Bradford Basketball Coach Keeps Job, Suspended For 5 Days, After One Parent Said He “Prowled and Stalked” Young Girls

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Montenia “Monte” C. Nelson, Sr (44) of Kenosha (LinkedIn)
(Photo of Bradford Sign by Kevin Mathewson, Kenosha County Eye)

A Bradford High School basketball coach named Mentenia “Monte” Nelson, Sr has returned to work after being placed on administrative leave, according to the Kenosha Unified School District. An investigation found that Nelson violated four district rules when he video recorded several underage high school girls at last year’s homecoming dance and posted the videos to his social media accounts.

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A Bradford High School girl’s father, who made the complaint after seeing the video on social media, said that KUSD allowed Nelson “to prowl on our kids.” The videos, taken by Nelson, who is a full-time security guard for Bradford, show several girls at the dance, dancing and laughing. The videos are several minutes long and Nelson can be heard yelling “Yall turn around, turn around for the camera, turn around for the camera” as he is taking a video of a group of young girls at the dance. In one of the other videos, Nelson zooms in on one young girl in particular and he says “That’s a grown woman yall!”

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Montenia “Monte” C. Nelson, Sr
Bradford High School Principal Brian Geiger (D)
(KUSD)

The girl’s father interpreted the words and tone as sexualizing in nature and said he though it is creepy that the 44-year-old man viewed a 16-year-old as a “grown woman.” He also said that Nelson is a “perv” who Bradford Principal Brian Geiger allowed to “stalk high school teens.”

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According to Nelson’s personnel file obtained by KCE, the Kenosha Police Officer who works as the school’s Resource Officer, received the complaint on October 12, 2023. The dance occurred on October 7, 2023. Nelson not only admitted to taking videos at the dance, but told his principal he’s done it at two other homecoming dances and two proms. He said he didn’t know that there were rules against taking photos of students, but later admitted he warned one student at the dance not to take a photo of another student without his or per permission.

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Nelson told Principal Geiger that the story in the Kenosha County Eye about this incident was very alarming to him and caused is family to receive over 200 texts messages. Nelson was relieved that the Kenosha News refused to publish a story about his behavior. Nelson also said that at least one student avoided contact with him after our story broke.

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Principal Brian Geiger, unbelievably recommended only a written warning to Nelson. The report that Geiger wrote was very sympatric extensively defended Nelson.

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The Bradford father we spoke with told KCE that his daughter complained last school year about Nelson’s conduct in a letter sent to the School Athletic Director, John Ruffolo. He says that the school “did nothing about it.” He did tell KCE that he was unaware if the KUSD administration was made aware of the behavior. The Dad did complain about the homecoming videos as well. He was upset that nothing happened. We asked the Bradford Dad what Nelson meant by saying that’s a grown woman? “That means he doesn’t know the difference between a woman and a child,” he told KCE.

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Kevin Neir (D)
(File Photo by Kevin Mathewson, Kenosha County Eye)

The Chief Human Resources officer, Kevin Neir (D), while properly named, is a very woke individual. KCE is aware of many cases in which Neir has a soft hand with very bad conduct within KUSD. He decided to allow Monte, a convicted felon, to keep his job and only receive a 5-day unpaid suspension We asked him why this behavior is accepted at KUSD. We asked him how a felon can be hired at KUSD. He declined comment.

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Kenosha Unified School District Superintendent Jeffrey Weiss (D)
(File Photo by Kevin Mathewson, Kenosha County Eye)

Wile Principal Geiger and Kevin Neir recommended light discipline, Kenosha Unified School District Superintendent Jeffrey Weiss (D) has the final say-so and condoned Nelson’s behavior.

Monte Nelson
(Kenosha County Sheriff)

KCE did a background check on Mr. Nelson and to our surprise, we learned he had a lengthy criminal history. He arrested for selling over 15 grams of cocaine and later convicted of a felony before being hired by KUSD. The Kenosha gang unit served a warrant on his home. Nelson was seen trying to flush cocaine down the toilet, but was unsuccessful. Police found 31 grams of cocaine base along with plastic baggies and a digital scale. In Nelson’s home where two .380 caliber handguns along with ammunition, magazines, and $800 in currency. Police and prosecutors said that there was gang-related items in the home. Nelson got a year in jail followed by five years of probation.

