Global educator misconduct cases
Four former teachers face criminal charges across three US states and Scotland.
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In Texas, former teacher Shelby Dawn Lashombe received six years of deferred probation, a $1,000 fine, four weekends in jail and 60 days of county work detail after pleading guilty to two counts of improper relationship between educator and student involving teenage boys; prosecutors dismissed two child-sexual-assault charges under the plea agreement. In Pennsylvania, former Baltimore teacher Rogie Legaspi, 56, was arrested and held on $5 million bail over allegations that he sexually exploited a minor for roughly two years, paid the child for encounters and involved another adult; prosecutors cited reviewed messages, and he is presumed innocent unless proven guilty. In Scotland, former teacher Martin Gallacher was remanded in custody after a jury convicted him on 14 of 15 charges involving the grooming and sexual abuse of 12 boys over 11 years; sentencing and possible contact restrictions are pending. In Washington state, A.C. Davis High School teacher David Lorin Bray was arrested on suspicion of possessing child sexual abuse material after investigators traced an online account to him; the material allegedly involved girls ages 6 to 16. Bray was released under court supervision and placed on unpaid leave, and the school district said it found no evidence the material was accessed or uploaded using district-issued devices.
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The Texas judge said he would have required a much longer jail term as a condition of probation were it not for testimony from one boy’s father and Lashombe’s therapist. Lashombe had also surrendered her teaching certification after resigning from Valley Mills High School.
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In Pennsylvania, investigators posed as the victim and arranged a meeting with Legaspi in Parkesburg; he was arrested at the meeting place the following day. Prosecutors said he used the name “Alex” and recorded some encounters.
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Gallacher used activities he ran or coached—including a lunch club, badminton club and school football team—to target pupils. He also contacted some boys through PlayStation, Discord, Steam and Snapchat, and gave some gifts or money.
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Bray had taught career and technical education at Davis since 2007 and most recently taught artificial intelligence and computer-aided design. The investigation began after a National Center for Missing and Exploited Children tip about files uploaded to a Google server.
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