Last May, two teacher’s assistants reported that a special education teacher at Grassfield Elementary School in Chesapeake, Virginia, was treating some of her students abusively. The assistants said they saw the teacher hurting the children in her class.
One of the three students the teacher is accused of harming is 11 years old and non-verbal. The child’s mother said her daughter had a recent behavior change, and she believed it was due to the alleged mistreatment of the girl.
20-year-old Peyton William Harris lives in Mifflintown, Pennsylvania. Starting in 2021, Harris was a substitute teacher and assistant track coach at Juniata High School. He also worked as a substitute teacher at Newport High School.
This April, the authorities were informed that Harris allegedly had sexual contact with a high school student.
An elementary and middle school teacher is facing charges for allegedly holding a student with his arms pinned behind his back while inviting his classmates to punch him.
50-year-old Craig Schmeckpeper lives in North Bend. Until recently, he was employed at North Bend Central teaching physical education to elementary and middle school students. According to the school website, he was also the head coach for junior high school football, in addition to assistant varsity track coach.
Last February, Schmeckpeper was teaching physical education to a class of elementary school students.
When a woman who was suspected of driving under the influence told an officer that she had not been drinking, her 9-year-old son disputed her claim and told her to admit to the police that she had.
49-year-old Kristin Wiley is a language arts teacher at Vero Beach High School. She has a 9-year-old son.
Just before 2:00 AM on March 20, Wiley was reportedly driving with her son in the car when she passed an officer who was interacting with people involved in an unrelated incident.
46-year-old Michael Koranda is an elementary school teacher for the Bon Homme County School District in Tyndall, South Dakota.
It was reported that last weekend, Koranda took a trip to Colorado.
A Florida teacher has been charged with sexual crimes after allegedly sharing a relationship involving physical and emotional intimacy with a teenage student.
28-year-old Philip Velez resides in Hollywood, Florida. He has been teaching culinary arts and coaching basketball at Charles W. Flanagan High School in Pembroke Pines for approximately three years.
Last November, Velez was at a school fundraising event where he reportedly encountered a 17-year-old female student. The pair reportedly enjoyed each other’s company and continued to connect, initially through text messages.
A Texas teacher has been accused of putting her son in danger after reportedly quarantining him in the trunk while on the way to get him tested for COVID.
41-year-old Sara Beam lives in Texas, and she has a 13-year-old son.
Beam has been employed with the Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District for approximately 11 years. She was recently working as a teacher at Cypress Falls High School.
A biology teacher in New York was arrested after the police were told that she gave a student a COVID vaccine in her home without first getting permission from his parents.
54-year-old Laura Parker Russo resides in Long Island, New York. She is a biology teacher for Herricks County Public Schools.
The woman has a teenage son, and Russo was reportedly at home when the boy had a 17-year-old friend come over for a visit.
A Florida teacher accused of having sex with a 15-year-old has reported to the authorities that she is pregnant.
41-year-old Heiry Calvi was a teacher at John I. Smith K-8 Center in Doral.
J.C. Bermudez Sr. High School shares their campus, and both schools are a part of Miami-Dade County Public Schools.
A high school teacher in Oregon was arrested when he was accused of sexually violating another instructor who works at the educational institution.
56-year-old Matthew Lenoue is from Spokane, Washington, but he currently resides and works in Dallas, Oregon. He is employed by the Dallas School District as a special education teacher at Dallas High School.
On June 11, the Dallas Police Department was notified by the Dallas School District Administration. They reported a possible sexual assault incident between a male and female teacher that allegedly occurred on the high school campus prior to the start of the school day.
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