(05/03/09 – Initial BadBadTeacher.com Report)

Stephanie Jo Walters, 27, an eighth-grade teacher at Musselman Middle School in Bunker Hill, West Virginia has reportedly been arrested on allegations of having a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old male student.

Walters has been charged with sexual abuse by a person of trust to a child.

Walters turned herself into the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Department and was arraigned on Friday. At her arraignment, Magistrate W. Randy Smith set bail at $20,000 and Walter was subsequently released on bail.

It is alleged that the boy told Berkeley County Sheriff’s Department that he got Walter’s mobile phone number at a basketball game in December 2008, and began receiving text messages of a sexual nature from Walters in February. The boy also allegedly told investigators that he received sexually explicit messages from Walters through MySpace.

Walters allegedly confided in a female student that she and the 14-year-old male student made out and she had let him touch her breasts and kiss her on April 3rd.

According to the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Department, the alleged sexual misconduct began in February and school officials were alerted on April 22 when a student revealed that the alleged victim and teacher were sending text messages to one another.

Walters has been on administrative leave since April 22.

05/21/09 – Walters Reportedly Fired

Stephanie Jo Walters has reportedly been fired by the school system.

10/22/09 – Grand Jury Indictment

Reportedly, a Berkeley County grand jury has indicted Stephanie Jo Walters on one count of sexual abuse by a person in a position of trust, third-degree sexual abuse and solicitation of a minor through use of a computer.

Walters remains free on bail while awaiting future court proceedings.

10/29/09 – Arraignment

Attorney B. Craig Manford has entered not guilty pleas on behalf of Stephanie Jo Walters to counts of sexual abuse by a person in a position of trust, third-degree sexual abuse and solicitation of a minor through the use of a computer.

A trial was scheduled for February 9th.

(11/08/07 – Initial BBT Report)

Eric Scott Newman, 26, a former technical drawing teacher at Millbrook High School in Winchester, Virginia has been charged with one count of sexual abuse by a parent, guardian, or person in position of trust to a child.

It is alleged that Newman had a sexual encounter with a 17-year-old student at his home in Hedgesville, West Virginia. Newman also allegedly had sexually explicit conversations with a 16-year-old student who emailed him nude photographs of herself.

Newman came to the attention of authorities when an individual contacted them and said that his ex-girlfriend was having inappropriate contact with her school teacher. A sheriff’s department investigator spoke with the 16-year-old girl who said that she had been in contact to Newman via telephone, text messages and computer emails and that she sent several naked pictures of herself to Newman’s email address.

The 17-year-old told investigators that on February 3 she met Newman on a parking lot in Hedgesville and from there traveled with Newman to his home where they watched movies, they began kissing and Newman had contact of a sexual nature with her until his wife called and said that she would be late from work.

The investigation of Newman and his arrest was the result of a combined effort on the part of the Berkeley County (West Virginia) and Frederick County (Virginia) Sheriff’s Departments and Virginia Child Protective Services.

Following his arraignment, Newman was released on Bond. He faces from one to five years in prison if convicted.

10/23/08 – Newman Indicted By West Virginia Grand Jury

A Berkeley County Circuit Court grand jury in Martinsburg, West Virginia has indicted Eric Newman on one count each of sexual abuse by a custodian or other person in a position of trust and soliciting a minor via a computer.

Newman is accused of having improper contact with two Millbrook students, who were 16 and 17 at the time, from January to March 2007.

10/30/08 – Guilty Plea in Frederick County

On October 23, Eric Scott Newman pleaded guilty in Frederick County Circuit Court to an amended misdemeanor count of contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

In exchange for his guilty plea, prosecutors dropped two solicitation charges and amended the obscenity charge to the contributing to the delinquency of a minor charge.

As a result of his guilty plea, Newman was sentenced to a year in jail, with all but 90 days suspended and ordered to pay a $1,000 fine.

As a result of his guilty plea in Frederick County, Newman will apparently not be required to register as a sex offender.

