Category Archive for : ‘KARATE INSTRUCTOR’

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court has upheld a 60-year prison sentence for a former Lewistonkarate school operator convicted of drugging and raping two boys.

But Wade Hoover won’t begin serving the state sentence until he completes a 40-year federalsentence for producing and possessing child pornography.

The supreme court ruling Tuesday upheld the sentence imposed in Superior Court. The courtpreviously rejected Hoover’s argument that dual prosecutions in state and federal court violatedhis constitutional protections against double jeopardy.

In the state case, Hoover pleaded guilty to four counts of gross sexual assault for drugging,abusing and

huffingtonpost.com 1/23/14 CARA ALEXANDER, Virginia: 27 year old English teacher was arrested following aninvestigation that began after parents of her 17 year old victim found nude photos of the teacheron his phone.   Alexander initiated contact with the student by giving him her cell phonenumber.  She faces 13 felony counts in the case.

MALIA BROOKS, California: 34 year old who taught sixth grade at a Simi Valleyschool, was charged with committing lewd acts on a child and genital penetration by a foreignobject.  She was accused of carrying on a sexual affair with

Fox5news/John Deutzman

Edwin Rodriguez, a convicted child molester, was discovered by Fox 5 running a karate schoolin Glendale, Queens and have close contact with young children every day even though there havebeen plenty of tough laws passed to protect kids from child molesters.  Fox 5 received ananonymous tip that a registered sex offender was the owner of a place called Gem Shotokan Karate onMyrtle Avenue.  Fox 5 used a hidden camera and established that Rodriguez not only wasteaching young children but that he seemed extremely friendly and likeable to both

Newsday/Zachary R. Dowdy

James Bonfiglio, a 37 year old karate instructor who was arrested at his Ronkonkomaapartment in October 2007, is charged with committing a criminal sexual act, a felony, as well asmisdemeanor sexual abuse and endangering the welfare of a child.  He is accused of molesting a13 year old student in July.  Bonfiglio, owner of Excel Karate Academy, pleaded not guilty andwas held on $30,000 cash bail or $60,000 bond.  He was released from jail after postingbond.  Bonfiglio is also being investigated for secretly videotaping his students and havingimproper

James Bonfiglio, a 37 year old karate instructor who was arrested at his Ronkonkoma apartment in October 2007, is charged with committing a criminal sexual act, a felony, as well as misdemeanor sexual abuse and endangering the welfare of a child.  He is accused of molesting a 13 year old student in July.  Bonfiglio, owner of Excel Karate Academy, pleaded not guilty and was held on $30,000 cash bail or $60,000 bond.  He was released from jail after posting bond.  Bonfiglio is also being investigated for secretly videotaping his students

Daily News/Thomas Zambito

Trent Young, a 39 year old Harlem cop, was arrested on state charges December 27 for crossingstate lines so he could have sex with two underage students in his New Jersey martial arts studio.He is accused of molesting one student and having sex with another when they were teenagers. Young,a married father of three from Middletown, New York, was held without bail.

(New York)