The Ukiah Police Department has submitted the results of its investigation into Ukiah High School teacher Matthew P. LaFever to Mendocino County District Attorney David Eyster.
On Wednesday, UPD Capt. Jason Chapman confirmed that his department had forwarded its case against LaFever, a 37-year-old Hopland resident and longtime teacher at Ukiah High, to Eyster’s office. So far, Chapman said, the resulting charge remains one misdemeanor count of “annoying or molesting a minor,” in this case a 17-year-old girl that LaFever allegedly sent inappropriate communications to while aware of her age.
When asked Wednesday about the status of the case against LaFever, DA David Eyster said the UPD investigation had been submitted to his office and had been assigned to a senior attorney in his office. When asked for a timeline, Eyster said he could not speak to when his staff would complete its review of the case.
At the time of LaFever’s arrest on Nov. 3, the UPD reported learning that the teacher and journalist (who founded the formerly robust but now-deactivated local news website MendoFever.com) may have contacted multiple minors in Mendocino and Sonoma counties, and requested that other potential victims come forward.
When asked this week if any other victims had contacted the UPD, Chapman said he could not comment on that as “that is still an active part of the investigation.”
In its initial press release, the UPD reported being informed in October by a concerned parent that a Ukiah High teacher identified as LaFever “had made an inappropriate sexual comment towards her daughter,” and later officers interviewed “a different UHS student who had information regarding LaFever contacting minors on social media.”
After obtaining a search warrant for the teacher’s cell phone, computers, and residence, the UPD reports that detectives contacted him at Ukiah High School on Oct. 16 and “seized his cell phone and multiple laptops,” devices upon which they reportedly found evidence confirming that the interactions described by the 17-year-old had occurred, and “she had clearly informed LaFever that she was a minor.”
The Ukiah Unified School District reported at the time that LaFever was placed on administrative leave “Oct. 16 when law enforcement first informed us of the situation. The staff member remains off campus, and will not return to the classroom while investigations continue.”
When asked Wednesday about the status of LaFever’s employment and if he will be returning to the school campus, UUSD Superintendent Deb Kubin said only that “Mr. LaFever is on leave until we complete our investigation.”
The UPD requests that any minors who may have had contact with LaFever online, whom they report “used numerous variations of the screen name ‘Johhnyender’ across multiple social media platforms,” to please contact them. The non-emergency line for the UPD is 707-463-6262.
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