David Hazlett
Posted by: Webmaster in Hall of Shame, Kansas, ME-CP, Middle Schools, Substitute Teachers
(8/11/07 - Initial BBT Report)
David Leo Hazlett, 57, a former teacher at Leawood Middle School, in Leawood, Kansas and later a substitute teacher in the Olathe Schools has been arrested and charged with sexual exploitation for allegedly possessing hundreds of images of child pornography.
A tip led police to Hazlett whose computer was searched last month. Allegedly police found sexually explicit pictures of children under 18. Police say the pictures appear to be from Dec. 7, 2005, to July 25, but some images appear older. Police describe the alleged child pornography as commonly traded among child-porn viewers and which have surfaced in previous cases.
Police say there has been no indication the pictures involve property, computers or students in the school districts in which Hazlett has worked.
Reportedly Hazlett taught sixth and seventh grade science at Leawood Middle School from 1983 to 1998, lived in South America for a few years and then worked as a substitute teacher in Olathe from December 2005 to March of this year, when he was fired.
2/26/08 - Guilty Plea
David Hazlett pleaded guilty today to using a computer to entice a minor to engage in sexual activity.
Hazlett admitted that he chatted with two minor girls via a Web camera, asked them to undress and show themselves to the camera and that he saved the images to the hard drive of his computer.
Sentencing is set for May 12th.
09/15/08 - Sentencing
A federal judge has sentenced David Hazlett to more than four years for using a computer to entice a minor to engage in sexual activity.
References:
Fmr. Teacher Pleads Guilty to Computer Sex Crimes Against Kids (09/15/08)
Former teacher from Olathe pleads guilty in Internet sex case (2/26/08)
Former Johnson County teacher pleads guilty to sex charge (Same report, second source)
Ex-teacher faces child-porn charge (8/10/07)
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