San Diego
A Boy Scout leader who is also a teacher in Rancho Penasquitos pleaded innocent Tuesday to charges that he molested a boy on overnight camping trips.
Dozens of friends and supporters of Rodney Stark, 41, showed up at his arraignment in Municipal Court, and seven briefly testified about his character.
Judge William Woodward rejected the prosecution’s request for bail at $100,000 and set it at $15,000.
Stark is charged with seven felony counts of molesting a boy on Scout camping trips over three years. He has taught in the Poway Unified School District since 1973 and is a sixth-grade teacher at Black Mountain Middle School in Rancho Penasquitos.
Woodward scheduled a bail review hearing for Friday and a preliminary hearing for April 5.
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