Overview
- Police say the supervisor took a student's phone, demanded sexual acts for its return, confined her in a classroom, and gave the phone back only after she complied with some demands.
- Staff had identified the suspect before officers arrived around 3 p.m. Tuesday at Vallejo High School, and police detained him nearby after he fled the campus.
- Reuben Carter Freeman, 36, was booked into the Solano County Jail on suspicion of soliciting lewd acts in public, false imprisonment, and robbery.
- In a Thursday court appearance, a commissioner denied release on his own recognizance, citing his position of authority and a vulnerable victim, as he entered a not-guilty plea.
- The school district placed him on administrative leave, police asked anyone with information to contact Officer Brad Bermann at (707) 648-4321 or Brad.Bermann@cityofvallejo.net, and the police chief stressed campus safety.