Scott Adrian Peterson, Fullerton, California (arrested Dec 2010)

TMP · Oct 16, 2011

Name: Scott Adrian Peterson, Fullerton, California

Age: 48

School: Orange High School

Position: Spanish teacher

Victim: Girl, 17

Orange County Register (10 Dec 2010): Police: Teacher arrested in sexual relationship with student

Orange County Register said:

A former Orange High School Spanish teacher has been charged with conducting a sexual relationship with a student, police said Friday. Police arrested Scott Adrian Peterson, 48, last week after investigating reports that he had a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old girl ... Peterson, a Fullerton resident, was charged Thursday with eight felony counts of unlawful sexual intercourse, oral copulation with a person under 18 and sexual penetration by a foreign object with a victim under 18
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Orange County Weekly (29 Dec 2010): Scott Peterson Accused of Sex Crimes with OC Teenager

Orange County Weekly said:

According to the DA's office, [Scott Adrian] Peterson--a high school Spanish teacher--engaged in public and motel sex with the Orange High School student and now faces eight felony charges. He's out of jail on $100,000 bail and is scheduled to be arraigned on Dec. 30.
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CBS Local Los Angeles (29 Dec 2010): High School Spanish Teacher Accused Of Sex With Student

CBS Local Los Angeles said:

Peterson met the victim, a 17-year-old girl, when she was one of his students at the school, according to Deputy District Attorney Katherine David said, and would hang out with the teen outside of school, taking her to places like Disneyland ... The two would meet regularly to have sex at a motel and in a riverbed in Orange near Angel Stadium and the Century Stadium 25 movie theater, David said.
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ABC Local (29 Dec 2010): OC teacher charged w/student sex due in court

ABC Local said:

Peterson allegedly took sexually explicit pictures of the two of them together in April. David also said Peterson sent sexually explicit text messages to the teen. The two would regularly meet at a motel near the Angel Stadium to have sex, said David.
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My Fox LA (29 Dec 2010): OC Teacher in Teen Sex Case Due in Court

My Fox LA said:

One of the girl's family members grew suspicious of the relationship and found the text messages on her phone, David said. The family member told the girl's mother, who went to police. Peterson moved out of his home about the same time he was placed on leave from the high school as his supervisors began an internal investigation, so police initially had trouble finding him, David said. He was arrested on Dec. 2. "They pinged his new cell phone and the ping came around the area of the riverbed," David said. "All of the detectives were driving around there and they just so happened to spot (the victim's) car." About 15 minutes after the girl left, Peterson came out of the riverbed area and was arrested ...
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Orange County Register (30 Dec 2010): Arraignment delayed for teacher accused of sex with student

Orange County Register said:

The arraignment of a former Orange High School Spanish teacher charged with carrying out a sexual relationship with a student was delayed Thursday. Scott Adrian Peterson, 48, who is charged with two felony counts of unlawful sexual intercourse, four felony counts of oral copulation with a minor and two felony counts of sexual penetration by foreign object on a minor, is scheduled to return to court on Feb. 7, according to Orange County Superior Court records ... At one time, Peterson was a freelance photographer used by some Orange County Register weekly newspapers. His last assignment was in summer.
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High Desert (30 Dec 2010): Arraignment delayed for teacher accused of sex with student

Bakersfield.com (14 Jan 2011): Former local teacher charged with sex crimes in Orange County

An Orange County teacher who taught in Bakersfield high schools for nearly two decades was recently charged with having a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old student down south, police said. Scott Adrian Peterson -- who taught at Arvin and Ridgeview high schools -- is scheduled to be arraigned Feb. 7 on eight felony counts including unlawful sexual intercourse, sexual penetration by a foreign object and oral copulation of a person younger than 18, Orange County Superior Court records show ... He didn't return to teach because of the police investigation, police told The Register. Peterson's teaching credentials and certificates have been suspended, state records show. Peterson started teaching in Kern County in 1990, at Arvin High School, Kern High School District spokesman John Teves said. He taught at Ridgeview High School starting in 1996. He left the district voluntarily, and under good terms, in 2007 to move to Orange County, Teves said.
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High Desert (14 Mar 2011): Teacher pleads not guilty to sexual relationship with student

A former Orange High School Spanish teacher accused of carrying out a sexual relationship with a student denied the charges at a Monday arraignment, court records show. Scott Adrian Peterson, 48, pleaded not guilty to nine felony counts, including unlawful sexual intercourse, oral copulation with a minor and sexual penetration by foreign objects on a minor, according to Orange County Superior Court Records.
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Orange County District Attorney Press Release (29 Dec 2010):

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Orange County Register (30 Nov 2011): Spitzer takes on D.A. on evidence

In a case working its way through Superior Court, the current supervisorial and probable future D.A. candidate is trying to cement rights for crime victims that he asserts were legally granted when voters approved Marsy's Law in 2008. Specifically, Spitzer is trying to force prosecutors to turn over to crime victims at the outset of a case the police reports and other evidence that typically doesn't come out until trial, if ever ... The underlying case in which Spitzer is testing the limits of these rights involves charges of unlawful sex against former Orange High School teacher Scott Adrian Peterson, who was arrested in 2010.
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TMP · Jan 22, 2012

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