Here is a compilation of women with troubles reported in news stories during April 2012. 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 tipsters.
(AL) Jennifer Hawk Elebash, 41,
teacher - Accused of sex with student, 14,
(AR) Monetta Davis, 42,
neighbor - Accused of child endangerment for allegedly leaving her baby in a car while she gambled at a casino,
(AR) Marla Sizemore,
teacher - Accused of sexually assaulting three male students,
(CA) Mistie Atkinson, 32,
loving mother - Accused of incest with son, 16,
(CA) Megan Denman, 29,
teacher - Accused of engaging in sex with student,
(CA) Sarah Elizabeth Drown, 20,
teacher's aide - Gets 180 days jail for sex with student, 14,
(CA) Laura M. Gallegos, 38,
teacher's aide - Gets year in prison for sex with teenager,
(CA) Stacie Halas,
teacher/porn star - Fired from teaching position,
(FL) Celestine Jones Baker, 52,
teacher - Arrested for cocaine,
(FL) Christine Faith Baker, 45,
alleged prostitute - Accused of offering sex for cheeseburgers,
(FL) Amanda Cooney, 26,
teacher - Guilty of burglary, theft, fraud and forgery, and unlawful sex with a minor,
(FL) Kiki Algeria Hamilton-White, 36,
school bus driver - Accused of sex with student, 17,
(FL) Melissa Mansfield (aka Mellisa Mansfield), 30-ish,
neighbor - Caught taking dump on berm of Interstate Highway,
(GA) Edith Katherine Shellow, 39,
neighbor - Accused of assault for stabbing husband in crotch with screwdriver,
(IA) Jennifer Linn Dicken, 34,
neighbor - Accused of sex with three boys, ages 14, 14 and 12,
(IA) Hope Ann Rain, 19,
neighbor - Accused of violating the city's under-21 ordinance, urinating in front of a local bar and resisting arrest,
(IL) Shana S. Cox, 36,
neighbor - Guilty of sex abuse of student, 15. Sentencing TBD,
(IN) Elizabeth Covington, 53,
prison counselor - Accused of sex with inmate,
(IN) Christina L. Reber, 43,
neighbor - Accused of aggravated battery for grabbing boyfriend's crotch,
(KS) Michelle Preston, 28,
teacher - Guilty of unlawful sex with student. Sentencing in June,
(MA) Stephanie A. Laslocky, 32,
teacher - Drug charges,
(MD) Lisa Elaine Carroll, 39,
neighbor - Accused of sex with Florida boy, 16,
(MN) Jenessa Diamond White, 20
HS basketball coach - Accused of sex with girl, 14,
(NC) Deanna Nichole Turner, 29,
neighbor - Accused of sex with boy, 15,
(NM) Kristy Sanchez-Trujillo, 35,
teacher - Guilty of sex crimes against 13-year-old. Sentencing in June,
(NY) Nicole Fallat, 31,
neighbor - Accused of trying to smother a two-year-old girl with a pillow,
(NY) Leanna M. Intorcia, 34,
neighbor - Accused of raping boy, 15,
(NY) Danielle Johnsen, 30,
teacher - Gets community service for hubba-hubbas with girl, 16,
(OH) Jennifer J. Alghzawi, 38,
neighbor - Accused of unlawful sex with a teen between 13 and 16,
(OH) Chardee Barfield, 21,
neighbor - Accused of pimping out girl, 15,
(OH) Whitney Chiles, 30,
teacher - Gets four years prison for sex with boy, 15,
(OH) Patrician Dye, 32,
neighbor - Gets jail for violating probation,
(OH) Jamie Nichole Phillips, 20,
neighbor - Accused of raping boy, 14, at knifepoint,
(OK) Amy Blose, 37,
neighbor - Guilty of sexual misconduct with boy, 13. Sentencing in June,
(OK) Tiffany Lynne Huffman, 28,
teacher - Accused of sending nude pix to teen boys,
(OK) Jennifer Willis, 27,
teacher - Caught in undercover drug sting,
(OR) Tanya Maroochy Earle, 37,
teacher - Accused of repeated sex abuse of male student,
(PA) Rachel L. Farrell, 26,
teacher - Guilty of sex with boy. Sentencing in May,
(PA) Crystal M. Kinsey, 23,
neighbor - Accused of sex with boy, 14,
(PA) Kimberly Jo Larkin, 40,
teacher - Guilty of sex with boy. Sentencing in July,
(RI) Emma Wise, 22,
teacher - Gets community service for providing alcohol to minors,
(SC) Dianna Aracely Elizondo, 31,
neighbor - Accused of sex with boy, 15,
(SD) April Solles, 28,
neighbor - Accused of videotaped sex with boy, 14,
(TX) Patricia Jean Coone, 35,
teacher - Drug charges,
(TX) Cynthia Stewart, 43,
educator - Gets six years prison for online solicitation of boy, 15,
(TX) Karrie M. McKinney, 41,
teacher - Gets a walk for improper relations with a student,
(VA) Tina Marie Amato, 28,
teacher - Gets three months jail for sex with student, 15,
(VA) Kathleen Cawthorne, 32,
teacher - Accused of indecency with male student, 17,
(VT) Tong Chen, 32,
Teacher of the Year - Accused of theft of $70-worth of merchandise from a supermarket,
(WI) Shannon Cardinal, 43,
Spanish teacher - Accused of enduring sexual relations with student, 16,
(WI) Kristine Woellner, 19,
neighbor - Accused of child neglect after allegedly blowing marijuana smoke into her baby's face.