Zachary Reeder, Anaheim, California (arrested Feb 2013) [catfishing]

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    Crime Voice: Catholic School Teacher Arrested after Requesting Sexual Photos from Young Males on Facebook (Feb 15 2013)

    30-year-old Zachary Reeder of Orange is accused of allegedly posing as a blonde Caucasian female on Facebook and befriending underage males. Once he established an inappropriate relationship with the victims, he then persuaded them to take sexually explicit photos of themselves and send them to him. Over the two years that the incidents occurred, Reeder made contact with several boys, one as young as 14-years-old ... Reeder has been charged with lewd conduct with a child, possession and distribution of child pornography and child annoyance. His bail has been set at $1 million.
     
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    Daily Breeze: Anaheim teacher victimized more than 100 boys, say OC prosecutors (Apr 19 2013)

    Orange County prosecutors Thursday announced more than 100 boys were victimized by a 30-year-old history teacher and baseball coach previously charged with using a fake woman's Facebook profile to lure underage teenage boys to send him sexually explicit photos and videos of themselves. Zachary Joshua Reeder of Orange, who was arrested in February on charges of victimizing at least 35 boys ...
     
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    CBS Local Los Angeles: Ex-Teacher Pleads Not Guilty To Posing As A Woman Online To Get Boys To Send Him Pornographic Pics (Apr 19 2013)

    A former Orange County high school teacher and baseball coach pleaded not guilty Friday to posing as a woman online in order to get teenage boys to send him pornographic pictures of themselves. Zachary Reeder, 30, is charged with:
    • 22 counts of using a minor for sex acts,
    • 15 counts of distributing pornography to a minor,
    • 13 counts of contacting a child with the intent to commit a lewd act,
    • six counts of lewd acts on a child,
    • two counts of lewd acts on a child younger than 14,
    • a count of possession and control of child pornography and
    • a count of distribution of child pornography,
    which are all felonies ... Prosecutors allege 106 kids, between the ages of 13 to 17, fell for the reported scheme ...​
     
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    Orange County District Attorney: Press Release (courtesy Orange County Breeze Apr 20 2013)

    An Anaheim high school teacher will be arraigned tomorrow for encouraging sex acts and soliciting and possessing nude photos and videos of over 100 underage boys by posing as a teenage girl on Facebook. Zachary Joshua Reeder, 30, Orange, will be arraigned on charges of 22 felony counts of using a minor for sex acts, 15 felony counts of distributing pornography to a minor, 13 felony counts of contacting a child with the intent to commit a lewd act, six felony counts of lewd acts upon a child, two felony counts of lewd acts upon a child under 14, one felony count of possession and control of child pornography, and one felony count of distribution of child pornography. Reeder faces a maximum sentence of 44 years in state prison and mandatory lifetime sex offender registration if convicted. He is out of custody on $1 million bail and was scheduled to be arraigned yesterday, Friday, April 19, 2013, at 8:30 a.m. in Department H-1, Harbor Justice Center, Newport Beach.

    At the time of the crimes, Reeder was a history teacher at Servite High School, an all-boys college preparatory high school in Anaheim. Reeder previously worked as a history teacher and a walk-on assistant baseball coach for four seasons at Arnold O. Beckman High School in Irvine.

    Between June 1, 2010, and Jan. 14, 2013, Reeder is accused of creating and using a Facebook account to pose as a female high school student by using the image of a blond-haired girl with the intent to befriend underage boys. Reeder is accused of establishing inappropriate online relationships with at least 106 underage boys between the ages of 13 and 17 from Servite, Beckman, Northwood, and Canyon High Schools. The defendant is accused of targeting victims whom he knew through teaching or coaching. Reeder is accused of engaging in lewd acts with the victims by using the online account of the fake female high school student he created to convince and direct the victims to send sexually explicit photos and videos of themselves to the defendant.

    California Penal Code section 288(c)(1) states that lewd and lascivious acts upon a child is charged when a defendant willfully, lewdly, and unlawfully interacts with a child with the intent of arousing, appealing to, and gratifying the lust, passions, and sexual desires of the defendant and the child.

    The Irvine Police Department (IPD) investigated this case and arrested Reeder Feb. 9, 2013. The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with additional information or who believes they have been a victim is encouraged to contact Supervising District Attorney Investigator Anthony Sosnowski at (714) 347-8794 or IPD Detective Frough Jahid at (949) 724-7184.

    If convicted, Reeder’s lifetime sex offender registration will bar him from entering County recreational areas and City parks which have passed the Sex Offender Ordinance. Visit www.orangecountyda.com to read the prior press releases on the County’s Sex Offender Ordinance as well as the 14 other cities that have enacted the Child Safety Zone Ordinance.

    Senior Deputy District Attorney Nicole Nicholson of the Sexual Assault Unit is prosecuting this case.