(11/18/08 - Initial BadBadTeacher.com Report)

Drew Sanders, 23, a former employee of the Gering School District in Gering, Nebraska has been sentenced for sending sexually explicit text massages to a 14-year-old girl.

Sanders, prior to his resignation in April, reportedly worked as a substitute para-educator at the junior high and a part-time janitor at an elementary school in Gering.

Prosecutors charged Sanders in April on a charge of enticement of a minor by electronic device. Ultimately a plea deal was struck and Sanders pleaded guilty in July. As part of the plea deal the prosecution agreed to seek only probation but had not agreed to reduce the charge because Sanders’ had been in a position of authority at the time of the offense.

Scottsbluff Judge Leo Dobrovolny sentenced Sanders to 60 days in jail and 60 months of probation, with the probation period to include 90 days of electronic monitoring.

Additionally Sanders was ordered to stay away from schools other than the community college he attends and have no contact with anyone younger than 18, outside of his family members.

Sanders came to the attention of authorities when the girl’s mother discovered that Sanders had been sending explicit text massages to her 14-year-old daughter and contacted school officials. School administrators in turn confronted Sanders who resigned. School administrators called police.

Sanders reportedly told police that he initially believed the girl, who he had meet during wrestling practices, was 17 years old. Sanders said they had been texting and talking on the phone for about a month. He admitted that the two had kissed but said no other sexual contact had occurred.

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(10/23/08 - Initial BadBadTeacher.com Report)

David Shelby, 59, a retired South Florida math teacher and part-time employee of Coral Gables Senior High School has been arrested after he allegedly had sexually explicit conversations and exposed himself to undercover detectives posing as teenagers in chat rooms.

Investigators say that Shelby, using the screen name “Gringoman466,” contacted a person whom he thought was a teenage girl in a chat room in July and that Shelby had sexually explicit conversations with the undercover Broward Sheriff’s Office detective.

It is also alleged that Shelby exposed himself to the detective via a webcam video.

Shelby is charged with computer child exploitation and lewd and lascivious exhibition.

Following his arrest Shelby was freed after posting $51,000 bond.

Investigators ask that if anyone else has been a victim of Shelby, to call Broward Crime Stoppers.

References:

Ex-Miami-Dade teacher charged in Web sex sting (10/23/08)

Retired Teacher Allegedly Tried to Seduce Teens (10/23/08)

Retired Teacher Charged With Soliciting ‘Teen’ Online (10/23/08)

BSO: Retired Teacher Exposed Himself To Police In Online Chat Rooms (10/23/08)

(09/11/08 - Initial BBT Report)

Joel Stephenson, 55, a janitor at Joyner Elementary School in Greensboro, North Carolina has been arrested on allegations of sexually assaulting a 6-year-old.

Stephenson is charged with one count of taking indecent liberties with a minor and first-degree sex offense on allegations that he sexually assaulted the girl over the summer while she was taking an English as a Second Language class.

Reportedly Stephenson is no longer employed by the school system.

References:

Janitor At Joyner Elementary Charged With Sex Offense (09/10/08)