ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL RELEASED ON BAIL HOUSE ARREST ORDER IN CHILD PORN CASE.Byline: Karen Maeshiro Staff Writer LANCASTER - A Palmdale School District The Palmdale School District is a school district that serves a major part of the city of Palmdale, California (USA). The Palmdale School District was first formed in 1888. Approximately 28,000 students are enrolled in the Palmdale School District. assistant principal facing a child pornography Child pornography is the visual representation of minors under the age of 18 engaged in sexual activity or the visual representation of minors engaging in lewd or erotic behavior designed to arouse the viewer's sexual interest. charge was released on $35,000 bail to house arrest at his mother's Littlerock home, federal officials said Tuesday. Clifford George Doty, 40, of Lancaster, who was arrested Friday by the FBI, will wear an electronic monitoring device so authorities can keep track of his whereabouts until a Nov. 28 preliminary hearing. ``We have to indict in·dict tr.v. in·dict·ed, in·dict·ing, in·dicts 1. To accuse of wrongdoing; charge: a book that indicts modern values. 2. by that time or hold a preliminary hearing,'' said Thom Mrozek, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's Office. A federal criminal complaint said Doty e-mailed sexually explicit photographs to a person he thought was a 13-year-old girl and made plans to have sex with her in a San Bernardino San Bernardino, city, United States San Bernardino (săn bûr'nədē`nō), city (1990 pop. 164,164), seat of San Bernardino co., S Calif., at the foot of the San Bernardino Mts.; inc. 1854. motel. Palmdale School District officials said they have no evidence that Doty, who started teaching at Palmdale schools in 1983, engaged in any improper conduct with students, but they are investigating. Doty has been placed on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of the case. ``All we know at this point is that the conversations, e-mail and chat room dialogue took place late in the evening and outside of school hours. Nothing indicates any improper conduct within the school,'' said Rick Grove, director of personnel for the school district. ``We are conducting an internal investigation to make sure of that.'' Grove said there was no indication that any of the juveniles depicted in the photographs are Palmdale students. Doty, assistant principal at Quail quail, common name for a variety of small game birds related to the partridge, pheasant, and more distantly to the grouse. There are three subfamilies in the quail family: the New World quails; the Old World quails and partridges; and the true pheasants and seafowls. Valley School, did not enter a plea during his court appearance Monday in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. federal court before U.S. Magistrate Any individual who has the power of a public civil officer or inferior judicial officer, such as a Justice of the Peace. The various state judicial systems provide for judicial officers who are often called magistrates, justices of the peace, or police justices. Judge Stephen Hillman Hillman was a famous British automobile marque, manufactured by the Rootes Group. It was based in Ryton-on-Dunsmore, near Coventry, England, from 1907 to 1976. Before 1907 the company had built bicycles. . Doty, whose has children include a 10-year-old daughter, served as president of the teachers union before being promoted last year to the assistant principal post. Doty engaged in an online relationship with an undercover San Bernardino County sheriff's deputy who was conducting an undercover operation, a affidavit affidavit Written statement made voluntarily, confirmed by the oath or affirmation of the party making it, and signed before an officer empowered to administer such oaths. by an FBI agent said. Doty was arrested about 6 p.m. Friday in San Bernardino, where he and the ``girl'' arranged to meet before heading off to a motel where Doty said in one computer message they would check in as a father and daughter. FBI Special Agent Ann Kirkland-Nickel said in the affidavit that she spoke to San Bernardino County sheriff's Detective Mike Dimatteo, who said that in December 1999, he was online and had adopted the persona of an adult female with a 13-year-old daughter. Dimatteo said that while in a chat room titled ``Family Fun'' his online persona was approached by an individual using the screen name Hocke76723 who identified himself as Cliff Doty. Dimatteo said he and Doty conversed regularly and Doty expressed an interest in engaging in sexual acts with the 13-year-old daughter of Dimatteo's persona. Dimatteo said he terminated his investigation in February without seeking any criminal prosecution of Doty. Dimatteo said that on Sept. 10 he adopted the persona of a 13-year-old female using the screen name Rachel Wst. Dimatteo said that while in a chat room ``Widdle Gurls,'' he was contacted by an individual using the screen name Hocke76723. Dimatteo said he recognized the screen name as the person he had communicated with earlier and through the ensuing en·sue intr.v. en·sued, en·su·ing, en·sues 1. To follow as a consequence or result. See Synonyms at follow. 2. To take place subsequently. chat was able to establish that this was the same person with whom he had previously conversed online. Dimatteo said Hocke76723, after learning that Rachel Wst lived in San Bernardino, expressed a desire to meet her and have sex. Over the next two months, Dimatteo said Hocke76723 e-mailed numerous photos of adults and juveniles engaged in sex acts. An FBI analyst identified two of the photographs as coming from Danish child pornography magazines. Hocke76723 twice made arrangements to meet Rachel Wst at a San Bernardino Denny's restaurant, then go to a motel, but canceled both times - saying once that his boss was in a car crash and the second time that his son was sick. Doty was arrested after arranging a third rendezvous See Bonjour and TIB/Rendezvous. 1. rendezvous - In Ada, the method of synchronising the activity of different tasks. 2. rendezvous - Query language, close to natural English. ["Seven Steps to Rendezvous with the Casual User", E. , officials said. Mrozek said agents searched Doty's home and vehicle but declined to say what was found. |
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