Anaheim Teacher Victimized More Than 100 Boys, Say Oc Prosecutors

The Press-Telegram
April 19, 2013

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Orange County prosecutors Thursday announced more than 100 boys were victimized by a 30-year-old history teacher and baseball coach previously charged with using a fake woman's Facebook profile to lure underage teenage boys to send him sexually explicit photos and videos of themselves.

Zachary Joshua Reeder of Orange, who was arrested in February on charges of victimizing at least 35 boys, was scheduled to be arraigned on Friday and was being held on $1 million bail. Prosecutors now say 106 boys ages 13 to 17 from Servite, Beckman, Northwood and Canyon high schools fell victim to the alleged scheme.

Reeder taught history at Servite High School in Anaheim, where worked since 2008, Irvine police Lt. Julia Engen said. He has also worked at Beckman High School in Irvine, where he was an assistant baseball coach for four seasons -- through the last school year, she said.

Reeder is charged with 22 counts of using a minor for sex acts, 15 counts of distributing pornography to a minor, 13 counts of contacting a child with the intent to commit a lewd act, six counts of lewd acts on a child, two counts of lewd acts on a child younger than 14, a count of possession and control of child pornography and a count of distribution of child pornography, all felonies.

Reeder could face up to 44 years in prison if he is convicted.

Most of the exchanging of allegedly pornographic material was done between June 1, 2010, and Jan. 14,

2013, according to prosecutors.

After exchanging messages with some of the boys, he would see them the next day in class or on the baseball field, Deputy District Attorney Nicole Nicholson alleged.

Investigators suspect Reeder took a woman's photo and used it to create a Facebook profile to lure the teenage boys into sending him lewd photos, Engen said.

Anyone with information about the case was asked to call Detective Frough Jahid at (949) 724-7184 or Supervising District Attorney Investigator Anthony Sosnowski at (714) 347-8794.