Child Pornography

Rima Shah Local lawmakers hurried to meet the deadline to introduce new legislation Tuesday, with many of the proposed laws slated to significantly impact education, healthcare and finance. Sen. Jack Scott is proposing a law requiring all University of California schools to have the same undergraduate transfer requirements. The bill is similar to one he successfully introduced last year that required the same undergraduate transfer requirements for all California State University campuses.

GLENDALE ? Police arrested a 40-year-old Eagle Rock man on Wednesday night who they believe intended to meet and have sex with a 13-year-old Glendale girl he met on the Internet. But that girl was an officer posing as a teen. Police arrested him on similar charges seven years ago, Glendale Police Sgt. Tim Feeley said. Teddy Moreno was arrested on suspicion of sending harmful matter to a child, distribution of lewd material to a minor, attempted oral copulation with a minor, attempted lewd acts with a minor and attempted sex with a minor, Feeley said.

A Crescenta Valley High School teacher arrested last week on charges of surreptitiously videotaping female students as they undressed in a faculty restroom will remain on paid administrative leave until the charges are resolved, a school district official said. Meanwhile, school officials are reassuring parents and students that the high school will work through the situation. Investigators from the sheriff's department's Family Crimes Bureau are asking for cooperation from the public as they begin an inquiry into the alleged misconduct of CVHS teacher Rogelio "Roger" Gallardo, who was arrested on child pornography charges.

Jackson Bell A Crescenta Valley High School teacher accused of secretly filming female students and posting their photos on the Internet is expected to settle with the District Attorney's office in two weeks, prosecutors said Friday. Rogelio Gallardo, 34, was expected to settle his case during a pretrial conference Friday at Pasadena Superior Court, but Judge Teri Schwartz granted his lawyer's request to postpone it until a March 14 hearing, Deputy District Atty.

A Pasadena judge sentenced a former Crescenta Valley High School ceramics teacher Wednesday to three years in state prison after pleading guilty to charges involving secretly videotaping teenage girls in a school bathroom. CV co-principal Linda Evans said she was in the courtroom when the sentence was announced. "I think that we're glad that this chapter has been completed and that the judge ruled and that we have closed this chapter," she said. A number of the students involved were at the hearing for Rogelio Romero Gallardo.

Gary Moskowitz A Crescenta Valley High School ceramics teacher has been arrested for allegedly using a hidden camera to film and photograph girls in a school restroom, shocking campus officials who thought the seven-year veteran was a positive influence on students. Rogelio Gallardo, 34, was arrested Thursday afternoon on suspicion of filming girls after he gave them permission to change into smocks for ceramics class or go to the bathroom in a faculty restroom outside his classroom.

CITY HALL John Drayman is now pulling his own little red wagon as Glendale’s new mayor one year after he famously turned down a nomination for the position days after winning the municipal office. At the time, all eyes turned to Drayman to give the swing vote on a stalemate for mayor, but he instead told his new colleagues that he would not climb aboard the “little red wagon” they were pulling and abstained, forcing Councilman Bob Yousefian to change his vote for Ara Najarian.

The House of Representatives passed a bill this week to create a national registry of arsonists, a system modeled after California’s electronic database that tracks sex offenders. The proposed registry would give law enforcement and fire officials access to a national resource cataloging convicted arsonists and bombers from every state. While most states have their own registries, they are independent, and many do not match up with all of the requirements of the proposed database.

Assemblyman Dario Frommer (D-Glendale) amended legislation Tuesday that already seeks increased penalties for sex offenders. Frommer's amendment to Assembly Bill 50 -- or the Sex Offender Containment and Management Act of 2006, which passed with unanimous support -- makes it a potential felony for any sex offender to possess one or more pieces of child pornography. Assembly Bill 50 looks to increase jail time for certain offenses, create county and regional teams to monitor sex offenders and design treatment programs for offenders, the bill's author Assemblyman Mark Leno (D-San Francisco)

Robert Chacon Citing the coming anniversary former President Ronald Reagan's death, Rep. David Dreier was among 50 House Republicans who broke ranks with more conservative colleagues and voted Tuesday for a bill that would loosen funding restrictions on stem cell research. Stem cells are taken from human embryos created by doctors at fertility clinics. If not used, they are usually frozen, and many are discarded. Scientists say the cells can be used to find cures to many diseases, including Alzheimer's, which Reagan had. President Bush allowed the federal government to fund research on stem cells, but only on cells created before August 2001.