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Bucks County teacher arrested for student relationship www.privateofficer.com
A 43-year-old Bucks County high school teacher has been arrested on charges stemming from an alleged sexual relationship he had with a 17-year-old female student over a five-month period of time.
Other teachers in the district knew about the alleged sexual relationship and did not report it, say school officials.
Robert C. Hawkins, a math teacher at Council Rock High School South, was arrested on charges of endangering the welfare of a child and corruption of a minor Thursday, according to authorities.
The female student was a 2009 Council rock High School South graduate, superintendent Mark Klein said in a statement. It was the district’s investigation into the alleged relationship that led to Hawkins’ arrest, said Klein
During the district’s initial investigation, Hawkins was suspended and later fired. Two other teachers were suspended and will be fired, while a third resigned from the district. The district discovered that the three teachers knew about the alleged relationship between the Hawkins and the student, yet never reported it, Klein said.
Hawkins, who lives on the 1800 block of Society Place in Newtown, Pa., was released after posting bail, on the condition that he stays away from the girl, all minors, and all Council Rock schools, reports the Inquirer.
Hawkins initiated phone conversations and text messaging with the girl in November, according to a police affidavit. The affidavit also states that more than 6,000 messages were exchanged; the two had sex several times at Hawkins’ house; and that Hawkins showed the girl sexually explicit pictures on his laptop of another female student, reports the Inquirer.
“This is offensive,” Bucks County District Attorney Michelle Henry told the Inquirer. “Parents send their children to school for an education, not to be preyed upon by their teachers. This student is not just a minor, but one of his own students.”
Police are investigating whether or not other teachers were aware of the relationship, said Henry
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Housing security officer discovers meth lab www.privateofficer.com
Picayune Police Deputy Chief David Ervin said the department received a call about the find at about 5:22 p.m. on Tuesday from the security officer. Apparently the security officer was attempting to serve some paper work and when 31 year-old Adam Hagen answered the door of his home at 504 Lewis Circle. When Hagen opened the door, the security officer could smell a strong chemical odor that caused him to cough and saw in plain view what he believed to be an active methamphetamine lab.
Officers with the department were sent out and as soon as they got out of their car, they too could smell an odor of what they thought to be an active methamphetamine lab. Ervin said consent to search the residence was secured from Hagen and in the home the officers found precursor chemicals and pink and white colored granular substances believed to be methamphetamine. Officers also found what they believed to be an active methamphetamine lab in the home.
Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics agents were called out, who in turn notified the Drug Enforcement Agency. Clean up services also were called out to remove the dangerous chemicals in the home. The residence was secured and photographed and samples were taken, Ervin said.
Hagen and another suspect, Philip A. Milner, 26, of 29 Sam Powell Rd., were both charged with manufacturing a controlled substance, possession of a controlled substance within 1,500 feet of a school and possession of precursor chemicals.
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Wilcox high teacher arrested for student sex incidents www.privateofficer.com
A special-education teacher at Wilcox High School who is accused of having sex with a 17-year-old female student was arraigned this afternoon on multiple felony charges.
Edward Slate, 41, was charged with two felony counts of oral copulation with a minor, two felony counts of sexual penetration of a person under 18 and two felony counts of sodomy with a person under 18, according to Amy Cornell, a district attorney’s office spokeswoman. Slate was also charged with one misdemeanor count of annoying or molesting a child, Cornell said.
Slate faces a maximum sentence of six years and four months behind bars if convicted of all the charges, Cornell said.
Bail was set at $60,000. Slate, who remained in custody as of today, is scheduled to enter a plea on Sept. 18.
Slate was arrested Monday at Wilcox High in Santa Clara by officers from the Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety. Slate, who is listed on the school’s Web site as a special-education teacher, met the 17-year-old girl on campus during the last school year and struck up a relationship, according to police Capt. Doug Moretto. Police allege that the sexual acts happened off campus in Sunnyvale between January and June
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