Fernando Gonzalez
Posted by Webmaster in Hall of Shame, High Schools, ME-CP, Math, Texas
(05/15/08 – Initial BBT Report)
Fernando Gonzalez, 34, a math teacher at North Shore High School in Galena Park, Texas has been arrested and charged with possession of child pornography.
Gonzalez came to the attention of police when students allegedly saw Gonzales watching porn on a computer at his desk and masturbating in an empty classroom. It is reported that the students saw the incident through the windows of the classroom door.
The students reported the incident to school administrators who confronted Gonzalez, suspended him, escorted him off school property and notified police.
During the course of the investigation police found two computers in his classroom, one of which belongs to the school and one of which was “unauthorized”. Allegedly both contained child pornography. Police also claim they found several computer disks containing child pornography.
Police also seized two computers from the Gonzalez home.
Gonzalez, who has been with Galena Park ISD for 10 years, was suspended with pay and told not to return to the school campus.
Police say that after he was arrested, a very “embarrassed and ashamed” Gonzalez confessed.
05/16/08 – Gonzalez Fired
Fernando Gonzalez has now been fired and the school district is asking the state to revoke his teaching certificate.
12/23/08 – Gonzalez Indicted
Earlier this month Fernando Gonzalez was indicted on a charge of possession of child pornography.
Gonzalez has a trial date set for February 9th
If convicted, Gonzalez could face a maximum of 10 years in prison and up to a $250,000 fine.
08/04/09 – Guilty Plea
On July 2, 2009 Fernando Gonzalez pleaded guilty to child pornography charges.
Sentencing is set for September 10th and Gonzalez faces up to 10 years imprisonment if convicted and a maximum fine of $250,000.
Webmaster’s note: Thanks to “3warvet1″, whose comment enlightened us to the latest developments in this case.
References:
Teacher Pleads Guilty To Child Porn (07/03/09)
TEACHER PLEADS GUILTY TO CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CHARGES (07/02/09)
North Shore High School teacher indicted on child pornography charge (12/23/08)
North Shore High School teacher charged with possession of child pornography (05/15/08)
North Shore teacher accused of exposing himself in classroom (05/15/08)
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Former North Shore high-school teacher Fernando Gonzalez, who pled guilty last week to a charge of possession of child pornography, is one of several teachers nationwide who have been implicated in such crimes. The indictment in case number 4:08-cr-00797 alleges that Mr. Gonzalez possessed 288 floppy disks that contained video and still images of child pornography.
A press release from the Office of the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Texas reports that Mr. Gonzalez was a math teacher at one of the campuses of Galena Independent School District’s North Shore High School and that students saw him looking at images of child pornography on his school computer while fondling himself. Although the press release states that the sentencing has been set for September 10, 2009, the court docket indicates that United States District Judge Keith Ellison will sentence Mr. Gonzalez on September 23rd.
The guilty plea of Mr. Gonzalez adds to the list of arrests, pleas, and sentences of teachers in child-pornography cases in 2009. According to press releases from the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), those defendants have included a first-grade teacher in Tennessee, a sixth-grade teacher in New Jersey, a fifth-grade teacher in Arizona, a middle-school teacher and an elementary-school music teacher in California, a sixth-grade teacher in Vermont, a music teacher in Missouri, a high-school teacher and volleyball coach in Virginia, a physical-education teacher in Massachusetts, and a middle-school teacher at the Kadena Air Force Base in Japan.
The U.S. Attorney credits the Houston Metro Internet Crimes against Children Task Force (also known as the Houston Metro ICAC), the Pasadena Independent School District Police Department, the Office of the Harris County District Attorney, and the Constable of Harris County Precinct 3 for their work on the investigation of Mr. Gonzalez. The Gonzalez case and several of the others mentioned above are part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide effort that the DOJ launched in 2006 to combat sexual predators who use the Internet to entice and sexually exploit children.
OMG I CANT BELIVE WHAT HAPPENED TO MY ALGEBRA TEACHER!HE WAS NICE BUT I THOUGHT HE WAS SMATER THAN THAT AS ONE OF HIS STUDENTS I REALLY HOPE I WAS PASSING HIS CLASS FORREAL AND NOT BECAUSE HE LIKED ME OR SOMETHING WELL HOPE HE LEARNED HIS LESSON
XOXO,VAMPIRE HEART
omg i cant belive that happened to MY algebra teacher he used always close my books when i was trying to read and he was kinda mean na he was cool but damn well he should have waited till he got to the car or at home whata dumn ass well in case he reads this this is not wh you think this is na you prolly got it right but wateva and by the way i passed the taks test so …catch ya l8r
xoxo,
vampire heart<3
I am a student at NorthShore High School and I was shocked when I first heard this. We WILL never expect that to happen