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Richard Alexander Vives
09-09-08
Richard Alexander Vives, 42, a longtime soccer enthusiast on both the club and school scene, was arrested at the school on suspicion of oral copulation and sexual penetration, said Sgt. Lisa Banayat of the Santa Rosa Police Department.
Vives was junior varsity coach at Piner High. He has volunteered with both Northwest Oaks Soccer Club and with Santa Rosa United over the years, refereeing games, helping with the Rose City tournament, and was listed as the Referee Coordinator for Santa Rosa United on the United website for the current year.
His name was removed from the Website late Wednesday afternoon after news of his arrest. Police released few details about the case, including if there was more than one alleged victim. A sexual assault detective had been investigating claims for about one week, resulting in the arrest. Vives remained in Sonoma County Jail Wednesday afternoon on $30,000 bail, according to jail personnel.
Piner High coach arrested in sex-offense investigation (10/08/08)
SANTA ROSA: HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER COACH ARRESTED FOR SEX ACTS WITH A MINOR (10/08/08)
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Craig Kelso
09-09-08
A former teacher was sentenced to four years and four months in prison Tuesday for having sex with a 14-year-old girl who was his student at Granger Junior High School in National City.
Craig Edward Kelso, 37, of San Diego, pleaded guilty in ChulaVista Superior Court in September to performing a lewd act on a child 14 or 15;unlawful sexual intercourse with a child under the age of 16; and oral copulation by a person over 21 on a child under 16, Deputy District Attorney Enrique Camarena said.
Kelso had been facing 21 felony charges and a possible prisonsentence of up to 20 years had he gone to trial and been convicted, Camarena said.
Ex-junior high teacher sentenced for sex with minor (10/07/08)
Teacher Pleads Guilty To Sex With 15-Year-Old Student (09/09/08)
Teacher pleads not guilty molestation counts (07/18/08)
Craig Kelso Booking Record At San Diego Jail (07/21/08)
Teacher Arrested In Alleged Sex Crime (07/15/08)
South Bay Teacher Suspected Of Sex With Student (07/15/08)
Perceived threat leads to lockdown at Otay Ranch High (07/15/08)
Southbay Teacher Wanted for Molesting a Student (07/15/08)
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Gregory Jackson Rayburn
10-07-08
A 54-year-old history teacher at Rio Americano High School in Sacramento is suspected of having four female students dress up in revealing "military garb" for a photo shoot on school property, the second time he has been investigated for similar accusations at an area high school, authorities said.
Gregory Jackson Rayburn was booked into Sacramento County Jail on 15 counts of molesting a child under the age of 18 and two counts of sexual battery, according to jail records. All the charges are misdemeanors.
Sacramento Sheriff's Department detectives arrested Rayburn at his Grass Valley home Wednesday. His bail was set at $120,000, jail records show.
Former history teacher convicted of 11 molestation counts (10/06/08)
Former teacher headed to trial on sex abuse charges (07/30/08)
Rio Americano teacher waives hearing in sex case (3/08/08)
Rayburn in court Friday on 17 child molestation charges (3/07/08)
Teacher Arrested On Sexual Misconduct Charges (3/05/08)
Teacher Facing Sexual Misconduct Charges Investigated Previously on Similar Claims (3/05/08)
Rio Americano history teacher arrested in molestation case (3/05/08)
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Alan P. Hubbard
10-07-08
A former Los Angeles school dean pleaded no contest Monday to a charge of failing to turn over evidence related to an alleged unlawful sexual relationship between an underage student and a teacher.
Prosecutors had alleged that Alan Hubbard, 49, a dean at Foshay Learning Center in South Los Angeles, learned of an illicit relationship between a Foshay teacher and that teacher's former student. Instead of going to authorities, Hubbard allegedly hid a romantic scrapbook prepared by the girl and discouraged her from testifying against his colleague, Steve Thomas Rooney.
Rooney was subsequently arrested on molestation-related charges involving other girls at a different L.A. school a year later. He also faces charges in the Foshay case.
As part of a plea agreement, Judge Alex Ricciardulli sentenced Hubbard to three years' probation, 60 days of service on a road crew and $220 in fines. The government dropped a second charge of obstructing justice, which referred to Hubbard's alleged efforts to dissuade the girl from cooperating with police.
