(09/08/09 – Initial BadBadTeacher.com Report)
Thomas Helmbrecht, 50, a science teacher at Nucla High School in Nucla, Colorado has reportedly been arrested on allegations of Internet sexual exploitation of a child.
Helmbrech was arrested last week after Montrose County Sheriff’s Department deputies executed a search warrant at his home. It is reportedly alleged that Helmbrecht, was found to have several photos allegedly depicting child pornography inside the residence.
During a court hearing last week, prosecutors said that Helmbrecht admitted to ongoing possession of and use of sexually exploitative material for five years and referred to numerous explicit photos investigators reportedly found in Helmbrecht’s home.
The prosecution reportedly sought bail of $75,000 while Helmbrecht reportedly pleaded to be allowed contact with his daughters, and for a manageable bond.
Judge John Mitchel set bail at $10,000 and imposed explicit conditions concerning contact with children and a requirement that Helmbrecht see a clinical psychologist.
Helmbrecht’s next court appearance is September 10th.
12/01/09 – Plea Delayed
Reportedly, Thomas Helmbrecht was ready to enter a plea on Monday however the hearing was delayed until December 28th to permit the prosecution to research whether lifetime supervision applies to felony-4 sexual exploitation.
Helmbrecht remains free on bond.
12/29/09 – Guilty Plea
Thomas Helmbrecht has reportedly pleaded guilty to sexual exploitation of a child, for possessing child pornography.
Under the terms of the plea agreement, Helbrecht faces up to to 24 months of supervised probation, with required sex offender treatment.
Other terms of sentencing will be set by the court at formal sentencing on March 1st.
Herlbrecht could withdraw his plea to the child porn charges if statute requires him to be under lifetime supervision.
oh i couldnt feel more sorry for these kids…. going from the list from his daughters to the children he exploited to the children that he thought he was teaching. and as his daughter i dont know how you can forgive him,.. how you can stand up for him… it honestly makes no sense… and if you want to start on what i have done go right ahead. post it up…. i dont care because it is not even comparable to him….i have a misdomeanor and two speeding tickets…. he is going to be a registered sex offender if the judge cracks down….go ahead sierra tell the world how bad i am…. and THE BOY. i dont think i could agree with you any more…. i dont honestly see how he can show his face in this town any more….. it was hard for me to show mine when i got a misdomenor. cant imagine how he must feel….but i dont feel bad for him one bit!
It is very evident from the content posted here the obvious bias. Many statements are made regarding Mr. Helmbrecht’s character, performance and relationships that are not cited by empirical proof. The fact that all useres save one, Sierra, has negative content to post shows that this site in and of itself is just a collection of unsupported statements that acomplish absolutely nothing. Conclusion: much of the content posted here reveals more of the author of those remarks than it does of Mr. Helmbrecht.
I am not standing up for him! nor am i forgiving him for what he did
don’t act like your were one of his victims, so quit your whining everybody knows you hate him. you cannot just assume that someone feels a certain way unless you are that person
Sierra, in love I admonish you to consider carefully your position of unforgiveness towards your father. He is the one who brought you into this world and has labored by God’s will to provide for you over those years. Now he has admittedly done. You are suffering as a result but you must forgive him if you wish God’s favor in your life. He is stsill your father. During the course of our lives we all face circumstances where someone’s misconduct brings consequences that spill out onto us. Jesus was no exception and the consequences of our sin has put Him on the cross. But his prayer “Father, forgive them, they know not what they do” was given not only to those Jews and Roman soldiers who did the actual crucifying of our Lord, but to every last living soul on earth, as the bible states that God is holy and not one man is by himself without sin. Therefore I admonish you to labor to the end of forgivning your father just as God by his Son has forgiven you.
