Vacaville, CALIFORNIA

In court (again) for parole violation.

Nov 30, 2006 -A trial date has been set for Kenneth Anderson, 56, a 4th grade elementary school teacher. He has been charged with 14 felony counts involving nine students since 1991.

Anderson was arrested in April 2005 and has been suspended by the district. The trial is set for February 15th, 2007.

TRIAL Feb 16, 2007 - The trial is underway and jurors were empaneled.

Following further investigation into the allegations - which also involved what were described as "massages" - the District Attorney's Office filed an amended felony complaint against Anderson, charging a total of 14 counts involving nine students. The latest complaint against Anderson also charges engaging in three or more acts of sexual conduct with a child under 14 years of age during a period of not less than three months.

UPDATE Feb 23 - Anderson testified in his own defense in a jury trial that started last week.

UPDATE Feb 27 - The jury has begun deliberations after a five day trial.

MISTRIAL Feb 28 - A mistrial was declared after the jury deadlocked. will return to Solano County Superior Court March 13 for a readiness conference and setting of a new trial date if the prosecution proceeds with the case.

NO CONTEST PLEA Mar 28 - Anderson has pleaded no contest to committing a lewd act with a child under age 14 and to continuous sexual abuse of a child. In exchange for the plea, his attorney says Anderson will do no prison time.

Chastaine said Anderson did not want to risk spending the rest of his life in prison if he were convicted at a re-trial and did not want to put the families through another trial.

He will be sentenced May 22.

SENTENCING DELAYED May 22 - Sentencing has been delayed while another psychologist examines Anderson. The doctor's report and sentencing is scheduled for June 19, Chastaine said. Apparently, the plea agreement means Anderson will not serve time in state prison but could face a year in county jail.

SENTENCED June 20 - Anderson was sentenced to to one year jail and five years' probation. He gets to serve six months' of his jail time nder electronically monitored home confinement or another alternative to jail. HE MUST ALSO REGISTER AS A SEX OFFENDER.

From the Vacavile Reporter:

The prosecutor in the case, Deputy District Attorney Krishna Abrams, told the court Tuesday that a pre-sentence psychological examination of Anderson indicated that he was an unrepentant pedophile who became aroused during contact with children.

"I've seen no remorse on the part of the defendant," Abrams stated.

BACK IN COURT Jan 26, 2008 - Four days after completion of his six month jail sentence for child molestation, Anderson was in violation of his probation by having webcam contact with two 7-year-old girls.

Abrams said Anderson finished his jail sentence on the molestation conviction on Dec. 21. Four days later, she stated, he is believed to have purchased webcam equipment and made contact with two 7-year-old girls.

"He was less than four days out of custody and he was contacting minors," Abrams charged.

Jan 31 - Anderson admitted violating his probation by having webcam contact with two 7-year-old girls. His lawyer said that he knew he had "technically" violated the order but didn't realize the web-cam contact was inappropriate. NOTE AT STORY:

A story that ran in The Reporter's Jan. 26 edition needs clarification. The article stated that convicted child molester, Kenneth Anderson, had Webcam contact with two seven-year-old girls.

Anderson's daughter, Jennifer George, told the Reporter on Saturday that the two children involved, a boy and a girl, are Anderson's grandchildren and George's children. George said she initiated and approved the Webcam meeting and did not intend for the meeting to violate the terms of Anderson's probation agreement.

After hearing arguments from both attorneys, Judge Harrison scheduled 9 a.m. March 7 for further hearing on the violation and receipt of a supplemental probation report.

March 8 - The judge ordered Anderson's probation reinstated with the warning that any future violation of the agreement could result in the imposition of a state prison sentence.

PRELIMINARY SCHEDULED July 31 - Anderson will be back in court Monday on for a preliminary hearing into ammunition and probation violation charges. He is charged with being a convicted felon in possession of ammunition. In June, Vacaville police reportedly conducted a probation check at his home and turned up a small quantity of ammunition.

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