Former San Diego Teacher Arraigned in Child Porn Case

A former San Diego middle school teacher was arraigned in federal court Monday on suspicion of possessing child pornography.

Jay Kylee Bain, 37, was a teacher at La Presa Middle School in Spring Valley. Bain, who currently works at General Dynamics, was placed in federal custody and scheduled to appear in court at 2:30 p.m. Friday, for a bail hearing.

According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, Bain possessed several computers containing hundreds of images of minors engaged in sexual activity between 2005 and Aug. 7.

Bain allegedly sent graphic photographs of himself to one of his former seventh-grade students in 2005. He reportedly had sexually based e-mail conversations with the female student between November 2005 and October 2006.

Although the statute of limitations ran out on those alleged actions, a divorce this year between Bain and his wife led to the wife reportedly discovering a number of pornographic images on computer disks at his home. That reported finding led to investigators gathering evidence on Bain to persue him.

If convicted, Bain is looking at up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

Attorney Charged in Alleged Child Porn Case

Agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Glendale Police Department have arrested an attorney on a felony complaint charging him with possessing child pornography and an assault weapon.

Deputy District Attorney Susan Schwartz of the Justice System Integrity Division (JSID) said Walter Loustari, 57, of Glendale, was arrested without incident at his law office in nearby La Canada. He is expected to appear for arraignment on Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court Department 30 in downtown Los Angeles.

Loustari (dob 3-14-1951) was charged in a felony complaint for arrest warrant following an investigation by ICE and the Glendale Police Department. The criminal complaint (BA348342) charged Loustari with three felony counts of possessing materials depicting the sexual exploitation of a child and one felony count of illegal possession of an Uzi assault rifle.

If convicted of the crimes, Loustari could be sentenced to a maximum of five years in state prison. He is being held on $95,000 bail.

The ICE investigation of Loustari began in October 2006 as part of its investigation of an alleged hardcore child pornography site on the Internet. The investigation included execution of a search warrant at the defendant’s Glendale apartment.

3 San Diegans Arrested for Child Porn

Authorities have arrested three men in San Diego following a child pornography investigation.

According to the FBI's San Diego field office, San Diego residents Albert Ralph Freeman III, 24; Scott Thomas Tubbs, 37; and Norman Hall, 64; were all arrested after separate investigations.

Tubbs was arrested last Wednesday in Encinitas. He is accused of possessing material depicting child sexual conduct. He is being held on $$50,000 bail. Tubbs came under federal scrutiny after officials from Yahoo! reported that 141 images of child porn had been posted on a Yahoo Groups Web site. Investigators served a search warrant at Tubbs' home last July and seized disks that allegedly contained "18 images and five series of identified known child victims under the age of 18." Tubbs is being held on $50,000 bail.

Hall was arrested last Thursday in San Diego, and is accused of possessing material depicting child sexual conduct. Hall was investigated after he took his computer in for repairs in November 2006. According to the FBI, a tech noticed images that were believed to be child porn on the computer. Investigators said they checked his computer and said discovered 800 images of child pornography on Hall's computer. Hall is also being held on $50,000 bail.

Finally, the FBI arrested Freeman, who serves in the military, last Friday. He allegedly sported a version of a peer-to-peer file-sharing program to share and possess child porn.