Here are a few of the wildest teachers out there teaching the kids!
11 - Sharonda Johnson Sharonda Johnson,
a criminal justice teacher at Fort Pierce High School in St. Lucie County, Florida, sent out
requests for field trip money. She was supposed to take her class to a competition. However, they
never made it. When that didn't happen, people began questioning what was going on. Parents like
Haydee Nuno were expecting a full refund, but it never happened, just like the field trip.
The deception was a big hit to families like Nuno's as the money wasn't easy to come by.
Nuno was quoted in an interview as saying, "I was surprised because it wasn't easy for us to pay
$100 a month; it was a shock to know what the teacher did with the money."
Miss Johnson stole the funds for her personal benefit and stiffed the parents and children
who paid the money. She blamed bad grades and being unprepared when asked about it.
However, it all came crashing down rather quickly after that. All it took was for
someone to look at the situation for everything to become clear.
Not only was Johnson stealing their money and not providing anything to the children,
she was also stealing from the school by requesting candy and other things and not
paying for them. Johnson racked up $3000 in stolen money. She got $2500 from the parents
and $500 from the school. As a criminal justice teacher, she probably knows what will happen next.
10 - Jennifer Beaty On an average October day in Oklahoma,
a happy family decided to sell their home. The family left so their realtors could show
their house to potential buyers. One of these "Buyers" was a teacher named Jennifer Beaty,
and she had no intention of purchasing the home. Instead, she seemed to be looking for something
specific and headed off to the bathroom. After everything was said and done, the family came
back to discover that things were missing. They had multiple prescription pill bottles go
missing from their bathroom cabinets. One of the bottles was the popularly abused drug Hydrocodone.
Luckily, the family had a home surveillance system, so it wasn't hard for the police to
figure out the culprit. After reviewing the footage, police discovered Beaty was the only
one to visit that room. The officers' job was made even easier because Beaty gave her name
and number to the realtors when she entered the home. Police arrested and charged her
with stealing a controlled substance and stealing from a home. She was also let go
by the Mustang school district. Many realtors tell their clients to remove
or hide any medications and jewelry during an open house. You'd hope you can trust
the people coming inside. Unfortunately, people like Beaty ruin it for everyone.
9 - Julia White For two years,
a Chesterfield County elementary school in Virginia had problems with things disappearing.
Baby wipes meant for specific children, books, teaching aids, and even a rug all went missing,
leaving everyone searching for answers—everyone except one woman, a teacher named Julia White.
She was stealing items from the school, faculty, and even the children and then selling them for
a profit. Her scheme crumbled when a substitute teacher bought the stolen items off craigslist.
The substitute teacher laid down an alphabet rug on her new classroom floor on her first day.
Soon, another teacher came in and remarked how it looked like her missing rug. While the situation
was quickly cleared up, it made the substitute suspicious. She asked the staff about the stuff
that was missing. The substitute decided to bring in all of the things she had bought
from Craigslist, and teachers quickly began identifying things that belonged to them. After
this discovery, the police obtained a warrant to search White's property for the missing items.
They found some of the stolen goods in her garage, but she'd already sold most of it.
After the investigation, White was arrested for her crimes, but this was not the first
time. They discovered she'd been arrested for stealing from a Kroger a year earlier
and failed to mention it to the school. When all the stolen items were tallied up,
it showed White made off with around $3,000 worth of school-related items.
She was charged with Embezzlement, burglary, Petit Larceny, and Grand Larceny. She was let
go from her teaching position and left the whole school system shortly after.
8 - ​​Kelly Greene
We’ve all heard the stories about teachers not getting paid enough. In Seminole, Florida,
one teacher named Kelly Greene decided to take the matter into her own hands.
She decided that whatever she couldn’t buy she’d just get on a discount, a five-finger discount.
On October 14th of 2018, Ms.Greene walked into a beauty store. She wasn’t paid much attention,
probably because she looked like the average shopper there. She walked into one of the
aisles and knelt, seemingly interested in purchasing some make-up. However,
after a few quick glances around herself, she began to stuff her bag full of products.
She escaped with her loot that day but was far from home free. The surveillance camera
caught her red-handed. When the police had a hard time identifying Ms.Greene,
they put out a video to the public asking for help. A resource officer at Greenes school
recognized her and called the cops soon after. When they showed up to question her,
she immediately admitted her guilt. With the evidence on tape, there wasn’t much she could
do but admit her crime. Ms. Greene stole over $500 worth of cosmetic products from the store.
She was charged with grand theft, and her bail was set at $2000.
7 - Pamela Smart On May 1st, 1990, Pamela Smart returned home
from a meeting to find her husband dead in their home. It looked like he was shot during a burglary
because the house was ransacked. The investigation wasn't really going anywhere until a local man
turned up with a gun that he found in his own home. After digging, police discovered that the
gun was the murder weapon. The investigation took to questioning the man's teenage son, and soon it
came out that he and his friends were involved in the murder. This led to one of the first-ever
murder trials where cameras were allowed in. The nation watched as the whole story played out.
One of the boy's friends was William Flynn, a student in Pamela's class. In the trial,
she was convicted of coercing the 16-year-old to kill her husband so she could collect the
life insurance policy and avoid an expensive divorce. He had three of his friends help out
with the crime. The young men were tried as adults and all given pretty heavy sentences. However,
Pamela was sentenced to life in prison and still sits there today while sending in parole requests.
6 - Domonique Campbell "Anyone who considers defrauding our schools
should take note that we will prosecute those who steal funds intended to educate our children."
This is a quote from U.S. Attorney Barbara Mcquade when commenting on Domonique Cambell's case.
Campbell and her mother, Sandra Campbell, ran a little school scam between 2004-2008.
