A teacher who taught for three decades at Miramonte Elementary School in South L.A. has been arrested and charged with lewd acts on 23 children for allegedly tying them up, placing giant cockroaches on their faces and possibly feeding them his semen from a spoon.
Mark Berndt, 61, was taken into custody Monday after a nearly yearlong investigation by the L.A. County sheriff's special victims unit that began when a photo processor turned over pictures of some of the alleged acts to authorities.
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Investigators recovered photos from the processor and Berndt's home that allegedly showed the young students bound and blindfolded and some with large Madagascar cockroaches crawling on them inside the school setting.
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Some girls were allegedly photographed with a blue spoon holding a white substance near their mouths.
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Berndt was fired in March and was being held Tuesday in lieu of $2.3 million bail.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/01/la-teacher-charged-lewd-acts-on-children.html (http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/01/la-teacher-charged-lewd-acts-on-children.html)
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Where in the name of heaven were these parents?
My question would by WHY "nearly yearlong investigation". What more did they need more then photos. He could do a lot more in a year.
There is something not right with this story.
Without specific lab results, they jump to the conclusion it was semen?
Quote from: Solar on January 31, 2012, 03:12:14 PM
There is something not right with this story.
Without specific lab results, they jump to the conclusion it was semen?
From the article:
""Early in the investigation, special victims bureau detectives recovered a blue plastic spoon and an empty container from the trash within the suspect's classroom," Parker said. "The recovered items tested positive for semen."
Through further investigation,
the suspect's DNA was obtained and tested, and officials said it matched that of the DNA found on the spoon and container.
Quote from: Holly on January 31, 2012, 04:09:34 PM
From the article:
""Early in the investigation, special victims bureau detectives recovered a blue plastic spoon and an empty container from the trash within the suspect's classroom," Parker said. "The recovered items tested positive for semen."
Through further investigation, the suspect's DNA was obtained and tested, and officials said it matched that of the DNA found on the spoon and container.
OK, that's just sick, this guy needs to do time.
Quote from: Solar on January 31, 2012, 04:17:03 PM
OK, that's just sick, this guy needs to do time.
Hmmmmm....I think Jas need to be his judge!
The year long investigation makes me want to spit!
Did none of the kids mention this at home???
Were any of the parents aware that an investigation was going on?
Were the "Special Victims Unit" afraid of a union?
What took a year???
??? :( >:( >:(
I feel sorry for the kids.
Someone asked where were the parents.........folks the school is in south LA. located California.....need you say anymore?
Punishment? Take him to San Fran and have the deviates use his mouth as a depository for their semen until he chokes to death.
Live by the sword, die by the sword.
You know what will happen to him: instead of becoming landfill material, he'll be observed and studied to find out why he did such heinous acts. Look for him to one day be pronounced as being cured and released upon society.
Quote from: MAC Man on February 04, 2012, 05:15:49 AM
You know what will happen to him: instead of becoming landfill material, he'll be observed and studied to find out why he did such heinous acts. Look for him to one day be pronounced as being cured and released upon society.
You're right! How did our courts become so politicized? It's like a roll of the dice as to who will be punished and who will be "studied" for their evil ways.
There's seems to be no such thing left as the "rule of law."