Can a FEMALE child molester ever be called "hot"?

[Ksyrup]

Originally Posted by indoorsoccersim

The teenager was in a language and arts class

Isn't that just "language arts," or is this something else altogether?

[Desnudo]

Originally Posted by Franklinnoble

It's worth using Firefox with the "BugMeNot" extension.

Please to explain

[Franklinnoble]

Originally Posted by Desnudo

Please to explain

http://www.bugmenot.com/

[JeeberD]

Originally Posted by Franklinnoble

It's worth using Firefox with the "BugMeNot" extension.

The BugMeNot extension hasn't been updated for 1.0 yet...

[Franklinnoble]

Originally Posted by JeeberD

The BugMeNot extension hasn't been updated for 1.0 yet...

You sure about that? I'm using 1.0, and I'm using BugMeNot. Go to the developer website.

[Klinglerware]

Originally Posted by Franklinnoble

Photo here:

http://www.sacbee.com/content/news/c...13289991c.html

You can see a picture in the Fark discussion...

hxxp://forums.fark.com/cgi/fark/comments.pl?IDLink=1371442

[JeeberD]

Originally Posted by Franklinnoble

You sure about that? I'm using 1.0, and I'm using BugMeNot. Go to the developer website.

Well shit, I didn't realize that you had to click in the username field in the newer version...

[JeeberD]

Dola-

[Franklinnoble]

Originally Posted by JeeberD

Dola-

I am soooo tempted to find out when her arraignment is and actually go to the courtroom to see it.

Seriously.

[Ksyrup]

This article even comes with a handy-dandy set of links to a bunch of these stories... When Ms. Teacher Goes After Male Pupil