A couple of years later, Nelson was involved in a fight at Marina Garden restaurant and when police caught up with him, he lied to them about his identity. He was charged and convicted of obstructing an officer/habitual criminality.

In the personnel file, KCE also learned that a liberal activist English teacher at Bradford, Jennifer Sepanski, was stifling free speech at the High School regarding Nelson.

In an email to the school’s counselor, she wrote in part:

“I think you already know, but students are gossiping on social media about Monty and it is very upsetting to some of our students who are close to him. I have shut down any gossip.”

Every KUSD administrator that KCE asked to answer tough questions refused.

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    1. Pedo normalcy is the goal of the J*ws it aligns with their Talmudic teachings. Fact check it.

      Cultural enrichers are pushed into white society by J**s to destroy it. There are creators, maintainers and destroyers. Anyone with half a brain can tell you who’s who among these labels.

      The whole world lost WW2, J**s have infiltrated all governments through central banking and they use the m*son*c lodges to control nearly every town in the US through their “brotherhood”.

      The nations that they don’t control, they destroy through illegal wars by the “terrorist” label and install their central bank, Iran is next. The war powers act is constantly renewed by every US president. Rid the world of Rothschild and their terrorist state created through the Balfour Declaration and the world is a better place instantly. The US and it’s “greatest ally” are the real terrorists.

      Nobody is coming to save us, not Trump, not Q or some other nation. Our enemy is the same as the ones who put Jeshua on a cross. Our only hope is in Him. Meanwhile, stay away from cultural enrichers and know your enemy and inform other believers to have no trust in any man or any political party.

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          1. There are but they all have been feed the “Judeo Christianity” heap of garbage that the Rabbis have taught the pastors and priests at the seminaries so that Christians don’t awaken to the real world in which they live. I am awaiting the Noahide laws to be enforced which will make me accepting Jeshua as my savior, illegal. I am prepared to have my head cut off like the Talmud teaches and Revelation prophesied, the guillotines are already at the military bases. There is no rapture before Christ returns, another load of garbage by our 501C3 pastors.

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            1. That PragerU nonsense. These goyim eat that shit up too. These are the same “Christians” that stole my peoples land.

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        1. Just because you are not intelligent enough to understand, doesn’t make me a moron. Those that cannot challenge truth with lies, resort to name calling. Yawn.

      1. The one and only way to achieve eternal life is to accept Jesus christ as your lord and savior! He came here once and died for us! He’s coming back in the end which is more than likely closer than you think. The whole reason this world is so sick and infested with pedophiles and every other type of sick & demented idiots is because so many have turned away from Christianity (the ecceptence of Jesus Christ) and God’s word (the Bible, front to back). If there is any chance at all to turn things around, if it’s not already too late, it’s Trump! The problem is that it’s probably too late and judgment day is near. All non believers will parish! All believers will have eternal life! I pray to God that Trump is president once again to take down these sick demented liberal democrats! Because next time, “HE WILL”!!!!

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        1. You had me until you threw in that Trump is the only way. Make sure you aren’t making and idol out of Trump, because it sure seems like it.

          1. Bet he’s got crappy flags hanging on his truck and a giant Trump sign in his front yard. Praise to his idol Donny who will again lie, cheat and steal while patting his followers on the head.

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      1. You must be one of the kusd supporters who think this is ok, does your kids call gross dad too? Real appropriate

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  1. Kusd don’t give a shit about students! Barker and gross are the proof in that pudding! Fuck kusd and their “staff”

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  2. Parents you need to WAKEUP!!!! KUSD protects everyone except the students, this piece of dirt should NOT be allowed on school property but Principal protects him!!!

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  3. Breaking: Colorado Supreme Court Votes To Remove Bill Clinton From Epstein Client List..

    More of that DEI garbage from the ethnos state!

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  4. The problem isn’t that he doesn’t know the difference between a minor and a “grown woman.” The problem is that he sees these students as sexualized beings and feels free to comment on their physicality publicly, in a school setting, yet. Not to mention being bold enough to record and post the comments. He needs to realize, NOW, that this conduct won’t be tolerated. If anything similar to this happens again he should be GONE.

