Fresno teacher appears in court on sex crime charges as document reveals new details

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- A Bullard High teacher who is present connected permission appeared successful shackles Tuesday hours aft prosecutors deed him with 38 charges.

"We are present for an arraignment hearing," Judge William Terrence said.

Ray Waller is looking to prosecute a backstage attorney, which is an denotation helium wants to combat the allegations against him.

Investigators judge Waller had enactment with a minor, sold oregon produced explicit content, and committed lewd acts.

The charges sent shockwaves astatine his erstwhile school.

"It's truly grossed out, to beryllium honest," Karianna Fletcher, a Bullard High School elder said past week. "It's truly disgusting."

In the recently filed charging document, prosecutors allege immoderate of the enactment crimes took spot successful Waller's schoolroom arsenic precocious arsenic past month.

The documents reveals 4 victims and states 1 of them could person been arsenic young arsenic 14.

"It appears arsenic though idiosyncratic indispensable person travel guardant and made a complaint," Action News Legal Analyst Tony Capozzi said. "And arsenic 1 idiosyncratic came forward, it seemed to blossom into others coming forward."

Capozzi reviewed the charging document, calling the fig of counts "surprising" but saying prosecutors indispensable consciousness they person capable evidence.

"They're alleging that this is simply a teacher who was enactment successful that presumption and knew that these children were susceptible due to the fact that they were younger. He was successful a presumption of trust," Capozzi said.

Waller could participate a plea with his caller lawyer arsenic soon arsenic adjacent Thursday.

For now, helium is held successful jailhouse connected a $830,000 bail. Prosecutors accidental they're preparing a question to contradict bail altogether.

Only 2 of the 4 victims are presently identified, and the justice said Waller indispensable enactment astatine slightest 100 yards away.

"You are not to person immoderate interaction with either 1 of them," Judge Terrence said. "No personal, electronic, telephonic, oregon written interaction with those individuals."

The authoritative told the justice that investigators are moving to place the 2 different victims and perchance much arsenic the probe continues.

If Waller pleads not blameworthy adjacent week, the lawsuit could upwind done the tribunal strategy for months.