Crime & Safety

Teacher from Chatsworth Fired 5 Months After Molestation Arrest

Paul Chapel III has pleaded not guilty to inappropriate sexual contact with four youngsters.

Third-grade teacher of Chatsworth was fired this week by the LAUSD nearly five months after he was arrested on charges of molesting four youngsters, including at least one who attends Telfair Elementary in Pacoima  where he taught for 13 years.

He has pleaded not guilty to charges of continuous sexual abuse of four youngsters -- three girls and a boy -- and with three counts of committing lewd acts against each of the four children.

Click here to read Barbara Jones' story in the Daily News.

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