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High School Principal Charged with 17 Counts of Lewd Conduct with Minors

By Neil Shous, Esq.

Jonas Silverio resigned as Firebaugh High School?s principal on June 30th when his teaching credentials were suspended due to pending criminal charges. Silverio is set to be arraigned at the Compton Superior Court on August 11th. If convicted of any of the alleged 17 counts of lewd conduct with a minor, the state will turn the temporary suspension into a lifetime revocation. What?s particularly noteworthy about this case is the fact that Silverio had a 1995 conviction for the same offense, yet has been teaching ever since. This is because the laws have changed since he applied for his credentials in 1998. Prior to that, the fact that a California court had expunged a conviction allowed an individual to obtain or maintain teaching credentials...continue to full post

Full post as published by California Criminal Defense Blog on August 06, 2010 (boomark / email).