(04/13/09 – Initial BadBadTeacher.com Report)
Scott Buatti, 43, a teacher and girl’s basketball coach at Timberlane Regional Middle School in Plaistow, New Hampshire has been indicated by a Rockingham County grand jury on 10 counts alleging the possession of of child pornography.
The indictments allege that Buatti possessed eight video files of naked girls on his home computer along with two digital photo files of children engaged in sexual acts.
Reportedly, authorities received a tip from federal investigators that led local police to Buatti in February 2008 at which time police seized his home computer.
Rockingham County Attorney James Reams has been reported as saying that Buatti had videos and photos of young girls not much younger than those he taught, engaging in sex.
Buatti, who has taught at Timberland since 1989, has reportedly been placed on administrative leave by the school system.
10/15/09 – New Indictment
Scott Buatti has been indicted on 10 new charges stemming from 10 computer files containing child pornography allegedly found on his home computer.
Buatti was previously indicted on 10 counts of possession of child pornography pertaining to the same files. The new indictment is on 10 counts of attempted possession of child pornography.
The new charges do not require prosecutors to prove that the photos are of children, only that Buatti was attempting to possess pornographic images of children. Last week his lawyer sought to have the original charges dismissed on grounds that the original indictment did not describe the lewd acts the children are engaged in, and that authorities did not allow the defense to cross-examine the children in the photos.
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more charges, doubt they are planted
Allegations, such as these, are hard to shake. When your personal home computer is confiscated and kiddie porn pops up, it’s hard to explain how it got there without admitting guilt.
And, all you conspiracy theorist out there can keep the, “someone planted it” comments to yourselves.
Well, remember these are only allegations at this time
Honestly can’t believe this. He coached the same girls that I coached, heck he even coached my sister and I never got any feeling from her or anyone else that he was a pervert. He was a coach and health teacher. I hope these are just misunderstandings. He was always a good guy to me and my family.
is this the “same” Scott Buatti i went to Salem High School with???
This is so hard to believe. I remember him as such a great guy, not a pervert. These allegations are very serious, but let us presume innocence until proven otherwise.