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Lake Forest Piano Teacher Arrested on Suspicion of Committing Lewd Acts on Children
On Sunday August 10, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department announced that they arrested a Lake Forest piano teacher after investigating the man for lewd acts on a child. The suspect, John Mordecai Scott, taught piano lessons from his home and is suspected of taking and showing lewd photographs of at least two elementary school-age…
Former Monterey Park Teacher Pleads Guilty to Molesting Special Education Students
On Tuesday July 29, a former Los Angeles County teacher pleaded guilty to several sex crime charges involving special education students at a Monterey Park elementary school. Jose Mosqueda, the 44-year-old teacher, pleaded guilty to three counts of committing lewd acts on a child, as well as one count of continuous sexual abuse. He…
Private School Contacts LAPD to Investigate Former Teacher’s Conduct
On Sunday, July 14, administrators from the Marlborough School – a private female high school in Hancock Park, announced that the school has launched an investigation of a former teacher involving allegations of inappropriate conduct from a decade ago. According to school officials, the Los Angeles Police Department was contacted after a former student…
Consent Decree for New York Dietary Supplement Manufacturer Approved by Federal Judge
Last week, on Wednesday July 2, 2014, a Federal Judge in New York approved a consent decree for permanent injunction with Mira Health Products Ltd., a dietary supplement manufacturer based in Farmingdale, New York. The company had been under scrutiny since the FDA issued a consumer warning in July, 2013 regarding illnesses associated with…
FDA Requires Testosterone Products to Include General Warning About Blood Clots
In late January, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a safety announcement stating that the agency would begin investigating adverse heart risks associated with testosterone products, including Low T drugs such as AndroGel® and Axiron®. The warning was issued after several studies found that men taking Low T drugs faced significantly increased…
LAUSD Teacher’s Aide Pleads Not Guilty to Battery Charges After Injuring Two Students
On Monday, May 2nd, a special education teacher’s aide allegedly assaulted several staff members and students at Van Nuys Elementary School in the San Fernando Valley. It was reported that the female teacher’s aide, 56-year-old Linda Hovanec, began acting erratically and throwing chairs shortly after school convened one morning. Last week, Hovanec was arraigned…
Breaking News: The Senators (Ret.) Firm, LLP Comments on $5 Million Settlement Reached in LAUSD Child Abuse Case
The Los Angeles Unified School District reportedly has agreed to pay $5 million to settle a civil lawsuit on the eve of trial in Los Angeles Superior Court involving two students who were 8-years-olds attending Telfair Elementary School in Pacoima, California when they were allegedly sexually molested by former Telfair teacher and convicted pedophile,…
Orange County Teacher Arrested on Suspicion of Sexually Assaulting Student
Orange County law enforcement officers have reported that a teacher Valencia High School in Placentia was recently arrested on suspicion of repeatedly sexually assaulting a female student over a four-year period. According to the Placentia Police Department, 35-year-old Rebecca Eileen Diebolt was taken into custody on Wednesday in the City of Brea. She has…