A substitute teacher for a Southern California elementary school was arrested on suspicion he molested four female students in a classroom.
The alleged victims, ages 8 to 9, told investigators the teacher inappropriately touched them in separate incidents inside Adams Elementary School in Santa Ana, according to local police.
“Each victim was abused individually and at different times throughout the day,” the Santa Ana Police Department said in a statement.
According to the authorities, the alleged victims, ages 8 to 9, told investigators the teacher inappropriately touched them in separate incidents inside Adams Elementary School in Santa Ana.
“Each victim was abused individually and at different times throughout the day,” the Santa Ana Police Department said in a statement.
The perpetrator, identified by ABC 7 in Los Angeles as Peter Morales, 69, posted $100,000 bail after being arrested, according to local police.
Morales was a teacher in the Santa Ana school system for 18 years before becoming a substitute. Detectives believe there may be more alleged victims, ABC 7 reported.
There are similar cases in California. Morales’ case recalls a similar case from 2019 when a California music teacher was accused of filming himself ejaculating on flutes before students played the instruments.
John Edward Zeretzke, 60, was indicted for alleged lewd acts involving two Orange County girls and three Los Angeles County girls, all under the age of 14.
A trial transcript obtained now revealed how the teacher allegedly confessed to a friend that his sexual fantasies were fulfilled by watching his students play semen-stained flutes. He filmed himself masturbating and ejaculating on the flutes that he distributed to five girls, elementary school students in Costa Mesa and Castaic.
