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• Former Knox County Teacher Found Not Guilty Of Making Threats Play Video

  August 5, 2010 12:58 PM

  A former southeastern Kentucky high school teacher accused of making threats to kill people before the end of the school year in 2009 has been found not guilty on terroristic threatening charges. Former Knox Central High School teacher Jason Davis, 29, was charged in May 2009 with second-degree terroristic threatening... more »

• Former Teacher Pleads Guilty To Sex Abuse

  July 14, 2010 1:04 PM

  BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) - A former high school teacher who admitted to having a sexual relationship with a student has pleaded guilty to sex abuse charges. The Daily News reports 35-year-old Beulah Nicole "Niki" Sumner was a special education teacher at Warren East High School. Police says she had... more »

• Case Of Former Teacher Facing Murder Charge In Fatal DUI Waived To Grand Jury Play Video

  June 22, 2010 12:36 PM

  The case of a former middle school teacher facing a murder charge in a fatal Morgan County wreck was waived to a grand jury in court Tuesday. Police have charged 23-year-old Brittany Williams in the head-on crash that killed 76-year-old Gerry Blackwell. Blackwell was leaving the visitation of her nephew,... more »

• Former Teacher Pleads Not Guilty In Solicitation Case Play Video

  May 28, 2010 12:44 PM

  A former Somerset High School coach and teacher has pleaded not guilty to sex charges involving a 16-year-old girl. Bret Howard, 29, appeared in court Thursday to face a charge of criminal solicitation to promoting a sexual performance of a minor. Howard was indicted after an investigation revealed he had... more »

• Former Somerset High School Teacher Faces Solicitation Charge Play Video

  May 21, 2010 12:45 PM

  A former Somerset High School teacher and coach has been indicted on charges that he had inappropriate contact with a 16-year-old student. Bret Howard resigned from his job shortly after the allegations surfaced in January. The student allegedly told officials that Howard offered her money for oral sex and... more »

• Former Teacher Charged In Death Of Infant Son Changes Plea Play Video

  March 11, 2010 12:39 PM

  The former Christ The King school teacher charged with murdering her infant son who originally pleaded not guilty in the case has changed her plea to guilty on a lesser charge. Bishop's son, Caleb Bishop died in February 2007. Court records show the one-month-old suffered from a broken leg and... more »

• Former Teacher Gets Seven Years In Child Porn Case

  February 11, 2010 5:27 PM

  A former Paris High School math teacher has been sentenced to prison after he confessed to possessing and watching child pornography on his home computer. Kenneth Shadoan will spend seven years in prison, followed by a lifetime supervised release. The 31-year-old plead guilty to three child porn charges in November,... more »

• Former Teacher Sentenced For Role In 1970's Student Sex Case

  February 5, 2010 4:01 PM

  (AP) - A former Lexington teacher has been sentenced to one week in jail and 90 days of house arrest for her role in sex crimes against juvenile students decades ago. Roberta Blackwell Walter was taken into custody Friday after a judge accepted her amended plea deal with prosecutors that... more »

• Former Teacher Enters Guilty Plea In Child Pornography Case Play Video

  November 9, 2009 10:59 AM

  A former high school teacher in Bourbon County pleaded guilty to three charges in a child pornography case n federal court Monday. Kenneth Shadoan, 31, admitted he possessed child pornography images in his vehicle and at his mother’s residence in Pulaski County between May 2007 and May 2009. Authorities found... more »

• Report: Former Teacher Withdraws Plea In Molestation Case

  October 30, 2009 3:57 PM

  A former Fayette County teacher who plead guilty to raping and molesting a 15-year-old student more than 30 years ago has withdrawn that plea. According to the Lexington Herald-Leader, Roberta Blackwell Walter entered a guilty plea to two charges of sexual misconduct about two weeks ago, but reportedly changed her... more »

• Former Teacher's Aide Requests Shock Probation In Underage Texting Case

  October 27, 2009 3:57 PM

  A former Madison County teacher's aide found guilty of sending sexually explicit text messages to a 13-year-old girl asked a judge Tuesday to grant him shock probation. Brandon Rousey, 23, was sentenced to a year behind bars last month. He will also be on probation for five years. A jury... more »