Colorado Springs, Nov. 22:
A Widefield High School teacher accused of sexual assault apparently had the habit of talking to male students about homosexual sex, grabbing their nipples and touching their crotches in a way that several students referred to as “cup checking,” according to an arrest affidavit.
Lee Edward Riddle, a 29-year-old German language teacher at the school south of Colorado Springs, was arrested after being placed on administrative leave Nov. 15 when the school heard of the accusations. El Paso County Sheriff’s deputies, including the school’s resource officer, followed up on the case and interviewed several male students who made similar claims.
According to the affidavit, deputies spoke to a 17-year-old senior, a junior and a sophomore about their interactions with Riddle.
The 17-year-old told a deputy that Riddle grabbed the boy’s nipple in class and repeatedly called him “Cutie,” the court document said.
Another boy told investigators about the teacher’s habit of “cup checking” boys. A deputy learned “cup checking” means striking a male in the crotch with the back of an open hand. The boy, however, told investigators that Riddle used the palm of his hand and did it to determine the size of the student’s genitalia.
According to the affidavit, Riddle asked multiple students if they were sexually active. The document said the teacher also engaged in conversations with the boys about homosexual sex.
One boy told deputies that Riddle had given him a ride home from school and they talked about “gay sex.”
Lee Riddle
Houston, Texas, Nov. 24:
Houston police say they have arrested a high school teacher who is accused of inappropriately touching at least three male students in a scandal that has embroiled three administrators.
The Houston Police Department says Spanish teacher Ysidoro Rosales-Motola was arrested Friday at a hotel in Katy, a suburb of Houston. The 56-year-old teacher has been charged with two counts of an improper relationship with a student and one count of indecency with a child.
Rosales-Motola has been working at Sharpstown High School for two years. He has been working with the Houston Independent School District for 12 years, including stints at other area high schools.
Police have also filed charges against the high school’s principal and two other administrators for failing to report allegations of sexual abuse.
Pensacola, Florida, Nov. 26:
A former teacher with the Escambia County Department of Alternative Education was arrested Friday for allegedly having sex with a 16-year-old, according to an Escambia County Sheriff’s Office arrest report.
Shannon Marie Maddox, 42, has been charged with unlawful sexual activity with a minor in connection to a March incident. She is believed to have slept with an underage male at her home, the report said.
Maddox admitted to the act on Aug. 29 while speaking to sheriff’s investigators about an unrelated incident, according to the report. On Sept. 11, the alleged victim also admitted to investigators that he had intercourse with Maddox at her home.
At the time, Maddox was employed at the Drug and Alcohol Adolescent Residential Treatment Center in Pensacola.
Shannon Maddox
Titusville, Florida, Nov. 26:
A substitute teacher from Titusville is among 28 individuals recently arrested by the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office on various child sex charges.
Kristopher Gilbert of Titusville, a substitute teacher in Brevard Public Schools . . . [was] arrested in the undercover sting. . . .
Gilbert was charged with attempted sexual battery, attempted lewd and lascivious battery, two counts of traveling to seduce a child for sex, two counts of use of a computer to solicit child and two counts of use of a computer to solicit a guardian. . . .
Earlier this school year, Gilbert substituted at two Titusville elementary schools: Imperial Estates on Aug. 15, 16, 19 and 23, and Coquina on Sept. 5 and 13, according to Brevard Public Schools.
Brevard Public Schools Spokeswoman Michelle Irwin said that Gilbert started substituting in April 2012.
Kristopher Gilbert
Miami, Nov. 29:
A 22-year-old substitute teacher was arrested Friday and is facing several charges for his alleged lewd acts with a 13-year-old.
Michael Vivanco, 22, according to Miami-Dade Police Department Special Victims Bureau, engaged in conversation via a mobile application with a 13-year-old male. . . .
The 13-year-old, upon meeting, engaged in consensual sexual acts with Vivanco.
Vivanco, a substitute teacher at Felix Varela Senior High School, is facing one count of Lewd and Lascivious Battery, one count of Lewd and Lascivious Conduct and two counts of Transmission of Harmful Material to a Minor.
Michael Vivanco
It’s almost like there’s a pattern here or something . . .
