Here is a compilation of women with troubles reported in news stories during May 2014. 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) Jennifer Collins McNeill, 40,
teacher - Pleaded guilty to rape and sodomy of minor. Sentencing scheduled for July 24,
(AZ) Stefanie Rachelle Courson, 42,
teacher - Pleaded guilty to drug charges. Sentencing scheduled for July 11,
(CA) Teresa Badger, 48,
teacher - Sentenced to community service for marijuana-laced dinner party,
(CA) Sheri Laverne Haselhuhn, 40,
teacher - Accused of stealing a student's prescription medication,
(CA) Michelle Lynn Johnson, 46,
teacher - Gets 270 days jail for sex with male student,
(CT) Kirsten Dergosits, 45,
teacher - Accused of multiple drug offenses,
(CT) Danielle Shea, 22,
neighbor - Arrested for bomb threats at university,
(FL) Tamisha Barbour, 29,
neighbor - Gets 25 years prison for molesting boy, 10,
(FL) Ana Maria Moreta Folch, 62,
neighbor - Accused of bulldozing neighbor's home because she didn't like them,
(FL) Stephanie Hird, 29,
neighbor - Accused of barnyard animal cruelty porn,
(FL) Diane Holland, 52,
PTA treasurer - Accused of stealing $25,000 of PTA funds,
(FL) Samantha Murchie, 43,
teacher - Accused of drinking alcohol with teens,
(FL) Josita Norder, 48,
neighbor - Accused of sex with boy, 14,
(FL) Heide W. Sites, 47,
assisted-living dining manager - Accused of sex with boy,
(FL) Brandi Nicole Thomas, 21,
neighbor - Accused of sex with boy, 15,
(FL) Sara Zamora, 28,
neighbor - Accused of barnyard animal cruelty porn,
(GA) Ashley Nichole Ashe, 25,
teacher - Accused of sex with student,
(GA) Julie Johnson,
teacher - Accused of cruelty to her own children,
(GA) Debra Tanskley (aka Tanksley), 37,
teacher - Accused of fixing grades for a student and inappropriate contact with a student,
(HI) Nancy Ballo,
teacher - Allegedly has sex with male student, 17,
(ID) Danielle A. Pennington,
neighbor - Accused of smuggling contraband into prison,
(IL) Tinesha Brooks,
neighbor - Accused of murder,
(IL) Nicole Jacobsen, 42,
teacher - Accused of aggravated criminal sexual abuse of boy, 14,
(IN) Megan Ralston, 28,
neighbor - Sentenced to no jail for sex with boy, 14,
(KY) Raynika Robards, 34,
neighbor - Accused of shoplifting and giving a false name,
(LA) Dorothy Jean Vanasselberg, 32,
neighbor - Indicted on hundreds of child-sex charges,
(MO) Jessica Low, 32,
teacher - Accused of statutory sodomy and furnishing pornography to students,
(MS) Dawnielle Lorraine Bourgeois-Morris, 32,
neighbor - Accused of sex with girl, 12,
(MS) Whitney LaShae Dawson, 26,
neighbor - Accused of attacking teacher,
(NC) Jessica Deck, 28,
teacher - Accused of sex with student, 17,
(NC) Kimberly Waddell Macemore, 24,
teacher - Accused of sex with two male students,
(NC) Juana Sutton, 20,
neighbor - Accused of raping young boy,
(ND) Susan Duursma, 35,
teacher - Pleaded guilty to child abuse in accordance with plea agreement. Judge to decide,
(ND) Jessica Jensen, 35,
neighbor - Accused of starving her son to death,
(NJ) Melissa Bradley, 27,
teacher - Accused of engaging in sex with two students,
(NY) Dawn Nguyen,
neighbor - Convicted and sentenced to prison on firearms charges,
(NY) Annie Schmutz Seifullah, 35,
school principal - Accused of sex trysts while classes in session.
(OH) Cecilia D. Lower, 30, with Jacob L. Singleton, 33,
neighbor - Accused of raping child and pandering sexually-oriented material,
(OH) Frieda Kay Shade,
neighbor - Accused of stealing toy from child's gravesite,
(OK) Amanda Don Ballard, 27,
neighbor - Accused of raping 13-year-old boy 20 times,
(OK) Sara Garoutte, 32,
neighbor - Accused of sexually abusing a young boy,
(OK) Wendy L. Hickman, 41,
teacher - Gets no jail for sex with male student, 15,
(OK) Kalyn Darby Thompson, 25,
teacher - Accused of rape of student,
(PA) Mikki Yvonne Phillips, 35,
neighbor - Gets 9 to 23 months prison for sex assault of teen boy,
(PA) Jessica Saienni, 30,
teacher - Gets 6 to 23 months prison for sex with student, 14,
(PA) Christy Lee Smith, 35,
teacher - Gets 14 to 30 years prison for sex with two male students,
(PA) Jessica Streeper, 33,
teacher - Accused of sex with male student, 14,
(SC) Courtney Ruth Martin, 26,
teacher - Gets probation for improper relations with student,
(SC) Ellen Niemiec, 29,
teacher - Accused of sex with three students,
(TN) Wendy Katherine Packer, 42,
neighbor - Accused of sex with boy, 15,
(TX) Patricia Almond, 48,
teacher - Accused of driving to school while intoxicated,
(TX) Rebecca Jolene Blake, 25,
neighbor - Accused of sex with boy, 14,
(TX) Karen Lee Carstens, 43,
neighbor - Gets probation for repeated sex assault of boy,
(TX) Kearney Day, 20,
teacher - Accused of sex with female student, 16,
(TX) Alisha Carrasco Knighten,
teacher - Accused of inappropriate relations with student,
(TX) Kelly Thompson, 26,
teacher - Accused of sex with male student, 16,
(VA) Donna Evette Manson, 45,
neighbor - Accused of child abuse,
(VA) Diamond Mays, 23,
teacher - Convicted of misdemeanor drunk in public and misdemeanor curse and abuse,
(WA) Kimber Lee Pack, 36,
teacher - Accused of drug crimes.
Thanks to the tipsters.