Women With Troubles - July 2006

The following is a listing of women with troubles reported in the news during July 2006. Each name is linked to an Interested-Participant blog entry displaying detailed information.

(AZ) Denise Philpott, aka Denise Green, 32,
behavioral-health technician, mother of four - Arrested for kidnapping and having sex with boy, 15,

(CA) Jennifer Lynn Sanchez, 31,
teacher - Guilty of unlawful sex with male student, 17, received no jail because she's bipolar,

(CA) Danielle Marie Walls, 27,
teacher - Pleaded guilty to unlawful sex/contributing to delinquency of boy, 16,

(CO) Donna Sue Lopus, 40,
sp. ed. teacher - Sentenced to 2 years work release jail time for sex assault of mentally disabled boy, 16. It's claimed she has bipolar disorder,

(CO) Michelle Leigh Tolar, 26,
teacher of troubled youth - Charged with sex assault of male student, 16,

(CT) Beth Raymond, 31,
educator of learning disabled children - Given 18 months for sex assault of boy, 12. Sentence mitigated since she has mental problems,

(FL) Janelle Marie Bird, 25,
teacher - Guilty of sex crimes with male student, 14, for two-year period. Bird claims she is in love with him.

(GA) Georgianne Harrell, 24,
3rd-grade teacher - Guilty of molesting boy, 9, sentenced to 25 years in prison,

(IL) Sarah Elizabeth Dickerson, 25,
Spanish teacher - Charged with sex assault of male student, 17,

(IL) Kory Gatton, 25,
neighbor, mother - Guilty of sexually abusing two boys, 14 & 16,

(IN) Becci Hill, 31,
special needs counselor - Charged with sexual misconduct and child solicitation of boy, 15,

(KY) Barbara Ann Bailiff, 41,
neighbor - Rape/sodomy charges on boys aged 8, 14, & 16,

(ME) Kristi Higgins, 27,
teen drug counselor - On trial for sex assault of boy, 15,

(MI) Laura Findlay, 32,
band teacher - Pleads guilty to criminal sexual conduct with 6 boys under 16,

(MI) Jami Lee Knox, 41,
married, mother of 3 - Charged with criminal sexual conduct with boy, 15,

(MT) Michele Evonne Malady, 42,
teacher's aide - Sentenced to 2 years prison for rape of boy, 14. It's claimed she's bipolar.

(NJ) Angela Stellwag, 26,
teacher - Indicted for sex abuse of male student, 14,

(OH) Angela Johnson, 34,
teacher, married mother - Sentenced to probation in student seduction case,

(OR) Kathleen O'Brien Erickson, 22,
school coach - Recently arrested for sodomy, also facing charges of sex assault/contributing to delinquency of girl, 15,

(PA) Brianna K. Said, 31,
teacher - Given probation for sex with male student, 17,

(PA) Robin Lynn Winkis, 30,
teacher - Given hand slap of 2 to 23 months for sex with students. She was lonely and depressed.

(TN) Kristi Dance Oakes, 33,
teacher - Sentenced to 6 months for statutory rape of male student, 16,

(TN) Andrea Jill Rail (aka Andrea Arnold Rail), 27,
teacher - Charged with solicitation of minor, a boy, 14,

(TN) Pamela Rogers, 29,
former teacher, convicted sex offender - Sentenced to 7 years prison for parole violation,

(TX) Araceli Tello, 30,
neighbor, wife - Charged with sexual assault for luring a woman to a mobile home where a man raped her,

(UT) Amber Childs, 29,
neighbor - Charged with sex abuse and sodomy of boy, 5,

(UT) Melinda Lee Deluca, 30,
teacher - Charged with forcible sex abuse of male student, 16,

(UT) Brandy Yates, 30,
teacher - Sentenced to stay home for 90 days for forcible rape of boy, 15,

(VA) Bonnie Sue Davis, 35,
sp. ed. teacher - Charges affirmed in case of alleged sodomy on two male students, 14 and 15,

(VT) Melanie Hackett, 24,
teacher - Charged with sexual abuse of male student, 13,

(WA) Lydia Korolak, 34,
guard at juvenile jail - Charged with custodial misconduct with teen boys.

Note that this compilation was derived by simply monitoring the media and obviously there were other stories under the radar. Thanks to all my tipsters (about a dozen) for their help, most notably Don Morgenstern and Jason Cann.