Guilty! Douglas Randolph Collins, Sun Valley, California (arrested Apr 2013) [child porn]

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    Douglas Randolph Collins (Valencia, California), 46, fifth-grade teacher at Fernangeles Elementary School, Los Angeles Unified School District, Sun Valley, California, "arrested ... for allegedly possessing child pornography"

    CBS Local Los Angeles: Ex-Sun Valley Elementary Teacher Accused Of Possessing Child Pornography (Apr 23 2013)

    Douglas Randolph Collins, 46, of Valencia, was taken into custody at Van Nuys Educational Service Center and jailed on $20,000 bail. He’s scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday on one felony count of possession of matter depicting a minor in sexual conduct, according to the District Attorney’s Office. Collins taught at Fernangeles Elementary School from 1997 until October 2012, when he was removed from the classroom after allegations surfaced that he ordered child porn on DVD’s online and through the mail, according to the U.S. Postal Inspection Service.

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    Los Angeles Daily News: Fernangeles Elementary teacher arrested on child-pornography charges (Apr 23 2013)

    A veteran fifth-grade teacher at Fernangeles Elementary School in Sun Valley was being held Tuesday on $20,000 bail following his arrest on charges of possessing child pornography, officials said. Douglas Randolph Collins, 46, of Valencia, is accused of possessing numerous DVDs of child pornography, which authorities say he ordered online and received through the mail. If convicted, he faces up to a year in prison or a $205,000 fine. Collins was removed from the classroom in October, when Los Angeles Unified was notified that the U.S. Postal Service had opened an investigation. He's been reporting daily to a district office in Van Nuys, where he was taken into custody about 9:30 a.m. Tuesday.
     
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    L.A. Times: L.A. Unified teacher arrested for alleged child porn possession (Apr 23 2013)

    A Los Angeles Unified School District teacher was arrested and charged Tuesday with possession of child pornography after he allegedly ordered and received through the mail sexually explicit DVDs of children, officials said. Douglas Randolph Collins, 46, of Valencia, was taken into custody at the Van Nuys Education Center, where he had been sent after being removed from the classroom after authorities began investigating child porn allegations in October. He had been a fifth-grade teacher at Fernangeles Elementary School in Sun Valley.
     
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    Los Angeles Daily News: Sun Valley teacher arrested at LAUSD Van Nuys office on child-porn charges (Apr 23 2013)

    Douglas Randolph Collins, 46, of Valencia, was taken into custody at a Los Angeles Unified administrative office in Van Nuys, where he's been re-assigned since the U.S. Postal Service opened its investigation in October. He had taught at Fernangeles since 1997, officials said. Authorities allege that Collins possessed numerous DVDs of child pornography which he ordered online and received through the mail.
     
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    LAist: Elementary School Teacher Arrested on Kiddie Porn Charges (Apr 23 2013)

    46-year-old Douglas Randolph Collins of Valencia was arrested today at the Van Nuys Educational Service Center, according to the Santa Clarita Valley Signal. The LAUSD confirmed Collins began his career with the district in 1997, and had worked since then at Fernangeles Elementary School as a fifth grade teacher. Collins was removed from the classroom in October 2012 when the possession of child pornography charges were first brought up, says the LAUSD in a press release. No students were victims according to the investigation, adds the district.
     
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    Huffington Post: Douglas Randolph Collins, LA Teacher, Arrested On Child Pornography Charges (Apr 23 2013)

    A Los Angeles teacher is in custody Tuesday after authorities arrested him on charges of child pornography. Douglas Randolph Collins, who taught fifth grade at Fernangeles Elementary School in Sun Valley, Calif., was arrested at Van Nuys Education Center. He had been "housed" there since October per the Los Angeles Unified School District's policy on immediately removing teachers from the classroom during an investigation.
     
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    Crime Voice: Teacher arrested for child pornography (Apr 25 2013)

    According to a press release forwarded to the LASD by the United States Postal Inspection Service, [Douglas Randolph] Collins ordered numerous DVD’s online depicting minors “lewdly spreading their genitals or engaged in or simulating ’sexual conduct.’” The former 5th grade teacher is now facing up to year of jail time, a maximum fine $2,500, or both.
     
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    Santa Clarita Valley Signal: Felony child porn count against teacher reduced to misdemeanor: Valencia man pleads guilty; will not have to register as sex offender (July 31 2013)

    Douglas Randolph Collins ... was allowed to plead no contest to section 311.5, a misdemeanor count, in San Fernando Superior Court last week, Dávila-Morales said. “He was immediately sentenced to three years probation and 10 days community service,” she said. “And he was ordered to pay $140 in restitution.” Collins will not have to register as a sex offender, she added.
     
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    Santa Clarita Valley Signal: D.A.: Evidence seized in porn investigation not sexual in nature -- Felony charge against teacher reduced due to ‘naturist’ content of videos (Aug 1 2013)


    The children depicted in video evidence seized by prosecutors were naked but were not involved in sexual activity, prosecutors said. “A thorough review of the evidence revealed that the material in the defendant’s possession did not meet the legal definition of child pornography,” Dávila-Morales said. “The content did not depict minors engaging in sexual activity. Rather, the videos were of nudist/naturist activities,” she said. Collins, who was also ordered to pay $140 in restitution ...