Michael b (Expletive deleted by site moderator) everyone knows you hate my dad (Deleted by site moderator) so you have no room to talk I am not saying wat my dad did was right just you do some bad stuff too
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if you are checking this Tom and i know you are i dislike you very much for what you have done to your girls, you have hurt them deeply and i hope they will never forgive you for it. you have manipulated the internet, your ex-wife, and those photos of those children i do not feel sorry for you. i have tried to be as calm about this as i can because i was told to and i respect that person’s wishes if your ever want to contact me ask for the boy from anybody you know and you’ll find me
Not surpRISeD
…i havnt ever liked him or the stories he told about his students…my name will foreso remain annoynomous. dont you feel sorry for his 14,12,and9 yr old children?…ps.i know you Name deleted by site moderator
Another true testament to him being a terrible coach is the fact that i was kicked off the football team my senior year for 1. hitting his foreign exchange student too hard during practice, he said that i had too much attitutde during the hit and that he could see the fire in my eyes… this is a sorry excuse for kicking someone off i believe. 2. i got kicked off before the season even started because he and the assistant coach cornered me in the hall way and proceeded to hassle me to my limits till i finally snapped on them. 3. he kicked my off the team the very last game of my high school carrer because i took my hat off with attitude during breakfast in the hotel because i had it on a little bit crooked. 4.he kicked me off because i got angry during practice so instead of flipping out on him i decided to take a walk as advised by my counselor. when i did he began to yell at me and some of the kids told him to just let me take a walk… they were also kicked off the team for standing up for me.. and the guy still had the nerve to sit on front of the principal and tell her he was on my side. i also must note now that it doesnt matter at all…. i did swing at him one day in class but pulled back just in time…. if i knew then what i know now and i knew i wouldnt have gotten expelled for it….i would have broken his jaw right there
well anonymous…. it isnt hard to figure out who i am now is it…… and i know im no angel but what i have done is nothing compared to some things people do…. this man was trusted by every parent with their children. now that this has happened it has shook the whole community for the most part. its amazing what this town has to do to get on the map isnt it… his addiction is much worse than any other. being a porn addict it one thing. but addicted to child porn has its own scale it is so abscured. i dont know what he could have been thinking. there is no excuse for this. admitting to it doesnt make it right and i hope that the judge doesnt go light on him. and for you who defend him i have one question….. WHY?
P.S. anyone who isnt willing to put their names on here must not have faith in themselves…. and anonymous people want to judge me on here why dont you pull it when you see me…. make things easy… if you dont like what i have to say say it to my face not on a website that has nothing to do with me…
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he was a bad teacher and a horrible coach. he like young girls like he like his Cigarettes. he couldnt have coached Muhammad Ali to a title. he got what he had coming and im glad that his kids are safe now. if you do the crime your going to do the time.
P.S. young tom please for the sake of the world of sports. dont ever coach again
I’m also an old student from Nucla High School, and like Mike said, he just gave off a weird vibe. I was in his science class for six months, and he did favor the girls more than the boys, and no, I’m not a boy. My friends and I always joked that he would get picked up for something like this, and was in hysterical laughter when my mom sent me a text saying he got arrested.
I don’t care what anyone says, he got what he deserved. He was a horrible teacher, and has now proved to everyone that he’s also a horrible person. Besides, most of us (his students) knew something like this would happen with him. A few months ago we saw him, his daughters, and the girls’ friends down at the river swimming, and everyone I was with got worried because we always had a feeling that something about him was just not right. I’m glad that he was arrested, we don’t care who thinks he was a good person. I think we value our safety over him being such a good person and admitting to his crimes. Who cares if he admitted to it? The point is that as a teacher, you should look out for your students, not CHECK OUT your students.
First off i know the girls, they do not like good old mom ! They saw everything… so don’t play that card now ! and where is your respect for them now putting this on the internet. second we all know he sucked at coaching but what some kids from nucla need to learn is YOU make YOUR senior year, Your attitude probably did s*** ! However what he did was not good we should not defend him only stand up for his kids how are the only victims from both mom and dad!
Reply to TWorld:There is a 14 year age differance,I was 20 when we married and had only dated for 3 months,we were married for 11 years but only 7 in my heart. The last 4
years were spent trying to stay for my children.I was the Chemists Wife,when we first married.In the end we barely paid the bills.Tom was a very manipulative man who knew what to say and how to say it,Tom had me convinced I was,A PEICE OF TRASH AND WAS NEVER GOING TO AMMOUNT TO ANYTHING one of his favorite quotes.I had no education and was stupid.In the begining it was acouple of adult magazines I had found figured it was just a guy thing we werent even married yet,he said he would throw them away and I never asked about them again.At that point I had no reason not to trust him.7years later I found a couple of folded up peices of paper to my surprize it was a couple of playmates he said they werent his he had no idea,well im not that stupid
as time went by things didnt feel right,suspicion had set in.One night Itold him Igot called into work set the baby moniter up took the reciver with me said good bye and left down the road parked the car ,walked back up to the house and listend watched and waited sure enough my suspicions were correct Im not going into detail but I was disgusted by what I saw.After Iconfronted him he said he had a problem and needed help needless to say he never followed through. it was a part of him I couldnt accept and NO THERE WERE NEVER ANY INDICATIONS HE WAS INTERISTED IN CHILDEREN or I would have took my girls and RAN LIKE HELL! I was torn between leaving my girls or leaving,Tom had made it very clear to me that if I ever left Iwould not get the girls and would never see them again,well I belived him ,who are social services going to give custody to -a mother with no education or a father with an impressive educational background,among other things he came from money and would not have a problem getting a lawyer.I turned to alchahol to cope with my life with him ,this marriage was by no means good.By the time of divorce I knew the days with my childeren were numberd and my life was out of control.I knew the girls would be moving to colorado soon,yes,I give him custody of the girls ,Ididnt feel a custody battle was in their best interest but I still had court orderd visitation,but I knew as soon as he left the state I woul never see them again and I was right.Ithen left to another state my self and started a new life.AND ,NO,HE DOES NOT LOOK ANYTHING LIKE HE DID 6 YEARS AGO -I WAS SHOCKED WHEN ISAW THIS PHOTO!!!! In any case love is not the issue here ,I do belive he loves the girls but ANY PERSON with an addiction of this nature should NOT HAVE ANY CONTACT WITH CHILDEREN!!!!!!I will never trust him.And to my son dd I am sorry I ever brought this man into your life!
