"sentenced to four years, four months in state prison" Kip Richard Arnold, 51, physical education teacher at Southeast Middle School [Los Angeles Unified School District], South Gate, California, "suspicion of lewd behavior with a former student" Previously taught at: Nimitz Middle School[Los Angeles Unified School District], Huntington Park, California Gage Middle School [Los Angeles Unified School District], Huntington Park, California Orchard Academies 2B [Los Angeles Unified School District], Bell, California L.A. Times: P.E. teacher arrested after chase ends in dramatic crash (July 10 2012) The teacher who led police on a high-speed chase before plowing through a guard rail and over a steep hill is a physical education teacher at Southeast Middle School in South Gate. Los Angeles Unified School District officials confirmed that teacher Kip Arnold has been arrested on suspicion of lewd behavior with a former student ... Detectives had been watching his home in Lakewood for about a day as part of an ongoing investigation, said Lt. Ty Henshaw of the Bell Police Department. The chase began after detectives approached Arnold's pickup truck about 12:30 p.m. in Lakewood. "He said, 'I'm not stopping, I'm suicidal,' put the car in gear and drove off," Henshaw said. Tags:
Inquisitr: Teacher’s High-Speed Chase Ends In A Crash And Arrest On Lewd Behavior With Student Charges [video] (July 11 2012) California Southeast Middle School teacher Kip Arnold led Los Angeles police officers on a high-speed chase to avoid being arrested on lewd behavior with a student charges. The Los Angeles Times reports that Arnold’s chase resulted in a serious accident after his car “plowed” through a guard rail, went airborne and tumbled of over a steep hill hitting a tree.
ABC Local KABC: LAUSD teacher in wild pursuit charged with molest, evading police (July 13 2012) Kip Arnold was charged with three counts of lewd act on a child who was 14, two counts of oral copulation of a person under 16, one count of sexual penetration by a foreign object and one count of evading an officer ... He remains in the hospital under observation.
NBC Los Angeles: DA: LAUSD Gym Teacher Involved in Pursuit Charged With Molestation, Evading Police (July 13 2012) The LAUSD gym teacher who veered his truck off an embankment during a police chase earlier this week was charged with evading police and multiple counts of lewd acts against a 14-year-old girl ... He was charged in a felony complaint for arrest warrant with three counts of lewd act on a child who was 14 years old, two counts of oral copulation of a person under 16, one count of sexual penetration by a foreign object and one count of evading an officer ...
Los Cerritos News: Teacher Kip Arnold charged with sexual molestation, evading police at Norwalk Superior Court (July 13 2012) [Kip Richard] Arnold, a Southeast Middle School teacher, allegedly had a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old girl between June and September in 2005. The alleged victim, now an adult, recently reported the incident to authorities.
KPCC: LAUSD phys ed teacher placed on unpaid leave for alleged sex crimes (July 16 2012) An L.A. Unified physical education teacher who careened off the freeway following a police chase has been placed on unpaid leave today after he was charged with multiple felony counts of sexually molesting a 14-year-old girl, district officials said ... According to the felony complaint for arrest warrant, Arnold "willfully, unlawfully and lewdly commit[ted] a lewd and lascivious act upon and with the body of" the 14-year-old "with the intent of arousing, appealing to, and gratifying [his] lust, passions and sexual desires."
