A Highland Park High School teacher has been arrested and placed on leave after authorities say she physically abused her child by placing him in a chokehold and hitting him in the face in Wauconda. Bridget B. Fahrner, 48, of Wauconda, was charged with domestic battery causing bodily harm, a Class A misdemeanor, and domestic […]
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School board set to fire longtime Libertyville middle school teacher charged with recording students, creating sexually explicit images
A school board is set to terminate a longtime Libertyville middle school teacher, who is a father, after prosecutors say he recorded students and used AI to create child sexual abuse material. A special Board of Education meeting for Libertyville School District #70 has been announced for 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Education Resource Center […]
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‘Children’s worst nightmare’: Prosecutors say Libertyville teacher recorded numerous students, used AI to create child sex abuse
A judge called it “children’s worst nightmare” and ordered a longtime Libertyville middle school teacher, who is a father, held awaiting trial after prosecutors say he recorded students and used AI to create child sexual abuse material. Marshall Sheffer, 44, of Libertyville, was charged with eight counts of child sexual abuse material, two of which […]
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Libertyville middle school teacher ordered held in Lake County jail pending detention hearing
The Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office has filed the necessary court documents needed to detain a Libertyville middle school teacher accused of using artificial intelligence (AI) software to create explicit images of students in his class. Marshall Sheffer, 44, is now required to appear before a Lake County Judge on Monday afternoon to determine if […]
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Spanish national working as teacher at Waukegan school arrested for ‘prolonged’ attack where he allegedly strangled, punched woman
A Spanish national, who is in the country working as a teacher for an elementary school in Waukegan, is accused of a brutal and prolonged attack where he allegedly strangled and punched his girlfriend, who also works at the school. Eliseo Botella Pacheco, 39, of Waukegan, was charged with one count of aggravated domestic battery […]
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College of Lake County employee accused of indecent solicitation of Wauconda High School students ordered detained until trial
A College of Lake County employee charged with the indecent solicitation of two Wauconda High School students has been ordered detained until trial by a Lake County Judge on Friday afternoon. Adam C. Faulkner, 42, of the 700 block of Nantucket Way in Island Lake, is charged with two counts each of Solicitation of Child […]
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Deerfield High School teacher, sports coach charged for allegedly inappropriately touching juvenile student
A Deerfield High School teacher and sports coach has been charged after officials say he inappropriately touched a juvenile student at the school multiple times. Riaz Hoveydai, 34, of Vernon Hills, was initially charged in late June with one count of battery, a Class A misdemeanor, and one count of disorderly conduct, a Class C […]
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Teacher fired from Grayslake school district, placed on leave at Gurnee school district after child porn arrest
A school teacher has been put on leave from a Gurnee school district and fired from a Grayslake school district after he was arrested for allegedly disseminating child sexual abuse material and sharing images of students with other predators. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office received a tip from a social media company that one of […]
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Pre-trial release denied for Gurnee teacher accused of disseminating child porn, sharing images of students with predators
A judge denied pre-trial release to a Gurnee school teacher and coach who allegedly disseminated child sexual abuse material and shared images of students from social media with other sexual predators. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office received a tip from a social media company that one of their users may have shared child pornography with […]