Monday, May 26, 2008

Mount Angel teacher charged with sex abuse

MOUNT ANGEL, Ore. (AP) - A teacher at Kenney High School in Mount Angel has been charged with official misconduct and sex abuse for alleged relationships with two female students.

Five more Santa Monica molestation complaints investigated

The president of Santa Monica's school board said Thursday that a "breakdown in communication" prevented the board from fully examining a 2006 complaint against a teacher who was charged this week with molesting five of his female students.

Centennial High teacher arrested on suspicion of molesting a child for more than 10 years

A Centennial High School math teacher was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of molesting a child for more than 10 years, Corona police said.

Richard Angulo, 34, of Corona is being held in lieu of $1 million bail at the Robert Presley Detention Center. Angulo is also a freshman baseball coach at Centennial, police said.

Videos Provide Evidence Against Santa Monica Teacher

Prosecutors say there's videotaped evidence in the sexual molestation case against a Santa Monica middle school teacher.

"In the search warrant that was executed in this case we found the actual videos taken by Mr. Beltran," prosecutor Deputy District Attorney Robin Sax Katzenstein told Judge Keith Schwartz. "Here we have a case where virtually every female student that has come into contact with the defendant has had some sort of inappropriate touching, even by the defendant's own admission of being a huggy, touchy kind of person."

Catholic teacher arrested on sex abuse warrant in Richmond

Richmond police arrested a biology teacher at a Catholic high school on suspicion of sexually abusing a student, detectives said Thursday.

Rickey Bonds, 30, was jailed Wednesday afternoon with bail set at $2.5 million on charges of continual sexual abuse of a 16-year-old girl who was his student within the past year at Salesian High School.