Bad Bad Teacher

(07/02/09 - Initial BadBadTeacher.com Report)

George Christ Johnson, 50, a former first-grade teacher at Wakelon Elementary School in Zebulon, North Carolina has reportedly been arrested on allegations of inappropriate contact with a 7-year-old female student.

Johnson has reportedly been charged with two counts of taking indecent liberties by a teacher and two counts of taking indecent liberties with a child.

Johnson came to the attention of police when the father of the alleged victim contacted school administrators who in turn called police. Reportedly, the allegations involve two incidents of improper contact which allegedly occurred on May 8 at the school.

Johnson, who started work for the school system in 2007, was placed on paid administrative leave while the investigation proceeded and subsequently resigned his job on June 12th.

Johnson turned himself in to police yesterday and was taken to the Wake County Jail where he was held in lieu of $70,000 bail.

(06/01/09 - Initial BadBadTeacher.com Report)

Gregg Cavaluzzi, a seventh-grade teacher Pelham Middle School in Pelham, New York has reportedly been arrested in an Internet sting after allegedly showing up for what he thought would be a sexual liaison with a 15-year-old girl.

Cavaluzzi was arrested by detectives from the Westchester County police Internet Crimes Squad when he arrived early Sunday at a home where he allegedly thought the 15-year-old girl lived.

Reportedly, Cavaluzzi faces a charge of enticement of a minor for sex.

06/02/09 - Case Update

It is alleged that Cavaluzzi sent sexually explicit messages and photos to the undercover detective he connected with in an online chat room called “FamilyLove”.

It is further alleged that Cavaluzzi was having contact with undercover agents posing as young girls since January, 2008.

Reportedly, Cavaluzzi is suspended without pay from the school system and has tendered his resignation, effective at the end of the current school year.

Gregg Cavaluzzi has reportedly been placed on a jail suicide watch and his attorney has indicated that Cavaluzzi suffers from depression and cocaine addiction.

06/19/09 - Case Update

Federal prosecutors have appealed a magistrate judge’s decision releasing Gregg Cavaluzzi to an in-patient drug treatment center in Tarrytown.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul Davison stayed his order when federal prosecutors appealed his bail ruling. Another hearing is set for today before U.S. District Judge Kenneth Karas.

Cavaluzzi’s parents will put up the $90,000 in equity they have in their former Yorktown residence to secure a $100,000 bond for Cavaluzzi’s release into the drug treatment program.

06/19/09 - Case Update

U.S. District Judge Kenneth Karas said today that Cavaluzzi’s alleged conduct that led to his arrest was too disturbing to allow his release into a drug treatment program.

Judge Karas ordered Cavaluzzi sent back to Westchester County Jail, where he has been held since his arrest by Westchester County police on May 31.

06/26/09 - Grand Jury Indictment

Yesterday a federal grand jury indicted Gregg Cavaluzzi on a charge of attempting to coerce a minor for sex.

If convicted, Cavaluzzi faces a sentencing range of from 10 years and a maximum of life in prison.

7/02/09 - Arraignment

Today in U.S. District Court in White Plains, Gregg Cavaluzzi’s attorney Clinton Calhoun entered a not guilty plea on a charge of attempting to coerce a minor for sex.

If convicted, Cavaluzzi faces a minimum of 10 years in prison.

Cavaluzzi, who remains held without bail, is due back in court Tuesday.

(07/02/09 - Initial BadBadTeacher.com Report)

Charles Fishburne Rhodes III, a teacher at First Baptist Church School in Charleston, South Carolina has reportedly been arrested on allegations of soliciting sex from a 12-year-old female student.

Rhodes is reportedly charged with criminal solicitation of a minor.

It is alleged that a few days after the end of the school year that Rhodes began sending text messages to the girl’s cell phone.

According to a probable cause affidavit, Rhodes and the girl had been exchanging text messages for two to three weeks when Rhodes wrote and asked her to “come over”.

It is further alleged that in one text message to the girl that Rhodes asked her to perform oral sex on him.

According to the affidavit, when questioned by Charleston County Sheriff’s, Rhodes waived his rights and admitted that he engaged in the sexual conversation with the girl.