SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA / A news summary : The Regional Review / DEVELOPMENTS IN ORANGE, RIVERSIDE, SAN BERNARDINO AND VENTURA : Teacher Charged in Internet Sex Sting
Charges were filed Tuesday against an El Toro High School math teacher and longtime wrestling coach alleging that he used the Internet to arrange a meeting for sex with a person he thought was a 13-year-old girl.
Enoch “Jerry” Jarrett, 50, was arrested last week by the FBI’s Sex Assault Felony Enforcement team, whose agents work undercover in Internet chat rooms, FBI spokeswoman Cheryl Mimura said.
The FBI said the meeting was to take place at a West Los Angeles shopping mall.
Jarrett was released on a $50,000 bond the day after his arrest. He is scheduled to be arraigned Oct. 7 in West Los Angeles Municipal Court.
He is charged with one count of an attempted lewd act on a child under 14, six counts of attempting to send harmful matter to a minor over the Internet and one count of attempting to send harmful matter to a minor via telephone. The Internet and telephone charges are for a child under age 18, Los Angeles County Deputy Dist. Atty. Wendy Seagall said.
Start your day right
Sign up for Essential California for news, features and recommendations from the L.A. Times and beyond in your inbox six days a week.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.