Former L.A. school dean pleads no contest in sex case (10/06/08)
LAUSD Administrator Charged in Sex Case (06/12/08)
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Daid W. Hassler
10-06-08
An ex-religious studies teacher from Pasadena charged with possession of child pornography changed his plea to guilty Monday at a hearing in a Los Angeles federal court. Sentencing for Daid W. Hassler, 63, a former teacher at Mayfield Senior School of the Holy Child Jesus in Pasadena, was set for Jan. 26. Hassler, who had pleaded not guilty on Jan. 22, was arrested last November after a police search of his home uncovered numerous illegal images, including videos and pictures of underage children, stored on his computer, officials said. He has since resigned from the school, a Mayfield Senior School official said.
Ex-Religious Studies Teacher Pleads Guilty In Child Porn Case (10/06/08)
Ex-teacher pleads not guilty in child pornography case (1/22/08)
Two California schoolteachers arrested in ICE-led multi-agency child pornography probe (11/29/07)
3 Men Arrested On Child Porn Possession Suspicion (11/29/07)
2 Local Teachers Arrested in Internet Child Porn Sting (11/29/07)
Two SoCal Teachers Accused Of Possessing Child Porn (11/29/07
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Terry Zane
10-06-08
The A Fresno Court has drastically reduced the charges against a Fresno teacher accused of 100 counts of possessing child pornography. Terry Zane, who was arrested back in August, now only faces one count. The 57-year-old taught in the Fresno Unified School district for the past 17 years, most recently as a music teacher at Wolters and Lawless Elementary Schools. Back in August Police claimed to have found more than 1,000 pictures of children ages 3-17 were discovered on Zane's computer.
The pictures were said to have shown children posing nude, and involved in sexual acts. Zane's attorney, David Mugridge says the change in charges drastically changes the case as a whole, "it's an enormous change in his possible exposure, he was theoretically looking at well over 100 years now he's looking at substantially less than ten, so it's a huge difference."
Charges Reduced Against Teacher Accused of Possessing Child Porn (08/12/08)
Fresno teacher accused of possessing child porn makes first court appearance (08/12/08)
Jeffco coach gets probation in child sex case (08/08/08)
Teacher’s Aide Sentenced For Internet Luring (08/08/08)
Fresno Unified teacher suspected of child porn (08/08/08)
Teacher’s Aid Pleads Guilty To Sex Chat Charges (05/20/08)
Jeffco teacher’s aide arrested in sex sting (11/14/07)
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Marshall David Neal
10-06-08
former Garces Memorial High School teacher who had oral sex with a minor was released from jail about four months short of his 1-year sentence.
Marshall David Neal, 34, was released from jail on Tuesday, according to the Kern County Sheriff’s Department.
On Jan. 31, Neal pleaded no contest to one felony count of having oral sex with a person under 18, according to Kern County Superior Court records. As part of the plea deal, he was sentenced to a year in jail and a second charge of oral copulation was dismissed.
Neal was also given three years of probation and ordered to register as a sex offender. Neal had to undergo a psychiatric evaluation upon his release from jail.
Neal taught at Garces for 10 years and was arrested last December when a then-17-year-old female student told police about their sexual relationship.Marshall David Neal, 34, was released from jail on Tuesday, according to the Kern County Sheriff’s Department.
On Jan. 31, Neal pleaded no contest to one felony count of having oral sex with a person under 18, according to Kern County Superior Court records. As part of the plea deal, he was sentenced to a year in jail and a second charge of oral copulation was dismissed.
Neal was also given three years of probation and ordered to register as a sex offender. Neal had to undergo a psychiatric evaluation upon his release from jail.
Neal taught at Garces for 10 years and was arrested last December when a then-17-year-old female student told police about their sexual relationship.
Former Garces teacher released from jail (10/03/08)
Garces teacher takes deal, will register as sex offender (1/31/08)
Garces teacher accepts plea deal, taken into custody (1/31/08)
Garces Teacher Pleads Not Guilty (1/17/08)
Teacher taped talking about sexual relationship with student (1/15/08)
Police: Accused teacher told student to lie about sex (1/04/08)
Garces teacher officially charged with molestation (1/03/08)
Police arrest Garces teacher (12/17/07)
Police arrest Garces teacher (12/17/07)
Garces High teacher arrested (12/16/07)
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Michael N. Runnestrand
10-03-08
A former Carlsbad, Calif., teacher's aide has been sentenced to nearly eight years in prison on child pornography charges.
Michael N. Runnestrand, 26, is accused of enticing a 13-year-old girl over the Internet to engage in sexually explicit conduct and produce videos and still images of that conduct. The girl sent the videos and images to Runnestrand in California.
