(12/16/07 - Initial BBT Report)

Matthew Engelson, 30, of Lawrenceville, New Jersey, a history teacher and girl’s soccer coach at North Brunswick High School has been charged with sexually assaulting a 17-year-old female student.

Reportedly Engelson has been charged with sexual assault and official misconduct, both second-degree crimes with maximum prison sentences of 10 years each.

Engelson came to the attention of authorities when school officials notified North Brunswick police they had information indicating Engelson was exchanging sexually explicit instant messages with the girl via computer. It is further alleged that Engelson met with the girl on Saturday in South Brunswick and the two had sex.

Police ask anyone with information about Engelson to call North Brunswick police Detective William Lovas at (732) 247-0922, ext. 313, or Investigator Michael Daniewicz of the prosecutor’s office sex crimes unit at (732) 745-3600.

09/29/08 - Guilty Plea

On Friday, Matthew Engelson pleaded guilty to a child endangerment count after reportedly admitted he fondled a 17-year-old female.

As part of the plea deal charges of sexual assault and official misconduct will be dismissed.

Sentencing is set for January 30, 2009 and Engleson remains free on $150,000 bond until that time.

Engelson faces up to five years in prison at sentencing.

References:

N.B. teacher arrested for sexual assault (12/20/07)

N. Brunswick teacher held on charges of sex with girl (12/15/07)

North Brunswick High School history teacher charged with sex with student (12/14/07)

(11/05/07 - Initial BBT Report)

Richard Koppenaal, 37, a math teacher at Sussex County Vo-Tech School, in Sparta, New Jersey has been arrested on allegations of having sexual contact and/or sexual relations with two male students.

Koppenaal is charged with one count of sexual assault and three counts of criminal sexual contact and following his arrest was held in the Sussex County Jail in lieu of $100,000 bail.

Reportedly Koppenaal is accused of having sexual contact with two students from the school between October 2006 and October 2007 and with committing acts of sexual assault involving penetration with one of his students in September and October 2007.

At a court appearance Monday Superior Court Judge N. Peter Conforti maintained the bail amount of $100,000 and ordered as conditions of bail that Koppenaal to have no contact with the alleged victims or any Sussex Tech students and to stay away from the high school’s grounds.

Koppenaal who has worked at the school for four years has been suspended with pay. He was the Student Council advisor, a sophomore class co-adviser and a “teacher leader” who analyzed test scores, data, and other aspects of the high school.

Richard Koppenaal is the second Sussex County teacher accused of having sexual relations with a student this year. James Cunneely is facing multiple charges alleging the sexual abuse of a female student.

Koppenaal is set for arraignment on December 10.

11/16/17 Koppenaal Released on Bail and Suspended By School

Sussex County Technical School Board on Thursday approved the suspension with pay of Richard Koppenall.

Koppenaal has been released from the Sussex County Jail after posting $75,000 bail. Conditions of release specify that he must have no contact with Sussex Tech students, the campus and the alleged victims.

One of the alleged victims has told police that he and Koppenaal used a room at the Econo Lodge on Route 206 in Andover Township for sexual encounters. Allegedly police have received from the Econo Lodge a registration card with Koppenaal’s name, address and license plate number and the room number he was given. A log sheet shows he paid $89.95 for the room on September 28.

Reportedly the two alleged victims are between ages 16 and 18 and the first boy led detectives to the second.

09/15/08 - Not Guilty Pleas

Richard Koppenaal appeared in court today for arraignment and entered not guilty pleas to all charges.

Koppenaal, who faces up to 62 years in prison if convicted on all charges, has reportedly declined a plea offer from prosecutors who now say there is no new plea deal in the works.

Koppenall remains free on $100,000 bond.

References:

Sussex County teacher denies student sex charges (09/15/08)

Sussex Tech suspends teacher (11/16/07)

Sussex vo-tech teacher accused of sexual contact (11/06/07)

Sussex Tech teacher accused of sexual abuse (11/06/07)

Cops: Sussex teacher had sex with pupils (11/05/07)

Sussex Tech teacher accused of sexual assault (11/05/07)

Daniel P. Corvino, 31, a technology teacher at Pond Road Middle School, in Robbinsville, New Jersey has been charged with aggravated criminal sexual contact and endangering the welfare of a child.

It is alleged that Corvino used a webcam to “broadcast” a lewd video of himself masturbating to a 14-year-old girl.

Corvino came to the attention of authorities following a lesson to students at the district’s high school on the dangers of the Web sites Facebook and MySpace when students approached a teacher and said they were concerned about inappropriate communications with Corvino.

Corvino was jailed in lieu of $100,000 bond.

08/22/08 - Grand Jury Indictment

Daniel Corvino has been indicted by a Mercer County grand jury on one count of official misconduct of the second degree, one count of aggravated criminal sexual contact of the third degree and three counts of endangering the welfare of a child of the second degree.

Corvino will likely be arraigned by the middle of next month, after which a trial date should be set.

If convicted of the charges Corvino faces up to 10 years in prison.

References:

Ex-teacher indicted, could face prison time (08/21/08)

Cops say teacher broadcast sex photos (2/16/08)

Robbinsville teacher charged in sex case (2/15/08)

Teacher Accused Of Sending Lewd Video Of Himself To Girl (2/15/08)

(08/11/08 - Initial BBT Report)

Cesar J. Rivero, 34, of Paterson, New Jersey and a substitute teacher in the Newark school system has been arrested and charged with attempted endangering the welfare or a minor, luring, and attempted sexual assault.

Rivero was arrested as the result of an internet sex sting in which it is alleged that Rivero communicated online with what he thought was a 14-year-old girl that lived in Bergen County.

When Rivero arrived at the pre-arranged meeting location he was arrested by detectives.

Following his arrest Rivero was being held in the Bergen County Jail on $100,000 bail.

Rivero has a court date set for Wednesday.

References:

Newark substitute teacher arrested (08/11/08)

Teacher caught in online sex sting (08/11/08)

(08/03/08 - Initial BBT Report)

Gregg D. Decker, a former substitute teacher in the Southern Regional School District in New Jersey has reportedly been indicted by an Ocean County grand jury on multiple sex charges in connection with allegations by a middle school student in 2005.

Decker has been free on $50,000 bail for more than three years since his arrest.

He came to the attention of authorities in 2005 when the alleged victim’s mother went to investigators and told them “her daughter and the teacher may have had a sexual relationship”. Allegedly the girl confirmed her mother’s suspicions to investigators.

Decker has been charged with first-degree aggravated sexual assault, second-degree sexual assault, second-degree official misconduct, third-degree endangering the welfare of a child and third-degree aggravated criminal sexual contact on allegations.

The alleged sexual contact between Decker and the then 14-year-old girl reportedly occurred between January 1 and February 28, 2005.

References:

Former substitute teacher at Southern Regional indicted in sex assaults (08/02/08)

Ex-teacher indicted on sex charges (08/01/08)