Bay Area teacher arrested on child sex charges found dead a day after his arrest

SF Gate ^ | 5/2/2024 | By Alec Regimbal

[NohSpinZone]

A teacher with the Mill Valley School District was found dead in the water off of Drakes Beach on Point Reyes on Wednesday, just a day after he was arrested on suspicion of sexually abusing a child, according to the Marin County Sheriff’s Office.

Darren Smith, 55, was arrested on Tuesday following a report that the school district filed with the Marin County Sheriff's Office on March 28, according to a news release. The Marin Independent Journal reported Thursday that after initially being booked into the Marin County Jail, Smith was released on $200,000 bail.

A Google Search preview of a page on the Mill Valley School District’s website appears to show that Smith taught fifth-grade band at Mill Valley Middle School (as of Thursday evening, the page appears to have been taken down). The Marin County Sheriff’s Office said Smith, who was on administrative leave at the time of his arrest, was detained on suspicion of violating two penal codes, including one defined as “Continuous Sexual Abuse of a Child.”

[NohSpinZone]

Willie Sutton rule. Why do these types teach elementary school students? That's where the children are.

[ClearCase_guy]

There are some issues with AI and some bias has been found, so it’s not yet perfect. But I do think that home-schooling with assistance from AI and other automation tools is the only decent way to educate children. Public School teachers and Administrators are poison.

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He won’t get the bail bond back that way...

[null and void]

Self-inflicted or did he have help?

[DIRTYSECRET]

Offed himself? That’d be an honorable thing to do. Seppuku’s better.

[DesertRhino]

I kinda see you as the “analytical” type. LOL

[SpaceBar]

mug of perp

[BuchananBrigadeTrumpFan]

I’m pretty sure something similar would happen if someone molested my child.

[desertsolitaire]

Does he (his estate) get the bond money percentage down back since he is dead and the (criminal part) case is moot? Or do they keep it for “not showing up”?

[Big Red Badger]

Adios Amigo.
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Perhaps he found Jesus?

[Jonny7797]

he looks like the guy on The Gentleman who grows all the weed

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[NohSpinZone]

No, that’s not him. That’s some other mugshot that got associated with the article. He’s a 55-year-old music teacher. The photo I posted is the correct one.

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Oops.

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Miss Abrams is still at large.

[Big Red Badger]

I found Miss Abrams...
Which one are You?

[TribalPrincess2U]

Was found dead in the water.

Taking a bath turned ugly.

[Blue Highway]

Was the last song he played on that flute “Taps”?

[Red Badger]

This one time, at Band Camp.................

[Texas Fossil]

The Marin County Sheriff's Office said Smith's body exhibited signs of physiologic death, which occurs when major organs are no longer functioning.

Drug overdose? fentanyl?