Posted on 03/21/2019 3:28:50 AM PDT by Gamecock
A Barstow High School teacher is out on bail after being arrested amid a probe into an inappropriate relationship she was alleged to be having with an underage student, officials said Monday.
Authorities began investigating 51-year-old Katherine O'Neill, of Barstow, after someone came into the local sheriff's station last Thursday to report the teacher was sexually abusing a 16-year-old girl, San Bernardino County sheriff's officials said in a news release.
O'Neill has already been on administrative leave since October, deputies said. Before that, she had taught American government and history classes at the high school on First Avenue, according to the school's website.
Detectives interviewed the student victim about the allegations and determined the teen and teacher had indeed been engaged in a sexual relationship. In addition to physical abuse, O'Neill is accused of sending the girl explicit text messages with obscene material, authorities said.
Investigators say the crimes occurred at various locations within Barstow.
It was unclear whether the student was in any of O'Neill's classes.
The teacher was arrested Friday on suspicion of penetration with a foreign object, oral copulation with a minor, annoying and molesting and sending harmful matter to a minor.
O'Neill was released from custody the next day after posting $100,000 bail, officials said.
A court appearance has yet to be scheduled, inmate records show.
Detectives believe O'Neill could have additional victims.
Anyone with information can contact Deputy Gerania Navarro at 909-387-3615 or Detective Brian Grimm at 760-256-4838. Anonymous tips may be submitted via 800-782-7463.
Eye Bleach !
GUILTY! GUILTY! GUILTY! GUILTY! ...
Did I say GUILTY?
Where were all these sex maniacs when I was in high school?
That’s a dude, Jim.
We can be sure that what hits the newspapers is just the tip of the iceberg.
Looks like she’s got a little herpes under her nose there...should probably test the girl.
I’m first!
“If only priests could marry!”
I think there may be quite a bit more underage “grooming” like this going on than we realize. But because their lifestyle cannot be discriminated against it goes undiscovered and unchecked.
They were banging other students, and you ither never knew or dismissed it as a rumor.
The only difference today is ubiquitous cell phone cameras.
The rug is glued down and this stuff can’t be swept under it.
Of course there is. But the government schools are our holiest institution, the very bulwark of our democratic society, and must be protected at all costs.
Not only that... But questioning someone’s “lifestyle” is now taboo, you will get sued, especially a gay female. So this firewall prevents discovery also. It makes me sick that the situation places them in a “protected class” giving them a free pass allowing things like this to happen.
Male or female? l can’t tell. Really.
Carpet burn.
It may not look like it, but a lot more male teachers have sex with female students than the other way around. It’s just that those are “dog bites man” stories and this sort of story is “man bites dog”.
Who are these weirdos?
What 16 year old would want anything to do with a 51 year old? What 51 year old would want to spend any time with a 16 year old?
This stuff is crazy.
The student is a girl.
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