Van Buren teacher from Ypsilanti arraigned; accused of giving boy obscene material
An Ypsilanti woman who teaches at North Middle School in Van Buren Public Schools, was arraigned Tuesday morning following allegations she provided obscene material and alcohol to a minor, MLive reported.
Andrea Brennan
School district photo
The Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office said Van Buren Township Police found Brennan and a 15-year-old boy in a car parked outside softball fields at Beck and Ayres roads about 1:30 a.m. July 10. Prosecutors allege Brennan had provided the explicit material to the boy via a computer and gave him alcohol.
At Brennan’s arraignment Tuesday in 34th District Court in Romulus, Judge Brian Oakley released her on a $10,000 personal recognizance bond and ordered her to have no contact with the victim, Mlive reported. He scheduled a pre-exam videoconference for 1:05 p.m. Aug. 6.
Brennan’s employment status with the district was unclear.
Comments
mmill10227
Wed, Aug 1, 2012 : 8:48 p.m.
Hum, She could have supplied me with alcohol and sexually explicit material and we would have never got arrested, but then again I over 18.
jns131
Thu, Aug 2, 2012 : 3:02 a.m.
You are a consenting an adult. Children need to be protected until they are 18. Mine just tells people they have to wait until she is 18 to get her number, maybe.
CincoDeMayo
Wed, Aug 1, 2012 : 2:46 p.m.
I'm not sure that removing comments about the education of where to place an apostrophe is appropriate though, since that comment came about from negative comments regarding unions protecting teachers. Where do unions fit in? Are negative comments about unions any more appropriate than positive comments about the worth of teachers??? (And how they might improve your writing....?)
Dave
Wed, Aug 1, 2012 : 2:41 p.m.
I wonder what her significant other thinks about this...
CincoDeMayo
Wed, Aug 1, 2012 : 2:40 p.m.
Oops, Dave66's comment about where to place an apostrophe was removed. I guess my comments should be removed too then....
Gloria
Wed, Aug 1, 2012 : 1:52 p.m.
What the ____ does this have to do with being a union member as nekm 1 stated in his comment? Absolutely nothing!!!!!! Let's not impugn all union members for one persons misguided behavior.
jns131
Fri, Aug 3, 2012 : 1:58 a.m.
The Vatican is not hiding any of theirs anymore. A lot of them are now on the chopping block. As for the union? She better be proven innocent to be able to find another job outside this state. Did you hear? They absolved Dr Mud from all liability. True story.
Dave66
Wed, Aug 1, 2012 : 2:05 p.m.
Right. If the Union acted like the clergy, they would just move her to a different district and shield her from prosecution.
KMHall
Wed, Aug 1, 2012 : 1:12 p.m.
For all we know she may have been an effective classroom teacher. It's possible that no one knew about her problem. We can hope that this was her only alleged transgression and that the boy and his family will get appropriate help.
Peter Baker
Wed, Aug 1, 2012 : 1 p.m.
2 years for distributing sexually explicit material to a minor, but only 60 DAYS for furnishing alcohol to a minor?
a2citizen
Wed, Aug 1, 2012 : 4:28 a.m.
Hopefully, the boy will recover from any trauma.
Dog Guy
Thu, Aug 2, 2012 : 4:43 a.m.
Yeah, his arm is likely sore from accepting high fives from other guys.
Honest Abe
Wed, Aug 1, 2012 : 2:14 a.m.
I hope she did not throw her career and life down the drain. If she is guilty, may justice be served. I wish her a fair trial, and the family of the young boy the best.
jns131
Thu, Aug 2, 2012 : 3 a.m.
She did. I've seen it happen to really great people and they too are gone now. So sad to hear.
15crown00
Tue, Jul 31, 2012 : 9:09 p.m.
kiss your career goodbye lady if you're guilty
Bertha Venation
Tue, Jul 31, 2012 : 8:13 p.m.
Gee Whillikers! ... and they call ME a cougar.... but even I have my standards (such as they are).
Madeleine Borthwick
Tue, Jul 31, 2012 : 7:48 p.m.
What was she thinking?!
CincoDeMayo
Wed, Aug 1, 2012 : 2:55 p.m.
Teachers, doctors, judges, politicians, presidents, librarians, med students, students, neighbors, drunks, ANYONE who manipulates another more vulnerable person (either because of their age, relative status, mental competency, or worldliness) for their sexual pleasure....what are they thinking? Obviously, only of themselves.
jns131
Tue, Jul 31, 2012 : 9:12 p.m.
It seems everyday anther teacher falls. I too agree, what are these teachers thinking?
