Teacher Smackdown

Joshua J. Schwartz, 30, a language arts teacher at St. Ambrose Catholic school in Tuscon, Arizona, was arrested in connection with a marijuana growing operation. Schwartz taught sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders.

His arrest is a result of an incident when when police searched a house in response to a report of a burglary in progress. Neighbors reported seeing a bunch of kids entering and exiting through the back of the home, and said they were carrying large trash bags filled with unknown items. (Hmmmmm…drug runners?)

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School bus driver Christopher Michael Donofrio, 26, was charged with luring a minor for sexual exploitation and solicitation of molestation of a child - both felonies. He is also charged with a misdemeanor of contributing to the delinquency of a child.

Donofrio works for the Higley Unified School District in Phoenix, Arizona. He was arrested after staff at Williams Field High School learned that he sexually abused a 14-year-old girl - one of the kids he met via his job as a bus driver.

Donofrio communicated with the girl via the Internet for two months. Then he arranged to meet her at a community pool where the abuse took place.

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Another young, blond, attractive teacher gone bad. (And another story for reader Brian.)

In Tucson, Arizona, Rebecca Lee Kelley, 24, a former teacher at Salpointe Catholic High School pleaded guilty to one count of failure to report a reportable offense. (Huh, what kind of wacky law speak is that?). She also pleaded guilty to three counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Kelley was an English teacher at the private high school.

Kelley was originally was indicted on four counts of sexual conduct with a minor under 18. This happened last spring after administrators at Salpointe reported her to police when they learned she was having a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old male student. She was allowed to quit her job at that time.

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In Phoenix, Arizona, Daniel Terelle Johnson, 20, was arrested on three counts of sexual conduct with a minor and two counts of child molestation. The victims were two pre-teenaged girls.

Johnson was a friend of the family and had been babysitting - and molesting them - for seven years. Yes, since he was a teenager himself! The girls finally reported the abuse and police were contacted.

Besides babysitting, Johnson also worked at a Phoenix childcare facility for at least the last six months. Police say he passed his background check, and that they couldn’t find evidence that he molested any of the daycare kids.

Police urge anyone with additional information on the actions of Johnson to contact the Phoenix Police Department’s Crimes Against Children Unit at (602) 534-3200 or Silent Witness at 480-WITNESS.

Danielle Terelle Johnson, child molestation, daycare worker

In Arizona, Klye M. Hite, 25, a math teacher at Mesa Westwood High School was arrested for fondling a student’s breast numerous times in class without her consent because, according to the police report:

“He thought the victim found him attractive.”

Oh please.

At first, the young woman thought Hite’s hand brushed her breast accidentally. When it happened again, she knew it was intentional and complained to Hite. It didn’t work and he continued to touch her nearly every day after that.

Ewwwwwww. What a slime ball.

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Kyle M. Hite, sexual abuse, fondling, fondling breast, Mesa Westwood High School

In Arizona, Paradise Valley High School teacher and cheerleading coach Jennifer Diane Mally is accused of having sex 29 times with a 16-year-old student.

The parents of a student contacted the school about the affair. School officials then called police. The sex occured at her home, the student’s home, and in her car and began just after the school year started.

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