A former Brea Olinda Unified college board trustee has been charged with two felonies, accusing him of soliciting footage from two boys and calling them “attractive,” in response to a information launch from the Orange County district lawyer’s workplace.
Christopher Gerard Becerra, 42, was in Las Vegas when he contacted a 15-year-old former pupil by way of social media to ask him for footage and referred to as him “attractive,” in response to allegations from the Brea Police Division obtained in October of final yr.
The boy alerted his father in regards to the messages and was transferred out of the varsity district.
After being interviewed by the police in regards to the allegations, Becerra tried to steer a faculty board worker who went on the Las Vegas journey with him to say he had misplaced his telephone. Due to this, Becerra can also be going through a misdemeanor rely of trying to induce false testimony.
Becerra was charged with two felony counts of contacting a minor with intent to commit a specified offense, one misdemeanor rely of annoying or molesting an individual believed to be a baby, one misdemeanor rely of trying to induce false testimony, and one misdemeanor rely of annoying or molesting a baby beneath 18 years of age.
“The sexual exploitation of kids won’t ever be tolerated,” Orange County Dist. Atty. Todd Spitzer stated. “It’s unconscionable that somebody elected to assist administer the training of our youngsters would prey on kids for his personal sexual gratification.”
The same state of affairs allegedly occurred with one other minor. Becerra can also be going through expenses alleging he engaged in conversations by way of textual content messaging with a 17-year-old boy between October and November of final yr during which he requested for footage and referred to as him “attractive.”
The Brea Police Division arrested Becerra in December of final yr. If convicted of all expenses, he faces a most sentence of a yr and 10 months in state jail plus two years and three months within the Orange County Jail. Deputy Dist. Atty. Carly Kray is prosecuting Becerra’s case.
His place has remained vacant since March after Becerra stopped attending board conferences in November 2025.
“I’m grateful for the laborious work of the Brea Police Division and for the bravery of a kid who got here ahead to report this disgusting conduct and permit this predator to be held accountable for his actions,” Spitzer stated.