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  5. Wonder what these people would say if this was their daughter he was speaking about.

    Free speech is okay, as long it falls under the guidelines of what this so called English teacher seems to be free speech?

    Why don’t we protect our children at all costs???

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  6. KUSD is a taxpayer funded cesspool that allows people like Mental Monte Nelson to act out his pedophilia fantasies.
    Save Our Children:
    Abolish Teacher Unions
    Abolish Public Schools
    Abolish Tax Funded Centers of Perversion.

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  7. How does a convicted felon get hired into KUSD? This is so disturbing!!

    The entire hiring staff for KUSD needs to go!!

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  8. And WOKE KUSD wonders why the student rate is declining? We all know why this PEDO POS wasn’t fired. Pathetic!

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  9. Thank you Kevin for all that you do and shining the light where other media sources refuse to go.

    KUSD is an utter disgrace! What ever happened to zero tolerance or at a minimum, having a conscious when it comes to protecting our kids? The message they’re sending to the community is, “We don’t care! Keep sending us your tax dollars and vote Democrat.”

    Strike 1…..for hiring ANYONE with a prior felony conviction and allowing them to have direct contact with kids.

    Strike 2…. for tolerating this behavior by ANY staff member.

    Strike 3…. for not firing him on the spot.

    YOUR OUT!!!

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  10. Thank you for reporting on this, kevin. I’m curious what legal avenues the school board has to correct this behavior, and if they have the courage to use them. If not, I think we will be facing some huge expenses in the way of civil lawsuits, or maybe burning dumpsters and mayhem in the streets. This behavior absolutely cannot be condoned, and the status quo cannot be maintained.

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  11. Monte is a criminal.
    Every Bradford student has the legal right to bring up, discuss, and put out his criminal record!
    If Ms. Sepanski tries to “shut you down” contact Kevin for a free attorney consultation.

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  12. One thing is for sure here we know how he views juvenile females, so if you have an attending student at Bradford he is looking at her the same way EVERYDAY!!!!!!!!

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  13. This filthy pedophile should have been fired immediately and investigated for other possible sexually deviant behaviors. The entire KUSD system should be wiped out and started new with all new people who actually care about children, their education, their wellbeing and ability to be responsible, contributing adults. Currently, the Administration and most of the teachers seem to care only about transing the kids, pushing the LGBT agenda and providing them with sexually explicit materials, meanwhile, thanks to such an effete staff, students can’t read, do math, budget or know how to run a household when they graduate. It is sick. Until this system is changed, parents should homeschool or send their children to private schools that they have thoroughly vetted.

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  14. Only kusd hires criminals, and then sweeps all the proof under the rug. What a joke! Fuck kusd and their employees

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  15. It’s ghetto ass Bradford….what do you expect from that shithole school? It’s always been the hood high school….

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  16. The one and only way to achieve eternal life is to accept Jesus christ as your lord and savior! He came here once and died for us! He’s coming back in the end which is more than likely closer than you think. The whole reason this world is so sick and infested with pedophiles and every other type of sick & demented idiots is because so many have turned away from Christianity (the ecceptence of Jesus Christ) and God’s word (the Bible, front to back). If there is any chance at all to turn things around, if it’s not already too late, it’s Trump! The problem is that it’s probably too late and judgment day is near. All non believers will parish! All believers will have eternal life! I pray to God that Trump is president once again to take down these sick demented liberal democrats! Because next time, “HE WILL”!!!!

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    1. If Trump stepped in a church for over a minute, his shoes would start on fire. The idiot doesn’t believe in anything but stealing from you.

      Weak minded people fall for brain washing tactics like Trump worship. Try getting off Fox News for a minute and thinking for yourself.

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  17. it is racist to point out poor behavior by colored folks. shame shame shame kev. btw, i thought most of the colored pedos worked at Indian Trails.

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    1. Nope. 13/60. That’s the ratio of their violent crime statistics. 13% of the population commit near 60% of all violent crimes. If it’s racist to shout stats, THEN CALL ME A RACIST. I don’t care anymore.

