CA: Music teacher arrested after allegation of lewd acts with boy

October 29, 2008

El Modena High School teacher Carlie Rose Attebury was arrested earlier this month, police said.
By DENISSE SALAZAR and EUGENE W. FIELDS
The Orange County Register
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/orange-attebury-adams-2210452-arrested-years

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ORANGE – A music teacher at El Modena High School was arrested this month after police investigated an allegation of sexual misconduct between her and a male student, police said.

Carlie Rose Attebury, 29, of Orange, was arrested Oct. 13 at the Orange Police Department after detectives interviewed her about the allegations that were reported to them three days earlier, said Sgt. Dan Adams.

Attebury was booked at the Orange County Jail on suspicion of lewd acts with a minor, Adams said. Attebury was released the next day after she posted $50,000 bail.

Adams declined to divulge additional details, citing the ongoing investigation.

The Orange County District Attorney's Office is now reviewing the case, said spokeswoman Farrah Emami.


"We do expect charges to be filed soon," Adams said.

Orange Unified School District officials said Attebury was on paid administrative leave. A long-term substitute teacher was standing in for Attebury.

Attebury could not be reached for comment.

This misconduct investigation is the second in four years involving staff at El Modena High.


Former Principal Brent Bailey resigned in February 2007 after a misdemeanor charge against him alleging lewd conduct in public. Bailey, accused of trying to engage in lewd activities at a park in Fullerton, pleaded guilty in June 2007 and received three years' probation.

Former band director Jason Cawelti was arrested on Dec. 5, 2003, on charges of unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor. Cawelti pleaded guilty to unlawful sexual intercourse and oral copulation of a person younger than age 18 in June 2004. He was sentenced to 180 days in jail and three years' probation, which he completed in June 2007.

Anyone with information about this recent investigation is asked to call Detective Scott Trausch at 714-744-7579.

Contact the writer: 714-704-3709 or desalazar@ocregister.com