Ex-Wife
how much older is Thomas than you? Could you see this coming or were you in such a drug induced haze that days passed without notice? Also, has he always styled his hair and moustache in this fashion? I can tell you, it definitely makes hims look the part of a pedophile.
Yes,I am the ex-wife of this man.Let me start off by saying I hope Tom gets the help he so very much needs and has needed for quite some time to be honest this addiction was the downfall of our marriage ,he refused therapy then and had been adult material at that time.I am quite a bit younger than him and had my head in the clouds I WISH I WOULD HAVE LISTEND TO MY MOTHER!!! I am not perfect and will never claim to be.
I would like to say to my daughters that I am very sorry for all that you are going through and if I would have known that this was going to happen I WOULD NOT HAVE LET YOU GO! The last 6 years have been horrible for me wondering where you are and what you are doing.Wondering what you girls must look like and how you all have grown.
There has not been a day that has not gone by that I havent said good morning and good nite and I LOVE YOU WITH ALL OF MY HEART. Your father did not have the authority to disapear with you .You 3 girls by court order were supposed to be a part of my life Idid everything I could to find you. I didnt expect after all these years to get this call from the county,I know things are hard for you but always remeber God is there for you he is walking with you the whole way!
i am related to him the girls are my sisters i live in Wisconsin and i hate him glad he finally got what he deserved!!!!!!
It’s not as if we don’t all know who you are Michael B… This is a pretty low thing to do to talk someone down in their darkest hour. You know this report shocked me so much, I’ve always found him to be a respectable person. I still feel he is, but he is like all of us, there is a dark side. Addictions like sex, drugs, alcohol, gambling, food, overspending, and the internet are crutches that people use. I am not saying that this is any excuse. There is no reason for these actions, but it makes me angry when someone like you talks people down to build yourself up after some of the things you’ve done yourself. Don’t sit here and play God. No one, but God can judge us and he’ll have to face that fact every day.
We all have weaknesses and things that we have done that we are ashamed of and will regret, but it is all about changing our ways and steering clear from vices. I wouldn’t call Thomas Helmbrecht a bad person, just a person that let their addictions take over, which in turn hurt people around him. I just hope that this case will make him realize the things that could happen because of his actions. I have never been a student of his, but I have known him and his family more from a distance. I remember stories that he has told me about his ex wife. How that affected his children. How her addictions and weakness hurt them. He turned his whole life around for his daughters. He has to get himself cleaned up and he has to stay strong. Some people get addicted to their weakness and they are like that their whole lives; hopefully, he is strong enough to get through this. I guess I am writing all this because I am hoping this will somehow help.
In fact, since he can’t reach a computer, someone should print this article out and these comments and give it to him. He needs to read the things that have been written about him. He knows that no one supports what he’d done. Hell, after his actions, he doesn’t support what he had done. Regardless, there are still people out there that have seen some good in him and believe that he can turn this around. He can’t change what happened or take it back, but he needs to ask himself, do I really want to be this person? Hell no. Then do something about it, not transfer frustrations and depression into a crutch, which in turn affects a child… Control them before they control you, and if they do control you, get help, get past it, and never look back. I really doubt some flowery therapist that is getting paid 100$ per hour really cares about your life and your problems. Talking about things helps, but a person can talk to anyone, and regardless of how much treatment and therapy a person may have, in the end all they have is themselves. How many people go to rehab and then come out and go back to their same old habits? Plenty. The world doesn’t revolve around anyone and addictions are self abusive as well as harmful to others. I came online to read different articles because to be honest, I don’t believe a word the local newspaper has to say and was shocked to hear this. In another article I read this quote: he said, “I would never hurt my daughters, ever. I love my daughters and they love me. I would graciously ask you to let me see my daughters”. He says this, but actions speak louder than words and if he doesn’t change his behaviors to care for himself and his daughters who will? Not a single soul. Good luck on drying up Thomas.
i had the unfortune to have this man as a teacher at my school for two years. I graduated from Nucla High School and ever since he was a teacher there he always seemed a little odd to say the least…you could tell he favored the girls more than the boys and he despised me. he was also my fotball coach for two years and in those years our team went from great to a terrible display of athletics. he ruined my senior year of high school football and told me i would never amount to anything with my attitude…looks like the rubber band is on the other claw now huh Thomas?