Annoying or Molesting a Child 

May 7, 2023 - Riverside County Sheriff’s Office officials report that on Friday, April 28, 2023, at about 9:57 a.m., a Lake Elsinore Sheriff’s Station School Resource Officer was dispatched to a campus located on the 500 block of Chaney Street in Lake Elsinore after a 17-year-old student disclosed a teacher was harassing her. Subsequent to this disclosure, a 16-year-old student came forward with similar allegations against the same teacher. The investigation revealed the teacher, identified as 40-year-old Ryan Campbell, made inappropriate remarks, and sent text messages to both victims during and after school hours. The text messages sent by Campbell to the victims had no nexus to school projects or material, and the context was inappropriate in nature.

On Friday, May 5, 2023, deputies arrested Campbell, and he was booked at the Cois Byrd Detention Center for Annoying or Molesting a Child.

Anyone with information regarding this incident can contact the Lake Elsinore Station at (951) 245–3300 or dispatch at (951) 776–1099.

Reporting Deputy: Sergeant Collazo

File # L231180030

Source & photo: Riverside County Sheriff’s Office