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TRACY — A 39-year-old substitute teacher has been arrested after Tracy Police detectives said he inappropriately touched eight girls over two days while working at their elementary school and had several images of child pornography at his home.
Jesse Llorente III, of Tracy, was booked into San Joaquin County Jail on eight counts of lewd acts on a child and one count of possession of child pornography after he apparently stroked the hair and back of some students at George Kelly Elementary School, 535 Mabel Josephine Drive, police said.
Last week, investigators served a search warrant at Llorente's home on the 100 block of Ramona Way, where they found several images of child pornography on his laptop computer, police said.
Detective Nate Cogburn said Llorente acknowledged he was touching the child inappropriately and knew it was wrong at the time.
"I believe he had sexual intentions while doing the touching," Cogburn said. "He said it fulfilled him."
Cogburn said the touching was disclosed to school officials who brought the case to the police.
It's the third time in the past month someone has been arrested in Tracy for possession of child pornography or lewd conduct with a child.
"I think it's in every town," Cogburn said. "You just have to be willing to go hunt for them and find them. I don't think we're any worse off than any other city, it's just a matter of finding out what they're doing."
Tracy Unified School District officials declined to comment, citing personnel issues.
However, in a letter to Kelly School parents and guardians, Superintendent James Franco wrote Llorente has not been an active substitute since Feb. 27 after being removed from the active substitute list and is not permitted on school property.
"If your child shows signs of stress or concern regarding this event and you would like assistance from our school psychologist, please contact the Kelly School office at 209-831-5000," Franco wrote. "Kelly School and all of our Tracy Unified schools are proud of being safe schools. The cooperation between students, parents and staff members keeps our schools safe and is important and appreciated."
An informational meeting for parents with questions or concerns have been scheduled, beginning at 4:30 p.m. Thursday in the Kelly School Library. A second meeting is scheduled at the same time and place on Friday.
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