(10/19/07 - Initial BBT Report)

Kay Sorg, a science teacher at Albany Middle School, in Albany, California accused of having sex with a high school girl 16 years ago appeared in court today in an attempt to get the case dropped because it has gone beyond the statute of limitations.

Sorg has not yet entered a plea in the case and likely will not unless Superior Court Judge Sandra Bean rules that the prosecution can meet the elevated level of evidence needed for such an old case. A hearing on that issue is scheduled for November 30.

Elizabeth Grossman, Sorg’s attorney says, “It’s an outrage they have even brought this case. Having reviewed every piece of evidence the prosecution has provided, there is not one shred that supports their case. Here is a fine teacher who has to be dragged through the mud and have her career and reputation jeopardized.”

Sorg, who has been a teacher in the Albany school district for 25 years, posted $150,000 bail in May and was charged with two felony counts of oral copulation of a person under 16 and two counts of sexual penetration of a foreign object. A fifth count of a lewd act upon a child was dropped by prosecutors.

Sorg has been on administrative leave since her arrest.

The relationship between Sorg and the girl allegedly took place during 1990 and 1991. Reportedly the alleged victim contacted the Albany school district about the relationship, and said she was concerned about Sorg working with children.

3/26/08 - Not Guilty Pleas Entered

Kay Sorg accused of having sex with a high school girl in the early 1990s has pleaded not guilty.

The next hearing in the case is scheduled for May 30.

Sorg remains free on bond.

References:

Albany teacher pleads not guilty to sexual felonies (3/26/08)

Albany teacher wants sexual assault case dropped (10/19/07)

Background:

East Bay Science Teacher Charged With Sexual Assault (5/08/07)

(7/21/07 - Initial BBT Report)

Gregory Ingalls, 56, a former math teacher at Spaulding High School in Rochester, New Hampshire has been indicted on a charge of felonious sexual assault over allegations dating back to 1984-1985.

The alleged victim, now 38 and a Chicago resident, alleges being sexually assaulted at Ingalls’ apartment in Raymond between 1982 and 1985, when he was between 13 and 15 years old. He came forward with the allegations in April 2007.

Ingalls was arrested at Spaulding High School in April, was suspended following his arrest and resigned in June. Ingalls had worked for the school district since 1982.

Following his arrest Ingalls was released on $20,000 bail and was barred from having contact with a children under the age of 18.

Ingalls is scheduled for an arraignment hearing on August 2nd.

In addition to being a long-time teacher at Spaulding High School in Rochester Ingalls was also a long-time member of the Barrington School Board Member, where he was recently board chairman.

8/02/07 - Arraignment Waived

Gregory Ingalls waived his arraignment scheduled for today and entered a plea of not guilty.

3/08/08 - Guilty Plea

With his trial set to begin, Gregory Ingalls on Friday pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a 14-year-old male student in the mid-1980s.

Ingalls was sentenced to 12 months in the Rockingham County House of Corrections with the sentence to begin immediately.

References:

Former Spaulding teacher pleads guilty to sex assault (3/08/08)

Former Spaulding High teacher, Barrington School Board member waives arraignment in sex case (8/02/07)

Former teacher indicted in high school student sex assault (7/21/07)

Former teacher indicted in high school student sex assault (7/21/07)

Background:

Rochester Teacher Charged With Decades-Old Student Sex Allegation (4/22/07)

Spaulding teacher identified after sex assault arrest (4/22/07)

(12/16/07 - Initial BBT Report)

Charles F. Little Jr, 58, a widely known retired Lexington, Kentucky music teacher has entered an Alford plea on three counts of sexual misconduct against three men who say he sexually abused them more than 20 years ago.

Little was originally charged with three felony counts of third-degree sodomy on accusations that he sexually abused the three boys when they were teens.

By entering into the plea deal with prosecutors Little is facing a penalty of six to 12 months in prison and prosecutors have recommended 6 months on each count. Under law the maximum the judge can sentence Little on a misdemeanor offense is 12 months. The judge also has discretion to sentence Little to probation only.

Formal sentencing is set for February 8th.

Little will NOT be required to register as a sex offender.

02/08/08 - Sentencing

Today Charles Little was sentenced to one year in jail, which was suspended, and two years of probation in the wake of his Alford plea on three counts of sexual misconduct.

References:

Former music teacher gets probation in sex-abuse case (02/08/08)

Former Teacher Gets Year In Jail (02/08/08)

Ex-teacher pleads to lesser sex counts (12/15/07)

Vard Albert Lunnen, 53, a teacher at Mountain Vista Elementary School in Indio, California has been arrested on suspicion of lewd acts with a minor.

The alleged acts are said to have occurred more than 13 years ago, according to authorities.

Lunnen, a teacher for 27 years, is charged with three felony counts of lewd acts with a child under the age of 14 with force. He is on paid administrative leave from the school system and was following his arrested released on $75,000 bail.

Prior to Mountain Vista Elementary Lunnen taught at Sea View Elementary in Salton City, at Mecca Elementary in Mecca and at Cesar Chavez Elementary and Valley View Elementary, both in Coachella.

Reference:

Teacher accused of sex crime put on leave (12/11/07)

(11/16/07 - Initial BBT Report)

Kerry Lynn McJunkins, 38, of Lexington, Kentucky has been arrested on a warrant from Douglas, Arizona where McJunkins is alleged to have molested two boys in the late 1980’s.

Reportedly McJunkins was a teacher at a private school operated by the Bible Baptist church in Douglas, Arizona. At the time McJunkins was reportedly 18-years-old. One of the alleged victims was 10-years-old when the sexual abuse allegedly started in 1987. It is further alleged that McJunkins sexually abused this victim for four years.

James Pitts who reportedly has been the pastor of the Bible Baptist church in Douglas for the last 30 years says he hired McJunkins in the late 1980’s and fired him in 1991, after McJunkins became very arrogant and his behavior changed.

The alleged victim has been quoted in media reports as saying, “Everything I’ve done in my life has been affected by what he has done to me. I was threatened and I was scared, and it carries over you when you’re young and it carries with you until your older but at one point I realized he couldn’t hurt me any longer.”

The alleged victim came to this “realization” in 2006 and went to police with his complaints about McJunkins.

Little if any information has been released on the second alleged victim.

Immediately following McJunkins arrest by Lexington Police he was held on $100,000 bond. He was subsequently released on $20,000 cash bond to await an extradition hearing in which Arizona authorities will seek to have him returned to Arizona to face charges.

Reportedly police were tipped off to McJunkins’ location by his alleged victims, who tracked him down in Kentucky.

McJunkins was working at a Lexington church, but church officials indicated that his role did not put him in contact with children.

References:

Former Lexington church worker arrested on Arizona warrant (11/16/06)

Accused Ariz. Molester Arrested In Ky. (11/16/07)

Former Lexington church worker arrested on Arizona warrant (11/16/07)

Former Douglas man arrested in Kentucky for sexually assaulting a Douglas boy (11/16/07)

Sexual Assault Suspect Out Of Jail (11/15/07)

Douglas man arrested 20 years after alleged sex crime (11/14/06)