Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Last year, Newton Public Schools expanded its background check procedures after an elementary school teacher was arrested on child pornography charges.
The Associated Press is reporting Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick is considering signing legislation that would require teachers and workers at child care centers as well as school bus drivers to submit fingerprints for criminal background checks. The fingerprint background checks would also apply to everyone seeking to adopt children or become foster parents, as the legislation is written. Fingerprints would be submitted to the Massachusetts State Police for a state criminal history check and forwarded to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a national criminal history check, reported the Associated Press. Last year, the Newton Public Schools expanded its background check procedure for Newton teachers, including the addition of …
David Ettlinger, of Brighton, was an elementary teacher in Newton for more than a decade.
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
David Ettlinger was a teacher at the Underwood and Peirce elementary schools in Newton.
Roughly a year after he was first arrested on child porn charges, former Newton elementary school teacher David Ettlinger was sentenced to 45 years in federal prison today for charges stemming from his connection to an international child pornography site. The sentencing came down today in a Louisiana federal court, according to a press release from the Department of Justice. In addition to his 45 years in federal prison, Ettlinger was also sentenced to a lifetime of supervision. Ettlinger pleaded guilty in August 2012 to one count of engaging in a child exploitation enterprise. Officials say Ettlinger was involved with the child pornography site known as Dreamboard. According to the press release, Ettlinger -- known as "ee1" -- had been …
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Wednesday, August 15, 2012
David Ettlinger appeared in a Louisiana federal court today.
A former Newton teacher pleaded guilty today to federal child pornography charges stemming from his connection to an international child pornography site, the Boston Globe reported this afternoon. According to the Globe report, David Ettlinger pleaded guilty in a Louisiana federal court earlier today. He had been charged with engaging in a child exploitation enterprise, conspiracy to advertise the distribution of child pornography and conspiracy to distribute child porn. Ettlinger worked in Newton for more than 10 years, holding positions at Peirce Elementary School and more recently, Underwood Elementary School. In January, Ettlinger was one of many arrested following an investigation of the online child porn site Dreamboard. He …
Adam Maleson
8:18 pm on Wednesday, January 9, 2013
How come everything politicians do has to be reactive? Something seriously wrong has to happen before it starts to occur to them that maybe they should be more concerned about what's going on? A classroom has to get shot up before you start to worry about guns. A teacher has to get caught with pornography before it starts to occur to them that we should be a bit careful about the character of … more ›