(09/22/08 – Initial BadBadTeacher.com Report

Dennis Joseph Jasso, 34, a former assistant band director at Sam Houston High School in San Antonio, Texas has been indicted by a federal grand jury on two counts of distributing child pornography and one count of possessing child pornography.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office indicates that when the FBI agents searched Jasso’s home in December 2007 they seized his computer and a subsequent examining of that computer revealed approximately 27,000 images of alleged child pornography and approximately 1,000 video clips of of alleged child pornography.

Jasso is alleged to have what authorities are calling “the largest stash of child pornography ever seen in San Antonio”.

A spokesperson for the San Antonio School District says that Jasso taught at Sam Houston from August 2006 through May 2007. The school spokesperson indicates that school administrators do not believe that Jasso victimized any students.

Reportedly Jasso has not been working as a teacher since the end of the last school year and has been selling real estate and working part time at a Target store.

In conjunction with his indictment, FBI agents took Jasso into custody on Friday and a federal judge ruled that Jasso remain jailed until a bail hearing Wednesday.

According to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in San Antonio, upon conviction, Jasso faces between 5 and 20 years in federal prison on each distribution
charge and up to 20 years in federal prison on the possession charge.

11/20/09 – Guilty Plea and Sentencing

In February, Dennis Jasso pleaded guilty to distributing child pornography. As part of the plea deal, prosecutors agreed to drop a second count of distributing child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography.

Dennis Jasso has now been sentenced to eight years and four months in federal prison.

In addition, once released from prison, Jasso will be under 50 years of supervised release and have to register as a sex offender.

References:

Former music teacher sentenced for child porn (11/20/09)

Former H.S. band director headed to prison for child porn (11/20/09)

Ex-teacher stays behind bars in child-porn case (09/20/08)

Ex-teacher charged with porn possession (09/20/08)

Former teacher arrested for possessing child porn (09/20/08)

Press Release By U.S. Attorney’s Office San Antonio (in PDF format) (09/19/08)

(07/08/09 – Initial BadBadTeacher.com Report)

Ronald Alvin Thompson, 56, a science teacher and coach at Hartley School in Hartley, Texas has reportedly been arrested on allegations that he forced a child to touch him in a sexual manner.

Reportedly, Thompson was arrested on a charge of indecency with a child and was being held in the Hartley County Jail in lieu of $150,000 bond.

District Attorney David Green has refused to release information regarding the age and gender of the victim. In addition, Green has also refused to release information regarding the grade Thompson teaches or the sport he coaches.

A review of the Hartley Independent School District web site indicates that Thompson is a science teacher and coach and a member of the middle school and high school faculty.

Hartley School is a PK through 12th-grade school with slightly less than 200 pupils.

11/18/09 – Guilty Plea and Sentencing

Ronald Thompson, who pleaded guilty earlier this month on one count each of indecency with a child and having an improper relationship with a student has been sentenced.

Thompson has been sentenced to 8 years in prison on each count with the sentences to run concurrently.

In exchange for Thompson’s guilty pleas, prosecutors dropped three other felony counts.

Although Thompson pleaded guilty he exercised his right to have a jury, rather than the judge, decide his sentence.

The victims were girls, ages 13 and 17-years-old.

Thompson will be required to register as a sex offender when released from prison.

11/20/09 – Update on Sentencing

Robin Scott in a report titled, “Hartley teacher sentenced by jury” and published in The Dalhart Texan provides an excellent explanation on the unique plea agreement and sentencing of Ronald Alvin Thompson.

Scott’s report, quoting Sgt. Phillip Ditto with the Texas Rangers, points out that “Texas is the only state in the Union to have a judge or a jury set punishment. All other states have juries that determine guilt or innocence, but then a judge decides the punishment”.

Be sure and check out Scott’s report for the details on the plea agreement and a very informative glimpse into the criminal justice system in Texas.

(04/17/08 – Initial BBT Report)

Clark Kendell Lewing, 24, a former contract drumline teacher at Hudson High School in Lufkin, Texas has been arrested on allegations that he had sex with a 14-year-old female student.

According to the Angelina County Sheriff’s Office, the girl is a Hudson High School student who took private lessons from Lewing.

It is alleged that Lewing said he had known the girl approximately a year before the two had sex, and he knew how old she was. It is further alleged that the girl told investigators that she wanted to have sex with Lewing.

A school district spokesperson says that the school terminated its contract with Lewing earlier this month.

06/19/08 – Grand Jury Indictment

Clark Lewing has been indicted by a grand jury on charges of improper relationship between an educator and a student and on a charge of sexual assault of a child.

Lewing is currently free on bond.

06/03/09 – Sentencing

On December 30, 2008 Clark Lewing pleaded guilty to one count of improper relationship between an educator and student.

On May 22, 2009 an Angelina County district judge sentenced Lewing to nine years in prison.

Lewing is expected to serve half of his sentence before he becomes eligible for parole.

11/12/09 – Shock Probation Granted

Clark Lewing was granted probation Thursday in an Angelina County District Court.

At the shock probation hearing, the victim’s mother testified regarding how upset her daughter was that Lewing was in prison and indicated that her daughter blamed herself for Lewing’s fate.

Under the terms of Lewing’s probation he must not drink alcohol, undergo counseling, submit to an annual polygraph, have limited computer access, not to contact the victim and report to authorities if the victim tries to contact him and pay for the victim’s counseling.

References:

Former band instructor who had sex with minor gets probation (11/12/09)

Former Hudson drumline teacher sentenced to nine years in prison (05/30/09)

Two East Texas teachers accused of sex with students (06/19/08)

Hudson drumline teacher admits to sex with girl, 14 (04/17/08)