Runnestrand met the girl in 2003 when he was a teacher's assistant in her sixth-grade class in California. Her family later moved to Michigan.
Runnestrand had been arrested in California after the girl told her mother about the online communications.
California man sentenced on porn charges (10/03/08)
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Deirdre Peterson
10-02-08
Deirdre Peterson, 41, an English teacher at Fortuna Union High School in Fortuna, California has been charged with felony unlawful intercourse with a minor and annoying or molesting a minor.
Peterson is alleged to have had sex with an underage male student during June of this year.
Peterson who came to the attention of authorities around September 18th has been placed on administrative leave by the school system.
Reportedly Dierdre Peterson’s husband is an Algebra teacher at Fortuna Union High School.
Fortuna High teacher charged (10/01/08)
Accused teacher’s case in DA’s hands (10/01/08)
Teacher placed on leave following accusations (09/30/08)
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Patrick Romeo
09-30-08
A retired school teacher from California abused three boys in Franklin County, police say.
Native New Yorker Patrick Romeo was charged Monday night with two felony counts of first-degree sexual abuse and three misdemeanor counts of forcible touching.
Romeo, who has residences in both California and Fort Covington, was also charged with second-degree sexual abuse and three counts of endangering the welfare of a child, all misdemeanors.
Malone-based State Police say the retired 67-year-old teacher abused three boys — ages 7, 10 and 12 — locally over a period of time.
Romeo, who has family ties to the area, is listed on the California Sex Offender Registry, based on his past conviction for lewd or lascivious acts with a teen. Police said he molested a 14-year-old girl in Illinois in the late 1990s.
Romeo allegedly did not notify California or New York officials when he moved to this area, and he is not listed on the New York Sex Offender Registry. It was unclear Tuesday when he relocated to Fort Covington from Orange County. He had reportedly taught out-of-state for several years but has since retired.
Retired teacher charged with sex abuse of 3 (09/30/08)
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Jeff Wenham
09-22-08
A former Helix High School business teacher and student body adviser pleaded guilty in El Cajon Superior Court Tuesday to having an inappropriate relationship with a 17-year-old student.
Jeff Wenham pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges of committing a lewd act in public and failing to report that another teacher also was having an inappropriate relationship with a student, Deputy District Attorney John Philpott said.
Wenham, 46, faces up to a year in jail at an Oct. 15 hearing set by Judge Roderick Shelton, Philpott said.
Another Helix High School teacher, Garry Lin Wilcox, 44, was sentenced in August to a year in jail and placed on probation for three years for having sex with a student.
Since December 2006, four former Helix High School teachers have been charged with having sex with students.
In April, a former West Hills High School teacher was sentenced to 180 days in jail for having sex with a student. The school hired an ethics consultant this year to develop a training program to prevent sexual relationships between teachers and students.
Ex-Helix teacher pleads guilty to inappropriate relationship with student (09/22/08)
Helix High Employee Investigated for Relationship with Underage Student (06/16/08)
Student adviser admits inappropriate relationship (09/16/08)
Ex-Adviser Admits Inappropriate Relationship (09/16/08)
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James Albert Hirleman
09-19-08
A Roseville middle school teacher was formally charged on Friday with 14 counts of child sex abuse.
The alleged victim, who is now an adult, was a student at Buljan Middle School where James Albert Hirleman teaches.
Hirleman, 48, entered a not guilty plea to two counts of lewd or lascivious acts on a child under age 14; six counts of oral copulation of a person under 16 yrs old; four counts of lewd acts against someone under 15 and two acts of sodomy on a person under age 18.
According to the criminal complaint, "Between 1999 and 2005 James Hirleman performed oral sex, sodomy, lewd and lascvious behavior repeatedly about 20 times. His victim was in seventh grade and 13 years old until 18 years old. Abuse occurred primarily at (location)."
The complaint also read, "Under surveillance, James Hirleman made confessions to (victim) about performing oral sex from Hirleman to (victim)."
Rocklin police arrested Hirleman Wednesday night. Lt. Lon Milka says the alleged crimes took place in 2001 and 2006. He said said Hirleman came to the attention of police through information obtained during the arrest of another individual.
