Women With Troubles - December 2007

Reported in the news during December 2007, here is the compilation of women with troubles. Each name is linked to a blog entry displaying details. For a more comprehensive listing, check the Women With Troubles category link.

(AL) Sharon Linton Rutherford, 32,
teacher - Gets 3 years prison for sex with male student. Awaits trial on murder-for-hire charge,

(AL) Stacey Robinson Weir,
teacher - Arrested for drug possession,

(AR) Jennifer Cisco, 30,
school nurse - Arrested for sex with male students,

(AR) Melinda Haas, 48,
teacher, bus driver - Arrested for selling liquid morphine and Xanax,

(AZ) Gay Lyn Turley, 42,
teacher, coach - Charged with sexual contact with minor girl, 16,

(CA) Jessica Ashley Kahal, 22,
teacher - Guilty of sex with male student, 17. Sentencing in Feb.,

(CA) Rita Sativa Kraft, 21,
neighbor - Charged with attempted murder for throwing baby son off balcony,

(CA) Larissa Schuster, 47,
biochemist - Guilty of murdering husband in barrel of acid. Sentencing set for Jan. 16,

(CO) Darcie Esson, 33,
teacher - Gets 90 days in jail for sex with male student, 17,

(CT) Sandrama Lamy, 33,
neighbor - Charged with sex assault of mall Santa, 65,

(FL) Angie Michelle Hawkins, 31,
neighbor - Accused of child neglect for leaving kids home alone,

(FL) Debra Lafave, 27,
former teacher - Arrested for violating probation,

(FL) Eunice Lopez, 26,
neighbor - Arrested for marrying 10 men in five years,

(FL) Jaymee Wallace, 30,
teacher, coach - Gets 3 years prison for sex with girl, 14,

(GA) Kaniz Fatema Jahid, 45,
babysitter - Gets 10 years prison for shaking toddler, 2, causing brain damage,

(GA) Madonna A. Whitus, 42,
live-in caregiver - Charged with murder of woman she was caring for,

(IN) Johana Marie Kalinowicz, 31,
neighbor - Gets 10 years prison for sex with boy, 14,

(KS) Tabitha Adams, 35,
teacher - Arrested for sexual exploitation of young girl,

(KS) Whitney L. Goracke, 21,
preschool aide - Arrested for sex with boy, 15,

(KS) Meredith L. Kane, 24,
teacher - Gets 59 months in prison for sex with male student, 15,

(KY) Jeni Lee Dinkel,
neighbor - Released from jail after completing 60-day sentence for rape of boy,

(KY) Christy Michelle McCartt, 25,
teacher's aide - Accused of sex with two male students, 16 and 17,

(KY) Crystal Wells, 33,
teacher - Indicted for rape of male student, 15,

(ME) Jessica Bowring, 25,
neighbor - Faces new charges of sex with boy,

(MN) Kellie Ann Lundon-Cormican, 38,
teacher - Accused of sex with boy, 14,

(MO) Sherri Lohnstein, 34,
neighbor - Guilty of manslaughter for killing her baby. Sentenced to treatment for hooch addiction,

(MS) Edna Mae Sanders, 47,
neighbor - Charged with murdering husband with boiling oil,

(NC) Kerry L. Balentine,
psychiatrist - License suspended for allegedly giving sex and drugs to patient,

(NJ) Celeste Adamski, 27,
teacher - Sentenced to probation for mixing it up with four male students,

(NJ) Pamela Balogh, 40,
PE teacher, coach - Guilty of sex assault of girl, 15. No sentencing date set,

(NJ) Mary J. Kaminski, 54,
teacher - Arrested after being caught drinking and hammered in class,

(NJ) Christine Sigall, 32,
neighbor mom, 2 kids - Charged with sex assault of boy, 13,

(NV) Brittany Baxter-Stuchell, 19,
preschool teacher - Arrested for trafficking in cocaine,

(NV) Joanna Marie Plants, 18,
neighbor - Sentenced to life in prison for murder of stepmother,

(NY) Maria A. Conklin-Matthie, 40,
neighbor mom - Gets 30 days in jail for allowing a woman to have sex with her son,

(NY) Caryn A. Consilio, 29,
neighbor - Charged with animal cruelty for killing husband's dog,

(NY) Dena Greene, 36,
neighbor mom-of-three - Guilty of sex with boy, 15. Sentencing in Feb. 2008,

(NY) Christel C. Gravlin, 33,
teacher - Charged with rape of boy, 15,

(NY) Deborah Knauber, 44,
nurse, Sunday school teacher - Gets 1 to 3 years prison for rape of foster son, 13,

(OK) Crystal Dawn Outlaw, 27,
neighbor - Charged with sex assault of girl, 13,

(OR) Jan Elizabeth Gleaves, 39,
teacher - Arrested for having sex with and giving liquor to school boys,

(OR) Jasmine Nguyen, 30,
youth counselor - Indicted for rape of boy, 15,

(PA) Patricia J. Gamber, 37,
neighbor - Caught by police in the act with boy, 15,

(PA) Chytoria Graham, 28,
mother, 5 kids - Gets 5 to 10 years prison for swinging her 4-month-old baby like baseball bat and fracturing his skull,

(PA) Dawn Herb,
neighbor - Charged with disorderly conduct for cussing at her toilet,

(PA) Tina Martinez, 42,
counselor - Ordered to register as a sex offender for sex assault of inmate,

(SC) Jenny Lynn Davis, 29,
neighbor - Charged with illegal sex with deaf boy,

(SC) Tippy Retana, 37,
neighbor - Charged with murdering boyfriend for snoring,

(SD) Michelle Alexander, 47,
neighbor - Guilty of sex with boy, 15. Sentencing on Jan. 7,

(TN) Katie D. Fults, 18,
neighbor - Accused of sex with boy, 12,

(UT) Amber Childs, 31,
neighbor - Gets 30-days for probation violation after hand slap for sex abuse of boy, 5,

(WI) Sara M. Schneider, 28,
neighbor - Arrested for soliciting boy, 15, over Internet,

(WV) Lana Jo Rinehart, 28,
teacher - Gets hand slap for sex with boy, 13.

As always, thanks to the readers and the tipsters.