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      1. Me neither! The mainstream media and libtarded dumocratic morons can kiss my white ass no matter what color they are! Just go walk through a black neighborhood and if you make it out alive let me know how that went is what I have to say to anyone who calls me a racist!

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    2. It may be racist by today’s standards but doesn’t mean it not the truth. Look at the numbers. Then, look at the African American neighborhoods. If you pull your head out of your asshole you can see 👀 lmao 🤣

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  18. First, despite this and other issues, there are good KUSD teachers, students and schools. They don’t get enough appreciation and support.

    On top of that, they get overshadowed by a bloated administration, dysfunctional school board and incompetence. In other words they suffer because of this.

    Reality check:
    In any organization of size there will be some “bad apples” because, if nothing else, we pick them from the human race. That’s a fact. What’s wrong with KUSD is that they do an inadequate and, frankly, incompetent job of vetting AND then fail to toss out the bad apples once they become known. This story is a classic example. It’s not the only one.

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    1. When the very few “good ones” refuse to speak out about the pedophile invasion of our schools, then they are part of the same problem. HOMESCHOOL.

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        1. Bullshit. For evil to win, all they need is good men to do nothing. They are cowards then. ‘If you’re Luke warm, I spit you from my mouth”

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      1. People are afraid to speak out. The second the article was posted originally l, his son and others were threatening people and telling them to “meet up”. Good behavior from a family who has a staff member in kusd. Pathetic

    2. They also don’t do enough to keep the good teachers. Having worked in KUSD for a few years myself and moving to another district, the education system is broken everywhere due to the above listed problems.

  19. Well when his family gets all intense and threatens people after the original posting, people tend to be afraid to speak
    Out. Great guy and employee!!!

  20. How did this guy ever get a job with Unified?

    Unified wonders why parents open enroll outside Kenosha Unified and local private schools are breaking enrollment records annually.

    There are many excellent Unified employees and teachers, but this stuff is allowed to occur.

  21. As an attorney, I can tell you that KUSD can face a lot of legal liability for negligent hiring as well as negligent retention if this guy was to sell drugs to students. That is an offense that is substantially related to this individual’s job. It is a legitimate legal reason to not hire this person in the first place. I hope this family files a complaint with the US department of education as well.

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KENOSHA, Wis. — A 74-year-old Burlington man is facing serious felony charges in what authorities describe as a first-of-its-kind prosecution in Kenosha County under Wisconsin’s new child grooming law, after investigators say he repeatedly attempted to lure a 17-year-old girl into illegal activity. Ronald Joseph Richards, 74, of Burlington, was charged Monday with grooming of a child and soliciting a child for prostitution

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Chicago Man Accused Of 110 MPH Police Chase, Crashing Into Vehicle With Three People Inside, Facing Dozens Of Charges

Mikalos Jackson, 29, of Chicago(Kenosha County Sheriff’s Office) PLEASANT PRAIRIE, Wis. — A 29-year-old Chicago man is in custody after prosecutors say he led police on a high-speed chase reaching 110 miles per hour, crashed into a vehicle carrying multiple people, and was later found with a firearm and THC. Mikalos Jackson, 29, of Chicago(Kenosha County Sheriff’s Office) You must be logged in

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Illinois Woman Accused Of Throwing Infant Headfirst Into Crib While Drunk, Faces Felony Child Abuse Charge

Loren Yanira Villalobos-Navarro, 38, of Waukegan, Illinois(Kenosha County Sheriff’s Office) SOMERS, Wis. — A 38-year-old Illinois woman is accused of throwing her infant daughter headfirst into a crib while heavily intoxicated, an incident that prompted a 911 call and a response from the Kenosha County Sheriff’s Office late Saturday night. Loren Yanira Villalobos-Navarro, 38, of Waukegan, Illinois(Kenosha County Sheriff’s Office) You must be

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Illinois Woman Accused Of Driving Into Oncoming Traffic, Swerving At Officer During Kenosha Chase, Dog Found Malnourished

