(11/05/09 – Initial BadBadTeacher.com Report)

Robert Mark Fickenscher, 57, a chemistry teacher at Madison High School, in Madison, Ohio has reportedly been arrested on allegations of attempting to solicit sex from what he believed to be a 13-year-old girl.

Fickenscher was arrested during a teaching symposium at Harvey High School on a warrant from the Pennsylvania Attorney General Child Predator Unit.

It is alleged that Fickenscher and the undercover agent posting as the girl met in a chat room and were speaking between April and July and that Fickenscher and “the girl” planned to meet in the Erie area.

Fickenscher faces extradition to Pennsylvania to face a total of five charges, including attempted unlawful conduct with a minor and criminal use of a communication facility.

Fickenscher has reportedly been placed on paid administrative leave by the school system.

11/06/09 – Case Update

A press release from the office of Pensylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett reveals new information on the allegations and charges against Robert Fickenscher.

According to the press release, it is alleged that Fickenscher repeatedly expressed a desire to meet the girl for sex and described in graphic detail the sex acts he wished to perform. He is also accused of sending five webcam videos that showed him nude or semi-nude, including several in which Fickenscher was engaging in sexual activity in front of his computer along with others showing him wearing women’s undergarments and performing a striptease for the child.

Additionally, Fickenscher allegedly encouraged the girl to obtain a digital camera so that she could send him “revealing” photos of herself.

Fickenscher is charged with five counts of criminal attempted unlawful contact with a minor (related to obscene or sexually explicit material), along with one count of criminal use of a computer, all third-degree felonies which are each punishable by up to seven years in prison and $15,000 fines.

According to the press release, Fickenscher has waived extradition and will be transported from Ohio to Pennsylvania today.

11/16/09 – Court Appearance

Robert Mark Fickenscher made an initial court appearance in Pennsylvania this morning.

At that appearance, the judge lowered Fickenscher’s bond from $150,000 to $25,000, noting this would be Fickenscher’s first offense.

(11/09/09 – Initial BadBadTeacher.com Report)

Jerry Dembski, 51, a retired Sidney, Ohio police officer working as a study hall monitor at Sidney Middle School has reportedly been indicted by a grand jury on allegations of an inappropriate relationship with a 13-year-old female student.

Reportedly, Dembski was indicted on 12 counts, including criminal child enticement, sexual impositions, importuning and intimidating a witness.

Dembski was arrested October 28th and was booked into the Shelby County Jail on charges of importuning and intimidation of a witness. Reportedly he was later released on a $12,500 cash bond.

Dembski came to the attention of police after an adult reported overhearing the victim and her friend talk about the relationship. Officers allegedly learned of a planned meeting between Dembski and the girl. Investigators staked out the place where the meeting was to occur and allegedly witnessed the meeting take place.

Reportedly Dembski, who was initially placed on paid administrative leave, has resigned his position with the school system.

Dembski is scheduled to make a court appearance today.

(08/26/09 – Initial BadBadTeacher.com Report)

Mary Ems, 43, a former special education teacher at Winton Woods High School in Cincinnati, Ohio has reportedly been charged on allegations of having sex with an 18-year-old male student she was tutoring last fall.

It is alleged that Ems had consensual sex with the teenager who was enrolled at Winton Woods High at the time and that the sex did not occur at the school but during tutoring services provided by Ems.

Reportedly, Ems was not charged with felony sexual battery, the crime alluded to in the police report, but rather with a misdemeanor sex charge under a deal worked out between Ems’ attorney and prosecutors.

If found guilty, Ems faces a maximum sentence of six months upon conviction but no requirement to report as a sex offender.

Also under the deal between counsel, Ems surrendered her teacher’s license to prosecutors and will no longer teach.

Ems has a court date set for September 15th.

09/15/09 – Guilty Plea

Mary Ems has reportedly pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of unlawful sexual contact with a minor.

As part of the plea deal, Ems was required to surrender her teaching license.

Sentencing is set for October 29th and Ems faces a maximum of 6 months in jail, however the judge has indicated that she would place Ems on probation.

Ems will not be required to register as a sex offender.

Assistant Prosecutor Anne Flanagan said the refusal of Ems’ victim to cooperate prevented authorities from seeking a possible felony conviction against Ems.

10/01/09 – Mary Ems Reportedly Working For School

The Cincinnati Enquirer reports that Mary Ems, who is awaiting sentencing for unlawful sexual contact with a minor, is working for a private all-boys school in Cincinnati, Ohio.

11/04/09 – Judge Requires polygraph Tests

A Hamilton County judge is so concerned about fired teacher Mary Ems’ behavior that she is requiring the woman to submit to polygraph tests as a condition of her probation.

Common Pleas Court Judge Melba Marsh sentenced Ems to two years of probation, ordered Ems to continue her counseling and not to engage in any inappropriate contact with minors.

Judge Marsh wondered aloud what Ems then was doing working at a Silverton post-graduate academy – an all-male school – after giving up her teaching certificate and pleading guilty to a sex crime involving a minor.