Guilty! Loren Grage McDonald, Chula Vista, California (arrested May 2013)

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    Loren Grage McDonald, 37 (born March 20 1976), special education teacher at Olympian High School, Sweetwater Union High School District, Chula Vista, California, "multiple charges of sexual misconduct involving a minor"

    Star News: Special education teacher arraigned (May 9 2013)

    Loren McDonald, a special education teacher at Olympian High School, was arraigned and charged yesterday, May 8, with two counts of oral copulation/sexual penetration with a child 10-years old or younger; five counts of lewd acts on a child; and one count of attempting to dissuade a witness from reporting a crime.
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    NBC San Diego: Olympian High School Teacher Arrested for Sexual Misconduct (May 9 2013)

    The letter states that a teacher from Olympian High School was arrested at the campus on Magdalena Avenue on Monday afternoon by officers from the San Diego Police Department. The teacher is facing eight felony charges, including several counts of misconduct involving a minor, the letter obtained by NBC 7 says. The sexual misconduct charges do not directly involve any Sweetwater District students, though further details were not immediately released. The teacher, whose name has not yet been released [name is Loren McDonald, according to the Star News above], was arraigned on the charges this week and bail was set at $2 million, according to the letter from the district.

    NBC News: Teacher Arrested for Sexual Misconduct with Minor (May 9 2013)


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    One district source told NBC 7 the suspect is special education teacher Loren McDonald, 37. The San Diego County Sheriff's inmate log confirms McDonald is in custody at San Diego Central Jail on a set bail of $2 million. His charges include a sex crime with a child 10 years old or younger and lewd and lascivious acts with a child under 14. His booking information says he's schedule to appear in court again on May 16.
     
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    760 KFMB: Chula Vista teacher accused of child sex abuse (May 9 2013)

    A Chula Vista special education teacher is being held on $2 million bail, charged with committing sex acts on a child who was not a student. According to published reports, Loren McDonald, 37, was arrested Monday at Olympian High School in Chula Vista. He was arraigned Wednesday and charged with eight felonies.
     
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    San Diego Union Tribune: Teacher faces child sex charges (May 9 2013)

    [Loren] McDonald was booked into jail, where he remained Thursday with bail set at $2 million. He has been placed on paid leave from his job, a school district spokesman said. He was arraigned in San Diego Superior Court on Wednesday and charged with eight felonies, including two counts of oral copulation on a child under age 10 and five counts of lewd acts on a child. He faces an additional charge of trying to dissuade a witness from reporting a crime, a District Attorney’s Office spokeswoman said. The alleged victim in the case was not a current or former student, police sex crimes Lt. Chuck Kaye said. He said the offenses are believed to have taken place within the past 18 months in San Diego.
     
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    San Diego 6: South Bay High School Teacher Arrested on Suspicion of Child Molestation (May 9 2013)

    A South Bay high school teacher was behind bars Thursday on suspicion of child molestation, authorities said. Loren Grage McDonald, 37, was arrested at Olympian High School in Chula Vista where he works on Monday, according to police and school district officials. He was booked on suspicion of six counts of sexually assaulting a minor ... Several of the charges against the suspect pertain to a child under age 11, according to jail records.
     
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    10 News: Teacher at Chula Vista school faces sexual misconduct charges (May 9 2013)

    The San Diego County District Attorney's Office said the special education teacher, identified as 37-year-old Loren McDonald, was arrested Monday by San Diego police officers at Olympian High School in Chula Vista, where he teaches. Manny Rubio of the Sweetwater Unified High School District said the alleged crimes did not occur on school property or involve any Olympian students. A spokeswoman for the San Diego County District Attorney's Office told 10News McDonald was charged with two felony counts of oral copulation/sexual penetration with a child 10 years or younger, five felony counts of lewd acts upon a child and one felony count of attempting to dissuade a witness from reporting a crime.
     
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    Union Tribune: Teacher Accused of Committing Sex Acts on Child (May 10 2013)

    A first-year Chula Vista special-education teacher has been charged with committing sex acts on a child who was not a student, authorities said Thursday. San Diego police arrested Loren McDonald, 37, of San Diego, at Olympian High School on Magdelena Avenue in Chula Vista on Monday ... He was arraigned in San Diego Superior Court on Wednesday and charged with eight felonies, including two counts of oral copulation on a child under age 10 and five counts of lewd acts on a child. He faces an additional charge of trying to dissuade a witness from reporting a crime, a District Attorney’s Office spokeswoman said.
     
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    NBC San Diego: Parents React to Special Ed Teacher's Arrest (May 10 2013)

    Charges against special education teacher Loren McDonald were shocking to parents and grandparents of students that attend Olympian High School. Chula Vista teacher Loren McDonald was arrested Monday at the Magdalena Avenue campus on multiple charges of sexual misconduct involving a minor ... Sweetwater School District said McDonald was never alone with students in his class. “In a set class room of ten or twelve you sometimes have 4, 5 or six staff members in the class at the same time,” spokesperson Manny Rubio said.

    NBC San Diego: Parents React to Special Ed Teacher's Arrest (May 10 2013)
     
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    Union Tribune: Ex-teacher gets 18 years in molestation (Mar 11 2014)

    A former Chula Vista special education teacher convicted of molesting a child who was related to him was sentenced Tuesday to 18 years in prison. Loren McDonald, 37, of San Diego, pleaded guilty previously to seven counts of committing a lewd act on a child and agreed to the prison term.
     
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    10 News: Former special education teacher Loren McDonald sentenced for child molestation (Mar 11 2014)

    A former special education teacher who repeatedly molested a 4-year-old female relative over a several-month period was sentenced Tuesday to 18 years in state prison and ordered to register as a sex offender. Loren Grage McDonald, 37, pleaded guilty last month to seven felony counts of committing a lewd act on a child ...
     
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    NBC San Diego: Ex-Teacher Loren McDonald Sentenced in Sex Crime Trial (Mar 12 2014)

    The former teacher [Loren Grage McDonald] at Olympian High School in Chula Vista was arrested in May and pleaded guilty to seven separate counts of committing a sex act on a child.

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    But in private, the child’s grandmother said, McDonald read books to the little girl on how to recognize inappropriate touching while he was molesting her. “How twisted and sick,” she said. “We were all totally blindsided.”