Abuse Charges Against Illinois Teachers; Epidemic?

Does it seem to you that there have been an awfully lot of Illinois primary and secondary education teachers arrested for sexual abuse lately? It seemed that way to us. Here is a listing for the last THREE MONTHS:

Ian M. McDonald, 31, of 103 N. Walnut, Apt. 5, Glasford, was being held overnight at the Peoria County Jail.

Jodi E. Church, 26, a Manual High School special education teacher, is accused of having sex with a 16-year-old male student on several occasions. She also faces federal charges for allegedly using the Internet to try to lure another 16-year-old to have sex with her.

Jon Andrew White, 26, in McLean County, former Unit 5 teacher faces two counts of predatory criminal sexual assault and two counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse. He is accused of sexually abusing two first-grade students in Normal. He also faces similar charges in Champaign County for allegedly molesting nine second-grade girls at Thomas Paine Elementary School in Urbana.

Michael Vonderohe, 29, who pleaded guilty three years ago to molesting a 16-year-old student while he was a high school teacher, denied violating his probation during a brief interview after his appearance in Madison County, Illinois Circuit Court.

Jason Krigas, 36, of Fox River Grove was convicted in September of one count of aggravated criminal sexual abuse.

Robert Sperlik Jr., 45, was still teaching last month when the parents of a 15-year-old girl contacted police with her story of abuse and he was arrested. The band teacher was arrested here and charged with sexually abusing 16 students, jaws dropped at the allegations: Police said the teacher had tied young girls to chairs with duct tape and rope and then re-enacted bondage scenes from his porn collection.

Randy DeJaynes, 56, a DeLand-Weldon High School English teacher was charged in Piatt County Circuit Court on Wednesday with three counts of aggravated battery and two counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse.

Please let us know if we've missed any.