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Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
News
Music Teacher From Wayne Charged In Ho-Ho-Kus Juvenile Sex Case
A music teacher from Wayne had "sexually inappropriate conduct" with an underage Ho-Ho-Kus teen, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Thursday. Kyle Kubicki, 29, formerly of Mahwah, remained held in the Bergen County Jail pending a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack following his arrest Tuesday. He's charged with providing obscenity to a minor and child endangerment for "engaging in sexual conversations with a child under the age of 18 and also providing pornographic materials" to the youngster "for the purpose of sexual gratification," Musella said. …
Cherry Hill, NJ
News
Ex-Camden HS Teacher Gets 4 Years State Prison For Sexually Assaulting Student, Prosecutor Says
A former Camden Catholic High School teacher has been sentenced to four years in state prison for the repeated sexual assault of her former student, authorities said. Bridget Sipera, 37, of Cherry Hill, pleaded guilty to third-degree endangering the welfare of a child on Friday, according to Acting Camden County Prosecutor Jill S. Mayer. Sipera was charged in August of 2020 after an investigation found the sex assaults bean in January 2019 when the student was 17 years old, Mayer said. The assaults continued through March 2020, she said. Under the sentencing agreement, Sipera al…
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
News
Feds: NJ Teacher, Soccer Coach Caught Making Child Porn After Sending Hard Drive For Repairs
A Union County fifth-grade teacher from Morristown who also coaches youth soccer was arrested by the FBI after sending a hard drive containing child porn that he’d created to a California company to recover his files, authorities said. Steven Brooks, 34, who recently taught at Washington Elementary School in Summit and has helped run the Livingston Soccer Club the past 10 years, used a fake online profile to get underage boys to send him videos and photos, authorities said Tuesday. Brooks had emailed an employee at a California company that he had “sensitive and private” information on a ha…
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
News
Teacher At School That Principal Left Gets 6 Months No-Pay For Hitting Student, Touching Others
Already dealing with the mysterious departure of their principal and vice-principal, parents of students at Wyckoff’s middle school learned this week that a teacher there was recently disciplined for inappropriately touching students. As with the abrupt departure of Eisenhower Middle School Principal Christopher Iasiello and Assistant Principal Christopher Giordano, parents this week said they had no idea that an arbitrator two weeks ago upheld a six-month suspension without pay for teacher Scott Levy. No announcements were made nor information shared, parents in the northwest Bergen Count…
Jersey City, NJ
Police & Fire
JC Teacher From Lyndhurst Gets 5 Years For Sexually Assaulting Teen Girl
A former Jersey City charter school teacher who admitted having sex with an eighth-grade girl at what was then her Lyndhurst home must serve at least four years and three months in state prison before she’ll be eligible for parole. Lauren Coyle-Mitchell, 36, was sentenced last Friday to a plea-bargained five years in state prison, 85% of which she must serve before being eligible for parole with lifetime supervision. Coyle-Mitchell also must register as a Megan’s Law offender, can never hold a teaching or government job again and is permanently prohibited from any contact with the victim. …
Newark, NJ
Police & Fire
Teacher At Millburn High Tried To Seduce Student, Authorities Say
An English teacher at Millburn High School has been charged with endangering the welfare of one of his students after he repeatedly made sexually suggestive comments to her during the past school year, the Essex County Prosecutor's Office said Friday. Joseph Pedulla, 57, of Monroe, appeared in court for the first time Friday. According to authorities, Pedulla began directing "inappropriate communications" towards the female student, including sexual "overtures." The girl reported the alleged conduct to Millburn police, the prosecutor's office said. Pedulla earned more tha…
Paterson, NJ
News
Paterson Teacher Who Stopped Moving Bus To Hit, Curse Out Kid Won't Work In Any Classroom Again
A Paterson teacher who stopped a school bus on a highway to curse at a student who apparently chucked a snowball at his car had his teaching licenses revoked by state officials. Nathaniel T. Gerson -- a math teacher since 1999 at the district's Don Bosco Technology Academy -- had left for the day when the incident occurred on Route 20 northbound, the State Board of Examiners said. He was driving alongside a school bus when an 11-year-old boy chucked a melting snowball at his car, the report says. Gerson blew his horn and motioned for the bus to stop, positioning his car in front of the…
Newark, NJ
News
Education Officials: Newark Teacher Hit On Female Teens, Threw Pencil At Student's Eye
A Newark teacher who threw a pencil at a student hemorrhaging his eye and made inappropriate remarks to a 16-year-old female student had his education licenses revoked by state officials. Troubles began with Kenyada A. Mitchell in 2012, when he approached a 16-year-old female student identified in a report by the State Board of Examiners as D.W., the Newark school district reported. The teen was wearing a skirt when Mitchell, then 33, asked for her cell phone number and told her that if she bent over he'd "be able to see her a**," the district said. Mitchell also told D.W. on a different o…
Fairfield, CT
News
Fairfield Teacher Accused Of Exposing Himself Found Not Guilty
A Fairfield County teacher accused of exposing himself to a teenage student has been cleared of the charges following a trial that began last month. Jeff Iwanicki, 46, a graphic arts teacher at Fairfield Warde High School, was acquitted of charges that included multiple counts of impairing the morals of a minor, public indecency and breach of peace. He reportedly burst into tears when the not guilty verdict was read on Monday in court. The jury returned the verdict in less than an hour. According to the Connecticut Post, Iwanicki’s supporters - many of whom were his fellow teachers - burst…
Shelton, CT
News
Teacher Accused Of Inappropriate Conduct With Student In Naugatuck
A Connecticut teacher has been placed on leave as police investigate allegations that the educator had inappropriate contact with a student. A criminal investigation has been launched at Naugatuck High School, after police learned of an incident involving a teacher and student. The nature of the “inappropriate contact” has not been disclosed. The name of the teacher has not been released. Police were made aware of the allegation on Wednesday, Jan. 23. On Thursday, the school district issued a statement regarding the incident. "A teacher at Naugatuck High School has been placed on leave af…
Mount Pleasant, NY
Schools
Former Teacher's 'Offensive' Post Prompts Response By Superintendent In Westchester
A schools superintendent in Westchester has responded after a former teacher posted derogatory statements about an ex- student online. Without naming the former teacher or the blog, citing confidentiality, Bronxville Schools Superintendent Roy Montesano, said the former teacher's statements were "misleading" and as "inaccurate as they are offensive." "Moreover, the attacks upon the former student, much less by name, and the school’s integrity are inappropriate and absurd," Montesano added. The superintendent noted that he “urges (the community) not to let one …
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Schools
Wood-Ridge High Teacher Who Sexually Assaulted Teen Has License Revoked
A Wood-Ridge High School math teacher who had sex with a student from when she was 13 until she was 16 had his teaching license revoked by the The New Jersey State Board of Examiners. Gary Minervini of East Rutherford held a teacher of mathematics certificate of eligibility with advance standing and teacher of mathematics certificate prior to the revocation at the board's May 24 meeting. He had been working at Wood-Ridge High School when he was arrested in 2016 and accused of having an inappropriate relationship with the teen while she was his student, according to a press release. In Febr…
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