Task Force Arrests Hoover High Associate Principal on Child Pornography Charges

An administrator at Hoover High School was arrested this week on suspicion of possessing and distributing child pornography, authorities announced Thursday.

Authorities arrested Charles Thomas Boyd De Freitas, 41, an associate principal at the City Heights school, on Wednesday, according to the San Diego Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.

The case stems from a report from a minor that De Freitas had sent and sought illicit images via a social media app, said San Diego police Sgt. Garrick Nugent, commander of the task force.

“Detectives executed a search warrant and seized multiple devices that will be analyzed for additional evidence related to child sexual abuse materials,” Nugent said.

De Freitas has worked for San Diego Unified School District for about 13 years, serving as a teacher at the San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts prior to his post in administration at Hoover.

De Freitas, who is scheduled to be arraigned in the case March 28, was one of two San Diego educators arrested within hours of each other for alleged sex-related crimes involving minors.

Also on Wednesday, Stacy Michelle Walker, 40, a teacher at Mount Carmel High School, was jailed on suspicion of carrying on a sexual relationship with a girl from the Rancho Penasquitos campus. The relationship allegedly started when the student was 15 years old, police said.

– City News Service