Bad Bad Teacher

(1/22/08 - Initial BBT Report)

Scott Simoncini, a history teacher at West Boylston Middle/High School in West Boylston, Massachusetts has been charged with using the Internet to distribute harmful material to children.

Following Simoncini’s arrest on Friday he has been placed on administrative leave by the school system.

Reportedly police are saying that none of the alleged acts involved students at the school where Simincini teaches.

Simoncini is scheduled for arraignment today.

1/23/08 - Arraignment

Scott Simoncini was arraigned on Tuesday on five counts of disseminating obscene material to a minor and two counts of attempting to commit a crime. The latter charge arising from allegations that Simoncini engaged in the enticement of a child under 16-years-old. The offenses are alleged to have occurred in December 2006, December 2007 and January 2008.

Following arraignment Simoncini was released on $2,500 bond conditioned upon him having no contact with anyone ounger than 16 and that he not use the internet.

At the time of his arrest Simoncini had been under investigation for over a year by police in both Massachusetts and New Hampshire. He originally came to the attention of authorities via an anonymous tip to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in which he was accused of enticing children via the internet.

Simoncini’s attorney said that his client engaged in no crimes in the “real world” and would be found innocent.

3/20/08 - Guilty Plea

Scott Simoncini today pleaded guilty in Leominster District Court today to four counts of disseminating obscene material to a minor.

As part of a plea deal Simoncini was sentenced to one year in the House of Correction, suspended, two years probation, ordered to to register as a sex offender; ordered to have no unsupervised contact with children younger than 16, required to forfeit his rights to the computer hard drive, ordered not to communicate in Internet chat rooms, required to wear a global positioning system ankle bracelet and to undergo counseling.

References:

West Boylston teacher pleads guilty, gives up job in Internet case (3/20/08)

Catching sexual predators like ’shooting fish in a barrel (1/23/08)

Teacher accused of online explicit messages (1/23/08)

Teacher denies cybersex charges (1/23/08)

Port city police assist in arrest of online predator (1/23/08)

West Boylston teacher arraigned on Internet charges (1/22/08)

West Boylston Teacher Arrested For Internet Crime (1/22/08)

West Boylston teacher charged with Internet crime (1/21/08)

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