Their scheme consisted of a fake company from which Detroit Public schools could order books
and other supplies. In reality, there was no company, and the women just pocketed the money.
They ended up stealing more than $500,000 before the FBI finally caught them. After
digging into their records, authorities discovered the fraud since neither reported
the money to the IRS. When Uncle Sam wants his money, you better believe your scheme
to steal half-a-million bucks from the public school system is over.
The two women were convicted of program fraud conspiracy, money laundering,
and tax evasion. Sandra was sentenced to 70 months in prison and was ordered to pay
all of the money back. Domonique likely received a similar sentence.
5 - Bruce Bagley Bruce Bagley seemed like
nothing more than an ordinary professor at the University of Miami. Most people would take one
look at his suit and messy hair and write him off as uninteresting. No one knew that hidden under
his mild-mannered facade was a professional money launderer for an overseas criminal.
Bagley specialized in Latin American drug trafficking and money laundering. His
expert-level status with this subject allowed him to create a consulting company focused on
his specialization. A Colombian man named Alex Saab got in touch with him one day and wanted
help with getting his son a visa. He also asked Bagley for investment advice. This eventually led
to Bagley becoming Saab's money launderer for funds stolen from a Venezuelan food program.
Bagley made around $250,000 through his dealings with Saab but had to pay it back to the government
once he was convicted. Bagley got caught up in an undercover sting that revealed all of his
dealings with the Colombian criminal. Once in court, he pleaded guilty to his crimes.
When he was sentenced, his poor health and old age were considered, and Bagley was given
way less than the standard minimum sentence of four to five years. Instead, he was ordered to
spend six months in federal prison and had to pay back all of the money he gained through the fraud.
4 - Laura Ramos In the words of Polk
County Sheriff Grady Judd, "Laura Ramos is the lowest of the low." She betrayed
her grandmother and took advantage of her in her time of need. Ramos wiped
out her grandmother's life savings, and to put a cherry on top—she's a teacher.
Ramos was a teacher at Dundee Ridge middle Academy when she was appointed power of attorney
over her grandmother, giving her complete control over grandma's financials. However,
Ramos wasn't alone—there was another person in charge of grandma's money. For years,
Ramos managed her grandmother's account with no problems. She handled things like writing checks,
withdrawing money, and paying bills.
It wasn't until 2018, when the other signer on grandma's bank account passed away,
that things took a turn for the worse. The charges on the grandmother's account went
from a very consistent three to six transactions a month to around 50. At most, the 83-year-old
woman was spending just under $1,000 per month on essentials like rent, bills, food, and medication.
In just one year, the account went from $66,000 to $ -193.
The charges went unnoticed until one day in October 2020, when the woman went to get her
own mail. She found a Paypal bill with her name on it. She knew something was up and
alerted other family members. She quickly discovered her account's negative balance,
and her family put in their own money to save her from bankruptcy. The police were called,
and after a months-long investigation, determined that Ramos was the thief. She'd maxed out three
different credit cards in her grandmother's name, draining her of every cent she had. In
March, she was arrested at the school she worked at and charged with six felonies.
3 - Meghan Jones
In Jacksonville, Florida, Meghan Jones, a Duval county teacher, faced a felony
charge when a coworker accused her of stealing prescription Adderall. On February 19th, 2020,
a teacher headed to her purse after lunch at the Duval Charter School. She retrieved a bottle from
the bag that was supposed to have three pills in it. To her surprise, it was empty. Concerned
about where the missing pills could end up, the teacher quickly found the school on-duty
officer and told them what had happened. God forbid one of the children took them!
The officer decided the best course of action would be to review the surveillance tapes. A quick
look at the feed showed the only person to enter the room was Jones, one of the victim's coworkers.
Jones asked her for one of the pills earlier in the day; this time, she decided to steal them.
Mary was questioned by police on the 21st and arrested that same day. She was later released,
and her case was referred to a pre-trial program. This meant that she would likely
not see any jail time as long as she followed the rules. Rule number 1:
don't steal prescription Adderall from your coworkers.
2 - Chinese Teachers What are teachers like
in the biggest country with Eastern culture? A while back, stories surfaced about Chinese
teachers punishing their students. Some of these stories were nightmarish, and one even went viral.
A little girl was made to kneel on frozen peas for an extended period of time. This left deep
divots in her skin that would activate anyone’s Trypophobia, or the fear of patterns and clusters
of small holes or bumps. But, before this tall tale gets anyone upset, it was fake.
It was an internet hoax that made the rounds before being proven false. That doesn’t mean
that students are getting away with stuff and avoiding some unique if not weird punishments.
There are many different ways for a teacher to punish an unruly student in China. Your
normal run-of-the-mill punishments are extra work, deductions of daily scores, and chores. However,
a lot of it seems to be based on embarrassment. A student could be made to write a self-criticism
letter and read it to the class, or they might have to copy an entire book by hand. They also
have your standard exercise punishments like push-ups or running laps. Some are unique,
like singing a song in front of the class. The teachers even have a little more power
in China as they can make a student’s parents come in and teach the class.
1 - Tabitha Lawson On August 22nd back in 2019,
Tabitha Lawson, a teacher at John Valley Middle school in Birmingham, Alabama, reported a burglary
at her school. When the police showed up, they were told a television and eleven Ipads
were stolen. Once the investigation began, they concluded that Lawson stole the items herself.
She only called the cops to cover her tracks and make herself look innocent. When police looked
through her background, they discovered that this wasn't her first crime. She was convicted on ten
counts of writing bad checks in 1997. Police recovered a few items from local pawn shops,
but they couldn't get everything back. Lawson was arrested and taken to Jefferson County jail.
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