Mary Star Teacher Arrested at Rancho Palos Verdes Home in Child Pornography Case

By Alexander Nguyen
The Patch
January 10, 2017

http://patch.com/california/palosverdes/mary-star-teacher-arrested-rancho-palos-verdes-home-child-pornography-case

RANCHO PALOS VERDES, CA — A physics teacher at Mary Star of the Sea High School in San Pedro was arrested Tuesday for allegedly possessing child pornography, the Daily Breeze reported.

Daniel T. O’Connell, 32, was arrested Tuesday morning, reportedly at his rented home in Rancho Palos Verdes, according to the Daily Breeze.

O'Connell was taken in by investigators at the Los Angeles Police Department’s Internet Crimes Against Children unit at around 8 a.m., according to jail records. Information about his arrest was not immediately released, according to the Daily Breeze.

Mary Star Principal Rita Dever said, in a letter to parents, that O'Connell's alleged activities did not include any students at the school nor did they happen on campus.

For more on this story, visit the Daily Breeze.