Saturday, February 12, 2005 By Catherine Donaldson-Evans PHOTOS Click image to enlarge STORIES • Texas Teacher Accused of Sex With Teen • Tenn. Teacher Accused of Sleeping With 13-Year-Old Student • Teacher Arrested for Sex With Student • Illinois Band Teacher Accused of Sex Abuse • Teacher Accused of Molesting Two Boys • Teacher Accused of Sex With Teen Expected to Use Insanity Defense • Mary Kay Engaged to Victim • Probation for Teacher in Porn Watching Case Female teachers accused of sex crimes against underage male students have been grabbing headlines lately. Many of them are young and beautiful, their stories sordid and intriguing. But to law enforcement, they're something else — criminals who have committed statutory rape against a minor. This week alone, two cases have hit the news: Cops say one Texas teacher, Kathy Denise White (search) had sex with a 17-year-old, and Tennessee teacher Pamela Rogers Turner (search) had sex with a 13-year-old boy. They join at least three other recent cases: Florida teacher Debra LaFave (search), 24, is expected to plead insanity to charges she had sex with a 14-year-old student, according to her lawyer; California teacher Sarah Bench-Salorio (search), 28, allegedly molested two boys when they were 12 and 14; and 33-year-old California teacher Rebecca Boicelli (search) was arrested last month on statutory rape and related charges after DNA tests confirmed that a former student fathered her 2-year-old baby when he was 16. All of them follow the trail laid by Mary Kay Letourneau (search), whom the media tracked again last year when she was released from prison after more than seven years. The former Seattle teacher said she’s still in love with her now-21-year-old student (who was 12 when she was 34 and fathered the first of the two children they had together); the pair have since reportedly gotten engaged. Law enforcement officials and sociologists wonder whether there are really more of these cases, or are they just getting more press? "Certainly the reporting of these kinds of things do prompt other reports," said Tom Eveslage, a journalism professor at Temple University (search). "It gets a little bit more sticky when we start talking about [whether] this justifies the media going gaga over all these kinds of stories." Female teachers who commit statutory rape still represent a fraction of the number of sex offenders, though few hard numbers are available and the FBI's National Crime Information Center (search) said it doesn't document the occupations of the reported offenders. Still, the stories make news, because reporters, chat rooms and members of the public are mystified about why a teacher would have sex with a student who's underage. "Older women involved with underage males is nothing new," said Louis B. Schlesinger, a forensic psychologist at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice (search ) in New York. "That’s been going on many, many, many years. The general view is that it’s a rite of passage. … The guy is lucky." But the "guy" is also a minor, the "rite of passage," a crime — even if it was consensual sex. Just as there’s pedophilia involving young children, there’s also a related disorder called hebophilia, which is sexual attraction to adolescents, or postpubescent minors. In the smattering of recent cases, the students were between the ages of 13 and 17. "Some adult men and women are attracted to teenagers," said Schlesinger. "These are teachers with boundary problems. Their boundaries are very fluid." Last summer, a report contracted by the government under the "No Child Left Behind Act" (search) drew ire from the American Federation of Teachers (search) and other education leaders. It was an attempt to document cases of sexual offenses by teachers of their students, but "even the preface to the report, written by Deputy Education Secretary Eugene Hickok (never one to shy away from criticizing public schools), expresses reservations about the author's jumbling the terms 'sexual abuse' and 'sexual misconduct,'" the AFT said in a statement in July. Click here to view the government report on sexual offenses by teachers (pdf). "This confusion is especially troubling because the report could have supported policy makers, parents and school officials working to keep sexual predators away from students," the AFT statement read. "Sexual abuse" refers to the more serious charges of molestation; "sexual misconduct" is a broader and vaguer term. But despite the negative press teachers and schools — mostly in the public school system — get when these sorts of cases are reported, the National Education Association (search) said children and teens are still safe in school. "Schools are among the safest places for children to be, statistically speaking," said NEA spokesman Michael Pons. "There is a whole network of people there to take care of the children's health. Within that community, there is built-in support to prevent any inappropriate thing." But, he said, the NEA does take such issues seriously and has a number of policies in place to prevent inappropriate relationships between teachers and students of any gender from developing. "When there's an allegation for inappropriate conduct, it absolutely should be investigated," said Pons. "It should be turned over to the authorities. We absolutely support that. "Any time something bad like this happens, obviously it's going to be news — it is quite remarkable," Pons said. "It's a signal to parents and schools to be more vigilant." The number of cases of sexual abuse by teachers — female and male — is still by many estimates less than 10 percent of all sex crimes against minors, though there have been stories about male teachers committing statutory rape with their female students in the news for decades. But the five or more cases that have gotten publicity lately have still involved serious charges, and many unanswered questions. A whole host of factors plays into how that attraction springs up and what sort of woman — or man — would do such a thing. And of course, each case is individual. From a criminal standpoint, it has to do with exhibitionism, manipulation, power and a number of other physiological and psychological elements, according to Schlesinger. "We don’t know the details of any of them — why they were brought to the jury system," he said. "It’s very hard to know from a distance the levels of motivation for these people." Media analysts say the coverage in some media is glorified as salacious when it comes to female teachers having sex with their teenaged students. "This story is part crime drama, part Penthouse letter," said Matthew Felling, media director of the Center for Media and Public Affairs (search). "It all began with the Letourneau case, which was a gateway drug for the news networks. They got hooked on it." Female teachers are often treated differently in the media than male teachers who have sex with underage students. "The main dichotomy is in coverage — men are demonized, women are diagnosed," Felling said. "Men are beasts, but women are troubled, or mentally ill." Or the women are simply portrayed as voluptuous and sexual. In the LaFave case, suggestive photographs of her surfaced shortly after the news of her affair with the student broke. The story is so accepted that it was even one of the plotlines in NBC’s "Friends" — Phoebe’s younger brother had an affair with his teacher and wound up fathering her children and marrying her — and a twist on it (with a female neighbor instead of a teacher and a high school student) is in the current ABC hit "Desperate Housewives," both on prime-time network television. Many of the most high-profile teachers in the news lately have been charismatic, which Schlesinger says contributes to the media and public interest. "When a woman is an offender, it’s treated differently — especially if she’s attractive," he said. "It shakes everybody’s conception of what should be." But sometimes, the "offenders" turn out not to be guilty. "The teacher has to be concerned because there can be a vindictive kid" who can falsely accuse the person at the head of the class of a sex crime, said Temple University's Eveslage. "This is where the media has to be careful." But, he added, the press is doing its job as a societal watchdog in a complex system of checks and balances. "The abuse of authority and power by church leaders or government officials or teachers deserves to be reported," said Eveslage. "Power needs to be watched. The media provides that check as a watchdog."

