Sentenced: Male Middle School Teacher Accused Of Having Multiple Sleepovers With 12YO Female Student

[Sugar Cookie]

A former middle school teacher in Buckeye is accused of having a 12-year-old student for multiple sleepovers even though he doesn’t have a daughter.

Thirty-six-year-old Brendan Barnett, who was a social studies teacher at Verrado Middle School, lied to the girl’s parents and said he was the parent of a student who would be attending the sleepovers, police said.

Investigators said he was alone with the victim at his Phoenix home at least three times.

Litchfield Elementary School District officials called the police on April 12 after they learned of possible inappropriate chats between Barnett and a preteen in the school’s online communications portal.

In an email to parents, the district said Barnett was then removed from the classroom and placed on leave.

He was later indicted on one count of luring a minor for sex and three counts of kidnapping, police said.

Ex-Buckeye middle school teacher had ‘sleepovers’ with student, Buckeye police say

A former Verrado Middle School was arrested after police said he had multiple "sleepovers" with a 12-year-old student, even though he doesn't have a daughter.

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[Turd Fergusen]

This is a nightmare scenario. How does one let their kid's sleepover at someone's house w/out knowing there was not another kid there. I was very leery of sleepovers but let my kids do them, only after staying there for a few minutes and being okay with the situation, there were a few times I was not okay and came back and picked up my kids after a few hours.

 

[Josh P]

Since the victim is under 13, the charges will have more jail time.

 

[Symmachus]

His face needs to have a sleepover with a sledgehammer.

All night long.
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[polemoslogos]

Where were teachers like that when I was that age??!

 

[Sejanus]

Hope she didn't get pregnant

 

[Josh P]

Hope she didn't get pregnant

He'll claim he practiced safe sex and pulled out.

 

[Metalfan]

One look at Icabod Crane should have sent a large NO!!!

 

[Sugar Cookie]

Name: Brendan Barnett

Prison Release Date: 05/19/2028

Crime: Custodial Interference

Sentence Length: 4 Years

A former Buckeye middle school teacher who was arrested in connection with a case involving a 12-year-old student was sentenced to four-and-a-half years in prison after he pleaded guilty to luring a minor for sexual exploitation and attempted kidnapping.

Officers arrested then-36-year-old Brendan Barnett after an investigation uncovered online chats between him and a student, according to Buckeye police.

Authorities said school district officials alerted them of "possible inappropriate chats" between Barnett, who was a Verrado Middle School teacher at the time, and a 12-year-old girl in April 2024. The chats occurred within the school’s online communications portal, according to police.

https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/southwest-valley-breaking/2025/04/23/former-buckeye-teacher-sentenced-kidnapping-preteen-girl/83235266007/

 

[Aedia]

How did her parents allow this??

 

[Sugar Cookie]

How did her parents allow this??

They believed he had a daughter ... They were too trusting.

 

[Aedia]

They believed he had a daughter ... They were too trusting.

Still insane. To never even see the supposed daughter. Or wonder why she never asked to come over.
Very naive. But I bet they are beating themselves up.