(Canada) Mike Dubas, 54, a who has taught at G.H. Primeau middle school is reportedly facing sexual charges involving his students. Dubas has been charged with the sexual assault, interference and exploitation of two students. The allegations were brought to the school board on Oct. 23 and Dubas has not been at the school since. According to the school website, Dubas taught science, physical education and religion. Link
(U.S.) Federal prosecutors say a Colorado man, Douglas Perlitz, 39, charged with sexually abusing nine boys at a school he founded in Haiti, was using his computer while in the United States to search for boys. Link
(U.S.) Santa Clara’s school district, already rocked by a scandal over a teacher’s alleged sexual relationship with a student, is reportedly moving to fire Joe Miller, a popular custodian, who recruited students for his modeling agency and displayed their photos at school. Link
(U.K.) A religious education teacher tricked boys into sending him indecent images of themselves by the internet or phone by pretending to be a promiscuous teenage girl. Stephen David Grant gave the impression the girl was a niece of his called Charlotte who needed a boyfriend when, in reality, he was the person at the other end of the line making sexy suggestions. Link
(Canada) After a monotonous day of delays and a jury charge that took four hours longer than expected, the jury left the courtroom late last night to begin deciding the fate of former Kenner Collegiate shop teacher Alexander Clachers. The jurors, eight women and four men, began deliberating at 8:50 p. m. and were sequestered in a local hotel minutes later after choosing a forewoman. Link
(Canada) Disgraced teacher Brian Nickel was so shaky he could barely stand in front of Judge Al Nemirsky and apologize for his “immoral, unethical and disgusting actions” that included sex acts with a 14-year-old girl, making a secret video of his daughter’s friend in the shower and keeping child porn on his computer. Link
(U.K.) Stephen Grant, 31, a former Mirfield town councillor and teacher at a West Yorkshire school has admitted in court that he tricked former pupils into performing sex acts on the internet by posing as a teenage girl. Grant pleaded guilty to eight counts of inciting a child to engage in sexual activity by a person in a position of trust. Link
Entries (RSS)