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  • 15
    Mar
    2013
    10:41am, EDT

    Third ex-teacher pleads guilty in student sex case that rocked NJ school

    By Dan Stamm, NBCPhiladelphia.com

    A former Triton High School teacher pleaded guilty Thursday in relation to a sex-with-students scandal at the school in Camden County, N.J.


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    Former Triton High School Nick Martinelli, 28, of Cherry Hill, pleaded guilty Thursday to a fourth-degree count of hindering apprehension. In court he admitted to impeding the progress of investigators looking into an improper relationship he later admitted to having with a Triton student, according to a press release from Camden County Prosecutor's Office spokesman Jason Laughlin.

    As part of his plea Martinelli isn't allowed to have contact with the former student and must forfeit his teaching certificate. He will receive a year of probation when he is sentenced on April 12, according to Laughlin.


    Two other former teachers, Jeff Logandro, 32, of Blackwood, N.J. and Daniel Michielli, 27, also of Blackwood, both pleaded guilty in February to third-degree conspiracy to commit official misconduct after they carried on improper physical relationships with students that they held authority over, Camden County Prosecutor Warren Faulk announced in a press release at the time.

    Both Logandro and Michielli will be sentenced Friday, prosecutors said.

    Former Triton principal Catherine DePaul, 55, of Woodbury also pleaded guilty in February to a disorderly person charge of failure to report a crime, after she didn't report the teachers' alleged abuses to law enforcement, prosecutors said.

    "It's obvious there existed a culture at Triton High School whereby teachers thought they could get away with improper relationships with their students and administrators turned a blind eye," Faulk said after the educators were arrested last year.

    Prosecutors say that in April 2012 that a Triton student alerted a substitute teacher that teachers were having sex with students. In turn, that teacher told DePaul but prosecutors say that the principal failed to report the allegations to law enforcement.

    As part of her plea, DePaul agreed to forfeit her job, never hold a public job in New Jersey again and serve one year of probation, prosecutors said.

    The school’s vice principal, Jernee Kollock, still face charges.

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    WTF is wrong with these guys?! Lets see, I have a choice... 1) I can put my career, reputation, job, teaching license and marriage on the line... OR 2) I can just rub one off in the privacy of my home and save grace..... Hmmmmmm...Man! This is a real tough one to figure out....

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  • 23
    Nov
    2012
    6:09am, EST

    Early wake-up call as NJ earthquake rattles homes

    By Dan Stamm, NBCPhiladelphia.com

    A loud boom that shook homes in parts of New Jersey early Friday was actually an earthquake.


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    The U.S. Geological Survey reported that the 2.1 magnitude quake hit near Clementon, Camden County, at 12:13 a.m.

    To be precise, the epicenter was near W. Atlantic Avenue and Oak Lane -- a short distance from Clementon Park, according to the USGS.

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    Residents reported to NBC10 feeling the quake in nearby Pine Hill, Erial and Lindenwold -- some calling and e-mailing the station to say they believe something may have exploded.

    There was no explosion though, just the movement of the earth.

    There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage from the 3.2-mile deep quake.

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    If the Mayans were so smart and could predict the future, why didn't they prevent their own demise?

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