Heather A. Demarr, 32, of Wadsworth, Illinois(Kenosha County Sheriff’s Office) KENOSHA, Wis. — A 32-year-old Illinois woman accused of driving into oncoming traffic and swerving her vehicle at a police officer during an early-morning pursuit is being held on a $25,000 cash bond set Monday by Court Commissioner William “Bargain Bail Billy” Michel II. Heather A. Demarr, 32, of Wadsworth, Illinois(Kenosha County Sheriff’s

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Kenosha Man Accused of Large-Scale Drug Operation Faces Dozens of Years in Prison After $75,000 Bail Set

Timothy C. Washington, 40, of Kenosha(Kenosha County Sheriff’s Office) KENOSHA, Wis. — A Kenosha man accused of running a large-scale drug trafficking operation involving cocaine, THC, and other controlled substances was ordered held on $75,000 cash bail Monday by Court Commissioner William “Bargain Bail Billy” Michel II following a brief initial appearance. Timothy C. Washington, 40, of Kenosha(Kenosha County Sheriff’s Office) You must

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Illinois Man Accused of High-Speed Police Chase, Crash, and Hit-and-Run Across Kenosha County

Donyae D. Stingley, 21, of Waukegan, Illinois(Kenosha County Sheriff’s Office) KENOSHA, Wis. — A 21-year-old Illinois man is facing multiple felony charges after authorities say he led police on a dangerous, high-speed chase that spanned Pleasant Prairie and Kenosha, ultimately ending in a crash and foot pursuit before his arrest. Donyae D. Stingley, 21, of Waukegan, Illinois(Kenosha County Sheriff’s Office) You must be

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Armed Robbery Attempt Alleged After Knife Incident at Kenosha Apartment; $50K Bail Set

Ahmaud R. Beal, 30, of Kenosha(Kenosha County Sheriff’s Office) KENOSHA, Wis. — A Kenosha man is accused of attempting to rob a woman at knifepoint outside her apartment, allegedly demanding money before brandishing a weapon, according to a newly filed criminal complaint. Ahmaud R. Beal, 30, of Kenosha(Kenosha County Sheriff’s Office) You must be logged in to view the rest of this article.

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Two Women Charged After Chaotic Kenosha Porch Fight; Both Accused Of Assaulting Police Officer, Each Gets $10K Cash Bail

Monica L. Spann, 59, and Rubenia D. Jenkins, 31, Both of Kenosha(Kenosha County Sheriff’s Office) KENOSHA, Wis. — Two Kenosha women accused of attacking a police officer during a chaotic, multi-person disturbance on the city’s north side were each given $10,000 cash bail Monday by Court Commissioner William “Bargain Bail Billy” Michel II after prosecutors sought significantly higher amounts. Rubenia D. Jenkins Monica

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Fourth-Offense OWI Charge Filed After Near-Crash On Green Bay Road; “Bargain Bail Billy” Sets $5K Bail Despite $10K Request

Graciela Oviedo, 60, of Kenosha(Kenosha County Sheriff’s Office) KENOSHA, Wis. — A Kenosha woman is facing a felony drunk driving charge after police say she nearly caused a crash on one of the city’s busiest corridors, with Court Commissioner William “Bargain Bail Billy” Michel II setting $5,000 cash bail Monday—half of what prosecutors requested. Graciela Oviedo, 60, of Kenosha(Kenosha County Sheriff’s Office) You

Bargain Bail Billy Gets the Boot From Restraining Orders After Plaza Killing

KENOSHA, Wis. — In the wake of the killing of Makayla Rutka Plaza, Kenosha County court officials have quietly removed Court Commissioner William “Bargain Bail Billy” Michel II from handling restraining order cases, a significant shift in courtroom duties that follows mounting scrutiny of his decisions. Kenosha County Eye previously reported that on the Monday following Plaza’s death — a day when restraining

GOP Chair Sandy Rowe Wiedmeyer Steps Back From Party Operations To Focus On State Senate Run

KENOSHA, Wis. — Sandy Rowe Wiedmeyer, the chairman of the Republican Party of Kenosha County, announced Monday that she is stepping back from the day-to-day operations of the local party as she continues her campaign for the 11th State Senate District. Wiedmeyer said the move is intended to ensure transparency and fairness as she seeks higher office while still holding a leadership role

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