Teacher Pleads Not Guilty to Child Molestation (09/19/08)
Police: Roseville Teacher Arrested For Sex Abuse (09/18/08)
ROSEVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER, ROCKLIN RESIDENT, ARRESTED FOR SEX WITH MINOR (09/18/08)
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Ricardo Flores
09-18-08
Ricardo Flores, 32, a math and science teacher at Our Lady of the Holy Rosary in Sun Valley, California has been charged in Los Angeles County Superior Court with sexually molesting two female students.
It is alleged that Flores molested an 11-year-old girl and 12-year-old during the 2007-2008 school year.
Reportedly Flores is charged with nine counts of sexual molestation of a child under 14 and one count of attempted sexual molestation.
Bail for Flores has been set at $1 million. If convicted on all counts, Fkores would face up to 25 years in prison.
Reportedly Flores came to the attention of authorities when the alleged victim told a counselor at a summer day camp of the alleged sexual abuse. That prompted an investigation by the Los Angeles Police Department’s Juvenile Division.
Catholic school teacher charged in molestation case (09/18/08)
Catholic school teacher charged with molestation (09/18/08)
Catholic school teacher charged with molestation (09/18/08)
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Eugene Evans
09-16-08
A former Berkeley Sea Scouts leader was sentenced Tuesday to six years in prison for molesting two boys aboard his boat in what authorities called a pattern of abuse - and an atmosphere of secrecy - that dated back at least three decades.
As Eugene Austin Evans, 65, of Kensington was led away in handcuffs from an Oakland courtroom, three rows of supporters stood in recognition, apparently refusing to accept his admission minutes earlier that he had been molesting boys on his boat, the SSS Farallon, for 30 years and warning them that "what happens on the boat stays on the boat."
Evans pleaded no contest in July to two counts of child molestation. Under a plea deal with Alameda County prosecutors, 12 other felony counts of child molestation and four misdemeanor counts of showing pornographic material to minors were dropped. Evans must register as a sex offender.
Ex-Berkeley Sea Scouts leader gets 6 years for molesting boys (09/16/08)
Berkeley Sea Scouts skipper pleads guilty to child molestation (07/15/08)
Berkeley Sea Scout Skipper Charged with Sexual Abuse (12/06/07)
Sea Scout arraigned on molest charges (12/06/07)
Sea Scout Leader Arrested On Molestation Charges (12/05/07)
Sea Scout leader arrested in Berkeley for allegedly molesting scouts (12/05/07)
Sea Scout leader accused of assault (12/05/07)
Berkeley Sea Scouts leader arrested on suspicion of molesting minors (12/05/07)
Berkeley Sea Scout Skipper Charged with Child Abuse (12/04/07)
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Steve Thomas Rooney
03-19-08
Los Angeles school officials transferred an assistant principal to a Watts middle school just months after he had been removed from a previous school where he was investigated for allegedly having sex with an underage student and pulling a gun on her stepfather.
Last week, the assistant principal, Steve Thomas Rooney, 39, allegedly molested a student at the new campus, Markham Middle School. He was arrested and charged with five counts of forcible lewd acts on a child, stemming from allegations that he sexually assaulted the 13-year-old girl March 1 and at least one other occasion.
Los Angeles Unified School District officials declined to comment Wednesday about how Rooney had been reassigned to Markham last fall, saying they are conducting an internal investigation and citing a policy barring them from speaking publicly about cases under those circumstances.
District policy requires officials to conduct their own investigation into employee misconduct regardless of whether the allegations result in criminal charges. Officials would not say Wednesday whether such an inquiry occurred in the earlier case.
New molestation charges filed against former assistant principal (09/19/08)
Asst. School Principal Ordered To Stand Trial In Sex-Related Case (05/01/08)
LAUSD administrator faces more sex abuse charges (04/28/08)
Assistant School Principal Pleads Not Guilty to Lewd Acts (3/19/08)
LAUSD Head Deeply Sorry For Administrator Scandal (3/14/08)
L.A. Unified educator in sex case faced earlier inquiry (3/13/08)
Not first accusation for asst. principal (3/13/08)
Assistant Principal Charged With Lewd Acts Involving 13-Year-Old (3/06/08)
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Lief Albaugh
09-17-08
Band teacher at Foshay Learning Center in Los Angeles was ordered Wednesday to stand trial on two felony counts of possession of material depicting a minor engaging in sexual conduct.
Los Angeles police served a search warrant June 4 at 28-year-old Lief Arnesen Albaugh's home and school and allegedly found pictures on both his personal and district-issued laptop computers.
Albaugh is one of three current or former Foshay staff members to be charged with sex-related felonies in recent months.