[Franklinnoble]

This guy hits it right on the head:

"Older women involved with underage males is nothing new," said Louis B. Schlesinger, a forensic psychologist at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York. "That’s been going on many, many, many years. The general view is that it’s a rite of passage. … The guy is lucky."

[rkmsuf]

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - A California high school teacher was arraigned on Monday at a Sacramento court accused of having sex with a student in a car as her two-year child was strapped into the back seat.
Margaret De Barraicua, 30, a teacher trainee, was charged with four counts of unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor, a 16-year-old student. The married woman was caught having sex in the late afternoon last week in what was apparently a consensual agreement, officials said.

"We received a call about a suspicious parked vehicle at a school here in Sacramento," said local police spokesman Justin Risley. "They got there and observed two people, windows-steamed-up type of thing."

"They found them to be partially clothed and engaging in what appeared to be sexual intercourse."

Her two-year old son was strapped by a seat belt in the back of the car during the time, he said.

[Ksyrup]

Originally Posted by rkmsuf

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - A California high school teacher was arraigned on Monday at a Sacramento court accused of having sex with a student in a car as her two-year child was strapped into the back seat.
Margaret De Barraicua, 30, a teacher trainee, was charged with four counts of unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor, a 16-year-old student. The married woman was caught having sex in the late afternoon last week in what was apparently a consensual agreement, officials said.

"We received a call about a suspicious parked vehicle at a school here in Sacramento," said local police spokesman Justin Risley. "They got there and observed two people, windows-steamed-up type of thing."

"They found them to be partially clothed and engaging in what appeared to be sexual intercourse."

Her two-year old son was strapped by a seat belt in the back of the car during the time, he said.

De Barraicua's arraignment was briefly interrupted when a man wearing a white t-shirt that read 'The Ladies' Man Says We'd All Have Hit It In High School', abruptly dropped to one knee and proposed to the former McClatchy High School intern. He was removed from the court moments later and De Barraicua's arraignment continued without further delay.

[Franklinnoble]

Here's another one.

http://www.wowktv.com/story.cfm?func...y&storyid=1300

Not hot. At all.

I pity the children...

[cthomer5000]

I don't *think* this one's been covered, so don't shoot me if it already has been. I oversaw an article about this on the subway today and immediately thought of this thread....

Teacher met student wearing pajamas, carrying tequila

By Amanda Karr The Daily Reflector
Friday, February 11, 2005

A student who told officials he and a teacher at South Central High School had a sexual encounter took a class taught by the teacher last year, according to court documents.

Ongoing conversations and letters exchanged between the teacher and student led to a late-night encounter in the school parking lot, according to information provided by the student, which was included in an affidavit for a search warrant submitted by the Pitt County Sheriff's Office.

Katherine B. "Katy" Tew, 30, of 112 S. Baywood Lane was arrested Monday on charges of indecent liberties with a student and sex offense with a student by a teacher. State law makes it illegal for a teacher or other school personnel to have sexual contact with a student at the same school, regardless of the student's age.

Tew, an English teacher and cheerleading coach, called and wrote her former student before meeting him in the parking lot near the football field in December, according to the affidavit. She was wearing pajamas and carrying a bottle of tequila, the student told the investigators.

The 17-year-old senior reported the encounter to the school's resource officer, which sparked the investigation, according to the affidavit submitted by sheriff's office investigator Lt. Karen Kilpatrick seeking approval from a judge to search Tew's home.

Officers serving the search warrant seized a pair of pajamas with cartoons of moons and stars on them and a handwritten letter that referred to the student. Investigators also are searching through files on a computer taken from the high school.

The student, who took an English class taught by Tew last year, said Tew began giving him letters this year. He gave investigators a number of those letters, according to the affidavit.

The student also told investigators he sometimes stopped by Tew's classroom at her request between his classes last semester, a practice that resulted in his being late several times to his next class, according to the affidavit. When he was late, Tew would write him an excuse note, the student told investigators.

An investigator interviewed the teacher of the class to which the student had been late, and that teacher confirmed that the student had provided excuses signed by Tew on four occasions.

The teen also showed investigators a cell phone text message, which he said Tew sent him. Sent on Dec. 15, the message said, "Can you or would you want to see me tomorrow night? Home alone would love to see you. Call cell and leave a message. Y or N," Kilpatrick wrote in the affidavit.

