HB Married teachers convicted of unlawful sex with a minor

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Ranch Santa Margarita, CA - Daniel Alma and  Gay Davidson-Shepard, married school teachers were convicted today of having an unlawful sexual relationship together and on their own with a 17-year-old male high school student.

Daniel Alma Shepard, 63, Huntington Beach, pleaded guilty to three felony counts and one misdemeanor count of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Gay Davidson-Shepard, 60, Huntington Beach. Pleaded guilty three felony counts and one misdemeanor count each of contributing to the delinquency of a minor and violation of a protective order. 

According to the Orange County District Attorney’s office, the Shepards are expected to be sentenced to the court offer of three years formal probation, counseling, and 60 days of community service. Shepard was sentenced to two years in prison and Davidson-Shepard was sentenced to four years in prison, both stayed pending completion of probation. The OCDA  intends to object to the sentence at the sentencing hearing. 

At the time of the crime, Gay Davidson-Shepard was a teacher at Mesa View Middle School in Huntington Beach and her husband Daniel Shepard was a teacher at Westminster High School in Westminster. 

Daniel Shepard met John Doe while the victim was a student at Westminster High School. In March 2009, Daniel Shepard and Gay Davidson-Shepard groomed the 17-year-old victim by regularly inviting him to their Huntington Beach home to drink alcohol, eat, play board games, and watch movies. 

In April 2009, the dShepards sexually assaulted the victim for the first time, while John Doe was at their home. On a weekly basis beginning in April 2009, the Shepards got John Doe intoxicated by providing him with alcohol and then engaged in illegal sex acts with the victim in their home.

In March 2011, the victim disclosed the sexual assault to his mother. John Doe's mother contacted the Westminster Police Department, who investigated the case and arrested the defendants on April 20, 2011. 

On Nov. 28, 2011, while out of custody on bail for the sexual assault and subject to a protective order barring her from contacting John Doe, Gay Davidson-Shepard violated the protective order by calling and texting the victim numerous times.

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Richard Rack, San Clemente Middle School Teacher charged with sexual assault of minor while on campus

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Rancho Santa Margarita, CA -  Richard Rack, a middle school math teacher was charged yesterday with sexually assaulting an 8th grade female student while alone with her on campus. Rack was previously charged with lewd conduct against two other students, according to the Orange County District’s OCDA) office.

Rack, 50, San Clemente, is charged for the sexual assault of Jane Doe #3.  He  was previously charged June 1, 2012, for Jane Doe #1 and Jane Doe #2 with two misdemeanor counts of child annoyance. Rack is being held on $1 million and is scheduled for a pre-trial hearing July 18, 2012

. At the time of the crimes, the defendant was a math teacher at Shorecliffs Middle School in San Clemente, and had worked there since 2002

Between April and November 2011, Rack is accused of engaging in inappropriate, unlawfully annoying conduct toward two students at the school, 13-year-olds Jane Doe #1 and Jane Doe #2. Jane Doe #1 told the school principal about the conduct, and the Orange County Sheriff's Department (OCSD) investigated the case.

Rack was arrested June 6, 2012, for the child annoyance case. Following Rack's arrest, OCSD discovered the sexual assault against Jane Doe #3.

Between February 2009 and October 2010, Rack is accused of sexually assaulting 14-year-old Jane Doe #3- He is accused of primarily sexually assaulting the victim while alone with her on campus. 

If convicted, Rack would be required to register as a lifetime sex offender, which would bar him from entering County recreational areas and City parks which have passed the Sex Offender Ordinance.

The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with additional information or who believes they have been a victim is encouraged to contact Supervising District Attorney Investigator Lou Gutierrez at (714) 347-8794.