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  • University High School Boys Water Polo Coach Arrested on Suspicion of Sex With Student

    Coleman Pickell, a walk-on boys water polo coach at University High School in Irvine, California, has been arrested for allegedly having sex with a minor female student. At this stage, Irvine Police have released few details, however it is known that Pickell is 23 years old. For more information and the whole story, go to: http://www.ocweekly.com/news/coleman-pickell-is-in-a-pickle-accused-of-unla ...
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  • Long Beach Teacher Arrested on Suspicion of "Continual Sexual Abuse" of Student

    Jason Gorski, 43, has been arrested on suspicion of continually sexually abusing a male student of his from 2007 to 2009, while the child was 12 to 15 years old. At the time, Gorski was teacher at a private school in Long Beach. Since then, he has left the school and was arrested in Buena Park. Gorski was also an elder within the Jehovah's Witness Church. Disturbingly, the abuse was reported to ...
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  • Massage Therapist Arrested for Sexual Assault

    Jesse Douglas Walker, a 31 masseuse at Elements Massage in Laguna Niguel, was arrested following the sexual assault of a 20 year old female patron. Walker had been employed at Elements for one year, and had held a previous position as a masseuse at Revive Massage and Body Work in Irvine, California. Anyone with additional information or believes they were a victim is asked to call the Orange ...
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  • Huntington Beach High School Coach Arrested on Suspicion of Lewd Conduct

    Huntington Beach High School girls volleyball coach, Troy Linehan Crutchfield, has been arrested on suspicion of sending sexually explicit videos to a minor. Crutchfield, 26, has worked for various girls volleyball programs, including Cal State Long Beach and Long Beach City College. It is believed that the victim was not a member of Crutchfield's volleyball team. For more information and the ...
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  • Baseball Coach Pleads Guilty to Sending Sexually Explicit Texts to Boys

    Edwin Alan Wikstrom, a former boys baseball coach at Katella High School in Irvine, has pled guilty to sending sexually explicit text messages to a young boys whom he met through his coaching position. Wikstrom was arrested in 2013, but only on Decmeber 7, 2015 did he plead guilty to four counts of exhibition of lewd material to a minor, two counts of lewd acts on a child 14 or 15, and a count ...
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  • Capistrano Valley High School Math Teacher Arrested For Sexting Student

    Justin Verducci, a 25 year old math teacher at Capistrano Valley High School in Orange County, has been arrested following the discovery of sexually explicit text messages sent between him and female student. Verducci was arrested for child annoyance and sexual communication with a known minor online. For more information and the whole story, go to: http://ktla.com/2015/11/30/capistrano-valley-hig ...
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  • Youth Pastor at Orange County Church Arrested for Sexual Assault

    Sean Patrick Aday, a 38 year old youth pastor at Grace Community Church of Saddleback Valley in Lake Forest, California, has been arrested following allegations that he sexually assaulted mulitple girls in their teens and early 20's. The assaults are said to have taken place at the Church and on Church sponosored trips abroad. Aday was arrested on suspicion of rape, sodomy, penetration with a ...
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  • LA County Sheriff Deputy Arrested on Suspicion of Child Molestation

    A 26 year old Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputy, Jovanni Argueta, has been arrested on suspicion of molesting a 12 year old girl who attends Costa Mesa Middle School in Orange County. The deputy reportedly performed sexual acts on the girl, and met her numerous times on and off campus. For more information and the whole story, go to: http://www.ocregister.com/articles/mesa-689807-costa-county.ht ...
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  • Santa Ana High School Teacher Arrested on Suspicion of Having Sex With a Student

    Alvar Albert Gonzalez, a science teacher at Santa Ana High School, has been arrested on suspicion of having sex with a 16 year old female student. Gonzalez, who is 45, was placed on leave in December of 2014, when it was suspected that he had kissed a student. A subsequent investigation has revealed that Gonzalez had sex with the 16 year old girl approximately 9 times while she was his student. ...
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  • Spa Owner Sexually Assault Job Applicant with Esthetician Wand

    A 29 year old woman has brought suit against a 72 year old spa owner in Orange County, California, alleging that he lured her into a job interview and then sexually assaulted her with a wand he claimed to use in esthetician procedures. The spa owner, Raymond Newton Baker, is 72 years old. The lawsuit alleges that Baker had the young woman come in for "training sessions," when he penetrated her ...
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  • Teacher's Aide and Coach Arrested for Possession of Child Pornography

    Raymond William Henry, a 57 year old teacher's aide and Track and Field coach at Trabuco Hills High School in Laguna Niguel, was arrested on Friday for possession of child pornography. The arrest comes after Henry left an iPad filled with child porn in a rental car. Attendants at the rental car business turned on the iPad only to discovery the pornography. The attendants then informed the police, ...
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  • DA Worries Junior High Teacher May Have Other Victims

    Shauna Marie Sims is a junior high school teacher arrested late last year on suspicion of child molestation. Sims faces three felony counts of performing lewd acts upon a child between the ages of 14 and 15, one felony count of unlawful sexual intercourse, and one misdemeanor count of child annoyance. Authorities say that on at least three separate occasions in 2014, Sims performed lewd acts on a ...
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  • Dana Hills High School Teacher Arrested on Child Molestation Charges

