Friday, January 16, 2026

Confidential Hotline

Category: Sexual Abuse

Report details sexual abuse, falsified grant applications at Chicago Public Schools

(The Center Square) – The Chicago Board of Education’s Office of Inspector General has released a report detailing falsified federal grant applications, false reports on employee income statements and sexual
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Jim Talamonti | The Center Square

Watchdog slams CPS employees for bad behavior, ‘blurred’ boundaries enabling sexual misconduct, $1+ million in fraud

A recent report chastised Chicago Public Schools (CPS) for allowing a campus culture enabling sexual misconduct in the wake of a former dean’s conviction of committing sex abuse and assault against a student. “Our investigations revealed a culture at the time where professional boundaries between staff members and students were blurred,” Philip Wagenknecht, the district’s inspector general, told Chalkbeat Chicago.
By
JMann

Former Westerly High School worker pleads to sexually assaulting student

A former Westerly Schools employee has been convicted of having inappropriate sexual contact with a student three years ago.
By
BRIAN CRANDALL, NBC 10 NEWS

CPS watchdog details sexual abuse, pandemic relief fraud in annual report

Chicago Public Schools’ Office of the Inspector General released its annual report detailing dozens of the more than 1,200 complaints in the prior year.
By
Hope Moses

Watchdog report details sexual assault allegations at Chicago public schools

The report from the Office of Inspector General for the Chicago Board of Education revealed more than two dozen sexual misconduct allegations in the Chicago Public Schools system, as well as falsified grant applications. Asal Rezaei reports.
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CBS Chicago

Chicago Public Schools watchdog report describes sexual abuse and misconduct culture on a high school campus

The CPS inspector general found sexual abuse and misconduct by eight former teachers and staff on the Little Village Lawndale High School campus, including former dean Brian Crowder, who was sentenced to 22 years in 2025.
By
Mila Koumpilova

Former Boulder County, Arvada teacher arrested after police say he created, sold child sexual assault material

Patricio Alejandro Illanes, who taught or had access to Boulder County schools, was arrested Monday after police say he forced youth to create sexually explicit content and then sold that content.
By
Celia Frazier

Mountain Vista High School kitchen employee arrested on charges of aggravated incest, sexual assault on child

An employee who worked in the kitchen at Mountain Vista High School has been arrested on charges including aggravated incest and sexual assault on a child, authorities said Friday.
By
Stephanie Butzer

Douglas County man arrested on suspicion of sexual assault on a child

John Michael Beccia Jr. is an assistant kitchen manager at Mountain Vista High School in Douglas County. No students have been identified as victims.
By
Jennifer Campbell-Hicks

Court docs: Jamestown teacher admitted sexual abuse of teen student

Michael Romans, 45, told police victim was likely underage when abuse began
By
Devin Fry

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