Michael Tye Jr.
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(12/16/08 – Initial BadBadTeacher.com Report)
Michael Randolph Tye Jr., 39, a teacher and swim coach at Independence High School in Charlotte, North Carolina has been charged with two counts each of first-degree sexual exploitation of a minor and indecent liberties with a student.
It is alleged that Tye paid two male students to pose naked for photographs in his Concord home.
Tye came to the attention of authorities when one of the boys reported the incident.
Reportedly police found the photos on Tye’s digital camera.
Following his arrest, Tye was being held at the Cabarrus County jail on $100,000 secured bond.
01/27/09 – New Charges Added
Michael Tye Jr. who was already facing two counts each of first-degree sexual exploitation of a minor and indecent liberties with a student has been charged with one additional count of each offense.
No additional information on the new charges is currently available.
Tye’s next court date is set for February 2nd.
05/06/09 – Guilty Plea and Sentencing
Michael Tye Jr. has reportedly pleaded guilty to three counts of sexual exploitation of a minor and felony indecent liberties with a student.
Reportedly, Tye was sentenced to at least five years in prison on the three sexual exploitation counts and will be required to serve 30 months probation on the indecent liberties count when he gets out of prison.
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***News Flash***
Ordinary people aren’t lining up to befriend grown men that pay teenage boys for some nude photography play. Strange world, but it’s true.
Although he may have plead guilty, it does mean he should never be forgiven…Mike needs his friends more then ever now, and that includes his colleagues. You don’t have to believe his innocent, you just have to be a friend to a friend in need.
I too worked w/ Tye and thought I knew him well, better than most actually, and what he did was establish trust with students and take advantage of them. As a teacher we establish relationships w/ our students and grow to care about them and them about us. It is a huge responsibility that can not be taken for granted. What This selfish Monster did was take advantage of a trust he built and it is just plain wrong. As for rhe kids who do so well on his AP exams, the do well b/c he goes class to class at the end of the year looking at report cards and hand picked most of them, taking them out of other peoples classes. He picks the kids that can read a review book and pass it on their own…give the credit for passing the exam to those students not him