Once, the student said he asked Tew, "Why would you do this to your husband?" The next day, he said Tew gave him a card thanking him for making her realize that she loved her husband. No more than a week later, however, he said Tew started contacting him again.

Tew's husband, Andy Tew, is a teacher and assistant football coach at South Central. The search warrant affidavit indicates the student decided to approach authorities about the situation because Katy Tew had said she had told her husband of the relationship.

The student decided to tell Katy Tew the relationship "could not be what she wanted," according to the affidavit.

When they met in the parking lot, Tew got into his car and offered him some tequila, the student said. He said he declined and Tew "kissed him and they started to have sex in the back seat," according to the affidavit.

Tew is on administrative leave with pay from her job. She has been in that status since Jan. 25 and will remain there until school officials are able to look over the evidence, school spokeswoman Deborah Long said.

Tew made bail after being arrested Monday. As part of the conditions of her release, she cannot have any contact with any minor younger than 18 without another adult present or go on the premises of any Pitt County public school facility.

Her next court date is scheduled for April 15.


and a photo here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/48600077142@N01/4975681/

[cthomer5000]

I think I found another new story....

http://www.nbc10.com/news/4216607/de...s=phi&psp=news


Local Female Teacher Accused Of Sex With Male Student

Woman Faces 10 Years In Jail

POSTED: 11:03 am EST February 21, 2005
UPDATED: 11:56 am EST February 21, 2005
DELRAN, N.J. -- A former female substitute teacher in New Jersey is accused of having sex with a 14-year-old boy she met in school.E-Mail: Send Story To A Friend Image: Click Here For Larger ImageAngela Stellwag, 24, of Delran faces 10 years in prison if she's convicteed of having sex with a minor. Stellwag had worked for the Riverside school district in Burlington County.Also, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports she is the daughter of Delran's mayor, Joseph Stellwag.Stellwag surrendered to authorities Friday. Authorities said she met the boy when she was a substitute teacher in Beverly City in 2003, but that the relationship became sexual last August at the defendant's apartment in Delran.Michael Riley, a lawyer representing the alleged victim and his family, said the teen is cooperating with prosecutors."You can't really tell on his face how it's going to turn out," Riley said. "It's not a victimless crime. Absolutely. There is a victim is this case, and a victim who's been profoundly hurt."Stellwag is officially charged with sexual assault. She was released after posting $20,000 bail set by Superior Court Judge Marvin E. Schlosser.Local Case Reflects National StoriesThis latest case of sexual assault charges against a woman allegedly involved with a male student reflects three other national cases that have made the news in recent months.

[KWhit]

Is that her mug shot?

If so, I'd hit it. Recent data suggests that chicks look 17% worse in their mugshot.

[Ksyrup]

Man, what are we going to do during summer break, resort to recapping the past year's psychopaths?

[Ksyrup]

Dola.

Maybe a "where are they now?" feature.

[Franklinnoble]

Originally Posted by Ksyrup

Man, what are we going to do during summer break, resort to recapping the past year's psychopaths?

Eh... kids can come forward with these allegations all year long... fear not, I don't see this trend diminishing anytime soon...

[JeeberD]

Summer school, baby! You know the delinquents have to be getting some action with the way women love bad boys and all...

[Desnudo]

It's also winter in the Southern Hemisphere.

[HomerJSimpson]

Originally Posted by Desnudo

It's also winter in the Southern Hemisphere.

MMmmmmmm...Brazilian teachers.

[CraigSca]

Originally Posted by cthomer5000

State law makes it illegal for a teacher or other school personnel to have sexual contact with a student at the same school, regardless of the student's age.

I find the above rather odd. So...it's ok to hook-up with a student, as long as the kid doesn't attend YOUR school?

[HomerJSimpson]

Originally Posted by CraigSca

I find the above rather odd. So...it's ok to hook-up with a student, as long as the kid doesn't attend YOUR school?

If they are of legal age is the point, I believe.

[Suicane75]

Originally Posted by JeeberD

Summer school, baby! You know the delinquents have to be getting some action with the way women love bad boys and all...

