{"id":202,"date":"2004-08-18T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2004-08-18T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cyrusfarivar.com\/blog\/?p=202"},"modified":"2004-08-18T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2004-08-18T16:00:00","slug":"samohi-band-teacher-charged-with-sexual-misconduct-with-minor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cyrusfarivar.com\/blog\/2004\/08\/18\/samohi-band-teacher-charged-with-sexual-misconduct-with-minor\/","title":{"rendered":"SAMOHI Band Teacher Charged with Sexual Misconduct with Minor"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ed: I was in the band<\/a> from August 1995 to June 1997 and from August 1998 to June 2000. As far as everyone I knew was concerned, Dr. Carl Hammer was something of a no-nonsense teacher, but overall was a good trombone player and cared deeply about the marching band. I’m really shocked.<\/p>\n

Surf Santa Monica ; August 18 2004<\/a><\/p>\n

By Olin Ericksen
\nStaff Writer<\/p>\n

August 17 — For the second time in two months, a Santa Monica High School employee has been charged with alleged sexual contact with a teenager.<\/p>\n

Carl Stephen Hammer — a 37-year-old SAMOHI band teacher who has worked at high schools and middle schools in the district for nearly nine years — turned himself in to authorities August 6 and was charged with two felony counts of allegedly performing “lewd and lascivious” sex acts with a minor, police said.<\/p>\n

Hammer — a Santa Monica resident who is married with children — posted $40,000 bail and will remain free while he awaits his next court appearance, scheduled for October 8, police said.<\/p>\n

The charges — which come in the wake of a months-long joint-investigation between local police and the California Department of Children and Family Services — apparently stem from a July 6 encounter with a 14-year-old girl, according to police officials.<\/p>\n

Information on whether the student is enrolled in the district has not been released..<\/p>\n

The school district placed Hammer on paid leave indefinitely, per his contract, said John Deasy.<\/p>\n

\u00ef\u00bf\u00bdHe is on paid leave until the matter is investigated and resolved,\u00ef\u00bf\u00bd Deasy said.<\/p>\n

A support team comprised of counselors and psychologists will meet with SAMOHI band students Monday, Deasy said. Meetings will also be held with parents and teachers.<\/p>\n

\u00ef\u00bf\u00bdWhen students realize there is misbehavior, they share it with students,\u00ef\u00bf\u00bd Deasy said.<\/p>\n

This is the second time in two months a SAMOHI employee has been rocked by sexual misconduct allegations.<\/p>\n

Mike Hearn, 37, a part-time assistant football and basketball coach, was arrested in June and charged with sexual relations with two girls — a 15-year old and a 17-year-old — as well as sharing pornographic materials with another 15-year-old, according to prosecutors.<\/p>\n

The two younger girls were both students at SAMOHI.<\/p>\n

Hearn — who is no longer employed with the district — pleaded not guilty to the nine felony counts last month and is under house arrest until his next court appearance on August 30.<\/p>\n

Anyone having additional information should call Leslie Trapnell of the Youth Services Division at 458-2256 or Sgt. Mohamed Marhaba at 458-8457 or the watch commander at 458-8426.<\/p>\n

Callers who wish to remain anonymous may also call the We-Tip national hotline at 800-78CRIME. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ed: I was in the band from August 1995 to June 1997 and from August 1998 to June 2000. As far as everyone I knew was concerned, Dr. Carl Hammer was something of a no-nonsense teacher, but overall was a good trombone player and cared deeply about the marching band. I’m really shocked. Surf Santa Monica ; August 18 2004 By Olin Ericksen Staff Writer August 17 — For the second time in two months, a Santa Monica High School…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"aside","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[165,213],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-aside","hentry","category-santa-monica","category-wtf","post_format-post-format-aside"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4uks-3g","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyrusfarivar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyrusfarivar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyrusfarivar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyrusfarivar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyrusfarivar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cyrusfarivar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyrusfarivar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyrusfarivar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyrusfarivar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}