Post subject: "Felony Carnal Knowledge" For Yet Another Teacher
Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2005 5:15 am
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Teacher in Bristol Virginia accused of taking indecent liberties with student, 13
BY DIETTE COURRÉGÉ
BRISTOL HERALD COURIER
Jan 5, 12:00 AM EST
BRISTOL, Va. – A Virginia Middle School teacher has been accused of having oral sex with one of her 13-year-old students.
Melissa Michelle Deel, 32, of 829 Taylor St., Bristol, Tenn., was charged with felony carnal knowledge and taking indecent liberties with the boy.
Deel, who has been suspended, taught eighth-grade ancient world history and contemporary world issues.
The boy, accompanied by his parents, went to the city Police Department two days before Christmas and told investigators the incident occurred sometime in December.
The boy said Deel parked her car on the street at his home. He got into her car, and she performed oral sex on him, according to police records.
The boy told police he developed a close relationship with his teacher last month and that they had been calling and e-mailing each other.
Deel’s phone has been disconnected and a real-estate agent’s sign placed in front of her one-story brick house. No one was home Tuesday.
Her attorney, David Harmon, could not be reached for comment.
No other students have come forward, said city police Detective Keith Anderson.
"There’s always a possibility of more (allegations)," he said. "It’s always possible, the more access they have to children. At this point, we have no information that that’s the case."
Virginia Middle’s carpool line buzzed with talk about the accusations.
"It’s a concern," said Cathy Allison, who has a seventh-grade daughter. "I hope it is an isolated case."
Although shocked at the news, she said she felt confident that school administrators would handle the situation appropriately.
"You hear a lot of bad about the school system – and I’m sure there is some – but there is a lot of positive, too," she said.
If convicted on both counts, Deel faces up to 20 years in jail.
Deel was free on $10,000 bond with an arraignment hearing set for Jan. 24 in Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court.
The last time a city school employee was accused of inappropriate involvement with a student was in 1996.
John Brown, a former state delegate, mayor and Virginia High School athletics director, pleaded guilty to nine misdemeanor charges of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. A felony charge of forcible sodomy was reduced to a misdemeanor as part of a plea bargain.
Six boys said he gave them alcohol and played games of strip basketball and pool with them.
Despite the guilty pleas, Brown, who was sentenced to five years on probation, denied any sexual misconduct.
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Athletic Supporter wrote:
Was it necessary to PUBLISH her home address?
Hooray for vigilanteism...
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Athletic Supporter wrote:
Was it necessary to PUBLISH her home address?
Seriously, that's the first thing I noticed when reading this.
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Melissa Michelle Deel, 32, of 829 Taylor St., Bristol, Tenn., was charged with felony carnal knowledge and taking indecent liberties with the boy.
I've never seen a paper do this before, put litterally the entire address of someone in it's publication.
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Hahaha! Now that makes sense.
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IEB! wrote:
Athletic Supporter wrote:
Was it necessary to PUBLISH her home address?
Seriously, that's the first thing I noticed when reading this.
Quote:
Melissa Michelle Deel, 32, of 829 Taylor St., Bristol, Tenn., was charged with felony carnal knowledge and taking indecent liberties with the boy.
I've never seen a paper do this before, put litterally the entire address of someone in it's publication.
A friend of mine used to live in Flagstaff, AZ. I was reading the newspaper there and there's hole page dedicated to all the arrrests in town that week, including for what crime and where the offender lives. I know it's public record, but does it need to be reported? What purpose does it serve? Did we learn nothing from the Scarlet Letter?
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IEB! wrote:
I've never seen a paper do this before, put litterally the entire address of someone in it's publication.
It's actually quite common for local newspapers, which is where the above story came from. Police arrest reports are public record and free for anyone to check out at any time. Most local newspapers even run a "scandal sheet" listing who got arrested for what and where they live. At the first small town newspaper I ran, the scandal sheet was the only reason many people subscribed to the paper.
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IEB! wrote:
I've never seen a paper do this before, put litterally the entire address of someone in it's publication.
It's actually quite common for local newspapers, which is where the above story came from. Police arrest reports are public record and free for anyone to check out at any time. Most local newspapers even run a "scandal sheet" listing who got arrested for what and where they live. At the first small town newspaper I ran, the scandal sheet was the only reason many people subscribed to the paper.
Wow. I had no idea. My local paper's rarely ever done that. We had a guy Rex Krebs rape/murder a poor girl and only when the trial begin did we find out exactly where he had lived. But I didn't think they do it for such a petty case like blowing a child. It just didn't seem serious enough, but a sex crime is a sex crime. So I guess it makes sense to print it in full. It just seems freaky, it's like here's where they live, go fuck with me...
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IEB! wrote:
My local paper's rarely ever done that. We had a guy Rex Krebs rape/murder a poor girl and only when the trial begin did we find out exactly where he had lived. But I didn't think they do it for such a petty case like blowing a child. It just didn't seem serious enough, but a sex crime is a sex crime. So I guess it makes sense to print it in full. It just seems freaky, it's like here's where they live, go fuck with me...
Newspapers don't just print the address of those accused of sex crimes -- they usually print the addresses of everyone arrested for everything (if they print addresses). Also, their printing the address is not done to encourage readers to mess with the accused.
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