[hitmanwa]

hxxp://www.igossip.com/teacher.php

Enjoy.

[cthomer5000]

Originally Posted by CraigSca

I find the above rather odd. So...it's ok to hook-up with a student, as long as the kid doesn't attend YOUR school?

I think you're reading it exactly the opposite of how it's intended. The point is even if the kid is 18, he/she is off limits if they attend the school you work at.

[Senator]

Originally Posted by hitmanwa

hxxp://www.igossip.com/teacher.php

Enjoy.

If you snooze you lose. Earlier in this thread I said this would be coming, or should be coming. Ahead of the curve once again!!

[gottimd]

Teacher in Boca gets caught banging an 11 yr old as well as sleeping with the 11 yr olds father.

[Suicane75]

Best Dad ever.

[miked]

This thread should be stickied...

[gottimd]

Since I know this will be asked.....



This actually happened awhile ago....

[Cringer]

Originally Posted by Suicane75

Best Dad ever.

lmao.

[Suicane75]

Originally Posted by gottimd

Since I know this will be asked.....



This actually happened awhile ago....

Looks kind of like my old downstairs neighbor, crazy.

[Ksyrup]

Looks like a Barbra Streisand and Kirstie Alley mash up.

[HomerJSimpson]

She could get life for sex with the 11 year old. That is the strongest child-molestation law I've seen.

[Radii]

Originally Posted by gottimd

Teacher in Boca gets caught banging an 11 yr old as well as sleeping with the 11 yr olds father.

From the article:

In his deposition, the boy’s father also admits to serving a month in jail in 1992 for selling heroin, to keeping unsecured pornographic movies in his home and to accepting at least $800 in checks from Flannigan during the love tryst.

There's a law about how you have to keep your porn in Florida?

[HomerJSimpson]

Originally Posted by Radii

From the article:



There's a law about how you have to keep your porn in Florida?

Read that again. He admitted to a heron conviction, having loose porn, and recieving checks from the teacher. I think the point of the loose porn is it was were his son could have seen it.

[Ksyrup]

Yeah, the actual charge was probably child endangerment or something related to child welfare, but the factual description is what they put in the article because, you know, they got to use the word pornographic. I'm sure there's a back story about the 11-year old, then 7 or 8, showing a friend a tape and the other kid's parents finding out about it. Or something along those lines.

[Pyser]

hxxp://www.wistv.com/Global/story.asp?S=3045715&nav=0RaPXDYl

(Anderson-AP) March 8, 2005 - A Westside High School teacher in Anderson has been suspended with pay after police said they found her with a 17-year-old T.L. Hanna High School male student in a parked vehicle.

Prosecutor Chrissy Adams says 33-year-old Donna Carr Galloway will not face criminal charges because of the student's age. Adams says authorities can file a criminal sexual conduct with a minor charge in cases involving children younger than 16.

An Anderson County sheriff's report says Galloway was found with the male student about 11:30 Friday night at a boat ramp. Anderson District Five Superintendent Betty Bagley says the teen had never attended Westside and apparently met Galloway outside of school activities.

Bagley says Galloway has been employed with the district for about eleven years.

[SackAttack]

If the student was over the age of consent, as it appears he was, can you really call that molestation? Seems to me it's just plain old dumbassery.

[Ksyrup]

It was the thought that counted.

[cartman]

And here's yet another one, this time out of Michigan...

hxxp://www.wnem.com/Global/story.asp?S=3092659

School Sex Scandal A Local School Teacher Under Investigation

The kids at Ricker Middle School finished the day without one of their regular teachers. The woman usually in charge of conducting the band is now being questioned for how she conducted herself during school. The Buena Vista School Superintendent confirmed to TV 5 the band instructor is suspended with pay for allegations of sexual misconduct.

Ricker parents told TV5 they're hoping the accusations aren't real but whether or not the allegations are true, they tell their students to be on the look out of inappropriate behavior on campus. TV5 couldn't reach Ricker's band instructor for comment via email or phone. The school says she'll be suspended with pay pending the outcome of a police investigation.