A2comments
Tue, Jul 31, 2012 : 7:40 p.m.
Where are the boy's parents? When my kids were 15 they were sleeping at 1:30 AM.
boo
Wed, Aug 1, 2012 : 2:36 a.m.
he was asleep...with the teacher....
Ghost of Tom Joad
Tue, Jul 31, 2012 : 8:40 p.m.
or so you thought. you're telling me you never got out at night as a kid without your parent's knowledge?
nekm1
Tue, Jul 31, 2012 : 7:40 p.m.
Brennan's employment status with the district was unclear. amazing. Tell me again, how Union's help our kids?
jns131
Tue, Jul 31, 2012 : 9:11 p.m.
Unless convicted? They can put her on a paid suspension until the outcome of the trial. If found guilty, which I highly wonder, she could loose her job. If found not guilty could get her job back. Maybe. Union will do what it can but in this situation? Wow, what a sticky wicket she is in now. As for Ypsi resident? No bearing. She could have been born in Ann Arbor? Interesting thought.
tom swift jr.
Tue, Jul 31, 2012 : 8:58 p.m.
What a absurd connection.
NCTerry
Tue, Jul 31, 2012 : 8:36 p.m.
I'm pretty sure that in America you're innocent until proven guilty. I doubt the union has had ANY input at this point and if/when they do it will only be to make sure that the process is allowed to play out BEFORE she receives whatever punishment is proper. To even vaguely imply that the union would protect a teacher who is proven guilty of such crimes is ridiculous, reckless and patently unfair. nekm1 you are WAY out of line! How about waiting until you actually know what you're talking about before you decide to comment - and even then you might think twice.
Tom Todd
Tue, Jul 31, 2012 : 8:27 p.m.
nekm1 jealous much.
Ghost of Tom Joad
Tue, Jul 31, 2012 : 8:17 p.m.
it might be because she has yet to be convicted of a crime. I know it seems like a pointless step in the process, but go ahead and just blame unions for bogging down the works. the entire world's problems apparently all start at organized labor.
sh1
Tue, Jul 31, 2012 : 8:10 p.m.
You are trying to make a connection that is nowhere alluded to in the article and is inconsistent at best. Do you always judge alleged perpetrators by whether or not they belong to a union?
nekm1
Tue, Jul 31, 2012 : 7:50 p.m.
Madeleine, you miss the point. Union's make it sooo expensive, and sooo tough for local districts to dismiss bad teachers that it is almost impossible. Or they move them to another school in the same system. Not so in private schools. You keep your kids public, I will send mine private.
Madeleine Borthwick
Tue, Jul 31, 2012 : 7:46 p.m.
nekm1, the unions are not babysitters. they cannot monitor the activities of each and every teacher so please don't blame them for one person's misdeeds.
Valerie Kabat
Tue, Jul 31, 2012 : 7:39 p.m.
And adding "from Ypsilanti" to the headline was relevant because . . . ? Thanks to annarbor.com for taking yet another, unnecessary, poke at Ypsilanti.
a2citizen
Tue, Jul 31, 2012 : 10:23 p.m.
sandalwood, I'm surprised you didn't comment on her pearl necklace.
sandalwood
Tue, Jul 31, 2012 : 9:31 p.m.
I'm pretty sure Ypsilanti isn't what was getting "poked"!!!
jns131
Tue, Jul 31, 2012 : 9:13 p.m.
I'd like to know what your point is?
Ghost of Tom Joad
Tue, Jul 31, 2012 : 8:16 p.m.
you can't blame aa.com for what the people in ypsi do. they just report it.
Ed Kimball
Tue, Jul 31, 2012 : 7:48 p.m.
Because Ypsilanti is in the readership area of AnnArbor.com. If she were from outside the area, e.g., Van Buren township, the story probably would be of much less interest to this site's readers.
nickcarraweigh
Tue, Jul 31, 2012 : 6:45 p.m.
It'll be voyeur heaven when the security tapes from inside the courtroom hit Youtube.
RoboLogic
Tue, Jul 31, 2012 : 6:36 p.m.
The way it is worded it sounds like she is accused of doing this "in a Detroit Courtroom."
MIKE
Tue, Jul 31, 2012 : 10:30 p.m.
Obviously, aa.com fixed their grammatical error.
TiggerRocks66
Tue, Jul 31, 2012 : 9:47 p.m.
I don't see that...
OLDTIMER3
Tue, Jul 31, 2012 : 9:45 p.m.
Some people just have no reading comprehension.
MIKE
Tue, Jul 31, 2012 : 6:43 p.m.
Not a very smart move, with all the court officers around. No wonder she got caught.