Guilty! Joel Calderon, Tempe, Arizona (arrested Dec 2013)

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Joel Calderon, 26, student math teacher at Tempe High School, Tempe Union High School District, Tempe, Arizona, "six counts of sexual conduct with a minor"

KTAR: Tempe teacher arrested for sex with student (Dec 2 2013)

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Joel Calderon, 26, was a student-teacher attending Arizona State University. He was placed in a math classroom at Tempe High School where he met the female victim. The student and Calderon got to know each other on social media, police said. When school officials learned of the relationship, they contacted police. It is believed that multiple incidences of sexual contact occurred in Calderon's home. Police do not believe any contact happened on school grounds. Police said Calderon admitted to the relationship. ​

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My Fox Phoenix: Student teacher accused of having sexual relationship with underage girl (Dec 2 2013)

According to authorities, [Joel] Calderon used social media to get to know the underage girl and that the two had sex multiple times at his home. Sgt. Michael Pooley says Calderon admitted to the inappropriate relationship with the 16-year-old student during an interview. Court documents say the alleged instances of sexual contact happened in early November and that Calderon was fired from his position.​

 

ABC 15: PD: ASU student-teacher accused of sexual conduct with Tempe High School student (Dec 2 2013)

Sgt. Michael Pooley said 26-year-old Joel Calderon, a student at Arizona State University, was arrested Tuesday at his house for allegedly having a relationship with a 16-year-old student who attends Tempe High ... During an interview with police, Calderon reportedly made statements admitting to the relationship with the student. Police believe the sexual conduct occurred at Calderon's residence on multiple occasions and not at the school. Pooley said Calderon used social media to get to know the student. Another student reported the alleged relationship to school officials, who then turned to police.​

 

AZ Family: Tempe student teacher accused of sexual misconduct with student (Dec 2 2013)

Police said they were notified by school administrators when they became aware of the relationship. Calderon admitted to police that he had an inappropriate relationship with the 16-year-old student ... Police said Calderon used social media to get to know the student, which led to them becoming intimate. Court records say that Calderon became "friends" with the victim on Facebook. He also connected with other Tempe High School students on Facebook. Police said in Facebook chats Calderon wrote about how it was inappropriate for him to contact students outside of class. He also stated that he would not be considered a teacher because he was not employed by the high school. The sexual conduct occurred at Calderon’s residence on multiple occasions and not at the school, according to police.​

 

Arizona Republic: ASU student teacher accused of sexual contact with Tempe teen (Dec 2 2013)

In a statement issued Monday, Tempe police said the physical relationship between [Joel] Calderon and the underage girl took place between Nov. 1 and Nov. 10. Another student alerted Tempe High administrators to the possible relationship, and school officials contacted authorities. In an interview with school officials, Calderon downplayed the extent of sexual contact he had with the underage girl but said she spent the night at his home on two separate occasions, according to court records. After his arrest on Nov.26, Calderon admitted having further sexual contact with the teen when police confronted him with the victim’s account of events, court records show. The teenager told police she consented to these acts, according to court records, but state law says the right to consent to sexual relationships does not occur until age 18.​

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Court records show Calderon “friended” other Tempe High students during his teaching assignment and “made several references to how ‘inappropriate’ it was for him to contact students outside of class” but noted that he “would not be considered a teacher because he was not employed by the high school.”​

 

The State Press: Student teacher arrested on suspicion of sexual conduct with a minor (Dec 2 2013)

According to a probable cause statement, school officials were informed of the inappropriate relationship by an unrelated student. “[Joel] Calderon admitted to having a relationship with the student during an interview,” Pooley said. Police believe the sexual conduct occurred at Calderon’s home on multiple occasions beginning on Nov. 1, Pooley said. Calderon also admitted to using social media to contact the student, Pooley said. Police only know of one victim as of this afternoon but know Calderon reached out to other students through social media. During the Facebook chats, Calderon mentioned several times how it was inappropriate for him to contact students outside school, Pooley said.​

 

Daily Journal: Tempe police arrest ASU student teacher on charges of sexual misconduct (Dec 2 2013)

Tempe police say they arrested 26-year-old Joel Calderon last week after learning about a possible relationship between him and a female student at Tempe High. Police were initially contacted by school administrators. Sgt. Michael Pooley says Calderon admitted to the inappropriate relationship with the 16-year-old student during an interview. Court documents say the alleged instances of sexual contact happened in early November and that Calderon was fired from his position.​

San Francisco Chronicle: Tempe teacher charged with sexual misconduct (Dec 2 2013)