Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Nicholas Martinelli pleaded guilty in March to charges involving teacher-student sexual relationships at Triton Regional High School.
The third of the former Triton Regional High School teachers accused of inappropriate relationships with students is scheduled to be sentenced Thursday on a downgraded charge. Nicholas Martinelli, a former physical education teacher, pleaded guilty in March to fourth-degree hindering apprehension in the case. Martinelli faces a likely sentence of probation and the revocation of his teaching certificate when he's sentenced April 18 in Superior Court in Camden. Martinelli was originally charged with official misconduct in the case. Unlike the other two teachers, Jeffrey Logandro and Daniel Michielli, who were implicated in relationships with underage girls, Martinelli's relationship was with an 18-year-old student. He admitted in court to …
Friday, March 15, 2013
Four of five Triton educators charged in the case have now been sentenced in the case surrounding inappropriate teacher-student sexual relationships.
Jeffrey Logandro and Daniel Michielli, two former teachers who pleaded guilty to charges surrounding improper relations with students at Triton Regional High School, were sentenced Friday to 30 days of electronically monitored home detention and three years probation. Logandro and Michielli walked out of the courtroom 15 minutes after the proceedings, uncuffed, accompanied by a sheriff's deputy. They walked down a long hallway to the elevator and refused to comment when asked questions about how they felt and why they got involved sexually with students. The entirety of Gloucester Township's coverage of this issue is available at our special page: Triton Teacher-Student Sex Scandal.
'...This incident is going to be the one thing you're remembered for,' a judge tells Jeffrey Logandro and Daniel Michielli, both of Blackwood, as they're sentenced in a Camden courtroom Friday.
Jeffrey Logandro and Daniel Michielli, two former teachers who pleaded guilty to charges surrounding improper relations with students at Triton Regional High School, were sentenced Friday to 30 days of electronically monitored home detention and three years probation. Both defendants sat silently in court Friday during and after their sentencing for third-degree conspiracy to commit official misconduct. Michelli, 27, of of Blackwood, sat on the left side of a Camden courtroom, alone, staring at the floor, as about a dozen supporters and families of the victims, two teenage girls, sat on the right side. He wore a light tan suit and tan striped tie. Logandro, sat silently next to his attorney, Len Biddison, staring at a table as Biddison …
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Nicholas Martinelli immediately resigned his teaching position at Triton after the guilty plea.
Triton Regional High School teacher Nick Martinelli admitted in court Thursday to hindering an investigation into his alleged improper relationship with a student, and immediately resigned his position. Martinelli, 28, pleaded guilty in Superior Court to fourth-degree hindering apprehension. As part of the plea, he’ll be sentenced to probation and will forfeit his teaching certificate in New Jersey. Martinelli, who was ordered not to have contact with the victim, will learn the exact terms of his sentence April 12. In a statement of probable cause to charge Martinelli, the 18-year-old student told police she and the teacher had sex and had kissed and touched each other sexually. Martinelli was a physical education teacher at Triton and …
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Notices of intent to sue were filed on behalf of all three Triton High School graduates.
Attorneys representing the three victims in the Triton Regional High School teacher-student sex case have filed notices of potential lawsuits. The notices of tort claim were filed in early November, roughly a month after charges were brought against five Triton educators—three male teachers accused of inappropriate relationships with female students and two administrators charged with covering up those relationships. One victim is represented by Philadelphia firm Cozen O'Connor and the other two victims by Mount Laurel-based firm McLaughlin & Lauricella. Former Triton teachers Jeffrey P. Logandro and Daniel R. Michielli have already pleaded guilty to inappropriate relationships with two potential plaintiffs, while the criminal case against…
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Black Horse Pike Regional School District reports former principal Catherine DePaul was paid more than $50,000 during her suspension.
Three former Triton Regional High School educators received paychecks totaling nearly $100,000 while they were suspended as a result of a teacher-student sex case that rocked the school last fall. Former principal Catherine DePaul and former teachers Jeffrey P. Logandro and Daniel R. Michielli stopped receiving paychecks when they forfeited their positions at the Runnemede school with guilty pleas entered earlier this month. None can ever hold public office in New Jersey again under the plea deals. According to figures provided to Patch by Black Horse Pike Regional School District (BHPRSD) this week as part of a broader Open Public Records Act filing, the district paid DePaul $50,600.56, Logandro $23,753.66 and Michielli $21,427.32 over …
Monday, February 11, 2013
Jeffrey P. Logandro and Daniel R. Michielli pleaded guilty Monday to third-degree conspiracy to commit official misconduct.
CAMDEN—Two Triton Regional High School teachers will possibly serve just 30 days under house arrest after entering guilty pleas Monday afternoon in connection with a teacher-student sex scandal that rocked the Runnemede school last fall. The two men—Jeffrey P. Logandro, 32, and Daniel R. Michielli, 27—also forfeited their ability to teach, or hold any public position, in New Jersey with the guilty pleas they entered before Superior Court Judge Thomas A. Brown Jr. Sentencing for both men is scheduled for March 15. Taking the five teachers and administrators charged in the scandal out of New Jersey's public schools has been authorities' goal since the probe, which began last summer, started mounting evidence against them, Camden County …
Black Horse Pike Regional School District Superintendent John Golden pens a letter to parents assuring them of the district's commitment to students' safety.
Black Horse Pike Regional School District released a letter to parents Monday, vowing to maintain the "highest standards" for its employees after three pleaded guilty to charges in a teacher-student sex case. Two Triton teachers, Jeffrey Logandro and Daniel Michielli, and principal Catherine DePaul pleaded guilty to various charges in the case Monday. All three were fired from their positions as part of the plea deal. Another teacher, Nicholas Martinelli, and vice principal Jernee Kollock face pending charges. In a letter sent to parents, Superintendent John Golden wrote in part: The Black Horse Pike Regional School District and Triton Regional High School community will remain dedicated and resolute in our belief that all students …
Teachers Jeffrey Logandro and Daniel Michielli both entered pleas to a downgraded charge in court Monday in Camden. They'll be sentenced to short jail stays or house arrest next month.
Update, 6:20 p.m.: Triton Teachers Plead Guilty, Face 30 Days Jail or House Arrest ------------------ Two Triton teachers and a principal implicated in either participating in or covering up relationships between the teachers and students entered guilty pleas today in Camden. Teachers Jeffrey Logandro and Daniel Michielli pleaded guilty to one third-degree conspiracy to commit official misconduct. They'll be sentenced March 15 and both face a 30-day jail sentence served in county jail, at home or through another jail program. The state did not object to home electronic monitoring in lieu of jail. Suspended Triton principal Catherine DePaul also pleaded guilty to a disorderly persons offense for failure to report to law enforcement …
Some of the defendants in the Triton teacher-student sex case are expected in court Monday.
Update, 6:20 p.m.: Triton Teachers Plead Guilty, Face 30 Days Jail or House Arrest ------------------ Update, 3:30 p.m.: Triton Teachers Plead Guilty to Sex Scandal Charges. ------------------ At least some of the five teachers and administrators charged in the Triton teacher-student sex scandal are expected in court today. Camden County Prosecutor's Office spokesman Jason Laughlin sent out a short note saying there's a status conference hearing at 2 p.m. in the Camden County Courthouse in Camden. Laughlin did not elaborate, but did note some of the defendants may attend the hearing. Three Triton Regional High School teachers and two administrators are suspended with pay after the scandal broke in October 2012. Teachers Jeffrey Logandro …
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