(06/14/08 - Initial BBT Report)

William Lee Hunter Jr., 41, a former teacher at Springdale Elementary School in Tulsa, Oklahoma who previously pleaded guilty to child pornography charges has been arrested again, this time on felony peeping tom charges.

Hunter came to the attention of authorities when a current Springdale Elementary School teacher went to use one of the school video cameras and found a tape inside. When she viewed the tape it allegedly showed Hunter placing the video camera inside the vent in the boy’s restroom.

Police say that the 62 minute long recording contains sounds from the bathroom but no identifiable children can be seen on the video.

In a plea deal with prosecutors, Hunter pleaded guilty in September 2007 to downloading and viewing child pornography on a public computer terminal at the downtown Tulsa City-County library. Under the terms of the plea agreement, Hunter received a four-year suspended sentence, was ordered to pay a $500 fine, a $250 victims compensation assessment and court costs.

10/01/08 - Guilty Plea

William Hunter has pleaded guilty to spying on little boys in the restroom at Springdale Elementary School.

Hunter is currently serving four years probation on a child pornography charge will be sentenced in November.

References:

Teacher Admits To Bathroom Spying (09/30/08)

Ex-teacher accused again (06/14/08)

Peeping Tom Accusation Against Former Teacher (06/13/08)

View All Bad Bad Teacher coverage of William Lee Hunter Jr.

(09/30/08 - Initial BadBadTeacher.com Report)

Leah Pourdavood, 40, a pre-kindergarten teacher at Jones Elementary, in Jones, Oklahoma and her husband, Reza Ross Pourdavood, 53, a professor at Langston University have been arrested in connection with the alleged sexual abuse of an Edmond teenage girl.

Reza Pourdavood was arrested on seven complaints of child sexual abuse and Leah Pourdavood was arrested on one complaint of enabling child abuse.

The Pourdavoods came to the attention of authorities when the alleged victim went to her high school counselor and asked questions about how to deal with people “getting in her face and yelling.” As the counselor talked with the girl the allegations of abuse came out.

Reportedly both Leah and Reza Pourdavood were released from jail on $70,000 bond each.

Jones Public Schools Superintendent Mike Steele says the school system is conducting its own investigation and that Leah Pourdavood is suspended from teaching duties.

Reference:

Langston professor, school teacher arrested in sex abuse case (09/30/08)

Professor, school teacher arrested in sex abuse case (09/29/08)

(09/05/08 - Initial BBT Report)

Lori June Canady, 35, a former teacher’s aide in the Jennings, Oklahoma school system has pleaded guilty to the second-degree rape of a 15-year-old male student.

Tulsa County District Judge William Kellough sentenced Canady to an 8year suspended sentence. While this gives Canady a felony conviction it does not require her to serve prison time but does require her to register as a sex offender.

Canady admitted that she picked the boy up at his home on February 18th of this year and took him to a Tulsa shopping mall before they went to the Best Western motel in Sand Springs.

Okay, let’s conduct a little poll, if anyone is interested:

If the offender was male and the victim female do you think the rapist would have received a suspended sentence?

• No, Lori June Canady received the 'female discount'. (95%, 286 Votes)
• Yes, of course the law treats everyone the same. (7%, 21 Votes)

Total Voters: 300

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References:

Ex-teacher’s aide gets probation for rape of student (09/05/08)

Ex-teacher’s aide gets probation (09/05/08)

(1/24/08 - Initial BBT Report)

Larry Dean Scheer, 58, the band director at Haskell High School, in Haskell, Oklahoma has been arrested and charged with two counts of forcible sodomy against a 17-year-old female student.

It is alleged that Scheer had two sexual encounters with the girl on school grounds, both incidents are alleged to have occurred inside the band room at the school.

In the first alleged assault the girl told investigators that Scheer took off her shirt and bra, pulled down his own pants, and begged her to perform a sex act. The girl says that when she refused to perform oral sex upon him that Sheer forced her to do so.

The second assault is alleged to have occurred two weeks later and in that incident the girls told investigators that Scheer locked the door, took off her clothing and performed a sex act upon her.

Scheer came to the attention of authorities when the girl’s mother discovered “sexual voice mails” on her daughter’s cell phone and called police.

Scheer who has taught at the school for five years was suspended last week. The school board is set to consider the Superintendent’s recommendation to fire Scheer tomorrow.

Scheer is free on bond and his attorney maintains his innocence.

08/05/08 - Guilty Plea and Sentencing

Larry Scheer pleaded guilty Monday to two counts of forcible sodomy.

Scheer was sentenced to a term of 20 years suspended on each count with each term to run concurrent with the other.

Reportedly Scheer will have to register as a sex offender.

According to the Muskogee Phoenix report, Scheer’s attorney say that Scheer is going to turn in his teaching certificate and start a new career as a truck driver.

The Webmaster’s Opinion

I see Mr. Scheer’s extremely lenient sentence as the equivalent of the “female discount” that we see in so many cases of female teacher’s sexually abusing students.

And that is very disheartening, in that rather than deterring crime, this sweetheart deal encourages more victimization of kids….

References:

Ex-band teacher pleads guilty (08/05/08)

Band director charged (1/24/08)

School Band Director Charged (1/24/08)

Band director charged with sex crimes (1/24/08)

(07/22/08 - Initial BBT Report)

Laura Kathleen Cantrell, 40, a former librarian at Harrah Junior High School in Harrah, Oklahoma accused of having sex with a 15-year-old student surrendered to authorities on Monday.

Cantrell is charged with second-degree rape and oral sodomy on allegations that she had sexual contact with the boy at her home in 2006.

Cantrell, the mother of two, was suspended from the school after the allegations came to light in January and resigned in May after school officials recommended firing her.

Cantrell came to the attention of authorities in January when she told a school resource officer a student was trying to extort money from her. Court papers indicate that the boy threatened to tell police they had been sleeping together if she didn’t give him $50.

It is alleged in an affidavit by a Harrah police officer that Cantrell admitted to having sex with the boy four or five times last year.

Following her arraignment, Cantrell was released on $15,000 bond.

Her next court date is set for September 4th.

References:

Former Harrah librarian posts bail in rape charges (07/22/08)

Ex-Harrah librarian posts bail on rape charges (07/22/08)

Former School Librarian Accused Of Sex With Student (07/20/08)

Former School Librarian Accused Of Sex With Teen Student (07/19/08)