Here is a compilation of women with troubles reported in news stories during February 2013. Each name is linked to an Interested-Participant blog entry displaying details.
For a more comprehensive listing, check the Women With Troubles category link.
(AL) Alicia Gray, 28,
teacher - Accused of engaging in sexual relations with boy, 14,
(AR) Lisa Dawn Norman, 45,
neighbor - Charged with rape of a boy, age 7 or 8,
(AZ) Jennifer Dempsey, 35,
teacher - Arrested for engaging in sex acts with boys, 14 to 16,
(AZ) Maria Veronica Martinez, 37,
neighbor - Arrested for attempting to smuggle drugs into the U.S.,
(CA) Chrystina Delrosario, 25,
teacher's aide - Gets probation for having sex with a male student, 15,
(CA) Christine Hubbs, 44,
neighbor - Caught with pornography and re-arrested after being paroled for only days,
(CA) Laura Purviance, 24,
teacher - Arrested for fatally shooting her mother, 61,
(CA) Lianne Trout, 28,
teacher - Sentenced to 185 days in jail for sex with a male student, 16,
(CA) Kelly McKenzy Watson, 34,
teacher - Gets a year in jail but will be released early to have baby of student lover, 17,
(CO) Rhonda Eisenberg, 44,
teacher - Gets 90 days jail for sex with student, 17, resulting in childbirth,
(CO) Terah Rawlings, 33,
neighbor - Guilty of sexually assaulting student, 15; sentencing in April,
(CT) Carah Bosco, 27,
neighbor - Accused of drugging and sexually assaulting a teen,
(CT) Amanda Bowden, 19,
teacher - Arrested for threatening to commit a mass shooting and bombing,
(DE) Katheryn L. Carmean, 35,
paraeducator - Accused of sex abuse of her son's friend, 14,
(FL) Sally D. Clarke, 48,
teacher's aide - Accused of child molestation of a male relative, 9,
(FL) Alexis Anne Colson, 37,
neighbor - Accused of sex with boy, 16, and sending nude photos,
(FL) Elizabeth M. Hatzidakis, 33,
teacher - Accused of getting liquored up, taking pills and smoking weed with male student, 17,
(FL) Janeene Lea Jones, 49,
neighbor - Charged with two counts of solicitation to commit murder,
(FL) Jamie Wichmanowski,
teacher - Arrested for driving a golf cart while under the influence,
(GA) Susan Parker Bergmark, 46,
teacher - Accused of beating her daughter, 17,
(IL) Tish Coleman, 31,
neighbor - Accused of killing her cousin's cat,
(IL) Amanda M. Ludwig, 28,
teacher - Accused of sending text messages to sexually entice a male student, 15,
(IL) Candace Welch, 29,
softball coach - Accused of sex with girl, 15,
(KS) Cathleen Balman, 43,
teacher - Guilty of a year-long indecent relationship with boy, 15,
(KS) Amber M. Stroda, 28,
teacher - Accused of engaging in sex with high school students,
(MD) Amanda Kay Miller, 35,
teacher - Accused of giving oral sex to a male student, 15,
(NC) Gail Attaway,
teacher - Arrested for allegedly assaulting a child under age 12,
(NC) Amanda Ann Grady, 32,
teacher - Accused of taking money from students,
(NC) Dawn Bridget Kavanaugh, 42,
teacher - Accused of stabbing and killing her boyfriend, 43,
(NH) Lisa Tagalakis Fedor, 42,
teacher - Accused of allowing drug sales from her apartment in front of her sons,
(NJ) Elyse Cromwell, 27,
teacher - Accused of sex on multiple occasions with student, 14,
(NJ) Erica DePalo, 33,
teacher - Gets life parole for having sex with a male student, 15,
(NV) Kara Vandereyk , 23,
neighbor - Charged with open and gross lewdness with her pit bull,
(NY) Marisa Anton, 33,
librarian - Gets probation for texting pics of bare breasts to student, 16,
(NY) Crystal DeRosa, 33,
teacher - Arrested for stealing jewelry from a student, 5,
(OH) Monica Jo Bush, 27,
neighbor - Arrested for unlawful sexual conduct with a boy, 15,
(OH) Michele L. Gross, 37,
teacher - Accused of perjury and furnishing alcohol to minors,
(PA) Jalissa Destinee Baez, 19,
babysitter - Accused of sexually abusing a boy, 9,
(RI) Jane E. O'Connell, 49,
teacher - Accused of assaulting two police officers at a restaurant,
(SC) Courtney Clark Kay, 29,
teacher - Accused of inappropriate touching of a student, 14,
(TN) Abby Elizabeth Hooper, 33,
teacher - Arrested for statutory rape,
(TX) Jessica Guilbeaux, 31,
teacher - Accused of having an improper relationship with a male student, 18,
(TX) Judy Lynn Langford, 35,
teacher - Guilty of sexual assault of a student,
(TX) Julie Ann Moore, 35,
teacher - Gets 180 days jail for sexual assault of child and indecency with child, 15,
(TX) Jennifer Marie O’Neill, 37,
teacher - Accused of inappropriate touching of a male student, 13,
(TX) LaShawn Simmons, 41,
teacher - Accused of engaging in sex with four students,
(TX) Linda White, 48,
neighbor - Arrested for abusing 911 by asking that cigarettes be delivered,
(UT) Claudia Reaney, 49,
teacher - Arrested for heroin possession,
(VA) Cathy Warren Bennett, 37,
nurse - Charged with conspiracy to commit murder,
(VA) Angela Nolen, 47,
teacher - Charged with trying to have her ex-husband killed,
(VA) Ashley L. Pigg, 25,
babysitter - Accused of shaking and severely injuring a baby boy, 2 months,
(VA) Stephanie Streight, 41,
neighbor - Guilty of sex with two boys, 13 and 15; sentencing in April,
(WY) Britney Rosenfield, 25,
neighbor - Pleaded guilty to second-degree sexual abuse of a boy, 13.
Thanks to the tipsters.