Teacher pleads guilty in laptop theft
Comments | RecommendNorene teaches at Marysville independent study center
A teacher in the Marysville Joint Unified School District pleaded guilty Wednesday to a misdemeanor charge of receiving stolen property for having a laptop computer stolen from an elementary school in Yuba City.
Lamont Joseph Norene is scheduled to be sentenced Oct. 8 in Yuba County Superior Court.
District Attorney Pat McGrath said Norene's sentence could range from no time in jail to a maximum of a year.
Norene was arrested in May at Alternative Education Placement Center at 1919 B St. in Marysville, an independent study center.
Norene admitted he knew the laptop was stolen and that he'd avoided $750 in fees by installing software he found on the Internet using unauthorized key codes, according to court records.
He had been on leave after his arrest but has since returned to teaching, according to Gay Todd, superintendent of the Marysville school district.
Lee Pope, assistant general counsel for the Sacramento-based Commission on Teacher Credentialing, said a seven-member committee screens issues involving credentials.
Teachers are fingerprinted and the commission should be alerted to the conviction involving Norene, the attorney said. "We review every conviction we receive."
"We're supposed to find out," he said. "We do if the system works."
Some convictions, such as murder or manslaughter, require revocation but misdemeanors involve the discretion of the panel, Pope said. The panel can recommend actions ranging from no discipline to revoking the credentials, he said.
Pope noted that, "Virtually any arrest of a teacher makes the news."
The computer had been stolen from Bridge Street Elementary School in Yuba City, according to local officials.
Contact Appeal-Democrat reporter Ryan McCarthy at 749-4707 or rmccarthy@appeal-democrat.com.
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