Happy New Year! Here is a compilation of women with troubles reported in news stories during December 2011. Each name is linked to an Interested-Participant blog entry displaying details.
For a more comprehensive listing, check the Women With Troubles category link. Links to month-by-month compilations are displayed on the navigation bar at left.
Thanks to the readers, tipsters, and commenters.
(AZ) Colene Barker, 35,
neighbor - Accused of driving over her husband,
(AZ) Jennifer Whiting, 33,
teacher - Gets one year in jail for sex with girl, 16,
(CA) Julie Gay Correa, 43,
teacher - Gets eight years in prison for sex with girl, 12,
(CA) Kathia Maria Davis, 44,
neighbor - Accused of sex with son's youth hockey league teammates,
(CA) Patricia Dye, 32,
neighbor - Arrested for failing to register as a sex offender,
(CA) Stephanie Elliott, 39,
teacher - Accused of sexual assaulting a sleeping adult woman,
(CA) Japhia Smith Huhndorf, 34,
teacher - Gets probation for child abuse in explosives case,
(CA) Laurie Ann Martinez, 36,
prison psychologist - Accused of faking rape and robbery,
(CA) Dorothy Ramirez, 53,
teacher - Arrested again for possession of drugs,
(CA) Gay Shepard & Daniel Shepard, 59 & 62,
teacher - Accused of sex with male student,
(CA) Lianne Marie Trout, 27,
teacher - Accused of unlawful sex with former student,
(CA) Virginia Valdez, 69,
neighbor - Accused of trying to cut off husband's penis,
(CO) Karen D. Clark, 59,
neighbor - Accused of sex assault of minor,
(FL) Kenia Quiala Bosque, 30,
neighbor - Arrested for trying to sell baby son,
(FL) Kimberly Lashane Davis, 30,
neighbor - Accused of sex with boy, 12 to 16 years old,
(FL) Gina Marie Knox, 33,
neighbor - Accused of felony child neglect,
(FL) Cheryl Nemetz, 49,
neighbor - Accused of sleeping with and giving drugs to boy, 14,
(FL) Margaret Ann O'Neill, 26,
neighbor - Arrested for performing oral sex on girl, 7,
(FL) Simone Paolercio, 39,
teacher - Booked for battery at McDonald's,
(FL) Kristen Nicole Sullivan, 27,
teacher - Gets three years prison for sex with male student, 14,
(GA) Eileen Dawn June Gargulio, 19,
neighbor - Gets five years prison for rape of boy, 13,
(GA) Kimberly Quinlan Lindsey, 44,
CDC executive - Accused of molesting boy, 6, and bestiality,
(IL) Eliza Martinelli, 35,
teacher - Gets probation for criminal sexual abuse of four children,
(IL) Lynette McIntyre, 45,
teacher - Guilty of sex with male student, 17. Sentencing in February 2012,
(IL) Sarah A. Monroe, 27,
neighbor - Arrested for theft,
(IL) Paulina M. Suess, 34,
teacher - Accused of heroin possession,
(IN) Theresa Mast, 56,
school bus driver - Accused of driving school bus while drunk,
(IN) Ashley Stapert, 21,
neighbor - Accused of performing sex act on baby girl,
(KY) Brooke Briscoe, 27,
group home counselor - Accused of sex with male resident, 17,
(KY) Trira Guisse, 29,
teacher - Accused of assaulting female freshman student,
(LA) Katie Champagne, 30,
teacher - Accused of indecent behavior with girl, 14,
(MA) Irina Kristy, 74,
teacher - Accused of distribution of methamphetamine,
(MI) Laura Buckingham, 50,
neighbor - Gets year in prison for sex with underage boys,
(MI) Kellie Jean Miller (aka Kellie Jean Retter Miller), 48,
neighbor - Gets 3 to 5 years prison for probation violations,
(MN) Michelle Rose Chlan, 26,
teacher's aide - Guilty of sex with male student, 16. Sentencing in February 2012,
(MO) Christina Spaid, 34,
neighbor - Accused of sex with teen girl and a dog,
(NC) Tiffany Suzanne Davis, 23,
teacher - Accused of sex with male student,
(NC) Emily Gabrielle Sykes, 22,
neighbor - Accused of sex with a child,
(NC) Nicole Johnson Thomas, 26,
neighbor - Accused of sex with minor,
(NY) Ronette Ricketts, 40,
teacher - Accused of vicious attack on fellow teacher,
(OK) Kimberly Crain, 48,
teacher - Accused of taking photos of girls in bras and panties,
(OK) Micha Rose Dirksen, 30,
neighbor - Accused of engaging in sex with at least six boys ages 13 to 15,
(OK) Elizabeth Alisha Greta Halfmoon, 45,
neighbor - Arrested for mixing meth chemicals at Walmart,
(OK) Cynthia Shirleen Low, 46,
college employee - Accused of embezzling from university,
(PA) Angela Goss, 28,
neighbor - Accused of breaking daughter's leg for urinating on floor,
(PA) Symantha Hicks, 30,
guidance counselor - Accused of inappropriate behavior with students,
(PA) Gabrielle Suzanne Marvelli, 39,
teacher - Gets nine months to five years prison for sex with student, 17,
(SC) Candice Elise Smith, 27,
neighbor - Accused of sex with boy, 14,
(TN) Amy Lynn Howell, 37,
teacher - Accused of sex crimes with a student,
(TN) Felicia Rickett, 22,
neighbor - Gets diversion for sex with boy, 16,
(TX) Amanda Billiris, 23,
neighbor - Accused of sex with nephew, 15,
(TX) Heather Dominique Jackson, 37,
teacher - Indicted for sex with male student, 16,
(TX) Julie Ann Moore, 34,
teacher - Accused of engaging in sex with boy, 15,
(UT) Sunni Faith Anderson (aka Suni Andersen), 36,
personal trainer - Guilty of forcible sex abuse of boy, 14. Sentencing in January 2012,
(UT) Kyie Devey, 21,
teacher - Accused of providing alcohol to minors,
(UT) Josie Foster,
high school dance instructor - Gets hand slap for burglary,
(VA) Tina Marie Amato, 28,
teacher - Guilty of sex with male student, 15. Sentencing in April 2012,
(VA) Kimberly Crilley, 48,
neighbor - Gets three years prison for sex with boy, 14,
(VT) Abby Shocik, 23,
teacher - Accused of sexually assaulting student,
(WI) Mary Berglund, 53,
teacher - Gets probation for child abuse,
(WI) Tessa A. Gray, 35,
neighbor - Accused of repeated sex with boys under 16.