PALMDALE – A former Highland High School substitute teacher accused of sexually abusing a 17-year-old special needs student was ordered Tuesday to stand trial.
Aaron Alvidrez, 28, must stand trial on three counts of sodomy of person under 18, two counts of oral copulation of a person under 18, distributing or showing pornography to a minor and meeting a minor for lewd purposes.
Alvidrez, out on bail since late October, appeared in an Antelope Valley courtroom Tuesday for a probable cause hearing. His 17-year-old male victim took the witness stand and gave graphic details about the alleged sexual abuse.
The victim said he met Alvidrez in August when the substitute teacher taught one of his classes at Highland High School, and the two engaged in “sexually explicit activities” about a month later.
The victim said it started when he dropped by the substitute teacher’s classroom one morning in late September, and the two spoke about the smartphone messaging app, Kik Messenger.
Later that day, they began communicating through the Kik app, the victim said. The victim testified that Alvidrez sent him “full body nudes” on Kik, and the two arranged to meet the next morning in a classroom on the Highland High School campus.
They met as planned, from around 6:30 a.m. “until the bell rang” about an hour later, the victim testified. He said students and teachers were on campus as the two were engaged in oral and anal sex inside the classroom.
The very next morning, Alvidrez again met him in the same classroom for another sexual encounter, the victim testified. The teen also testified about a sexual encounter in Alvidrez’s car, which he said took place right “down the street” from his Palmdale home.
Under cross-examination, the victim said he and Alvidrez had three sexual encounters – two in the Highland High School classroom and one in Alvidrez’s vehicle – all of which occurred in late September.
Following the victim’s testimony, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Christopher Estes found that enough evidence was presented against Alvidrez for the case to proceed to trial. A second arraignment is set for Dec. 16.
Detectives began investigating Alvidrez Oct. 20, after the victim told Highland High School officials about the alleged sexual abuse, according to Sergeant Brian Hudson of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Special Victims Bureau. Hudson said the victim was enrolled in a special needs program at Highland High School. Alvidrez was arrested Oct. 21 at his Lancaster home, and he bailed out of jail three days later. If convicted as charged, the 28-year-old Lancaster resident faces a possible maximum sentence of eight years in state prison.
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pissed off and worried mom says
All kids are special and have special needs! I hope this loser teacher gets a lesson in jail from some big guy named BUBBA and is taught first hand what its like to be violated! Our kids are taught from their 1st day of school to trust their teachers and respect them and they are supposed to be safe at school!
BooYes says
You are funny! Are you so ignorant to think this 17 almost 18 year old didn’t make the choice to participate? Remember at 18 you’re considered an adult. This student did exactly what he wanted and I bet as soon as the teacher called it off this student got upset and decided to retaliate. Enough said. Maybe BUBBA needs to teach you a lesson
bird says
BooYes—A teacher is not allowed to use a school as their hunting grounds! It doesn’t matter what you think, and there isn’t anything funny about this situation. You need to learn a lesson about how to conduct yourself.
callitasitis says
@Bird
We will see how this all play out in the court room, I thinks he will get probation with some type supervision because a jury trial is always risky and especially in this case. The DA will want this ex-teacher current sexual deviant on the life time registration. Who is most likely upset about the whole sexual behavior was the victim’s parent(s) who just found out their 17 years old son has been doing something with the male teacher.
This happen all the time when 16 year old daughters come home pregnant because of the older (25 year old) boyfriend.
We all know minors can’t consent to sexual behavior
Kathleen Parks says
Teachers need to recognize boundaries between themselves and their students. I really doesn’t matter if the student was “special needs.” All students need to be protected from sexual predators.
Bikerbob says
Name Calling? Can’t wait? well here it is. Another sick a$$ homosexual pervert predator.
So steeped in lust he can’t control himself. Sodomizing an under aged special needs student on school grounds in a classroom. How on Earth can you people justify this travesty of morality? Are you that far gone? are you that steeped in perversion? Who knows what this sicko is doing to his neighborhood kids? Are you people so blind as to think this is normal?
callitasitis says
@ Bird, Noe and Dee
Well I am waiting for your name calling again. Of course this has nothing to do with LGBT issued. A 28 year male teacher and a 17 year old male student engaged in sexual behavior. We are not talking about 10-12 year boys or girls victims by some coach who should have been watched for those signs that molesters will exhibit “If “some clueless parents would have been looking. Those poor clueless parents who just drop off their kids at some youth sport like little league, soccer and soft ball while they take off leaving their precious little ones. It is an old concept “If “your kids are there and you can be there, you should be there. For the clueless try reading Anna C. Salters’ Book: Predators. I never left my kids alone while they played youth sports or activities; I kept my watch at all times,that was my duty as a parent.
