In Knoxville, Tennessee, English teacher and football coach Stephen Pebley. He was arrested in the largest meth lab bust in Claiborne County history. He was one of four people arrested]ted. All face a manufacturing of meth charge.
Police said that they caught the suspects cooking meth, and finished product was sitting on top of the stove. A total of seven grams of meth was confiscated.
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Nashville attorney Gary Blackburn told The Associated Press that he’s been in touch with Erin McLean. She’s in another state with friends and has enrolled her eight- and 11-year-old sons in school.
UPDATE: Erin McLean, the Knoxville, Tennessee high school teacher who was having an affair with one of her students, has gone missing with her two children. She’s been out of contact with her family since she left her parents’ home in Nashville on Saturday.
McLean’s husband, Eric McLean, is charged with killing Sean Powell, the teenager Erin was having an affair with. However, Erin McLean isn’t charged with any crimes, and has legal custody of her children even though she tried to commit suicide with her children in the house.
Erin’s attorney says she’s emotionally distraught - probably because she was recently fired from Pioneer Christian Academy in Nashville, where she was teaching high school English. She used her maiden name of Myers and misrepresented her teaching history to get the job. (So much for running a background check on someone’s Social Security number.)
Eric Mclean’s lawyer got him on TV again, this time on NBC’s Dateline. (The first time was on The Today Show.) The program featured an interview with Eric, and interviews with friends and relatives of the McLeans and the victim, Sean Powell. (Watch the video here.)
His estranged wife, Erin McLean, wasn’t interviewed by NBC. Her attorney defended her, saying she was in a loveless marriage with a troubled man. (So the solution is having an affair with your teenage student and trying to kill yourself? Getting a divorce attorney never crossed your mind?)
In Spring Hill, Tennessee, Jerry Angus, 52, a Spring Hill High School science teacher and softball coach, was indicted for sexually assaulting three teenage girls. Investigators charged Angus with five counts of sexual battery by an authority figure and arrested him after three of Angus’ female students said he had inappropriately touched them.
Recently another female student has since come forward with more allegations, but no new charges have been filed.
A complaint by one student’s parents prompted an investigation of Jerry Angus, who was suspended in April without pay. However, another parent said she complained to school officials, but wasn’t taken seriously.
Officials responded once rumors surfaced about Angus possibly assaulting other students during an out-of-town trip when one of the girls was seen leaving his room at 6 o’clock in the morning.
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The McLean-Powell tragedy continues to grow. The Associated Press reported that Erin McLean attempted to kill herself by overdosing on pills. Her friend, identified by the police as “David,” contacted 911 to report the suicide attempt after talking with Erin on the phone.
Police have released the 911 tapes, which you can listen to on the AP Video website.
As a result of Erin’s actions, Eric McLean’s attorney is going to seek emergency custody of their two sons - ages seven and 10 - on his behalf.
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I guess Eric McLean, the husband of Erin McLean who was having an affair with her 18-year-old student Sean Powell, really did want to go on the TODAY show.
This morning McLean told TODAY host Matt Lauer that the shooting was an accident - he never meant to kill Powell, just scare him. The interview took place in the jail where Eric is being held on a first-degree murder charge. Also present was his attorney, Bruce Poston.
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Here’s a really good reason never to have an affair with your teacher, no matter how badly you want to go on The Today Show - their spouse may try to kill you.
In Knoxville, Tenn. student Sean Powell, 18, was having an affair with his married 30-year-old teacher, Erin McLean. Sean was shot and killed outside the Powell home by Erin’s husband, Eric McLean. (That’s Eric and Erin on the right.)
How nice to find a story where a teacher isn’t having sex with his or her students or giving them drugs. Instead he’s “only” stealing money from them.
In Newport, Tenn. Reece Thornton, 55, a GED teacher at Cocke County High School was caught stealing money during a basketball game. Acting on a tip, the school’s resource officer set up the video camera above the ticket sale area. The video clearly shows Thornton stuffing his pockets with money.
Thank goodness for teachers. Most are passionate, hard working, and decent. For many of us, it’s a teacher who got us where we are today. But that’s not what this blog is about. Instead, Teacher Smackdown identifies the molesters, thieves, and lecherous adults masquerading as teachers in our society. It also gives parents resources and information on protecting our kids and identifying these monsters.
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