Harlan Edelman, 52, former teacher at Academy of Arts and Sciences, San Francisco Unified School District, San Francisco, California, "allegedly attempted to arrange to meet with a minor for sex" Previously taught at: Abraham Lincoln High School, San Francisco Unified School District, San Francisco, California Lowell High School, San Francisco Unified School District, San Francisco, California Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts, San Francisco Unified School District, San Francisco, California San Francisco Chronicle: Ex-SF teacher arrested for allegedly setting up sex encounter with teen (Feb 5 2014) Harlan Edelman ... is being held at Santa Clara County Jail in lieu of $80,000 bail. The investigation began when an undercover Mountain View police detective, posing as a 17-year-old boy on a social network, “was contacted by Edelman unsolicited,” police said. Edelman sent the detective sexually explicit material and agreed to meet him at Cuesta Park in Mountain View, authorities said. Tags:
CBS Local San Francisco: Former San Francisco Teacher Accused Of Arranging Sex With Minor (Feb 5 2014) Harlan Edelman, a 52-year-old San Francisco resident, allegedly contacted unsolicited a Mountain View Police Department detective who was posing as a 17-year-old male on a social network, Sgt. Saul Jaeger said today. During the subsequent investigation, Edelman allegedly sent sexually explicit material to the detective and arranged to meet with him in Mountain View, Jaeger said....However, he has not been a district employee since his resignation in September 2013, according to district spokeswoman Gentle Blythe. CBS News: Cops: Ex-teacher arranged sex with minor in San Francisco (Feb 6 2014)
ABC Local KGO: Former teacher arrested for allegedly trying to have sex with minor (Feb 5 2014) Mountain View police arrested Harlan Edelman at Cuesta Park. Police say the former teacher was supposed to meet the 17-year-old boy he had been communicating with online. But, there was no minor, just detectives waiting for him. "The suspect actually proactively contacted when he thought was a 17-year-old male for sex," Sgt. Saul Jaeger said. "So they exchanged communication electronically and that's how we ended up identifying who he was."
KTVU: Former SF teacher arrested in child sex sting (Feb 5 2014) Police say [Harlan] Edelman made numerous calls to someone he apparently believed was a teenage boy he met first through an unidentified social media site. But the 'teenager' was actually a police officer. Investigators say they eventually agreed to meet Tuesday night at the park. “In Edelman's eyes it was a meeting for 'sex with a minor… With a 17-year-old minor,” said Sgt. Saul Jaeger of the Mountain View Police. “He was greeted by a number of our detectives and was arrested without incident.” Edelman faces several charges including 'soliciting a minor for a sex crime.
NBC Bay Area: Ex-San Francisco Teacher Arrested on Suspicion of Agreeing to Sex With Teen (Feb 6 2014) Police arrested 52-year-old Harlan Edelman Tuesday night as he arrived at Cuesta Park in Mountain View to meet with someone he thought was a teenage boy. Officials said Edelman agreed to meet for sex after reaching out to the supposed teenager online. Police say the detective and Edelman exchanged messages online before agreeing to meet. "He was reaching out for sex," Mountain View Police Sgt. Saul Jaeger said. "The initial contacts were explicit material, sexually explicit material and he ended up agreeing to meeting for sex."
SF Weekly: Harlan Edelman: Former San Francisco Teacher Arrested in Child Sex Sting (Feb 6 2014) ... The only problem is that "teenage boy" was actually undercover cops waiting to bust the former San Francisco teacher. On Tuesday, police descended upon Peaceful Cuesta Park in Mountain View after exchanging social media messages with [Harlan] Edelman in the guise of being a 17-year-old boy. At the park, they found Edelman waiting for the boy with whom he had arranged a sex date.
Mercury News: Mountain View: Former teacher arrested after allegedly soliciting minor for sex (Feb 6 2014) The case kicked off when a detective posing as a 17-year-old boy on a social network was contacted unsolicited by [Harlan] Edelman, said Sgt. Saul Jaeger of the Mountain View Police Department. Jaeger declined to identify the social network. Edelman sent sexually explicit material to the detective and arranged to meet him in Mountain View to have sex, Jaeger said.
Mountain View Patch: Former Teacher Accused of Soliciting Undercover Mountain View Officer Posing as Minor (Feb 5 2014) Harlan Edelman, a 52-year-old San Francisco resident, allegedly contacted a Mountain View Police Department detective who was posing as a 17-year-old male on a social network, Sgt. Saul Jaeger said Wednesday. During the subsequent investigation, Edelman allegedly sent sexually explicit material to the detective and arranged to meet with him in Mountain View, Jaeger said.
Los Alto Town Crier: Teacher charged with sexual advances to minor (Feb 5 2014) Mountain View police Feb. 5 arrested a 52-year-old San Francisco man in Cuesta Park for alleged sexual behavior with a minor over the Internet. Detectives, along with the assistance of the Santa Clara County Specialized Enforcement Team, arrested Harlan Edelman for distribution of electronic, sexually explicit communications to a minor, as well as communicating with a known minor with the intent to commit a sex crime. According to police, Edelman contacted, unsolicited, an undercover Mountain View Police Department detective, posing as a 17-year-old male on a social network. This resulted in an investigation of Edelman who allegedly sent sexually explicit material to the undercover detective ultimately agreeing to meet with him in Mountain View.
SF Examiner: Former SF teacher arrested after allegedly soliciting minor for sex (Feb 6 2014) Harlan Edelman, a 52-year-old San Francisco resident, allegedly contacted unsolicited a Mountain View Police Department detective who was posing as a 17-year-old male on a social network, Sgt. Saul Jaeger said today. During the subsequent investigation, Edelman allegedly sent sexually explicit material to the detective and arranged to meet with him in Mountain View, Jaeger said.