[Franklinnoble]

Women as sexual abusers

By Cheryl Wetzstein
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Published March 21, 2005

Headlines in Florida, Oklahoma, Tennessee and California are once again telling the tales of adult women arrested for having sexual relations with teenage boys.
Public reaction to such cases is changing, authorities say, and there is an increasing recognition of women as sexual abusers.
Plenty of people still say "this boy has got it made," but now more people are saying "this is really a problem," said Judy Berman, senior manager of the Department of Justice's Center for Sex Offender Management, which will soon issue a report on female sex offenders.
Cases now making headlines are reminiscent of Seattle teacher Mary Kay Letourneau, who was 34 and the married mother of four when she started having sex with a 12-year-old male student. Letourneau served seven years in prison and has announced plans to marry Vili Fualaau, now 22, with whom she has had two children.
More recent headlines include Florida teacher Debra LaFave, 23; Oklahoma basketball coach Elisa Nielson, 29; Tennessee physical-education teacher Pamela Turner, 27; and California teacher trainee Margaret De Barraicua, 30. Each of the four was charged with sexual assault of a male student aged between 12 and 16. Police say Mrs. De Barraicua was arrested in the act, in her car, while her toddler son sat inside in his car seat.
On March 2, police in Braxton County, W.Va., arrested Toni Lynn Woods, a 37-year-old middle-school teacher, and charged her with having sexual relations with five students younger than 16.
The number of female inmates doing time for sex offenses has doubled in recent years: In 1991, there were 647 women in prison for rape and other sexual offenses; in 2002, there were 1,300 female sex offenders, according to prisoner reports collected by the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics. However, sex offenders remain a small percentage of female inmates.
"We don't really think there are more sex offenders. We think the reporting has gotten better," said Allison Taylor, executive director of Texas' Council on Sex Offender Treatment.
What kind of woman seeks sex with teenage boys? In the past, researchers have relied on four concepts: "Boundary crossers" who seek affirmation, affection or something else from a vulnerable partner; women who are emotionally disturbed or mentally ill; women who are predatory pedophiles; and women who are committing sexual offenses at the behest of someone else, usually an adult male.
Much more research is needed, "as many women won't fit into those categories," Ms. Berman said.
Author and sex counselor Douglas Weiss sees adult women who seek sex from teenage boys as pedophiles.
As with males, female pedophiles feel ill-equipped for intimate relationships with other adults, "so they begin to sexualize younger people" -- especially students or children in their care who are unlikely to reject them or control them, said Mr. Weiss, who is executive director of Heart to Heart Counseling Centers in Colorado Springs.
These women have a "grooming" process for their young victims -- they pick vulnerable boys and "befriend them, stroke their hair, touch their body, affirm them," said Mr. Weiss, who has written a book, "She Has a Secret: Understanding Female Sexual Addiction."
Boys are harmed by such crimes because "what they've learned is that sex is not about love, it's not about relationships, it's not about spiritual or emotional connections; it's about two bodies being crammed together as objects," he said.
Such acts don't make a boy feel "lucky," said Mr. Weiss, who said he had been sexually victimized as a minor. "You usually feel guilt and shame and awkwardness afterwards. And you feel more alone than before because you didn't connect to the person. It was just an act."
American culture, laws, policies and public opinion seldom consider women as sexual predators or teenage boys as victims.
"The words 'sexual assault' and 'sexual aggression' tend to conjure up an image of a male perpetrator and a female victim," Myriam S. Denov wrote in the Journal of Sex Research in 2003.
Many state laws still assume that sex perpetrators are men, which makes it hard to prosecute women for rape or other sexual crimes. Lawmakers have now begun to recast sex-crimes laws in neutral terms.
But public opinion about sex between older women and teenage boys still reflects the views of 1940s sex researcher Alfred C. Kinsey, who believed, in the words of one former assistant, "that some child-adult contacts were not harmful and possibly even beneficial."
"Unfortunately, in our society there has long been the myth that boys enjoy sex and they would be crazy not to accept it from anywhere they can get it," said Maria Molett, executive director of the Counseling Institute of Texas.
Female sexual deviancy is just as real and damaging as male sexual deviancy, said Ms. Molett, recalling how one of her clients -- an ex-teacher -- had convinced herself that the teenage boy she assaulted loved her.
"It took me quite a few years to get her to recognize that this child was not in love with her, did not want to marry her and, in fact, was extremely traumatized by her and even tried to kill himself," she said.

