David Araya, Laguna Hills, California (arrested Dec 2010)

TMP · Oct 16, 2011

Name: David Araya, Laguna Hills, California

Age: 57

School: Laguna Hills High School

Position: Spanish teacher

Victim: Girl, 16-17

Orange County Weekly (4 Jan 2011): David Araya, Recently Retired Laguna Hills High Spanish Teacher (Another!), Accused of Sex Crimes With a Student

Orange County Weekly said:

Now, we've got the recently retired David Araya, 57, who was a Spanish teacher at Laguna Hills High for 10 years before retiring following questioning about a sexual relationship with one of his students. Araya is being accused of luring a child with intent to commit a crime, oral copulation of a minor and unlawful sexual intercourse, and two misdemeanor counts of molesting a minor, according to court records.
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Orange County Register (4 Jan 2011): Ex-teacher accused of sex with student in classroom

Orange County Register said:

Araya was taken into custody Dec. 21. He had retired earlier in the year immediately after investigators contacted him, said Jim Amormino, spokesman for the Sheriff's Department. Investigators were first contacted by the victim's mother after she found Araya and the teenage girl exchanging messages through Facebook, Amormino said. "(She) recognized the chats were with someone who was a teacher at the school," he said. The chats were sexual in nature and the mother contacted sheriff's officials, he said.
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ABC Local (4 Jan 2011): Laguna Hills teacher charged with student sex

ABC Local said:

A former teacher at Laguna Hills High School is accused of having sex with a student for nearly a year. Many of the sexual encounters allegedly took place in his classroom ... Araya was arrested December 21 and faces arraignment January 19.
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Beverly Hills Courier (4 Jan 2011): Retired OC Teacher Faces Charges of Having Sex with Student

Beverly Hills Courier said:

The girl's mother filed a complaint with deputies last July, he said, adding that it took several months for investigators to seize computers and gather evidence from them. Araya taught at the high school for about 10 years, but he retired when investigators confronted him about the alleged relationship with his student, Amormino said.
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CBS Local (12 Oct 2011): Former Laguna Hills High School Teacher Sentenced To 1 Year In Jail

CBS Local said:

A now-retired Laguna Hills High School teacher whopleaded guilty to having sex with a student was sentenced Wednesday to a year in jail and three years of formal probation. David Araya, 57, was also ordered by Orange County Superior Court Judge Michael Leversen to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life and to enroll in a sex-offender treatment program. ... “Over the course of time, a consensual, but obviously wrong, relationship developed,” [defense attorney Doug] Myers said. The two engaged in “sexual contact” three times in September and October 2009 in Araya’s classroom, he added. “Mr. Araya, from the beginning of my dealings with him, always took responsibility and tried to make amends to the people he hurt, including the victim, her mother and her father,” Myers said. Araya enrolled in a treatment program six months before charges were filed, the attorney said.
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Orange County Register (13 Oct 2011): Ex-teacher gets 1 year for sex with student

MSNBC (undated): Ex-teacher gets 1 year for sex with student

CBS Local Los Angeles (13 Oct 2011): Longtime OC Spanish Teacher Gets Prison For Sex With Student, 17

CBS Local Los Angeles said:

Araya became involved with a 17-year-old student after the two engaged in sexual contact three times in September and October of 2009 in Araya’s classroom
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TMP · Oct 16, 2011

The link to his personal web page is broken, but David Araya is still shown (back row, left) in the faculty photo on the web page for Laguna Hills High School's Foreign Language Department:

Fourteen snaphots of his web page (2004-2010) are preserved in internet archives. Three of them are provided here:

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David Araya, Laguna Hills, California (arrested Dec 2010)

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David Araya, Laguna Hills, California (arrested Dec 2010)

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Attached Files:

wayback 20040114.pdf

wayback 20060527.pdf

wayback 20100420.pdf

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