Sorry about the bad pun. Mark Berndt, a veteran elementary school teacher, was arrested on horrifying child molestation charges after a film processor gave police photos showing blindfolded children with their mouths taped and cockroaches on their faces. The 61-year-old worked for more than 30 years at Miramonte Elementary in an unincorporated area of south Los Angeles before being fired as a result of the investigation. Miramonte serves a poor, mainly Hispanic neighborhood. More than half of its approximately 1,400 students are still learning English, according to the school's website.
Some of the photos showed Berndt with his arm around children or with his hand over their mouth. Other pictures depicted girls with what appears to be a spoon up to their mouths as if they were going to ingest a clear-white liquid. A blue plastic spoon and container found in the trash in Berndt's classroom tested positive for semen. None of the photos showed the students actually eating the semen, but the children reported they didn't like the taste. Authorities are recommending the children be tested for sexually transmitted diseases. Also, some of the children's mouths and faces had large, live Madagascar-type cockroaches on them. This is just stupid and he should never be allowed to teach again.
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