{"id":176203,"date":"2026-02-13T06:48:45","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T06:48:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/176203\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T06:48:45","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T06:48:45","slug":"court-documents-detail-allegations-against-tehachapi-p-e-teacher-dating-back-to-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/176203\/","title":{"rendered":"Court documents detail allegations against Tehachapi P.E. teacher dating back to 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 A Tehachapi Unified School District physical education teacher is facing 14 criminal charges after investigators alleged they found hundreds of hidden images and videos of child erotica on his phone and uncovered multiple complaints involving elementary-age students.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Tehachapi Unified School District. KBAK\/KBFX\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/c61f3fbc-2a0e-4a61-8636-d06ae2732db5-large16x9_TehachapiUnifiedSchoolDistrict.PNG\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Tehachapi Unified School District. KBAK\/KBFX<\/p>\n<p>Timothy Seaman, 43, was arrested in Porterville on Dec. 16, 2025.<a href=\"https:\/\/bakersfieldnow.com\/news\/local\/tehachapi-unified-school-district-employee-arrested-on-allegedly-touched-students-on-campus-possession-kern-county-police-porterville\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> He is accused of having sexual abuse material and sexually assaulting a minor<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to Seaman\u2019s arrest, the Tehachapi Police Department seized several electronic devices. Police searched his phone and allegedly found hundreds of hidden pictures and videos of child erotica.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Photo: Tehachapi Police Dept.{p}{\/p}\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/07885df1-7b46-407c-ab58-7f3fe159231a-TIMOTHYSEAMAN.jpg\"\/>Photo: Tehachapi Police Dept.<\/p>\n<p>According to court documents, there were six documented complaints against Seaman from September 2023 to November 2025. Investigators determined five elementary-aged girls to be victims in the case, according to the documents.<\/p>\n<p>The allegations described in the report range from favoritism toward girls to kissing and touching a student\u2019s genitals over clothing. In one case, a student claimed Seaman threatened her with suspension if she didn\u2019t sit in his lap and take a picture.<\/p>\n<p>The documents also state that parents and staff reported the inappropriate behavior. Records show Seaman was repeatedly warned in multiple emails for violating district policies on staff interactions and behavior with students.<\/p>\n<p>A \u201cDoctor Romero,\u201d who is named in the report, allegedly ruled the complaints as \u201cunsubstantiated,\u201d but police said the district\u2019s investigation into the allegations appeared to be incomplete.<\/p>\n<p>According to documents, it is possible Seaman\u2019s behavior has been a pattern over years of working at different school districts in multiple states.<\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>Seaman is facing a total of 14 charges, including lewd acts with a child and annoying or molesting a child.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 A Tehachapi Unified School District physical education teacher is facing 14 criminal charges after investigators&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":98613,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":{"0":"post-176203","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bakersfield","8":"tag-bakersfield","9":"tag-bakersfield-headlines","10":"tag-bakersfield-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176203"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176203\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}