Wednesday, March 21, 2007

This is disgraceful...

Bryant Teacher Charged With Sexual Assault

Twenty five-year old Joseph Bresnahan is the Assistant Band Director at Bryant High School when he arrived on campus Tuesday morning, he was sent home, suspended with pay.

Tuesday afternoon, he was arrested at his home in Bryant on four counts of sexual assault. The victim was a 15-year old male student. Word of the arrest spread quickly as parents picked their kids up at Bryant North.

"Well, if it's true, they need to fire him and throw him in jail," says Randy Sanders.

Police say the assaults of the 15-year old boy occurred at Bresnahan's apartment in Bryant. Four separate assaults over three months and the last one occurred in recent days.

"It is very important for the parents to pay attention to their kids and start watching what they're doing and pay attention to their reactions to the phone calls they receive and so on," says Sgt. Harold Edmonson with the Bryant Police Department.

FOX16 knocked on Bresnahan's door, but no one answered.

"It's terribly shocking, I mean this is such a nice community, it's such a Christian faith based place, and it is shocking," says Jerry Bowers.

Bryant Police said it's the first time they've ever investigated an alleged sexual assault of a teacher against a student.

Randy Sanders says, "You wouldn't expect it to happen anywhere, but it seems like it happens everywhere. So you just deal with it, I've got a good kid, I'm not worried about her, but you never know."

"You know, of course it's disgusting that anybody in authority would do something like that, it's horrible," says Jerry Bowers.

Sources close to the investigation confirmed to FOX16 that it was the mother of the victim who alerted police Tuesday morning.

Bryant is not Joseph Bresnahan's first teaching job, after graduating from Harding University, he was a Band Director at Vilonia High School for three years.

He goes before a judge Wednesday morning.

Frank Warren In Little Rock

I am super excited about this event!!!!!!

Frank Warren
Saturday, April 21, 2007
10:00–11:00 a.m.
THE WORLD OF ANONYMOUS SECRETS
Frank Warren, The Secret Lives of Men and Women: A PostSecret Book (Culture/Sociology)It started as a community art project, and grew into the third most popular blog on the web. Warren’s postsecret.com has been called “a fascinating public airing of private thoughts.... The range of efforts (meticulous, sloppy, artful, ponderous) will astound you.” Come see what all the buzz is about.

Moderator: Leslie SingerMain Library, Darragh Center

BIO:In 2004, small business owner Frank Warren began asking people to write down a secret and mail it to him anonymously, on a postcard. Postsecret.com, the community art project that resulted from Warren’s request, now attracts over 3 million visitors per month and is ranked as the third most popular blog on the web. Warren’s latest hardcover compilation of postcard secrets is THE SECRET LIVES OF MEN AND WOMEN. Other titles include POSTSECRET and MY SECRET.

Monday, March 12, 2007

This Guy Dosen't Even Deserve to Be Alive!

Man Electrocuted While Trying to Steal Copper

March 11, 2007--Posted at 12:40 pm CST
WIDENER- Authorities say a man trying to steal copper from highline electric poles was electrocuted when he touched a live wire.
36 year-old Terry Padgett of Shell Lake, died overnight Thursday. His body was spotted on U.S. 70 near Widener by a motorist, who alerted St. Francis County authorities.
When deputies arrived, they discovered Padgett had been holding a long pole with a cutter on the end. Investigators said downed wire cut from other poles was found nearby.
Copper theft has been a problem for more than a year because of high prices paid at scrap yards.