Former Beaumont school teacher/coach arrested

A man who once worked as a substitute teacher and coach with the Beaumont Unified School District was arrested last week on suspicion of committing lewd acts with a minor, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department.

Ryan Moreno, 26, of Baker in the High Desert, was arrested April 26 after deputies and detectives from the Crimes Against Children Detail responded to Baker Valley High School on a report that two teachers were sexually involved with two female students, age 15, from the school. Beaumont Unified School District Superintendent Barry Kayrell said Moreno worked for the district last year as a substitute teacher and coach, mainly at the high school. Kayrell said Moreno has has been terminated from the district’s substitute list. According to personnel staff at Banning Unified School District, Moreno was never employed in the district.

Moreno was arrested for lewd acts with a minor, sex with a minor under the age of 18 years involving a suspect who is at least 10 years older than the victim. He is being held at the West Valley Detention Center on $250,000 bail.

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