Administrator Steve Thomas Rooney, 39, is awaiting trial on felony sex-related counts involving a former Foshay student and two girls at Markham Middle School, where Rooney became an assistant principal after leaving Foshay.
Alan P. Hubbard, 49, a dean at Foshay Learning Center, is awaiting a preliminary hearing on charges of obstruction of justice and being an accessory after the fact for allegedly covering up Rooney's alleged affair with the former Forshay student.
Teacher Accused Of Possessing Child Porn (09/17/08)
Band teacher at troubled school pleads not guilty (06/27/08)
Band teacher at Foshay Learning Center accused in child pornography case (06/06/08)
South L.A. Band Teacher Arrested for Child Porn
Teacher Charged with Possessing Child Porn on Laptop Computer (06/05/08)
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Wendie Estrada Fernandez
09-12-08
The Corona-Norco Unified School District has placed one of its teachers on administrative leave after police arrested her on suspicion of having sex with a minor.
Wendie Estrada Fernandez, 45, of Corona, on Monday, is accused of having unlawful sexual intercourse and oral sex with a 17-year-old high school boy in the Corona-Norco Unified School District, according to reports.
Fernandez, a fifth-grade teacher at Corona Ranch Elementary School and mother of four children, was released after posting $25,000 bail, police said. She knew the boy through someone in her family, said Jerry Pawluczenko, a sergeant with the Corona Police Department.
Fernandez was placed on "indefinite administrative leave" Tuesday and replaced with a "highly qualified" substitute teacher, said Tom Pike, the district's assistant superintendent for executive services. Fernandez's year-round class started the second week in July.
Corona teacher arrested on suspicion of having sex with 17-year-old boy (09/11/08)
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Gerald William Lemay
09-12-08
For the third time this summer, police have arrested a man who allegedly pursued an underage girl online to meet her for sex.
The case against Gerald William Lemay, 46, a substitute teacher in Butte County, is similar to that of a San Jose band instructor arrested in August and a plumber from San Jose busted in May.
Like the two prior cases, Lemay initiated a chat room conversation then arranged to travel to Santa Cruz to have sex with who he thought was a 13-year-old girl, according to Santa Cruz police. She was actually a Santa Cruz police detective.
"I think it just brings out the inherent danger that hopefully parents can be made aware of and monitor their child's activity on these Internet Web sites... because these conversations can really turn dangerous," Santa Cruz police Lt. Rudy Escalante said. "We need to be aware that, unfortunately, these predators are out there." Lemay started chatting with the detective posing as a teenage girl in August, according to Butte County sheriff's detective Tom Dryden, who is assigned to the Special Victims Unit and assisted with the investigation. Escalante said the conversations were "very sexually explicit."
Another teacher suspected of pursuing underage girls online (09/11/08)
Substitute Teacher Nabbed In Online Sex Sting (09/11/08)
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Luis Gonzalo Toner
09-08-08
A Cajon High School science teacher has been arrested on suspicion of giving lewd materials to one of his former students and sexually harassing the minor, school district officials said Tuesday.
Luis Gonzalo Toner, 25, was arrested Sunday in Redlands and booked into West Valley Detention Center in Rancho Cucamonga. "Due to the seriousness of the allegations, he has been placed on (paid) administrative leave," said San Bernardino City Unified School District spokeswoman Linda Bardere.
School district police began investigating the case Friday after someone made allegations against the teacher, Bardere said.
Police came to Redlands about 11:30 a.m. Sunday and arrested him on suspicion of distributing lewd materials to a minor, contacting a minor with the intent to commit a sex act and annoying and molesting a minor. District officials withheld most information about the victim, including the gender and age, but did say the victim was a student in Toner's biology class during the 2007-08 school year. Toner allegedly harassed the student after the school year ended, Bardere said. The student, who is still underage, is attending a different school in the district this year. Marco Herrera was sentenced to up to 15 years in prison for having sex with a 14 year old girl.
Cajon teacher arrested (09/09/08)
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John Walter Hawthorne
09-05-08
A former Alisal Union School District teacher pleaded guilty Thursday to eight counts of child molestation, the Monterey County District Attorney's Office said.
From 2003 through early 2007, John Walter Hawthorne, 43, molested "a number of students" at two elementary schools - Martin Luther King Jr. Academy and Virginia Rocca Barton Elementary School, the District Attorney's Office said.
He was teaching at Martin Luther King Jr. Academy when he was arrested in April 2007.