jullie says
I agree the same
bird says
callitasitis—You still don’t get it! This is a sexual predator, praying on an underage, vulnerable, special needs student. What a homosexual does with a consenting adult is between consenting adults, and is no one’s business but their own. When someone decides to cross the line into predatory behavior that harms another, than it is an entirely different issue. All parents should keep their watch at all times with their children. I am sure this family is in enough pain without you calling out this victim also. This teacher used his authority over this boy to feed his perversions and now he must suffer the consequences.
callitasitis says
@bird
No YOU still do not get it. The victim was 17 years old male. Most 17 year old male are chasing 17 year old female NOT other males for sexual contact. Your deflecting underlining issue.
William says
LEAVE BRITNEY ALONE!!!!
callitasitis says
Under prop 47, you will not serve more time for a drug offense (simply possession). The defense lawyer will attempt to tarnish the victim and put it in the juries’ mind that the victim contributed to his situation. If 8 years is not long enough which is the max time in the penal code right now then you can call your state representative and TELL them to increase the time serve and time under community supervision. Some states like Arizona they have life time supervision for certain sexual offenses but with the state of California TRYING really hard to reduce their expenses they will resist the increase both in time & supervision.
The teacher will be assessed for risk factors to determine “IF” his likely to re-offend. If the mental Health doctors determine his risk to the public is low his supervision will be low. For those who really are interested on the subject of sexual offenders I suggest a book written by **Anna C. Salter book titled Predators. I read it years ago while attending CSLA.
For those naïve individuals who think the victim does not contribute to their victimization YOU do not understand the justice system and how juries “can” get it wrong. You cannot think the jury will convict if someone on the jury believes differently. If the jury hears and see the victim as a functional 17 year old could be a hung jury. I saw that with my own eyes and while observing the trial for a CSLA class paper years ago I am sure it has not changed.
This is how we get those plea deals for a lesser charge because the DA needs the conviction and they want the defendant to register as a 290 PC offender for life.
Like stated before for those name callers on a earlier BLOG on , this story never sounded right.
Linda says
Only 8 years is the maximum?! Perhaps when sexual preditors get the time in Prison they deserve they will be less likely to re-offend. It’s a shame that you can go to jail longer for a drug offense than you can for sexually abusing a special needs student. Disgusting
Hhsalumni says
lets keep in mind this 17 yr old may have adhd or add not just
Mental retardation. ADHD and add is also consider a special needs.
unknown says
What are you saying
unknown says
It’s ok for a teacher to have sex/acts with their student? Does it matter the age? It’s a teacher. I know I have never sent my children to school to have sex with a teacher. I always thought the teachers were taking care of them. My kids are ok but what I hear makes me afraid
Hhsalumni says
What I’m saying is that for all we know this 17yr old knew what he was doing. This could of been in exchange for drugs and it didn’t go that way and now the teenager said it was sexual abuse.
another unknown says
It wasn’t excusable but it sounds like it was consensual at first and then, who knows what happened. I guess we’ll find out at trial.
I agree a student can be special needs without being mentally retarded. He’s still too young and it is an abuse of power for a teacher to have a relationship with a student but to assume the student had a low IQ is a leap you can’t make.
Angela says
I agree!! This kid knew what he was doing. Special needs does not mean special education. This student was a willing participant and should be punished as well!
Lae says
Hhsalumni, if the kid has “adhd or add not just
Mental retardation,” then he would likely NOT know what he was doing. And even if the kid did know, the teacher was STILL in the wrong. stop victim-blaming and put the blame exactly where it belongs – on the supposed “adult” who did this.
callitasitis says
It is NEVER Ok for anyone in position of authority to use their position to seduce, influence or manipulate to gain sexual gratification from another specially a minor. That is why this ex-teacher will be held to account but how much can be based on the outcome of the trial and how a jury views the facts.
HHSAlumni says
yes teacher should still be punished. But as an alumni from highland I know what time the special Ed buses arrive and how everything runs there. A parent does not just drop off their autistic child or mental retardation child that early without speaking with a teacher to know what’s going on and why their child needs to be there that early.
lucy says
Not Okay! Period position of authority! Period
DM says
ADD and ADHD do NOT qualify a student for Special Ed. Special Needs can be anything from a Math of English disability, to autism, to severe mental retardation.