For many parents across the country and throughout the world, sending their children to school has become scary. This fear arises from the reports of several teachers and coaches being accused of child molestation. Every other day you hear on the news or read in your newspapers another story of a child being molested by his or her teacher or coach. When is this going to stop? More importantly, how is this going to stop? The reality is that “School” is not always the safest place for our children.
Just this past Friday, another teacher was arrested at Miramonte Elementary School in Los Angeles on allegations of lewd acts on young pupils, authorities said.
Capt. Mike Parker of the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department said that Friday's arrest is "quite different" from the arrest earlier this week of another teacher, Mark Berndt.
Berndt, 61, was accused of taking bondage photos of more than two dozen students in his classroom, some showing suspected semen-filled spoons at the children's mouths, authorities said.
Investigators from the special victim’s bureau arrested the second teacher, Martin Bernard Springer, 49, of Alhambra, California, on Friday, Parker told reporters. Springer's arrest came after investigators received "new information" on Thursday morning that led them to the teacher.
Martin Bernard Springer is accused of fondling two students in the classroom.
Authorities say that the allegations involved two young girls "who were allegedly fondled in the classroom" by the suspect, Parker said.
The girls were about 7 at the time of the alleged offenses, which occurred "during the past three years," Parker said.
Springer's bail has been set at $2 million, according to Parker.
Los Angeles County prosecutors are reviewing whether to file charges against Springer, a spokeswoman said Friday. "We'll see have to see how far the evidence goes in the latest arrest," spokeswoman Sandi Gibbons told reporters. (cnn.com)
Just two month ago in my own home town, a teacher was arrested for abusing children in his classroom. Child molestation is happening everywhere, every single day. We must stand up as parents and make a difference. We must encourage our schools to do better back ground check or even psychological evaluations on our teachers. We must educate our parents and school administrators on how to protect our children from child molesters. We must take an active part to “Prevent some of our Teachers” from harming our children!
Take the first step now and sign up for my upcoming WEBINAR called, “EMPOWERING YOURSELF TO PROTECT YOUR CHILDREN FROM SEXUAL ABUSE On February 24, 2012 . Click on this link right now: http://www.anymeeting.com/PIID=EB57D689894C. To learn more about the webinar go to: http://drsueandyou.com/Webinar.html.
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Dr. Sue
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