“I know there were meetings with the victims’ families, and the disposition reached was to (their) satisfaction,” said Stephanie Hulsey, a county assistant district attorney. “Their primary concern was not to go through a trial.”
The investigation into Hawthorne began when four children at the school approached a counselor, prosecutors said.
Investigators learned that Hawthorne, besides inappropriately touching more students, also possessed “hundreds of images of child pornography” in a computer seized from his Soquel home, prosecutors said.
The District Attorney’s Office said he had morphed photographs of his students face onto these images. Hawthorne also pleaded guilty to one count of possession of child pornography.
Former Salinas teacher pleads guilty to child molestation (09/04/08)
Salinas Teacher Accused Of Molestation (4/19/07)
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George Harcourt Bull
09-04-08
A 58-year-old AYSO coach and special-needs substitute teacher from Lake Forest is facing federal child-pornography charges after authorities say he took sexually explicit photographs of underage boys in his bedroom and near his community pool and used his profile on MySpace to lure a 13-year-old Arizona boy into an online sexual relationship.
Federal investigators believe George Harcourt Bull, 58, may have had sexual contact with minor children and are urging anyone with information to contact authorities.
Bull was arrested at his Lake Forest home Wednesday on suspicion of possession of child pornography. He is expected to appear in a Santa Ana federal courtroom Thursday.
Federal authorities began investigating Bull in June 2008 after the father of a 13-year-old boy called to say his son had been Web-camming and chatting online with someone using the screen name “joeycal,” according to the affidavit filed in support of the complaint and the search warrant.
Special Ed Teacher Charged With Possessing Child Pornography (09-04-08)
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George Harcourt Bull
09-04-08
A 58-year-old AYSO coach and special-needs substitute teacher from Lake Forest is facing federal child-pornography charges after authorities say he took sexually explicit photographs of underage boys in his bedroom and near his community pool and used his profile on MySpace to lure a 13-year-old Arizona boy into an online sexual relationship.
Federal investigators believe George Harcourt Bull, 58, may have had sexual contact with minor children and are urging anyone with information to contact authorities.
Bull was arrested at his Lake Forest home Wednesday on suspicion of possession of child pornography. He is expected to appear in a Santa Ana federal courtroom Thursday.
Federal authorities began investigating Bull in June 2008 after the father of a 13-year-old boy called to say his son had been Web-camming and chatting online with someone using the screen name “joeycal,” according to the affidavit filed in support of the complaint and the search warrant.
The boy communicated with Joeycal through instant messages and text messages with the conversations using graphic language to describe sexual behavior. Federal investigators identified “joeycal” as Bull, said Laura Eimiller of the FBI. As the investigation continued, authorities discovered Bull's MySpace profile and as someone affiliated with the Youth Referee Program with the American Youth Soccer Organization.
AYSO coach and teacher held on child-porn charges (09/03/08)
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James Robert Barany
09-04-08
A San Jose high school teacher was arrested for allegedly trying to meet with who he believed was a 13-year-old girl for sexual purposes, police said.
James Robert Barany, 37, of Campbell, the band director at Overfelt High School in San Jose, was arrested about 4:15 p.m. Tuesday on suspicion of going to a meeting place for sexual purposes with a minor and attempting to solicit lewd acts from a minor. He was released on $25,000 bail.
Barany initiated an online chat-room conversation with the "girl," who was actually an undercover identity assumed by a police detective, Santa Cruz police said.
During the conversation, Barany agreed to meet the girl at a location in Santa Cruz, authorities said.
San Jose teacher accused of pursuing teen girl online told not to contact minors (08/15/08)
S.J. teacher arrested in Internet sex sting (08/14/08)
South Bay Teacher Accused Of Soliciting 13-Year-Old Online (08/13/08)
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David Lista
08-29-08
A former Millbrae high school teacher pleaded no contest Thursday to charges that he downloaded child pornography from the Internet and videotaped female students using the school bathroom. David Lista, 35, a former English teacher and student body advisor at Mills High School, pleaded no contest to one felony count of possession of child pornography, one count felony possession of methamphetamine and two counts of misdemeanor improper videotaping in a San Mateo County Superior Court. The plea comes after Lista struck a deal with prosecutors, Chief Deputy District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe said.
Lista will face up to two years in state prison and must register as a sex offender, Wagstaffe said. Police began investigating Lista after a San Mateo High School District tech coordinator identified a server that was overloaded, district Superintendent David Miller said around the time of Lista's arrest. The tech coordinator went to the site and discovered the photos, Miller said, and immediately alerted district officials and police of the incident.
