North Texas Elementary School Teacher, Former Principal Indicted for Conspiracy Scheme that Endangered Children, Officials Say
Federal prosecutors say the pair used a name change to hide a teacher’s past, and the district later agreed to a DOJ settlement.
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Former Forney Principal Urged Teacher To Change Name, Hide Criminal Charge To Get Hired
Federal prosecutors allege former Crosby Elementary School Principal Wendy Bailey urged Michael Raymond Roell to change his legal name, then helped him conceal his former identity, a 2016 child-indecency charge and disciplinary history so Forney ISD would hire him as a special-education teacher. A federal grand jury indicted Bailey and Roell, now legally named Johnathan […]
North Texas elementary school teacher, former principal indicted for conspiracy scheme that endangered children, officials say
The scheme enabled a man with a prior charge of indecency with a child to obtain a position as a special-education teacher in Forney ISD, officials said.
Former Forney principal, special education teacher federally indicted after child sex crime arrests
Two former Forney ISD educators have been federally indicted in connection to an investigation into the duo's scheme to employ a special education teacher with a suspect history under a different name.
Principal Helped Serial Child Abuser Get Special Education Teaching Job
NewsFinale NewsFinale Journal A former elementary school principal allegedly helped a teacher with a troubling record of child-abuse accusations change his name and bypass hiring checks before he secured a position teaching vulnerable special-needs students. Wendy Bailey, the former principal of Crosby Elementary School, is accused of assisting Michael Raymond Roell—who had begun using the name Johnathan Michael—in […]
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