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'Distressing': Chess Club Teacher Sexually Assaulted North Jersey Student, Authorities Say 'Distressing': Chess Club Teacher Sexually Assaulted North Jersey Student, Authorities Say
'Distressing': Chess Club Teacher Sexually Assaulted North Jersey Student, Authorities Say Matthew Swajkowski, a 36-year-old Verona resident and teacher, was arrested and charged with sexually assaulting a student, prosecutors said. Swajkowski oversaw the chess club at Verona High School and the victim was a member of the club, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II said. Police began investigating Swajkowski in July  and determined he engaged in sexual conduct with the minor and also gave them alcohol, Stephens said. Swajkowski was arrested on Friday, Sept. 22, Stephens said. Prosecutors did not say how old the victim is, but noted  "while the ag…
New Details: Teacher Repeatedly Raped 16-Year-Old Student At Long Island School, DA Says New Details: Teacher Repeatedly Raped 16-Year-Old Student At Long Island School, DA Says
New Details: Teacher Repeatedly Raped 16-Year-Old Student At Long Island School, DA Says A teacher accused of repeatedly raping an underage student at a Long Island school has been formally charged. William Sperl, age 60, of Deer Park, was arraigned on seven counts of rape and related charges in Suffolk County Court on Tuesday, Sept. 12. According to prosecutors, Sperl met the victim in 2019 when she was 15 years old and a student in his audio production class at the Eastern Suffolk BOCES campus in Riverhead. Earlier Report: Teacher Sexually Abuses Underage Student At Riverhead School, Police Say The two began communicating through an application used by the school fo…
NJ Marching Band Director Accused Of Sexual Relationship With Student: Prosecutor NJ Marching Band Director Accused Of Sexual Relationship With Student: Prosecutor
NJ Marching Band Director Accused Of Sexual Relationship With Student: Prosecutor A Riverside High School teacher’s aide and marching band director has been charged with having a sexual relationship with a male student, authorities said. Michelle Jacoby, 27, of Riverside, was charged with aggravated sexual assault and child endangerment, according to Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw. She was taken into custody Tuesday May 2 and released Wednesday May 3 after an appearance in Superior Court, Bradshaw said. The investigation began Tuesday after the BCPO Special Victims Unit received information that the student had disclosed the relationship to a teach…
VA Special-Ed Teacher Sexually Assaulted Student For Months: Police VA Special-Ed Teacher Sexually Assaulted Student For Months: Police
VA Special-Ed Teacher Sexually Assaulted Student For Months: Police A special education teacher at a Fairax high school has been arrested by the Major Crimes Bureau’s Child Abuse Squad. James Madison High School learning disabilities teacher Allieh Kheradmand, 33, was taken into custody on Thursday, April 12 after school administration notified law enforcement about her inappropriate relationship with a student. The student had informed school administrators that Kheradmand had had an inappropriate relationship with them for several months. Kheradmand had been a teacher with Fairfax County Public Schools since 2016. She is being charged with four counts of…
Yonkers Teacher's Sexual Relationship With Student Turned Violent, Police Say Yonkers Teacher's Sexual Relationship With Student Turned Violent, Police Say
Yonkers Teacher's Sexual Relationship With Student Turned Violent, Police Say A teacher in the region is accused of engaging in a sexual relationship with a teenage student that eventually turned violent, authorities said. Northern Westchester resident James Korwatch, age 49, of Ossining, was arrested by Yonkers Police Wednesday, Aug. 31, on violent felony charges of criminal sexual act and stalking. Investigators said Korwatch, who teaches at Saunders Trades and Technical High School in Yonkers, began an inappropriate relationship with a then 17-year-old student in 2021. That relationship escalated to physical and sexual violence, as well as physical and verbal in…
Falls Township Teacher's Aide Out On Bail For Having Relationship With Boy, 14, Shoots Self Falls Township Teacher's Aide Out On Bail For Having Relationship With Boy, 14, Shoots Self
Falls Township Teacher's Aide Out On Bail For Having Relationship With Boy, 14, Shoots Self A Falls Township teacher's aide out on bail for sexually assaulting her 14-year-old student shot herself over the weekend, authorities said. Jennilynne M. Derolf, 38, was charged on July 15 with felony counts of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, statutory sexual assault, unlawful contact with a minor, and related charges, according to the Falls Township Police Department and Bucks County District Attorney's Office. An investigation into Derolf began on July 13 when the victim's grandmother told Falls Township officers that she discovered her grandson was having a sexual relations…
Falls Township Teacher's Aide Charged With Sexual Assault Of 14-Year-Old Student Falls Township Teacher's Aide Charged With Sexual Assault Of 14-Year-Old Student
Falls Township Teacher's Aide Charged With Sexual Assault Of 14-Year-Old Student A Falls Township teacher's aide was hit with multiple sexual assault charges Thursday for having a relationship with a 14-year-old student, authorities said. Jennilynne M. Derolf, 38, was charged with felony counts of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, statutory sexual assault, unlawful contact with a minor, aggravated indecent assault and institutional sexual assault, and misdemeanor counts of indecent assault and corruption of minors, according to the Falls Township Police Department and Bucks County District Attorney's office. An investigation into Derolf began on July 13 …
New Suits Detail Sex Abuse By North Jersey Teacher Who Had Trysts With Students New Suits Detail Sex Abuse By North Jersey Teacher Who Had Trysts With Students
New Suits Detail Sex Abuse By North Jersey Teacher Who Had Trysts With Students A North Jersey teacher who admit having sex trysts with students is facing three new accusers who detail the abuse in newly-filed lawsuits. The suits obtained by Daily Voice were filed in Essex County Superior Court against Nicole Dufault and the South Orange-Maplewood School District. The divorced Bloomfield mom of two in January 2020 pleaded guilty to three counts of aggravated criminal sexual contact on accusations she sexually assaulted six boys in 2013 and 2014. Authorities arrested Dufault in September 2014 on charges of aggravated sexual assault against several students at Colu…
WATCH: Hackensack Teachers Thrill Students With Parade WATCH: Hackensack Teachers Thrill Students With Parade
Watch: Hackensack Teachers Thrill Students With Parade Teachers from the Nellie K. Parker school honked and waved as they drove through the Hackensack neighborhood Friday morning, bringing school and smiles to their students and parents stuck at home. The teachers had streamers, balloons and signs with encouraging messages plastered all over their cars. Christopher Baldo -- whose kids are in Kindergarten and second grade at Nellie K. Parker -- said the parade was both emotional and up-lifting. "I think that my children both felt a sense of normalcy after seeing their teachers," Baldo told Daily Voice "[The children] were very excited to know t…