleged victim

Denbow is scheduled to be back in court on July 25th.

Denbow has been on paid administrative leave from the school since December of last year.

The alleged victim, a ward of the state, is reportedly still enrolled at the Hill Center.

09/04/08 - Denbow Bound Over For Trial

Carrie Denbow, charged with seven counts of criminal sexual conduct in the third degree, plus a misdemeanor domestic assault charge, has been bound over for trial on all but one of the counts.

The alleged victim testified in the hearing saying he was only 15-years-old when he and Debow were having sex several times a week. He testified that “she picked me up in her Sebring and we got in the back, took off all our clothes and had sex”. The witness testified in great detail about sexual encounters in Denbow’s Hill Center office, on the MSU campus and in a Motel 6 in Delta Township, where he says they drank alcohol she bought them and smoked a joint.

Another witness, now 19-years-old, testified of seeing Denbow perform sex acts upon the alleged victim.

References:

Accused Teacher in Court (09/04/08)

Student Testifies About Sexual Relationship With School Counselor (09/04/08)

Hill Center employee charged in sex case (07/18/08)

Lansing school employee charged with criminal sexual conduct (07/17/08)

Lansing School Employee Arrested on Sex Charges (07/17/08)

(08/19/08 - Initial BBT Report)

Allanah Benton-Wells, 42, a former teacher at Williams Elementary School in Flint, Michigan will, according to Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton, be charged today with two counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct with a person under the age of 13.

It is alleged that Benton-Wells had sex with the sixth-grade male student on two separate occasions around Halloween of 2007. Reportedly the boy was in her class and she was supposed to be tutoring at her home.

Benton-Wells came to the attention of authorities when the student’s mother grew suspicious after she intercepted a phone call between the her son and Benton-Wells. The boy’s mother later notified school administrators and they in turn called the police.

Reportedly, the alleged victim told a fellow student that he and Benton-Wells had sex in an upstairs bedroom at the Benton-Wells residence.

Additionally, the Flint Journal reported:

Benton-Wells’ then-husband told police the student spent the night at their Flint home. He described arriving home at 2:30 in the morning to find the student sitting on the couch without a shirt on. Another time, the student was sitting on the couch with his wife who was wearing a nightgown and no bra.

He also told police that the student called at all hours of the night. The couple divorced in January.

On Monday, Allanah Benton-Wells, through her attorney, has denied the allegations. She is expected to turn herself in to police today.

Benton-Wells was placed on paid administrative leave in November, 2007. She was fired by the school system earlier this month.

If convicted of the charges she could face up to live in prison, owing to the nature of the felony offenses against a then 12-year-old victim.

Benton-Wells is divorced and the mother of 19-month-old twins.

Update: Allanah Benton-Wells Officially Charged

Allanah Benton-Wells was arraigned earlier today on two counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct with a person under the age of 13.

08/22/08 - Pre-Trial Hearing Delayed

Allanah Benton-Wells was scheduled for a pre-trial hearing today however the judge and attorneys decided to move the hearing until August 29 because the defense has not obtained information from the prosecution, such as the police report on the case.

08/29/08 - Pre-Trial Hearing Delayed Again, Attorney Ousted

Flint District Judge Nathaniel C. Perry III rescheduled Allanah Benton-Wells’ pretrial hearing for next month after granting a prosecutor’s request to disqualify her attorney.

The prosecutor’s office argued her attorney, Michael B. Haley, had a conflict of interest because he accompanied Benton-Wells’ sister on an interview with Flint police about the allegations.

An appeal of the judge’s ruling is likely.

References:

Flint teacher accused of sex with student, 12, to get new attorney (08/29/08)

Pre-trail hearing for Allanah Benton-Wells pushed back a week (08/22/08)

Former Flint teacher Allanah Benton-Wells officially charged with sexual assault for allegedly having sex with sixth-grade student (08/19/08)

Elementary school sex scandal (08/19/08)

Flint teacher accused of having sex with 12-year-old student, says Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton (08/19/08)

Flint ex-teacher, 42, accused of sex with boy, 12 (08/19/08)

(09/18/07 - Initial BBT Report)

Edward Michael Kowalski, 51, a gym teacher at White Cloud Middle School, in White Cloud, Michigan has been arrested on allegations of soliciting sex from a 15-year-old girl on the Internet.

The “15-year-old girl” was actually an undercover police officer in Adrian.

Kowalski, of Big Rapids, Michigan, was nabbed in an undercover online sex sting and is set to be arraigned on September 19th. He is charged with accosting a child for immoral purposes and using a computer to commit a crime.

