Thursday, December 15, 2011

Arizona Band Teacher Brian Bizzell Busted for Making More Than Music With Underage Student

Brian Bizzell
Goodyear, Arizona

Brian Bizzell, a band teacher with the Buckeye Unified School District in Arizona, is in trouble for tooting his own horn in the wrong direction. Police arrested Bizzell after finding incriminating evidence on one of his student's cell phones. The evidence in question allegedly reveals that he has been having sex with an underage girl.

Bizzel, who is married, teaches at Estrella Foothills High School.

According to court documents, even recently, Bizzell tried to arrange a "quickie" with the girl.

Another student found the girl’s cell phone at school. In an attempt to identify the owner of the phone, the classmate looked at some old messages and noticed sexually explicit text messages from someone named "Brian."

The student grew concerned when she was able to identify the owner of the phone, who is one of her classmates, and noticed that the screen saver on the phone was a picture of Bizzell.

The girl turned the phone over to authorities, who contacted the owner of the phone's parents. This is when the sexual relationship was officially revealed.

The girl's father voluntarily retrieved his 17-year-old daughter's laptop and allowed police to look through old Skype conversations she'd had with Bizzell, which included talk about oral sex and masturbation.

The girl's parents told police their daughter knows Bizzell well, and had even been to his apartment.

During an interview with police, the alleged victim admitted to having sex with Bizzell. She told detectives she first met him when she was 13, and he became her band teacher when she was 14.

The girl says she and the teacher kissed at a band function in Avondale, back in October, when she was 17. This, according to the victim was the first time sexual contact was made. .

In the months that followed, the sexual relationship escalated. In November, the girl says she and Bizzell performed oral sex on each other in a sound booth in the band room at the high school. The two had actual intercourse earlier this month, again in the band room at the high school.

Following his arrest, Bizzell admitted to having sex with the girl, and knowing she was underage.

Bizell was booked on five counts of sexual conduct with a minor and one count of luring a minor for sexual exploitation. He's being held on $72,000 bond.

Interesting find on Brian Bizzell's Facebook page, which has been removed.

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