Teacher Scandals

Kristen O'Brien had allegedly “started to push to become close friends” with the victim's family in an effort to spend more time with him as the relationship between the pair grew. 

Carly Green allegedly had sex with a 15-year-old dance student 50 times in the spring of 2018.

Bridget Sipera, 36, is alleged to have begun sexually assaulting the unnamed male student in January 2019.

Kathryn Houghtaling allegedly told the boy she would take tests for him in exchange for sex.

Ashlyn Bell was reported by another school employee after a group of teen boys were allegedly overheard joking about impregnating her.  

Ramsey Bearse, who had been working as a middle school teacher at the time the illicit messages were sent, was also sentenced to 10 years of supervised release and will be required to register as a sex offender for life.

Mollie Verkamp most recently taught at Walton-Verona High School in Kentucky.

"You can imagine that she wasn't too pleased," the sheriff said of the victim's mother learning about the alleged incident.

Meghan Mary Rodriguez allegedly had sex with one of her 17-year-old students, but she contends she only kissed the student.

Madalyn Arnett admitted to sending the 16-year-old student naked photos and explicit videos.