    Ezequiel Christopher Barragan, a 48 year old Spanish teacher at Dana Hills High School, has been arrested following an investigation led by the United States Postal Service, and the Orange County Child Exploitation Task Force. Barragan is being charged with possession of child pornography, as well as charges stemming from his molestation of a male minor. No further information regarding the minor ...
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  • Bible Study Teacher Arrested for Child Molestation

    A 54 year old man named Shawn Edward Shaffer has been arrested on suspicion of molesting multiple young boys under the age of 16. Shaffer of Corona, California, was a bible study teacher. While some victims have come forward, the Corona Police Department is looking for any one who may have information. For more information and the whole story, go to: http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2015/03/10/bible ...
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  • Villa Park High School Coach Arrested For Sexual Molestation of Students

    Dwayne Jordan Richardson, 20, has been arrested following allegations he engaged in sexual misconduct with two female minor high school students. Richardson is a "walk-on" girls' basketball coach at Villa Park High School. The two known victims are female students at both Villa Park High School, and nearby El Dorado High School. Richardson was arrested for Unlawful Sexual Intercourse with a Minor, ...
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  • Laguna Niguel Spa Owner Arrested For Assault of Employee Applicant

    Raymond Newton Baker, the 72 year old owner of the Beautiful Image Spa in Laguna Niguel, has been arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting a 29 year old woman who was interested in working for him. Police say that the assault took place during what were supposed to be "training sessions." Over the course of weeks, Baker molested and assaulted her with a device Baker claimed to have invented ...
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  • Middle School Teacher Charged with Molestation of Relative

    A thirty six year old science teacher at Valadez Middle School in Placentia, named Christopher Millette, has been charged with one felony count of oral copulation or penetration with a child 10 years or younger and two felony counts of lewd or lascivious acts with a minor. The victim is thought to be a relative. Officials at the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District are working to have ...
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  • High School English Teacher Arrested on Suspicion of Sexual Misconduct with 15 Year old Student

    Michael Granger, a 32 year old english teacher at University High School in Irvine, California, has been arrested on suspicion of having a sexual relationship with a 15 year old female student. The relationship was uncovered when the girl's parents found inappropriate texts between the teacher and their daughter. The parents called the police who launched an investigation. During the course of the ...
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  • JSerra High School Spanish Teacher Convicted of Committing Lewd Acts Upon a Child

    Ricardo Aldana, a former Spanish teacher at the Catholic JSerra High School in San Juan Capistrano, California, has been convicted of committing lewd acts upon a 14 year old child. Aldana had picked the young girl up from her home and drove her to his home in Dana Point, where he raped her. Aldana faces up to four years and four months for the molestation. He will be senteced July 11, 2014. For ...
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  • Pool Cleaner Charged with Molesting Boys, Possessing Child Pornography

    Christopher McKenzie, a 50 year old pool cleaner originally charged in 2012 with molesting two children, now faces child pornography charges after a search of his computer. McKenzie was already suspected of molesting seven boys over more than a decade, but now faces this additional charge. That brings the total number of felony charges against McKenzie to 24, including performing lewd acts on a ...
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  • Eighth Grade Teacher Arrested After Having Sex With Two Students

    An eighth grade math teacher at Nicolas Junior High School has been arrested for, and reportedly admitted to, having sex with two of her male students. The teacher, Melissa Lindgren, was arrested on six counts including child molestation and disseminating harmful material to a minor. Lindgren had been working at Nicolas Junior High School, which is within the Fullerton School District, for five ...
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  • Woman Has Sex With Her Son's 12 Year Old Friend, Pleads Guilty

    A 45 year old woman has been sentenced to six years in prision and a lifetime of sex offender registration after pleading guilty to having sex with the 12 year old friend of her son. Patricia Ann Serrano met the child through his friendship with her son. The two eventually had sex twice in October of 2011. Serrano also sent sexually explicit text messages to the boy. The boy's mother discovered ...
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  • Another Los Angeles Unified School District Teacher Arrested Amid Sexual Abuse Allegations

    Robert Pimental, a recently retired Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) teacher who currently resides in Newport Beach, California, has been arrested and charged by prosecutors with eight counts of continuous sexual abuse and seven counts of lewd acts on a child. Pimental, who is 57 years old, is suspected of having molested at least 20 children and one adult. Mr. Pimental had been a ...
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  • Convicted Child Molester Sentenced To Nearly 300 Years In Prison

    Judge Richard King, of the Orange County Superior Court, has sentenced a convicted child molester to 298 years in prison. The child molester, 31 year old Luis Alberto Pineda, was a local soccer coach who cultivated close relationships with his minor soccer players - becoming so close to their families, that he became the godfather to two of the boys. Pineda was convicted last month of committing ...
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  • A Fourth Victim Comes Forward to Accuse Teacher Richard Rack of Sexual Abuse.

    A fourth victim has now come forward to accuse Orange County school teacher Richard Rack of sexual abuse. Rack is a teacher at Shorecliffs Middle School in San Clemente, California, who was placed on leave in November 2011 due to misconduct allegations. Last week, he was arrested after three girls came forward accusing of engaging in sexual misconduct. Now, a fourth girl has come forward, accusing ...
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