TEXAS -- Amy Joanne Mainville, a 29-year-old teacher's aide at Copperas Cove High School, was arrested Wednesday after an investigation revealed she was having an inappropriate sexual relationship with a 15-year-old male student. The student's mother became aware of the relationship after discovering inappropriate conversations on Facebook. Mainville reportedly admitted to the relationship just...

SAN DIEGO, CA – Mike William Lutts, 50,of San Diego,  was arrested Tuesday at his College Grove home  after police found evidence that he molested a 2-month-old infant in his care, and took graphic cellphone photos and videos of the abuse, KTLA news reported. A federal criminal complaint filed Wednesday, described graphic images showing...

ORANGE COUNTY, CA -- John Mordecai Scott, 58, was arrested August 10th on suspicion of lewd and lascivious conduct with a child, KTLA 5 News reported. Scott, a Lake Forest area piano teacher, was suspected of showing and taking lewd photos of at least two of his students, elentary school age girls in naked...

PHOENIX, AZ -- A 47-year-old pastor is facing multiple counts of child molestation, sexual abuse, sexual assault, and sexual conduct with a minor, Fox News reported Friday. Phoenix police detectives arrested Jorge Vasquez Thursday at his home. Vasquez is accused of having inappropriate, unsolicited sexual contact with two girls and two women, who were...

GASTON COUNTY, NC – Following weeks of testimony, Gary Scott Goins, 46, a former East Gaston High School wrestling coach, will spend at least 34 years and 10 months in prison, after being convicted of molesting three of his players.  The judge set Goins’ maximum sentence at 43 years and four months. Goins’ attorney...

8/7/14 Today’s Round-up of Child Sex Abuse in the News SAN ANTONIO, TX – School District Employee Arrested on Molestation Charges Robert Hernandez, 34, an employee of Northside Independent School District, was arrested Monday on a charge of continuous sexual assault of a child. According to the indictment, Hernandez is accused of molesting a...

NATIONAL CONCORD, CA - East Bay Teacher Takes Stand at Molestation Trial Joseph Martin, a Concord Elementary School fifth and sixth grade teacher accused of molesting 14 former students, took the stand in his trial yesterday. He faces 150 counts of sexual abuse of students at Woodside Elementary School. Cameras were not allowed in...

NATIONAL NATCHEZ, MS – First Grade Teacher Arrested on Sex Charge Stephanie Adams, 39, a first-grade teacher at Adams County Christian School, was arrested Monday and charged with one count of gratification of lust with a minor. Police said a parent contacted them after discovering several inappropriate text messages on her daughter’s iPhone.  An...

NATIONAL Harrisburg, PA - Teacher Sentenced to 9 Years in Child Pornography Case Jeffrey Schmutzler, 43, of Fayetteville, PA, a former high school teacher, was sentenced Thursday to 9 years in federal prison and fined $15,100 in a child pornography case.  According to news reports, he not only imported child porn from the internet, but...

Summary:  A Placentia HS teacher was recently arrested on suspicion of having a sexual relationship with her former female student.  Earlier this week, Rebecca Diebolt was arrested on suspicion she had begun a sexual relationship in 2004 with her-then 15-year-old student and maintained the relationship with the girl until after she enrolled in college. ...