Brian Thomas Hook (Orcutt, California), 53, a social science teacher and girls' basketball coach at Pioneer Valley High School, Santa Maria Joint Union High School District, Santa Maria, California, "allegedly having a sexual relationship with a female student" Santa Maria Times: PVHS coach Brian Hook arrested for alleged sexual relationship with student (Feb 21 2014) [Brian Thomas] Hook, a resident of Orcutt, was arrested this morning in Orcutt after district personnel notified the Santa Maria Police Department. The allegations consist of a variety of sexual assaults against the teen, whose identity is being kept confidential. The incidents occurred over the span of approximately the last four months, according to the Santa Maria Police Department ... Law enforcement officials have confirmed that the Pioneer Valley High School coach arrested for an alleged sexual relationship with a 16-year-old female student is Brian Hook. Tags:
The Tribune: Santa Maria teacher arrested for having sex with student, police say (Feb 20 2014) Brian Thomas Hook ... was arrested Thursday for allegedly having an inappropriate relationship with a student, whose name wasn’t released because she’s a minor, said Sgt. Paul Van Meel, the detective in charge of the case. Allegations against Hook, 53, of Orcutt, include "a variety of sexual assaults" made during the past four months, Van Meel said.
Santa Maria Sun: PVHS teacher arrested on suspicion of having sex with a minor (Feb 20 2014) According to the department, Santa Maria Joint Unified School District personnel told law enforcement Wednesday afternoon that sexual assault allegations had been made against Brian Hook, a social science teacher and basketball coach at the high school. Police said the alleged assaults occurred over the last four months ... Hook was booked into Santa Barbara County Jail with three felony charges: oral copulation of a minor, unlawful intercourse with a minor, and penetration with a foreign object with a minor.
KSBY: Pioneer Valley High School teacher arrested (Feb 20 2014) A 53-year old male teacher [Brian Thomas Hook] from Pioneer Valley High School in Santa Maria was arrested Thursday morning, according to a source with the Santa Maria Police Department. The source says the teacher was allegedly involved in a sexual relationship with a 16-year old female student. The teacher was not at school when he was taken into custody ... The school district says the incident was reported to Pioneer Valley High School staff on Wednesday afternoon and school officials immediately contacted police.
KSBY: Police identify teacher involved in alleged sexual relationship with teen (Feb 20 2014) Police confirm to KSBY News that the Pioneer Valley High School teacher arrested Thursday morning for allegedly having a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old female student is Brian Hook. According to the PVHS website, Hook is a social science teacher and basketball coach at the school.
KSBY: Pioneer Valley High School teacher arrested, facing charges (Feb 20 2014) Police have identified the man arrested as Brian Thomas Hook, 53, from Orcutt. According to the PVHS website, Hook is a social science teacher and basketball coach at the school. Police say the alleged assaults happened approximately over the last four months ... Hook was booked into the Santa Barbara County Jail and is facing charges of oral copulation with a minor under 18 years old, unlawful intercourse with a minor (over three years younger than the perpetrator), and penetration with a foreign object with a minor under 18 years. NBC News: Pioneer Valley High School teacher arrested, facing charges (Feb 20 2014)
KEYT: PVHS Teacher Formally Charged in Sexual Assault Case: Brian Thomas Hook Faces 4 Counts of Sex With A Minor (Feb 26 2014) The high school teacher [Brian Thomas Hook] arrested in Santa Maria for allegedly having sex with a student made his first court appearance today ... Today the judge read four counts of sexual acts with a minor; two for January 14th and two more for February 13th ... He is waiting to be paired with a public defender and will return to court on Friday to face his charges.
Cal Coast News: Santa Maria teacher had sex with student in classroom (Mar 4 2014) [Brian] Hook had a sexual relationship with the student since Oct. 2013, and multiple sex acts took place in Hook’s classroom, the search warrant states.The student told Santa Maria police, though, that she came onto Hook. “He didn’t do anything. He never came onto me. I’m the one who came on to him,” the girl said in a Feb. `9 interview with police. The girl said she kissed Hook after class in October, and the next day Hook said he liked it, but it could get him in trouble.Hook’s wife, an administrative assistant at Pioneer Valley High School, at one point contacted the student with whom her husband was having an affair, the warrant indicates. The girl received a voice mail in November from a woman identified as Mrs. Hook who said to stop contacting her husband because it is inappropriate.
KSBY: Parents react to felony charges against PVHS teacher, coach (Mar 7 2014) The Pioneer Valley High School teacher and coach [Brian Hook] accused of having sex with a 16-year-old student was back in court Thursday ... He was arrested February 20 in Orcutt and has been charged with multiple felony sexual acts with a minor ... The police search warrant, released by the Santa Barbara County Superior Court earlier this week, illustrates an alleged sexual relationship between Hook and the teen since October 2013. It reveals that some of the alleged sex acts occurred in Hook's classroom.
KSBY: School district employee placed on mandatory leave without pay (Mar 13 2014) A certificated employee with the Santa Maria Joint Union High School District (SMJUHSD) was placed on mandatory leave without pay during a closed session school board meeting Wednesday night, according to school officials. While the school is not releasing the teacher's name, Pioneer Valley High School teacher and coach Brian Hook was arrested last month in Orcutt and has been charged with multiple sexual acts with a minor.
Noozhawk: Santa Maria District Puts High School Teacher on Unpaid Leave (Mar 13 2014) A Santa Maria high school teacher was placed on mandatory unpaid leave related to an alleged sexual offense following a closed session meeting Wednesday of the Santa Maria Joint Union High School District board of education. Although district officials won’t identify the certificated employee involved, the leave of absence comes just weeks after a 53-year-old teacher and coach was arrested and charged with four felony counts related to an alleged sexual relationship with a female student.
Santa Maria Times: Hook’s teaching credentials suspended for misconduct: Unnamed employee put on mandatory leave of absence by district (Mar 14 2014) The teaching credentials of Brian Thomas Hook, the Pioneer Valley High School teacher and coach charged with four counts of unlawful sex with a minor, have been suspended by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing for misconduct, according to the commission’s website ... In a closed-door session on Wednesday night, an un-named Santa Maria Joint Union High School District employee was placed on a mandatory leave of absence without pay, pursuant to California Education Code section 44940, according to district Superintendent Mark Richardson. While Hook was not identified as the employee, section 44940 states that being “charged with a mandatory leave of absence offense" means a person is charged by complaint, information, or indictment filed in a court of competent jurisdiction with the commission of any sex offense, as defined in Section 44010. Lompoc Record: Hook’s teaching credentials suspended (Mar 14 2014)
