Indiana Teacher Arrested Again for Molestation of Boy - BUMPED

Last Friday (2/29/08), Michelle VanMeter was sentenced. She had previously pleaded guilty in January to two counts of child molesting, one charge of sexual misconduct with a minor, and one charge of sexual battery in two cases involving the sexual assaults and molestation of the boys.

Calling VanMeter's actions intentional and calculated and not an isolated incident of poor judgment, Superior Court Judge Fran Gull sentenced her to 30 years in prison and five years probation upon release.

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[Previous entry 11/30/07 bumped]
(Fort Wayne, Indiana) In September 2007, a 35-year-old former teacher at St. Jude Catholic School, Michelle VanMeter, was arrested for engaging in sex with three brothers, one of which is a mentally handicapped and deaf adult and the other two are ages 13 and 15.

Additionally, VanMeter gave birth in June to a child fathered by the 15-year-old, according to DNA testing. VanMeter had access to and sometimes cared for the boys through a close friendship with their mother.

Consequently, VanMeter was charged with three counts of child molesting, three counts of sexual misconduct with a minor and one count of sexual battery. Her case is scheduled for trial in February.

Meanwhile, VanMeter has been arrested again for a similar offense with a different child.

Michelle VanMeter, 35, formerly listed in court documents as living on the 2100 block of Vance Avenue but now living in South Bend, was arrested on two new charges of child molesting, one alleging she performed a sex act on a then-12-year-old boy between June 2006 and June 2007 and another charge accusing her of fondling the same boy during the same period.

VanMeter is due in court today.

If the new allegations are true, it means that VanMeter was molesting the 12-year-old boy when she was eight months pregnant. As an indicator of her self-restraint, she doesn't have any.