The disappearance of former Tennessee high school teacher Tad Cummins and high school freshman Elizabeth Thomas last March is one of the hottest topics covered by Crime Stories with Nancy Grace in 2017. Cummins is scheduled to go on trial in January for the kidnapping of the 15-year-old girl. Nancy Grace reviews the sensational case …
A former high school student reportedly told police that he would “no longer lie” about his sexual relationship with his English teacher after the woman allegedly said the teen “ruined her life.” Patch reported that prosecutors officially charged Samantha Ciotta, 32, of Beaumont, California, Monday with oral copulation with a minor and two counts of sexual …
A Florida soccer coach who traveled up the east coast with a 17-year-old high school student is now facing additional charges of unlawful sexual activity with a minor. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Caitlin Frisina of Colombia County went missing in late November and was later found to have fled with Rian Rodriguez, 27, the head boys soccer …
A former middle school teacher in Ohio is facing criminal charges for allegedly having sex with a 14-year-old student. The Dayton Daily News reported that court documents filed Wednesday accused Jessica Langford, 32, of twice receiving oral sex, twice performing oral sex, and twice having intercourse with the teen on or around May 23. Cleveland.com indicated that the …
A Georgia teacher–who also worked part-time as sheriff’s deputy–is accused of having sex with a 16-year-old boy and knowingly exposing him to HIV. According to WJXT, Ware County educator Tracy Wayne Crosby, 42, was originally charged on November 29 with misdemeanor solicitation of sodomy. However, jail records revealed that the 42-year-old is also now facing a …
A former Maine teacher is proclaiming her innocence after surrendering to police last week on charges of sexual conduct with a minor. As the Portsmouth Herald reported, 29-year-old Jill Lamontagne allegedly carried on a sexual relationship with the 17-year-old that included multiple encounters. According to court documents, the alleged abuse occurred “in the classroom, in …
Authorities in Texas believe a high school teacher maintained a sexual relationship with a teenage former student. According to Fox News, 23-year-old Michelle Schiffer was a world history teacher at Houston’s Cypress-Springs High School when she met the alleged victim, who is now 16 years old. Police reports claim Schiffer and the unidentified teen, then …
An Indiana high school teacher was arrested Wednesday after students allegedly filmed her doing drugs in an empty classroom. Students at Lake Central High School spotted English teacher Samantha Cox, 24, allegedly snorting what police believe to have been a mixture of cocaine and heroin, CBS News reports. The students went straight to the principal, …
Authorities in Northern California arrested a high school teacher on Tuesday for allegedly molesting a 12-year-old girl at a summer camp earlier this year. Chad Zitzner, 45, is accused of molesting a 12-year-old girl multiple times at a math camp over the summer, Fox News reports. He was booked into jail Tuesday on suspicion of …
A Florida student who was 16 when she was raped by her high school geometry teacher was awarded $49.3 million in damages. According to the Miami Herald. the victim, now 20, accused Bresnniel Jansen Mones in a 2014 lawsuit that the South Dade Senior High School teacher sent her texts that originally were about school but escalated into conversations …
An Ohio substitute teacher accused of having sex with two high school students was released from jail Thursday night. Madeline Marx, 23, was arrested for having sex with two 11th grade students and admitted to sending “several nude pictures” through social media to one of the students. Marx allegedly had sex with one of the …
More than a decade after she pleaded guilty to charges that she had sex with a 14-year-old student, former teacher Debra Lafave has completely turned her life around, her friend says. In an interview with People, Joe Zuniga said Lafave is a “completely different person” from the woman who committed those criminal acts dating back …
