(08/18/08 - Initial BBT Report)

Michael Wilson, 45, of West Plains, Missouri, a former teacher at West Plains High School, in West Plains, Missouri has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of possessing and receiving child pornography over the Internet.

According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Missouri:

Wilson, 45, of West Plains, was charged in a two-count indictment returned under seal by a federal grand jury on Aug. 6,2008. That indictment was unsealed and made public upon Wilson’s arrest and initial court appearance on Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2008.

It is alleged by the indictment that Wilson received child pornography over the Internet from April 8, 2005, to July 20, 2007.

The indictment in addition to the criminal charges seeks the forfeiture of a laptop computer allegedly used in the crimes.

References:

FORMER WEST PLAINS TEACHER INDICTED FOR CHILD PORNOGRAPHY (08/18/08)

Former Teacher Indicted (08/18/08)

Former teacher indicted for child porn (08/18/08)

(08/05/08 - Initial BBT Report)

Russell Lee Hough, 39, girls’ softball and basketball coach at Warrensburg High School in Warrensburg, Missouri has been indicted by a Johnson County grand jury on felony sexual misconduct charges.

Hough was indicted on two counts of sexual contact with a student by school employee.

The indictment alleges that Hough engaged in sexual contact with two female students, ages 15 and 16, on school property.

This is not the first time that Hough has faced similar accusations of inappropriate physical contact with female students. Reportedly similar allegations where made in 2004 and again in 2006 and the school system placed him on administrative leave with pay the next year. Hough was reportedly reinstated two months later after being cleared by the school’s internal inquiry.

Hough and the school district are currently facing a civil lawsuit filed by six female athletes and their parents who claim sexual harassment and that school officials dismissed their complaints and declined to investigate for more than one year.

Reportedly the accusations and lawsuit on the part of the six female athletes has divided the town and turned the girls into pariahs.

According to the North County Times:

The teens have been called liars, bullies and even white trash (three of the players who have sued the white coach also are white, three are black). They’ve been insulted to their faces and on Facebook and MySpace pages. Their parents’ jobs have been threatened. And the involvement of their attorney, who also happens to be the wife of the University of Central Missouri’s president, has sparked a backlash that includes efforts to oust the college leader.

Hough, who also teaches physical education at a Warrensburg Elementary School will be placed on paid administrative leave according to a school spokesperson.

Following his arrest Hough was released on $7,500 bond.

Hough is scheduled to be back in court August 11th.

References:

Warrensburg Coach Faces Sex Abuse Charges (08/05/08)

State wants to reopen case into abuse allegations (03/19/08)

Teacher abuse claims divide small Missouri town (01/18/08)

(07/30/08 - Initial BBT Report)

Lee Rucker, a physical education teacher and coach in the middle and high schools in the Tarkio R-1 School District, in Tarkio, Missouri has been arrested on multiple sex abuse charges.

Rucker was arrested Sunday on felony charges of first-degree child molestation and sexual misconduct involving a child less than 14.

In addition he also faces a misdemeanor charge of furnishing pornographic material to a minor.

Following his arrest, bond for Rucker was set at $250,000 cash.

Rucker has been placed on administrative leave by the school system, which reportedly will be conducting its own investigation.

References:

Tarkio coach faces misconduct allegations (07/29/08)

11/20/07 - Initial BBT Report)

Amanda Minor, 28, a substitute teacher at Northwest Valley Middle School in House Springs, Missouri has been charged with one count each of statutory sodomy and statutory rape for allegedly having sex with a male student.

According to a spokesman for the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office the alleged sexual contact began in late October and continued for several weeks before the victim reported the crime.

The alleged victim is reportedly a student at Northwest Valley Middle School, however it is not clear whether he was a student of Minor.

Following her arrest Minor was being held at the Jefferson County Jail in lieu of $25,000 bond.

06/03/08 - All Charges Dropped

On Monday Jefferson County prosecutors dropped statutory sodomy and statutory rape charges against 28-year-old Amanda Miner.

Prosecutors said there was a contradiction in testimony from a witness prior to yesterday’s scheduled preliminary hearing.

Reference:

Molestation Charges Dropped (06/03/08)

Substitute Teacher Charged With Statutory Sodomy, Rape (11/19/07)

(04/23/08 - Initial BBT Report)

Joshua D. Dehne, 25, a teacher at St. Charles Borromeo Catholic School in St. Charles, Missouri has been arrested on allegations that he solicited sex from a person he believed to be a 14-year-old girl.

Reportedly Dehne has been charged with attempted enticement of a child.

It is alleged that Dehne sexually solicited a person he thought was a girl but who actually was a Maryland Heights investigator. When Dehne showed for the “meet up” he was arrested.

Following his arrest Dehne was being held on a $50,000 cash-only bond.

References:

St. Charles teacher accused of soliciting minor online (04/24/08)

St. Charles Borromeo teacher arrested (04/23/08)