An eighth grade teacher in Texas resigned after being arrested on Friday for allegedly sending sexually explicit messages and photos to a 15-year-old on Instagram, according to multiple reports. Christine Paige Cockrell, an earth science teacher at Gatesville Junior High School, faces charges of indecency with a child and possession of child pornography with intent to distribute, according to a criminal complaint obtained by local outlets including KXXV and KWTX. The 15-year-old high school student told the Gatesville Independent School District on April 11 about him and Cockrell exchanging nude photos and sexting since October 2023, the Waco,...

A Delaware County man has been arrested and charged for sexually abusing a child while he worked as a Boy Scout troop leader and as a teacher at a boarding school, officials said. Keith Steininger, 68, worked as a teacher at Girard College for 41 years before retiring in July of 2022. While at Girard College, he served as a troop leader for the school's Boy Scout troop. Officials say that on Jan. 25, 2024, the foster parent of a child who had attended Girard College called Upland Borough Police to report the assault after the child...

Christopher Chell, 46, was arrested on charges of lewd and lascivious molestation following an investigation into the teacher.  Chell, a teacher at St. Patrick Interparish School, had allegedly gained the trust of several middle school girls.  Over a couple of months, Chell reportedly engaged in "a pattern of behavior that escalated from inappropriate touching to criminal acts," the Gainesville Police Department said. 

A former youth pastor and educator was sentenced Thursday to a year in prison plus probation stemming from his arrest last year for child pornography. As the result of a plea deal, Edward Kelly

- Richard Alcalade, 26, was arrested Tuesday, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO). - A private school teacher and coach in Lakeland was accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a student. - Alcalde was hired as teacher and boys’ soccer coach at Star Athletes Academy, located at 3151 Hardin Combee Road in Lakeland, in August 2023. His employment has been terminated, according to the sheriff’s office and a school administrator on campus. - Sheriff Grady Judd said the girl was not his student, but they met at the school. - The teenager told detectives that Alcalde gave her...

According to the lawsuit, the school employed Suggs from around July 2003 until around May 2016. The suit alleges that Sugg met the victim in September 2014 a few weeks after the victim began to attend the school and Sugg quickly “ingratiated herself into Jane Doe’s life under the guise of faith-based mentorship.” The victim met Sugg after the teacher spoke to the school’s upper-school students during chapel about her own experience as a victim of child sexual abuse and her willingness to help any students with similar struggles, according to court documents. The lawsuit alleges that Sugg used her...

- Sentenced Wednesday to 18 months in state prison for sexually abusing a 15-year-old camper - Engaged in a sexual relationship with a camper at Boy Scouts of America Camp No-Be-Bo-Sco in Hardwick Township back in 2011 - Engaged in various sexual acts with the minor while working the medical tent at the camp - Skeele pleaded guilty to criminal sexual contact. This charge was tacked on to federal child porn charges in 2020. He is currently serving a federal prison sentence for distributing child sexual abuse material.

Rikki Lynn Laughlin, 25, stands accused of one count each of possession of child pornography, tampering with a witness, tampering with physical evidence, attempted statutory rape in the second degree, promoting obscenity in the first degree, and furnishing pornographic materials to a minor, authorities said. According to the Maries County Sheriff’s Office, the illicit relationship largely consisted of the teacher pursuing the student while the student hesitated and made excuses not to engage with her. The teacher requested nude pictures from him, sent him nude pictures, and sent him a video of herself using a dildo, the student...

“James William Nugent II, 27, of Alexandria, Virginia, has been charged with 13 counts of child pornography.” James William Nugent II, of Alexandria, Virginia, was criminally charged on Wednesday on 13 counts of child pornography and taking indecent liberties with a child, according to Fox 5. Nugent was employed as a school resource teacher at Groveton Elementary School in Alexandria. Police said that officers were dispatched to an intersection in Stratford Landing around 1:30 p.m. on Saturday after a juvenile had reported that a man had lured them into his van and exposed himself. On Wednesday morning,...

- Charging documents show prosecutors charged Rikki Lyn Laughlin, 25, with promoting obscenity in the first degree, furnishing pornographic material to a minor, attempted statutory rape in the second degree, tampering with a witness, possession of child pornography, and tampering with physical evidence. - A probable cause statement against Laughlin alleges she sent pornographic videos of herself to a 16-year-old student and received child sex abuse material from him. It alleges Laughlin invited the student to her home and said she wanted to have sex with him.  - The probable cause statement goes on to say that Laughlin...