[cthomer5000]

Originally Posted by Ksyrup

Looks like a Barbra Streisand and Kirstie Alley mash up.

You just hit a grand slam on that comparison. Well done.

[Franklinnoble]

Mar 22, 2005
Lafave May Negotiate Plea Deal
By THOMAS W. KRAUSE
[email protected]


• News Channel 8 report

TAMPA - The 24-year-old teacher accused of molesting her 14-year-old student hopes to make a deal with prosecutors without having to endure a trial.

Debra Lafave's attorney and the assistant state attorney prosecuting her both told Judge Wayne Timmerman on Tuesday morning that they hoped to begin plea negotiations soon.

John Fitzgibbons, who represents Lafave, said a defense- hired psychiatrist has interviewed the teacher and they are waiting for a similar interview from a state psychiatrist. After that, both sides will sit down for a ``serious discussion,'' Fitzgibbons said.

``I don't know if we will be able to resolve this or not,'' he said. ``I think there would be a lot of advantages for both the prosecution and the defense to resolve this case without a trial.''

Fitzgibbons said he has not yet taken the deposition of the 14-year-old boy, hoping to prevent him that indignity if a plea can be reached.

Timmerman postponed the trial from April 25 to July 18 to give both sides time for discussions. If a deal is not reached, however, Timmerman said he would not postpone the trial again.

After the hearing, Fitzgibbons said Lafave has been diagnosed to have ``severe emotions issues.''

``Once those become known, I think that will explain a lot,'' he said.

Lafave faces up to 15 years in prison on charges of lewd and lascivious battery. Fitzgibbons would not speculate on whether a plea deal would include jail time.

Lafave, a Greco Middle School reading teacher, and the 14-year-old student talked often via cell phone after the school year ended in June 2004. The two engaged in sexual activity at her town home in Riverview, then had intercourse on June 14 inside the portable classroom where Lafave taught, court records show.

The relationship continued on a trip to Ocala, where the teen's aunt saw the two. The aunt called the teens mother. He later confessed to the relationship and police were notified.

Reporter Thomas W. Krause can be reached at (813) 259-7698.

This story can be found at: http://news.tbo.com/news/MGB6YRBCM6E.html

[cartman]

Let's now move to the latest edition, this time in Colorado(pic is in the link):

hxxp://www.nbc10.com/irresistible/4315327/detail.html

Teacher Accused Of Having Sex With Male Student
Nicole Andrea Barnhart Teaches At Denver High School

POSTED: 11:49 am EST March 24, 2005
UPDATED: 5:51 pm EST March 24, 2005

DENVER -- A married high school social studies teacher was arrested Wednesday, accused of having a sexual relationship with her underage male student.

Nicole Andrea Barnhart faces charges of sexual assault on a child by one in a position of trust.

Detectives did not identify Barnhart's alleged victim, only to say that he is younger than 18 years old and is a currently a student at Denver's Ponderosa High School.

The investigation, which is still ongoing, revealed that Barnhart had sexual relations with the victim on more than one occasion in Parker, according to the Douglas County Sheriff's Department.

No other alleged victims have been identified at this time.

Barnhart is currently in custody at the Douglas County Sheriff's Office Detention Facility in lieu of $50,000 bond.

She has been placed on administrative leave, and the school district has hired a substitute to cover her classes. Barnhart was hired in the Douglas County School District in 1995 and as a teacher at Ponderosa High School in August 2002, the district said.

"These are serious allegations," said Superintendent Jim Christensen. "We are doing everything we can to maintain the trust of our students, parents and community. We will work closely with law enforcement as we review our own policies and procedures."

The district said law enforcement and the courts now need to do their jobs and the school is making certain that students and their families are informed of what has occurred.

"This is very difficult information for us to process," said Principal Cathy Brondos. "We will do everything in our power to ensure that the victim's privacy and rights are protected, and we will take care of any students who may need to speak with a counselor."

[Desnudo]

In the mug shot it looks like she got slugged by someone. I wish they'd scrape up some non-police photos for these stories.

[JeeberD]

Damn, saw Douglas County in that one and for a second I thought it was the high school I graduated from. Instead it's just stinkin' Ponderosa...