6 students molested by teacher in South El Monte win $48 million in lawsuit vs. the educator and school district

Ex-Diegueno Middle School employee pleads guilty to sex crime charges

VISTA, Calif. (CNS) - A former campus supervisor at Diegueno Middle School in Encinitas who was arrested last year on suspicion of molesting a 12-year-old student pleaded guilty to sex-related charges this week.Omar Hernandez Galeana, 22, is slated to be sentenced in June to a stipulated 28-year state prison term following his guilty pleas entered Tuesday. He remains in custody without bail, pending his June 4 sentencing date.Prosecutors alleged…

Los Angeles jury awards $48 million to students abused by teacher at South El Monte school

A jury has awarded $48 million to six former students of a South El Monte elementary school who were sexually abused by a longtime teacher.

6 students molested by teacher in South El Monte win $48 million in lawsuit vs. the educator and school district

Six former Mountain View School District students molested by a teacher won their lawsuit against the district and their ex teacher and were awarded $48 million by a jury on Monday, April 14. The district will have to pay $36.2 million of the $48 million while the rest will come from ex-teacher, Joseph Alfred Baldenebro, according to the ex-students’ lawyers. Baldenebro is in prison for committing lewd acts on students. “Justice finally came for…

Mountain View Unified Sex Abuse Victims Awarded $48 Million

A jury has awarded $48 million to six victims of sexual molestation committed by a former elementary school teacher employed by the Mountain View School District in El Monte. Under the Los Angeles Superior Court panel’s verdict, the district will have to pay $36.2 million of that amount. The teacher, Joeph Baldenebro of Montebello, worked at Miramonte Elementary School in South El Monte for about 20 years. He was 56 years old when he was sentenc…

Jury Awards $48 Million to Former Students in California School Molestation Case

EL MONTE, Calif. -- Six former students of the Mountain View School District were awarded $48 million in damages on Monday after a jury ruled against the district and a former teacher convicted of molesting them. The 12-person jury found that the former teacher, Joseph Alfred Baldenebro, 62, was responsible for molesting six fourth- and fifth-grade students at Miramonte Elementary School on school grounds over several years. The jury also determ…