Former Rialto teacher back in jail
SAN BERNARDINO - A former Rialto schoolteacher, who pleaded guilty in July to giving drugs to a teenager, is back in county jail after he allegedly violated the terms of his probation.
Michael Jacob Edmondson of Rancho Cucamonga is scheduled for a probation violation hearing Nov. 17 before Judge Kyle Brodie in San Bernardino Superior Court, according to court records.
Deputy District Attorney Melissa Rodriguez, who prosecuted Edmondson's case, confirmed Wednesday that he is scheduled for the hearing. However, Rodriguez had not yet received a report from law enforcement, so she did not have details about Edmondson's arrest, she said.
Edmondson, 32, is in custody at West Valley Detention Center in Rancho Cucamonga and is being held without bail, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department.
Jail records indicate he was arrested at 4:15 p.m. on Oct. 13 at 524 Mountain View Avenue, in San Bernardino. The address belongs to offices of the San Bernardino County Probation Department.
At the time of his initial arrest March 30, Edmondson was a social studies and drama teacher at Frisbie Middle School. Sheriff's detectives alleged that he gave narcotics to a high school student and then asked the teen to send him photos of his genitals.
The alleged incidents occurred between October 2010 and February at Edmondson's former home in Highland. At the time of his arrest, the teacher had moved to Rancho Cucamonga.
The defendant was out of custody on $100,000 bail when he was arrested again May 9 by Rialto police when a school district bus driver reportedly saw him hugging a boy inside a car at Frisbie Park.
In June, Edmondson accepted a plea bargain with prosecutors, and he pleaded guilty to one count of providing a minor with a controlled substance for use. All other charges were dismissed.
The teacher was sentenced the following month to five years of supervised probation, of which the first year was to be at a live-in rehabilitation facility.
As part of his sentencing terms, Edmondson must have no contact with minors and forfeit his teaching credential, prosecutors said.
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