Related News: Alabama through outside eyes: The teacher-student sex capital of the USA

One new article link has been added to our Related News page. AL.com published an article titled Alabama through outside eyes: The teacher-student sex capital of the USA.

Well, it was bound to happen.

Sooner or later the strange cases of Alabama teachers engaging in sexual behavior with their students was going to catch the attention of somebody with either a microphone, TV camera or web site outside Alabama.

And it has.

The Daily Caller recently posted the provocative version of a vintage Alabama greeting card – the one shown above. I received a number of emails from friends and educators I have known over the years cringing at the image and headline but also asking me to share it to show that in the www dot world we connect not just to ourselves but to many others outside our borders.

As you can read, the Washington-based web site used a slide show of the accused teachers to prove their contention that “Alabama is the teacher-student sex capital of the USA.”

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Related News: Substitute teacher pleads not guilty to sex with 3 young Mobile teens

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The woman accused of sexually abusing three young boys while working as a substitute teacher for the Mobile County Public Schools System pleaded not guilty on Tuesday.

Kristina McMillan Kelly, 41, was not in court for the arraignment. Her attorney, Shane Taylor, entered the plea on her behalf.

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Related News: $100,000 bail amount set for man accused of sexually assaulting school girl near LeFlore High School

One new article link has been added to our Related News page. AL.com published an article titled $100,000 bail amount set for man accused of sexually assaulting school girl near LeFlore High School.

The man who prosecutors say sexually assaulted a teenage schoolgirl on a shortcut home will have to come up with at least $10,000 cash to get out of jail, based on a judge’s ruling Monday.

Jermaine Young was arrested on April 11 and charged with first-degree rape stemming from the April 7 incident. Mobile police said, around 4:30 p.m. that afternoon, they found the 16-year-old girl after she escaped the attack.

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Related News: Pell City cheerleader forgives father for secretly filming her, and uses her faith to help others

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That was the fourth time her father had taped her across a couple of months. It would be the last.

Her mother shared the discovery with her other daughter from a previous marriage. Michaela’s half-sister Janet knew someone adept at computer forensics.

Michaela was sheltered from the details, but according to her mother it was used three times in her bedroom and once in her bathroom.

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Related News: Former Leeds teacher arrested for sexting junior high student

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A former Leeds Middle School teacher was arrested Wednesday after authorities said she was sexting a 14-year-old male student.

Ashley Casiday, 31, turned herself into the St. Clair County Jail Wednesday morning. She is charged with one count of transmitting obscene material to a child, said St. Clair County District Attorney Richard Minor.  She is out of jail after posting $100,000 bond.

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Related News: Former Shelby County assistant principal arrested in Georgia for trying to have sex with child, lawmen say

One new article link has been added to our Related News page. AL.com published an article titled Former Shelby County assistant principal arrested in Georgia for trying to have sex with child, lawmen say.

A former assistant principal at Shelby County High School and Elvin Hill Elementary School is one of more than a dozen people arrested during a Georgia operation targeting online child predators.

John McGill, 56, and the other 13 arrestees are charged under the Computer Pornography and Child Exploitation Prevention Act of 1999. McGill was currently an elementary school principal in Douglas County, Ga.

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Related News: Yik Yak Trend Concerns Some University Students

One new article link has been added to our Related News page. WAKA published an article titled Yik Yak Trend Concerns Some University Students.

Troy University students are flooding the free smartphone app Yik Yak. It uses location features to show comments near by. And people can post, like and share comments anonymously.

Students are writing things ranging from what’s being served in the dining halls to hurtful comments calling out students. The majority of the posts use profanity. University police say they are aware of it.

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Related News: Student-teacher sex: Are more female teachers being charged?

One new article link has been added to our Related News page. AL.com published an article titled Student-teacher sex: Are more female teachers being charged?

All of the accused are women. In fact, about one-third of the cases of possibly inappropriate relationships investigated by Alabama education officials in 2013 involved women.

“It may not be happening more, but now there’s more punishment,” said Josh Klapow, a clinical psychologist and associate professor at UAB’s School of Public Health. “We don’t know those incidents that aren’t being caught and aren’t being reported.”

Social media, authorities say, helps to fuel the fire.

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Related News: Blount County teacher pleads guilty to sexting 15-year-old student

One new article link has been added to our Related News page. AL.com published an article titled Blount County teacher pleads guilty to sexting 15-year-old student.

A former teacher at Susan Moore High School pleaded guilty today after authorities said she sent sexual text messages to a 15-year-old male student.

Crystal Gilliland Clowdus, 32, entered her plea at a 1:30 p.m. hearing at the Blount County Courthouse. She pleaded guilty to transmitting obscene material to a minor, said Blount County District Attorney Pamela Casey.

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Related News: Former Army officer from Huntsville sentenced to 20 years to life for sex crimes against children in Colorado (updated)

One new article link has been added to our Related News page. AL.com published an article titled Former Army officer from Huntsville sentenced to 20 years to life for sex crimes against children in Colorado (updated).

Former Army officer Aaron Lucas, 33, of Huntsville, was sentenced to 20 years to life in prison today in Colorado for multiple sex crimes against children, the Gazette reports.

According to the Gazette, the former Fort Carson soldier  was sentenced by Judge David Shakes for charges that included rape and sexual assault of a child.

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