Christopher Watson
Posted by: Webmaster in Hall of Shame, High Schools, Louisiana, ME-FV, Social Studies
(11/16/07 - Initial BBT Report)
Christopher Joseph Watson, 38, a former social studies teacher at the Louisiana School for the Deaf in Baton Rouge, Louisiana has been arrested and booked into Parish Prison on a charge of indecent behavior with a juvenile.
Watson and Nathan Daniel Boyes, 26, a physical education teacher at the school, are alleged to have been communicating via sexually explicit e-mail and text messages with a 16-year-old female student of the school.
Reportedly Watson left the Louisiana school for the Deaf after the last school year for a job elsewhere.
The accused came to the attention of authorities last week when the mother of the alleged victim discovered the alleged illicit communications and took her concerns to school officials.
An affidavit filed in the case alleges that Watson’s e-mails with the victim “seemed to indicate that the defendant and the victim were planning to meet in order to engage in sexual activity”. In addition the victim allegedly told investigators that she and Watson had been communicating for two years and that they planned to meet for sex. It is alleged that Watson told investigators that he planned to meet with the girl to “kiss and pet”.
Bond for Watson was set at $30,000.
Boyes, Watson and the alleged victim are all deaf.
A third current or former teacher at the school Amanda Elizabeth Key has also been arrested and booked on similar allegations and for the same victim.
09/19/08 - Guilty Plea To Lesser Charge
Christopher Watson, in a plea deal with prosecutors, has pleaded guilty to contributing to the delinquency of a juvenile.
Watson, who was arrested in November, 2007 on a charge of indecent behavior with a juvenile, will likely be put on probation at sentencing set for October 21.
Reportedly Watson will be required to register as a sex offender.
10/22/08 - Sentencing
Christopher Watson has been sentenced to five years of active supervised probation.
Watson must perform 50 hours of community service, register as a sex offender and continue counseling.
Watson is prohibited from being in the unsupervised presence of minors except with his own children, cannot access Internet social networks or chat sites and has been ordered to have no contact with the victim or her family.
References:
Ex-teacher gets probation in sex case (10/22/08)
Ex-teacher pleads guilty in sex case (09/19/08)
Two arrested in case involving student (11/16/07)
Two arrested in case involving student at state school for deaf (11/16/07)
Two arrested in case involving student at state school for deaf (11/16/07) (Same report - second source)
Your IP Address is:
12.146.25.240
Entries (RSS)
October 23rd, 2008 at 9:58 am
I guess the deaf teachers mentioned in this case haven’t heard it’s a crime to make it with a student…
November 17th, 2007 at 1:12 pm
[...] Daniel Boyes, 26, a physical education teacher and Christopher John Watson, 38, a former social studies teacher at the school were arrested [...]