Kowalski is free on a personal-recognizance bond pending arraignment.

Reportedly Kowalski is on paid administrative leave.

Reportedly, when police searched Kowalski’s home they didn’t find his computer. But two hours after they left, Kowalski was seen dumping a bag, which police later found containing broken computer parts.

04/23/08 - Guilty Verdict

A jury deliberated for three hours and found Edward Kowalski guilty on both charges to the surprise of Kowalski’s attorney who presented no witnesses and offered no evidence in defense of his client.

Kowalski faces a maximum of 10 years in prison although his attorney expects at most an 11 month sentence.

Kowalski’s attorney indicated an appeal will occur.

05/19/08 - Sentencing Postponed

Sentencing for Edward Kowalski has been postponed until June 5th in order that a private expert can examine an Adrian Police Department computer for evidence a defense attorney said could help win a new trial for Kowalski. The examination of the computer is the result of a subpoena served on Adrian police days after the trial, seeking an inspection of the computer used by Detective Vincent Emrick in chats with Kowalski.

The defense has indicated that it will be filing a motion for a new trial.

06/14/08 - Sentencing

Edward Kowalski has been sentenced to to six months in jail with credit for 51 days served, placed on probation for five years, ordered to undergo sex offender counseling and to register as a sex offender.

Additionally Kowalski has been ordered to pay court costs of $1,200 and other fees, is not allowed to own or possess a computer or any device that could be connected to the Internet and is to have no contact with any minor, except family members under supervision.

Kowalski’s defense is filing appeals as well as a motion for a new trial.

07/15/08 - Motion Hearing Delayed

A hearing regarding the defense motion for a new trial has been delayed until August 22.

When the judge learned that expert witnesses for the prosecution and defense would be appearing as “dueling experts” the hearing was delayed as only 15 minutes had been allocated for yesterday’s hearing. The delay will provided the time required to conduct a hearing which will focus on the expert testimony.

08/23/08 - Motion For New Trial Denied

Edward Michael Kowalski’s motion for a new trail has been rejected after his attorney failed to prove claims an Adrian police detective committed perjury.

Kowalski is nearing the end of his six month jail sentence.

References:

Motion for new trial rejected (08/23/08)

Hearing on teacher’s conviction delayed (07/15/08)

Teacher gets jail term in sex sting (06/13/08)

Defense expert to search police computer used in teacher sex sting (05/19/08)

Teacher convicted in Internet sex sting (04/23/08)

Attorney: Teacher’s chat inappropriate, not crime (9/18/07)

White Cloud teacher nabbed in sex sting (9/18/07)

(04/03/08 - Initial BBT Report)

Donita Brady, 50, a physical education and language arts at Breckenridge Middle School and Breckenridge High School in Breckenridge, Michigan has been arrested and charged with sexually abusing a 15-year-old female student.

Brady is charged with five counts of first degree criminal sexual conduct involving digital penetration or oral sex and two counts of second degree criminal sexual conduct involving sexual contact.

Brady who is free after posting a $1,000 bond is scheduled for a preliminary hearing on April 16.

04/17/08 - Brady Bound Over for Trial

Donita Brady has been bound over to Circuit Court after waiving her preliminary hearing in Gratiot County District Court.

She will be arraigned on May 5th.

05/05/08 - Arraignment Waived

Donita Brady has waved her arraignment.

Brady who faces up to life in prison in convicted of all charges remains free on $1,000 bond.

Her trial is set for July 2nd.

06/16/08 - Trial Delayed Two Months

The trial of Donita Brady originally set for July 2nd has been postponed until September 3rd.

The delay is owing to “new discovery” items that Brady’s lawyers want more information on.

Brady remains free on $1,000 bond.

07/23/08 - Defense Motion For Records Denied

The court has denied a defense motion seeking a review of the medical records of the alleged victim.

The defense wanted to either review the records or have the court review them to determine if they contained any information that might aide in defending Brady against the charges she faces.

08/18/08 - No Contest Pleas

The Mount Pleasant Morning Sun has reported that Donita Brady has entered no contest pleas on seven counts of gross indecency between females.

Sentencing is set for October 20th.

References:

Breckenridge teacher pleads no contest to sex crimes (08/18/08)

Defense motion denied in teacher’s CSC trial (07/23/08)

Teacher’s CSC trial delayed (06/16/08)

Teacher Facing Sex Charges Waves Arraignment (05/05/08)

Teacher waives preliminary hearing (04/17/08)

Female Breckenridge, MI, teacher accused of sexually assaulting a student bound over (04/16/08)

Teacher charged with multiple CSCs
(4/03/08)