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On Thursday, May 29, a former Los Angeles Unified School District elementary school teacher pled no contest to charges that he molested several students and a relative. The teacher, 58-year-old Robert Pimentel, was a teacher at George De La Torre Jr. Elementary School in Wilmington. According to the authorities, Pimentel sexually abused four female…

A lawsuit filed on Friday May 2, 2014 is alleging that a woman was repeatedly sexually abused as a teenager by a Mormon missionary in Rancho Mirage and Palm Desert. The suit also claims that a church bishop and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints covered up the abuse. The lawsuit was…

A former Chief risk officer for the Los Angeles Unified School District recently stepped forward to discuss the school district’s alleged destruction of evidence regarding the high-profile Miramonte sex scandal. George Breed, whose contract was not renewed by the district, spoke with NBC 4 about the case. Breed states that the allegations were revealed…

Officials from the Oxnard Police Department reported the arrest of an Oxnard teacher earlier this week under suspicion of misdemeanor child annoying. The teacher – 41-year-old Jorge Arellano – was a math instructor at Oxnard High School. He was taken into custody at his home on Wednesday for child annoyance of at least one…

A private school teacher was recently taken into custody for alleged inappropriate conduct with a student, according to officials from the Santa Clarita Sheriff’s Station. The teacher – 35-year-old Carl Astrera of Panorama City – worked at Legacy Christian Academy, a private Christian school in Valencia. He was listed on the school’s website at…

A San Bernardino pastor was recently taken into custody under suspicion of molesting two boys. The case involves two victims who were allegedly abused by the pastor while they were members of the church. The abuse is believed to have begun more than a decade ago. The Pastor – 54-year-old Stephen Howard of Fontana…

A Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) drama teacher arrested on Friday was formally charged this Tuesday – February 25 – on charges relating to the sexual assault of two minors. Peter Christopher Gomez, a 48-year old teacher from La Habra, was taken into custody early Friday afternoon by LAPD officers. Officials from the…

On Friday afternoon – February 21 – a Southern California teacher was taken into custody by the Los Angeles Police Department under suspicion of sexually assaulting a minor. The teacher, 47-year old Peter Christopher Gomez, was arrested in connection to an alleged sexual assault that took place in 1999 while he was a teacher…