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CHARTER SCHOOL SCANDALS: Dove Science Academy - Tulsa

CHARTER SCHOOL SCANDALS: Dove Science Academy - Tulsa

Dove Science Academy - Tulsa

TEEN PLEADS GUILTY TO RAPING CHILD AT TULSA CHARTER SCHOOL, June 7, 2010, The Tulsa World (OK)

A Tulsa teenager pleaded guilty Monday to raping an 11-year-old student at a Tulsa school.
Donnie D. Johnson, 18, is to be sentenced July 19.
Tulsa County District Judge William Kellough ordered Johnson, who had been free on bond, placed in the Tulsa Jail after his guilty plea.
A Department of Corrections background report will be prepared before his sentencing. Johnson has no agreement with prosecutors concerning his punishment.
Assistant District Attorney Jack Thorp said he will request prison time.
Johnson, who was then 17, was charged in December 2008 with the first-degree rape of a sixth-grade student by force and violence at Dove Science Academy, 280 S. Memorial Drive.
Johnson, who was a high school student, and the girl both attended the Dove charter school.
Johnson is alleged to have raped the girl in a school rest-room on Dec. 11, 2008. He was arrested