Newman is still facing criminal charges in Berkeley County where he was indicted on felony charges of sexual abuse by a custodian or other person of trust and soliciting a minor on the computer.

Arraignment on these charges is pending.

Webmaster’s note: We apologize for not updating this info sooner. Fact is that a reader e-mailed us with this information on Sunday but with a quick glance at the e-mail I mistakenly assumed the news report referenced in the e-mail references the grand jury indictment. My mistake. In a later review of the e-mail it became apparent that we had missed a guilty plea to the amended charge. As always thanks to our readers for keeping us informed.

07/14/09 – Plea Agreement In Berkeley County

Eric Scott Newman appeared in Berkeley County Circuit Court yesterday and his attorney announced that a plea agreement had been reached with prosecutors.

Reportedly, under the terms of the plea deal, a more serious charge of sexual abuse by a custodian or other person of trust will be dropped.

Newman will receive a sentence of two to 10 years in prison, with the entire term suspended and will then spend five years on probation.

The plea deal is not complete until Newman formally enters his guilty plea and an investigation by the court is completed in September.

Reportedly, under the terms of the plea deal Newman will not have to register as a sex offender

References:

Ex-teacher will admit soliciting a minor (07/14/09)

Former teacher to serve jail time (10/23/08)

Ex-teacher indicted in W.Va. (10/23/08)

Former Va. teacher charged (11/08/07)

(02/24/09 – Initial BadBadTeacher.com Report)

Lisa M. Lavoie, 24, a first year eight-grade teacher at Maurice Donahue Elementary School in Holyoke, Massachusetts, has been arrested in West Virginia after allegedly running away with a 15-year-old male student.

Reportedly, Lavoie and the boy were found in a motel in Morgantown, West Virginia on Monday night after apparently having been together for a week.

Lavoie came to the attention of school officials on February 13th when the boys parents informed school officials of a possible relationship between the teacher and their son.

The boy had been missing since February 16th, the start of a week-long school break. Lavoie was not missed until she failed to show up at work on Monday.

Reportedly investigators had been tracking the pair for several days using credit card and cell phone data. On Monday night, state police were informed that Lavoie was at the Super 8 Motel in a Morgantown, West Virginia shopping center.

Lavoie has reportedly be placed on administrative leave by the school system.

Reportedly Lavoie was arrested and initially held on charges of child endangerment and statutory rape.

It is also reported that Lavoie is being held without bond because kidnapping in West Virginia carries a possible life sentence.

Lavoie faces the possibility of extremely serious felony charges in both states, but it appears that she will be returned to Massachusetts to face charges there initially.

02/25/09 – Case Update

Police have indicated that the boy’s parents had complained to the school about their suspicions of an affair just days before the two went missing, but no one at the school had contacted police. The boy’s family contacted police after he disappeared.

Police have also said that the alleged affair between Lavoie and the boy went on for months and that the boy’s friends knew about it.

02/26/09 – Lisa Lavoie Waives Extradition

Lisa Lavoie has waived an extradition hearing, agreeing to return to Massachusetts to face a charge of enticing a child under 16.

Police say the boy was driven halfway home Tuesday night and turned over to Massachusetts authorities.

03/06/09 – Arraignment in Massachusetts

Lisa Lavoie was arraigned today in Holyoke District Court on a charge of enticing a minor.

Lavoie entered a plea of not guilty.

The judge set Lavoie’s bail at $25,000 and ordered her to stay with her mother.

Lavoie’s attorney said he expected Lavoie to be released on bail today.

06/12/09 – Grand Jury Indictment

Lisa Lavoie has reportedly been indicted by a Hampden County Superior Court Grand Jury on six counts of statutory rape and one count of enticement of a minor.

No arraignment date has been set yet on the charges for which she has been indicted.

07/01/09 – Arraignment

Lisa Lavoie has been arraigned on three counts of aggravated rape and abuse and three counts of statutory rape.

Lavoie reportedly pleaded not guilty to the charges resulting from the grand jury indictment. She had earlier pleaded not guilty to a count of enticement of a minor.

A pretrial conference is scheduled for December 10th.