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Sparta Township School Teacher Arrested For Sex Crimes

By Lependorf & Silverstein

http://www.lependorfsilverstein.com/lewd-conduct.shtmlPolice arrested a math teacher from the Vo-Tech School in Sussex County for allegedly having sexual relations with two students. The New Jersey Herald, in an online article reported recently that Richard Koppenaal a resident of Frankford Township was being held on suspicion of having illegal sexual relations and sexual contact with two of the high school?s students over the course of the last two years. Sparta Township Police and the Sussex County Prosecutor's Office investigations also revealed that the criminal events took place across as many as five different Sussex County towns. Sussex Tech Superintendent Dr. Mark Toback was quoted in the article stating Koppenaal, 37, is being suspended with pay pending an executive school board decision...continue to full post

Full post as published by New Jersey Criminal Defense Blog on November 30, 2007 (boomark / email).