The video images were taken from two cameras, one placed in the girl's bathroom and one positioned at Lista's desk, according to Wagstaffe. The teacher apparently went through the ceiling of his classroom to install a camera looking down into the stalls of the girl's bathroom adjacent to his classroom, Wagstaffe said. Lista also installed a pinhole camera that was positioned to look up the skirts of female students, Wagstaffe added. With the video images and the cameras discovered, warrants were issued and investigators seized Lista's home computer, Wagstaffe said.
Peeping Tom High School Teacher Pleads No Contest (08/28/08)
TEACHER PLEADS NO CONTEST TO CHILD PORNOGRAPHY, FILMING OF GIRLS’ BATHROOM (08/28/08)
Police: Teacher admits to filming (3/13/08)
David Lista Admits to Filming Students in Bathroom (3/12/08)
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Gary Wilcox
08-28-08
Officials said Spring Valley resident Gary Wilcox, 44, was arrested Sunday night. He is accused of having unlawful sexual intercourse with a female student. Investigators said the geography teacher and soccer coach had sex with the girl, who is now 18, at least once in a hotel room more than a year ago.
Wilcox was a teacher at Helix High for 13 years. The school is cooperating fully in this investigation. The staff and students were shocked to learn of these charges and Mr. Wilcox's arrest. Every Helix adult employee fully understands and is aware of what is appropriate and inappropriate behavior with students. We are dismayed by these charges of misconduct and if found to be true condemn them in the strongest possible terms."
Former Helix teacher gets work furlough (08/27/08)
Ex-Helix High Teacher Sentenced For Sex With Student (08/27/08)
Helix High teacher pleads guilty to student sex charges (07/24/08)
Helix HS Teacher Pleads Not Guilty To Sex With Student (06/03/08)
3rd Helix High Teacher Accused Of Sex With Student (05/19/08)
Helix High teacher arrested on suspicion of having sex with student (05/19/08)
Helix High School is Teacher Arrested for Having Sex with a Student (05/19/08)
Helix High School Teacher Arrested For Sexual Misconduct (05/19/08)
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Kevin Thomas
08-28-08
The trial of Kevin Thomas, the former Canyon Country High School volunteer coach charged with several counts of sexual assault on minors, was continued Tuesday to Sept. 17.
Thomas, 40, sat slumped in his seat at a preliminary hearing in Van Nuys Municipal Court as his attorney Robert Nadler and Deputy District Attorney Alisanne Scolnik agreed to continue the case to Sept. 17 when a preliminary hearing setting will be held.
Nadler said the defense needs more time to go through the evidence in the case, which includes video and audio tapes. "On the whole the amount of evidence isn't voluminous, but there is a lot," Nadler said. Thomas is charged with five counts of sexual penetration of a person under the age of 18, five counts of penetrating an unconscious person with a foreign object, one count of lewd conduct with a minor and one count of possession of child pornography. Thomas was a teacher at a San Fernando Valley high school, and was a volunteer assistant coach at Canyon High.
Trial delayed for alleged sex-abusing coach (08/27/08)
3 more girls accuse coach of sex abuse (06/12/08)
Coach Charged In Sexual Assault Of Girl, 15 (06/12/08)
High School Coach Accused Of Van Nuys Sex Assault (06/11/08)
H.S. Coach Arrested on Suspicion of Sexual Assault (06/11/08)
Arrested Coach Not A Hart District Employee (06/11/08)
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Forest Miles
08-27-08
Former Empire Academy teacher Forest Cascade Miles will be released on his own recognizance but will be placed on house arrest and forced to wear an ankle bracelet, a Santa Cruz judge ruled Tuesday.
Miles, who has pleaded not guilty to charges that he had sexual relations with two teenage students, likely will be released Thursday to live with his mother out of the county. Judge Jeff Almquist ruled that Miles, who has been accepted to the spring semester at San Jose State where he planned to study applied physics, will be allowed to attend classes.
Eleven members of Miles's family and friends appeared in court Tuesday morning as did his newly-hired attorney Lisa McCain. He will be back in court Oct. 6 for a preliminary hearing. In the meantime he is allowed no contact with the victims or their families.
Miles taught science for four years at Empire Academy, a small private school in Santa Cruz that serves students grades 6-12. He was arrested last week at his Santa Clara home on suspicion of sexual assault and molestation.
