William Beeson
(1/30/08 - Initial BBT Report)
William Allen Beeson, 58, a former English and theater arts teacher at Virginia City High School, in Virginia City, Nevada has been arrested on suspicion of felony sexual assault of a child under the age of 16, suspicion of felony sexual assault and suspicion of misdemeanor unlawful conduct with a child.
Following his arrest Beeson was held on $150,000 bond.
Beeson was fired from the school last August after having been placed on administrative leave in the wake of accusations of improperly touching a male student in April.
The current charges are the result of the alleged incident last year.
Officers are investigating previous cases in which Beeson was accused by two former students of improperly touching them in the 1990s.
1/31/08 - Bail Reduction
Dozens of supporters watch as judge lowers William Beeson’s bail from $150,000 to $25,000.
Bail was condition upon Beeson having no contact with alleged victims or their families, surrendering his passport and not leaving northern Nevada.
2/06/08 - Arraignment Set
Arraignment for William Beeson is set for February 13th.
He remains free on $25,000 bail and the investigation continues.
05/05/08 - Arrested and Jailed Again
On Friday William Beeson was arrested and jailed for allegedly violating court-ordered conditions of his release.
A spokesman for the Storey County Sheriff’s said that Beeson violated his conditions of release by being in the company of a 16-year-old male, who the spokesman described as a runaway and incorrigible juvenile.
Reportedly the boy was at Beeson’s residence.
Following his arrest Beeson was being held without bail in the Storey County jail for contempt of court by violating conditions of his bail release.
05/09/08 - Beeson On House Arrest
William Beeson has been released from jail and placed under house arrest.
While on house arrest Beeson is subject to “warrantless search and seizure conditions”.
07/03/08 - Preliminary Hearing
A preliminary hearing has been held for William Beeson. At that hearing both alleged victims testified.
The prosecution dismissed an alternate charge of sexual assault on a child under 16 after one of the alleged victims testified that he was 16 at the time of the alleged sexual assault.
Storey County Justice Court Senior Judge Edward R. Johnson determined there was sufficient evidence to try Beeson one count of felony sexual assault and one count of gross misdemeanor unlawful contact with a child
References:
Judge: Evidence exists to try teacher on sex charges
Former Storey teacher on house arrest while awaiting child sex hearing (05/09/08)
Accused high school teacher arrested again (05/03/08)
Arraignment set for former Virginia City teacher (2/06/08)
Dozens of supporters show up at Beeson’s court appearance (1/31/08)
Ex-teacher Beeson booking mug released (1/30/08)
Former Virginia City teacher arrested, accused of assaulting former student
Former VC teacher arrested on (1/30/08)
Fired Storey County Teacher Arrested On Sex Charges (1/30/08)
July 19th, 2008 at 10:14 pm
Beeson has been a known and tolerated pedophile for decades. Virginia City seems to breed them. The question is, will this prosecution come to anything, and will this sick pattern finally end? I think this website is, ultimately, a good thing, even though it is painful to see all of this poor wretches put on display like a freak show. I believe they are sick and need help - not enabling.
May 7th, 2008 at 8:54 pm
I had Bill as a teacher in 97, i know 2 boys in my class he slept with. He usually does it when they take the drama class to Eurika or at parties he throws after the theater shows the high school does.
May 6th, 2008 at 6:50 am
yes i am a radical supporter…………innocent till proven guilty,is my motto.you guys sound like a bunch of biggoted country hicks.so the guy is gay? who cares.