School teacher, 65, fired for 'inappropriate' chats with 16-year-old student is arrested after being caught inside her bedroom

A California schoolhouse coach who was fired 3 years agone for having 'inappropriate' conversations pinch a 16-year-old student has been arrested aft he was caught wrong nan girl's bedroom.

Patrick John Mester, 65, was antecedently arrested successful March 2021 by Modesto constabulary complete suspicion of annoying aliases molesting a kid nether nan property of 18, The Modesto Bee reported astatine nan time.

He was suspected astatine nan clip of having 'inappropriate communication' pinch nan student, and was promptly fired from James C. Enoch High School.

But nan erstwhile set coach was released connected a $5,000 bail - conscionable to beryllium caught 7 months later wrong nan aforesaid student's chamber by nan girl's mother, nan Stanislaus County Sheriff's Office told nan Los Angeles Times.

The incident spurred a 2nd investigation, and Mester was arrested again connected Wednesday and was charged pinch 2 counts of lewd acts pinch a insignificant and 2 counts of attempting to meet pinch a insignificant for lewd purposes.

Authorities explained to nan San Francisco Gate that nan charges came aft 'several interviews' pinch nan girl.

'Serious cases for illustration this request to beryllium cautiously built complete time,' it said. 

Mester had been employed by nan Modesto City School District since 2003 and worked astatine 2 different precocious schools arsenic a euphony coach until he took a full-time position astatine Enochs High successful 2007.

At nan clip of his original arrest, schoolhouse territory officials said they 'took contiguous action to guarantee he has zero interaction pinch students, arsenic good arsenic revoked his correct to sojourn our facilities.

'This directive will proceed to beryllium successful spot arsenic nan criminal matter proceeds,' nan schoolhouse territory said, according to nan Bee.

They noted that he had besides completed each pre-employment requirements, including fingerprint clearance and inheritance checks, and had moreover received training connected harassment and kid maltreatment reporting while he was a teacher. 

But nan schoolhouse has travel nether occurrence successful nan past for different instances of inappropriate behaviour betwixt teachers and minors.

In 2012, erstwhile coach James Hooker, 41, was arrested aft a erstwhile student astatine a different schoolhouse claimed he had intersexual relations pinch her 14 years anterior - erstwhile she was conscionable 17, according to NBC News.

Hooker had conscionable moved successful pinch different erstwhile 18-year-old student, Jamie Powers, astatine nan clip of his arrest.

Last year, Bryan Rogers, a societal studies coach astatine nan schoolhouse since 2012, was besides accused of annoying aliases molesting a insignificant - though it is unclear whether nan kid was a student.

Mester is now being held astatine nan Modesto detention halfway connected a $650,000 bail.

He is group to look successful tribunal connected Wednesday.