Private school teacher charged with molesting students to be released (08/27/08)
Ex-Santa Cruz teacher pleads not guilty to molestation charges (08/22/08)
Former SC Teacher Accused Of Molestation (08/22/08)
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Former Bell High School teacher Alex Diaz, 37, has pleaded guilty to six sex-related charges and no contest to two other charges involving a 17-year-old female student. Diaz was sentenced to 180 days in jail and five years formal probation. Diaz was arrested last May and released on $20,000 bail.
Deputies allegedly discovered Diaz and the teen -- who has since turned 18 -- in the back seat of a car in a Carson parking lot on the night he was arrested.
Former Bell H.S. Teacher Pleads Guilty To Sex With Student (08/26/08)
Compton high school teacher pleas innocent in sex-with-student case (06/12/08)
Bell teacher arrested for alleged sex with student (05/29/08)
Los Angeles Unified teacher arrested on suspicion of having sex with a student (05/28/08)
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Bijon Watson
08-25-08
A high school music teacher was sentenced today to 90 days in jail after being convicted of molesting a 16-year-old student in his campus office. Bijon Savero Watson, 40, of Santa Ana will also be on formal probation for five years and will have to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life. He was convicted of three misdemeanor counts of annoyance for molesting the student on May 22.
Watson was the director for the jazz program at the Orange County School of the Arts, a middle and high school combination campus in Santa Ana. He met the victim through the music program when she was 12. In October 2006, when the victim was 16, Watson kissed and fondled her in his office. He later asked her to orally copulate him in his office and sent text messages to her about engaging in sexual conversations.
Santa Ana teacher sentenced for molesting student (08/25/08)
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Stephanie Beaucar
08-23-08
A former Enterprise High School teacher has been charged with one count of misdemeanor annoyance or molestation of a child for alleged inappropriate correspondence with a 17-year-old student.
Stephanie Beaucar, 36, will be notified of the charge by the Shasta County district attorney's office, assistant district attorney Ben Hannah said.
"We have the case under review," he said.
The notification requires her to check herself into the Shasta County jail, at which time she'll be given a date to appear in court.
Beaucar faces up to a year in jail if convicted of the charge and would have to register with the state as a sex offender, Hannah said.
Ex-teacher at Enterprise High charged over text messages (08/23/08)
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CrissY Torcella hiseY
08-23-08
A former Vista Murrieta High School English teacher on Friday admitted having sex with an underage girl at her school and pleaded guilty to 10 counts of oral copulation. Crissy Torcella Hisey, 28, was a 10th grade English teacher who began teaching at the school in 2004, according to school district officials.
She was arrested May 1, after the inappropriate sexual relationship between the girl and the teacher came to light, said Murrieta police Sgt. Jim Ganley. Authorities did not say whether Hisey was the girl's teacher. She immediately submitted her resignation after the relationship was revealed, district spokeswoman Karen Parris said. Under a plea agreement, Superior Court Judge John M. Monterosso dismissed a charge of distribution or exhibition of lewd material to a minor and allowed Hisey to remain free on $25,000 bail.
Murrieta Ex-Teacher Admits To Sex With Underage Girl (08/22/08)
Vista Murrieta High School teacher accused of sexual relationship with student (05/01/08)
Two High School Teachers Arrested for Sex with Students (05/02/08)
Riverside Co. Teachers Arrested In Separate Sex Investigations (05/02/08)
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Carl Kubicek
08-22-08
Former Pitman High teacher Carl Kubicek will wait two more months before he is sentenced for two felony sex crimes with a 17-year-old girl.
Defense attorney Frank Carson asked to delay Kubicek's sentencing until Oct. 16, when Stanislaus County Superior Court Judge John G. Whiteside is back from medical leave. Kubicek has the legal right to be sentenced before the same judge who accepted his plea. He pleaded no contest last month to two felony counts of unlawful sexual intercourse with his then 17-year-old student.
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Ex-teacher changes plea in sex case (07/22/08)
Teacher pleads in sex case (04/08/08)
Turlock cop, Pitman teacher in court on sex charges (3/10/08)
DA: Teacher, teen had sex at school (2/29/08)
Pitman teacher suspected in sex case posts bail (2/10/08)
Teacher, Officer Accused Of Sex Crimes With Girl (2/08/08)
Turlock Cop, Teacher Accused Of Teen Sex Assault (2/08/08)
Turlock Cop, Teacher Facing Sex Charges with Same Girl (2/08/08)
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