Teacher Ordered to Stand Trial in Child Porn Possession Case

CNS--A man who taught band at Foshay Learning Center in Los Angeles was ordered to stand trial last Wednesday on two felony counts of possession of material depicting a minor engaging in sexual conduct. Lief Arnesen Albaugh, 28, allegedly had the pictures on both his personal and district-issued laptop computers. Los Angeles police served a search warrant June 4 at his Los Angeles home and the school.

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Alex Ricciardulli ordered Albaugh to return to court Oct. 1 for arraignment after he waived his right to a hearing to determine if there was enough evidence to require him to stand trial. Albaugh is one of three current or former Foshay staff members to be charged with sex-related felonies in recent months. Administrator Steve Thomas Rooney, 39, is awaiting trial on felony sex- related counts involving a former Foshay student and two girls at Markham Middle School, where Rooney became an assistant principal after leaving Foshay.

Alan P. Hubbard, 49, a dean at Foshay Learning Center, is awaiting apreliminary hearing on charges of obstruction of justice and being an accessory after the fact for allegedly covering up Rooney's alleged affair with the former Forshay student.

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