Former MCPS substitute teacher and bus driver Jose Pineda, who was sentenced to 5 years in prison, 5 years of probation, and the requirement to register as a sex offender in 2015 for the sexual abuse of MCPS students, did not serve out that sentence.
As of today, Jose Pineda is shown in Maryland Judiciary Case Search as having been deported.
Why was he deported? What was his status when he was working for MCPS as a bus driver and as a substitute teacher?
Jose Pineda did not serve his 5 year prison sentence, is not on 5 years of probation, and is
not a registered sex offender. He is somewhere in the world free of the constraints of his sentence. He is not being monitored by a probation officer. Have the officials in the country he was deported to been notified of his conviction?
Is he again working with children?
Montgomery County State's Attorney John McCarthy spoke about the possibility of Jose Pineda being deported after his sentencing in May of 2015. State's Attorney McCarthy said:
"He should serve his time before he is deported because unfortunately what we have seen in the past is individuals who have been summarily deported, gone back to their home country, and then simply snuck back in to the United States... More importantly, he'll be put on the Sex Offender Registry for the remainder of his life."
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Former-Substitute-Teacher-Gets-Five-Year-Sentence-for-Sex-Abuse-of-Students-305515331.html
Below are some articles to remind readers about Jose Pineda's arrest and conviction. Remember that Jose Pineda was one of the MCPS employees who was known to have misconduct incidents involving inapproriate touching of children, but was allowed to continue working in MCPS classrooms.
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Former substitute teacher sentenced for sex offenses
WASHINGTON — A former Montgomery County substitute teacher will go to prison and will have to register as a sex offender for abuse that one victim says began back as far as 2004.
Jose Pineda, a Gaithersburg 50-year-old, pleaded guilty to two counts — one count of sex abuse of a minor and one count of a 3rd degree sex offense. On Friday, a judge sentenced him to 10 years on each count with all but five years suspended.
Judge Joseph Dugan explained the sentences would be concurrent, meaning that Pineda will spend a total of five years in prison, and then will face supervised probation with a number of conditions including having to register as a sex offender every three months for the rest of his life...
November 8, 2014
Montgomery County school officials are reviewing their parental
notification procedures after conceding that a mistake was made at Roberto
Clemente Middle School in Germantown.
The school’s principal, Khadija Barkley, sent a letter home to parents on
Friday, informing them that a substitute teacher was accused of having
inappropriate contact with a student September 30. The principal apologized for
not telling parents sooner...
https://wtop.com/news/2014/11/after-principals-apology-a-push-to-keep-parents-informed/#ixzz3IcP7Vw8m
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...The latest case involved a substitute teacher, Jose Pineda, 50, at Roberto Clemente Middle School who is accused of inappropriately touching a 12-year-old girl. Pineda was arrested Oct. 14, on a charge of child abuse, and the Germantown school’s parents learned about it on Nov. 7.
Montgomery County police said Friday that between five and 10 other students have come forward following recent school system notifications about Pineda’s arrest. Police said that the investigation is ongoing and that they could not provide details about any of the students’ accounts.
The case at Clemente Middle comes amid an uproar at John T. Baker Middle School in Damascus, Md., where parents were angered that almost a month passed before they were notified that a contractor, John E. Epps Jr., was arrested for allegedly touching a 12-year-old girl inappropriately in a school hallway...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/parents-concerned-about-handling-of-inappropriate-contact-with-students/2014/11/14/25ce465c-6852-11e4-b053-65cea7903f2e_story.html
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Montgomery County Police held a press conference at 11 AM on Thursday, December 4, 2014, regarding the arrest of MCPS substitute teacher Jose Pineda.
The press conference video is in two parts. The first part is just about 2 minutes in length. The second video is 30 minutes.
Jose Pineda employment history:
2000-2003 MCPS school bus operator
2003-2006 MCPS substitute teacher
2006-2013 not employed by MCPS
2013-2014 MCPS substitute teacher - worked 111 times in 20 different schools
- Police want any one with information to contact them at this number: 240-773-5400.
- Where did Mr. Pineda work during the years when he was not with MCPS? If anyone in the community knows, please contact the Montgomery County Police.
- If any doubt that a law has been broken, police should be called.
- If parents think that a child has been victimized and a law has been broken they should call the police.
- There was somewhat of a delay in getting information to the police. (September 30th incident.)
- If anyone believes there has been a criminal offense the police should be called right away.
- MCPS was notified of today's press conference, but did not participate
