{"id":187487,"date":"2026-02-21T12:00:39","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T12:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/187487\/"},"modified":"2026-02-21T12:00:39","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T12:00:39","slug":"school-worker-arrested-over-child-sexual-abuse-material","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/187487\/","title":{"rendered":"School worker arrested over child sexual abuse material"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/news\/local\/education-lab\/article312400544.html\">Selma Unified School District<\/a> maintenance worker has been arrested on suspicion of possessing  child sexual abuse material.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for the Fresno County Sheriff\u2019s Office said detectives arrested Troy DeCarlo, 24, of Fresno at the school district\u2019s transportation yard Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>DeCarlo was arrested as part of a joint investigation by the Central California Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force and Homeland Security Investigations. He was booked into Fresno County Jail on Wednesday afternoon, arrest records show.<\/p>\n<p>                                                                                                                                                                                                              <img class=\"responsive-image\" width=\"1140\" height=\"1522\"  alt=\"Troy DeCarlo was arrested on suspicion of possession of child sexual abuse material Wednesday. He began working as a substitute maintenance worker for Selma Unified in December.\" title=\"Troy DeCarlo.jpg\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/>                                                                                                                Troy DeCarlo was arrested on suspicion of possession of child sexual abuse material Wednesday. He began working as a substitute maintenance worker for Selma Unified in December.                                                                                                                                                                        FRESNO COUNTY SHERIFF\u2019S OFFICE                                                                                        <\/p>\n<p>Selma Unified spokesperson Jenna Perkovich said DeCarlo began working as a substitute maintenance worker for the district in December. Perkovich said the district conducted a background check as required and that DeCarlo had no prior arrests.<\/p>\n<p>DeCarlo  worked on an as-needed basis and was always paired with another maintenance worker, Perkovich said. Additionally, Perkovich said, maintenance workers don\u2019t enter classrooms during instruction.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe individual has been permanently removed from our substitute list and will not be eligible for any future employment with Selma Unified,\u201d Perkovich said.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information about the case can contact Detective Jovan Tamayo at 559-761-3659 or Valley Crime Stoppers at 559-498-7867.<\/p>\n<p class=\"summary gray\">This story was originally published February 18, 2026 at 4:17 PM.<\/p>\n<p>        Related Stories from  Fresno Bee<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Selma Unified School District maintenance worker has been arrested on suspicion of possessing child sexual abuse material.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":187488,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113,65273,88147,88148],"class_list":{"0":"post-187487","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fresno","8":"tag-fresno","9":"tag-fresno-headlines","10":"tag-fresno-news","11":"tag-maintenance-worker","12":"tag-selma-unified","13":"tag-troy-decarlo"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187487","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=187487"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187487\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/187488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=187487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=187487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=187487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}