Grant Blair (Cupertino, California), 41, 4th- & 5th-grade teacher at Old Orchard School, Campbell, California, "suspicion of arranging to meet a minor to engage in lewd or lascivious behavior" Previously taught at: 4th- & 5th-grade teacher at Mission Hills Middle School, Union City, California, 2010 - 2011 5th-grade teacher at Frank L. Huff Elementary School, Mountain View Whisman School District, Mountain View California, 2009 - 2010 5th- & 6th-grade teacher at San Carlos Charter Learning Center, San Carlos Elementary School District, San Carlos, California, 2008 - 2009 3rd-grade learning-disabled resource teacher at Estes Hills Elementary School, Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 2006 Email: g.blair@oldorchardschool.com Phone: 408-378-5935 LinkedIn: Grant Blair San Jose Mercury News: San Jose police: Campbell teacher arrested in online child-sex sting (May 17 2013) A Campbell private schoolteacher [Grant Blair] was arrested this week after he was caught sexually soliciting someone he thought was a 13-year-old girl but was actually a police officer conducting an online sex sting, San Jose police said ... Blair was arrested after appearing at a San Jose park where the meeting was to occur, following an online exchange with an officer posing as a 13-year-old girl.Tags:
ABC Local KGO: South Bay elementary school teacher arrested on sex charges (May 17 2013) A sting operation by the San Jose Police Department resulted in the arrest on Wednesday of an elementary school teacher who believed he would meet a 13-year-old for sexual activity, police said Thursday. Grant Blair, 41, of Cupertino, was arrested without incident at a park in San Jose on suspicion of illegally meeting a minor to engage in lewd or lascivious behavior, police said ... The department's Internet Crimes Against Children task force contacted Blair online and an officer posed as a 13-year-old minor who agreed to meet Blair at the park. When Blair showed up at the designated time and place, police arrested him at 4:45 p.m.
KTVU: Campbell elementary teacher arrested for attempting lewd acts with minor (May 17 2013) The [San Jose police] department's Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) task force arrested 41-year-old Cupertino resident Grant Blair on Wednesday. The suspect, who teaches 4th and 5th grade at Old Orchard School in Campbell, contacted what he believed to be a minor on the internet and agreed to meet for sexual activity. The "minor" was in fact a police officer posing as a 13-year-old juvenile.
NBC Bay Area: South Bay Teacher Charged With Sex Crime (May 17 2013) A sting operation by the San Jose Police Department resulted in the arrest on Wednesday of an elementary school teacher who believed he would meet a 13-year-old for sexual activity, police said Friday. Grant Blair, 41, of Cupertino, was arrested without incident at a park in San Jose on suspicion of illegally meeting a minor to engage in lewd or lascivious behavior, police said.
CBS Local San Francisco: South Bay Teacher Arrested In Sex Sting (May 17 2013) A sting operation by the San Jose Police Department resulted in the arrest on Wednesday of an elementary school teacher who believed he would meet a 13-year-old for sexual activity, police said Friday. Grant Blair, 41, of Cupertino, was arrested without incident at a park in San Jose on suspicion of illegally meeting a minor to engage in lewd or lascivious behavior, police said.
Campbell Patch: Old Orchard School Teacher Arrested By San Jose Police (May 17 2013) Grant Blair, 41, of Cupertino, was arrested without incident at a park in San Jose on suspicion of illegally meeting a minor to engage in lewd or lascivious behavior, police said ... The [San Jose police] department's Internet Crimes Against Children task force contacted Blair online and an officer posed as a 13-year-old minor who agreed to meet Blair at the park. When Blair showed up at the designated time and place, police arrested him at 4:45 p.m. Los Altos Patch: Cupertino Man Arrested On Suspicion of Meeting 13-Year-Old For Sex (May 17 2013)
San Jose, California, Police Department: Press Release (May 17 2013) The San Jose Police Department's Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) task force arrested 41 year old Cupertino Resident Grant Blair for illegally meeting a minor to engage in lewd or lascivious behavior (California Penal Code Section 288.4 - Felony). The suspect, who teaches 4th and 5th grade at Old Orchard School in the City of Campbell, contacted what he believed to be a minor on the internet and agreed to meet for sexual activity. The "minor" was in fact a police officer posing as a 13 year old juvenile. When the suspect arrived at the predetermined time and location, a park in San Jose, officers took him into custody without incident. The suspect was booked into the Santa Clara County Main Jail.As a precaution, Campbell Police Department detectives interviewed approximately 35 students at Old Orchard School who had prior contact with the suspect to ensure that there were no unreported incidents of lewd or inappropriate conduct. Old Orchard School administration has cooperated with the investigation and no prior incidents were uncovered. The suspect has been employed by the school for approximately one year. The investigation into his previous employment is underway to ensure that there are no victims elsewhere.
