A Deadly School Shooting in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia Leaves the Community Devastated.

A small, remote town in northeastern British Columbia was shaken by extreme violence after a former student carried out a deadly attack that began at home and ended inside a public school.

On February 10, 2026, an 18-year-old former student, Jesse Van Rootselaar, carried out a shooting spree in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., killing multiple people, including children and a teacher, before dying from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.

A former agriculture teacher at Drumright Public Schools in Oklahoma, Bobby Pruitt, aged 63, was arrested on February 1, 2026, following an investigation into allegations of sexual and physical abuse of students. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) assisted the Drumright Police Department after reports surfaced on October 7, 2025, revealing inappropriate contact with two students across multiple incidents. Pruitt, who had taught for 38 years in various Oklahoma districts, faces serious felony charges stemming from these accusations.

Owasso Police Department initiated an investigation into allegations of sexual harassment and lewd acts involving students at Owasso High School's East Campus. The incident allegedly occurred on school grounds during a weekend sports event and involved two suspects and two victims, all students.

An elementary school physical education teacher in Tennessee has been arrested and charged with raping a child. Allen Maxwell, who taught at Decaturville Elementary School in Decatur County, was taken into custody by the Decatur County Sheriff’s Office on Friday at his home in Parsons. He was immediately placed on administrative leave by Decatur County Schools, banned from all district campuses, and prohibited from contacting staff or students. The school district is fully cooperating with the investigation and conducting its own review, with support services offered to students and staff.

LULING, Tx. — Brian Rodriguez, a teacher's assistant and youth leader from Luling, Texas, was arrested and extradited on multiple serious child sexual offense charges. Caldwell County Sheriff's Office investigators, with assistance from the Texas Rangers, traveled to Las Vegas, Nevada, to apprehend Rodriguez and return him to Texas. He now faces formal charges in Caldwell County related to alleged crimes against a child or children.

Carl David Innmon, a 51-year-old former fifth-grade teacher at Baranoff Elementary School in the Austin Independent School District (AISD), pleaded guilty in federal court to possessing child sexual abuse material (CSAM). Court documents reveal that investigators discovered over 365,000 images of CSAM on devices seized from his home, including material depicting minors under 12 years old. Some of these images were AI-generated, created by manipulating real photographs of students in a classroom setting, with two children positively identified as Innmon's own students. Innmon, who had also worked as a substitute at about 20 other AISD schools, now faces up to 20 years in prison for the possession charge, though he was initially indicted on an additional count of receipt of child pornography, which was not part of the plea.

Sydnee Graf, a 36-year-old fifth-grade math teacher at Smyrna Elementary School in Louisville, Kentucky, was arrested on December 15, 2025, after allegedly engaging in explicit sexual conversations with a male student under the age of 12 during a virtual Non-Traditional Instruction (NTI) day. The investigation began when Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS) police alerted Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) detectives to the potential exploitation of the juvenile.

The National Center to Stop Educator Sexual Abuse, Misconduct, & Exploitation recently released a groundbreaking report, titled Understanding and Preventing Sexual Misconduct and Abuse by K–12 School Employees (October 2025), which reveals the scope and prevalence of educator sexual misconduct in America’s schools.

An 18-year-old senior at Ross S. Sterling High School in Baytown, Texas, named Aundre Lebron Demond Matthews, was arrested and charged with murder in the stabbing death of 16-year-old sophomore Andrew Meismer. The incident stemmed from a dispute over a $21 THC vape pen that Matthews accused Meismer of stealing.

A 26-year-old elementary school teacher in St. Croix County, Wisconsin, Madison Bergmann, was sentenced to six years in prison followed by six years of extended supervision after pleading guilty to one count of child enticement and two counts of sexual misconduct with a minor. The victim was an 11-year-old fifth-grade boy at St. Croix Falls Elementary School. Court documents revealed that Bergmann exchanged approximately 35,000 text messages with the child, including discussions about "making out" and other inappropriate conduct, as well as allegations of kissing, touching, and sexual contact during school hours.

In Buncombe County, North Carolina, 53-year-old Samuel Jason Ingle, a former coach and "Dean of Spiritual Formation" at the private Asheville Christian Academy, pleaded guilty in December 2025 to misdemeanor sexual battery charges involving sexual misconduct with an 18-year-old female student. The Buncombe County Sheriff's Office investigated reports of inappropriate conduct starting in early 2024, leading to Ingle's arrests on felony charges (including sex acts with a student) before the case resolved with reduced misdemeanors.

A former New Jersey high school teacher, Michael Canning, is facing a civil lawsuit filed by former student who alleges years of sexual abuse during her time as a student at Red Bank Regional High School. The lawsuit, filed on December 15 in Monmouth County Superior Court, names Canning, the Red Bank Regional Board of Education, the school district, and several of Canning's family members as defendants.

An Oklahoma City metro teacher is under investigation after claims of abuse toward a student were reported to police.

Body cam footage from the Oklahoma County Sheriff's Office shows deputies confronting and arresting Roderick Kohl, a Special Education teacher at Council Grove Elementary in the Western Heights School District.

Leetwain Darrell Tate, a 48-year-old former school bus driver for Sugar Creek Charter School in Charlotte, North Carolina, who also goes by "Ms. Sharon," was arrested on September 30, 2025, following an investigation by the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department's Crimes Against Children Unit. Tate faces multiple charges, including two counts of statutory rape of a child under 15, six counts of indecent liberties with a minor, and one count of statutory sex offense. Authorities allege that Tate lured at least four minors, aged 14 and 15, to his residence where the assaults occurred, with one victim reportedly claiming Tate offered money in exchange for sex, according to an arrest affidavit.

A former Tupelo Public Schools cafeteria worker, Lyndsay Hamer, 30, of Coalgate, Oklahoma, has been arrested on multiple child sexual abuse charges following an investigation by the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI). Authorities allege that Hamer sent sexually explicit photos and videos to a student. The Coal County Sheriff’s Office initiated the investigation in April before requesting assistance from OSBI.

Christopher Ward, a 37-year-old first-grade teacher at Hunters Point Elementary School in Queens, New York City, was arrested and charged with possessing child pornography after allegedly sharing hundreds of explicit photos and videos of minors over at least the past year. While standing before his young students daily, Ward is accused of storing and distributing material depicting prepubescent children and those under 12 years old.

Sandy Carazas-Pinez, a 36-year-old teacher from Bethel, Connecticut, was sentenced to 25 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for engaging in a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old special needs student at the Biondi School in Yonkers, New York.

Evergreen High School student Desmond Holly allegedly entered his school armed with a revolver and opened fire on classmates, critically injuring two students before turning the gun on himself. He later died at the hospital, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office.

Ouachita Parish Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a complaint of a possible sex crime at Richwood High School in Richwood, Louisiana. Geoterrius Spivey, a substitute teacher admitted to the sexual abuse. An arrest warrant was issued, and he was booked into the Ouachita Correctional Center on two counts of second-degree rape, sexual battery, and simple battery.

Addam Timothy LeClair, a 43-year-old former math teacher and soccer coach at Tradition Preparatory High School in Port St. Lucie, Florida, was arrested by the Martin County Sheriff's Office for allegedly soliciting a romantic relationship with his 16-year-old student.