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Coach Arrested, Charged with Secretly Recording Student at Mundelein High School, Police Say
Police say a forensic analysis of his cellphone found images and videos that corroborated a student’s report.
- On Tuesday, Mundelein police arrested Dagoberto Diaz, a 48-year-old Carl Sandburg Middle School teacher and Mundelein High School volleyball coach, charging him with felony unauthorized video recording of a juvenile.
- The investigation began on August 18 when a student reported Diaz allegedly held a cellphone that flashed while she performed stretching and jumping exercises in a private room.
- Detectives obtained a search warrant and seized Diaz's cellphone, with forensic analysis locating images and videos that "corroborated the student's initial suspicion" of unauthorized recording.
- Diaz appeared in court Wednesday morning and was released pending trial with conditions including no contact with minors, while Superintendent Corey Tafoya confirmed the district is pursuing his termination.
- Mundelein police are asking anyone with information to contact the department at 968-4600, as the district has provided crisis support and counseling resources to students and staff.
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Alleged recording of minor raises SAFE-T Act concerns – Center Square
Dagoberto Diaz, 48, a teacher at Carl Sandburg Middle School and girls volleyball coach at Mundelein High School, was released Wednesday after being charged with unauthorized video recording of a juvenile. A Lake County judge said Diaz could not be detained under provisions of the SAFE-T Act.
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Alleged recording of minor raises SAFE-T Act concerns
(The Center Square) – A state senator and former prosecutor says crimes involving the abuse or exploitation of children should be detainable under Illinois’ SAFE-T Act.
·Cherokee County, United States
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