Arraignment Continued For Former Santa Paula School Counselor Accused Of Molesting Eight Children

Monday November 25, 2024

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     The arraignment was continued Monday for the former counselor at a Santa Paula elementary school who is accused of molesting eight children when he worked there several years ago.

     The Ventura County District Attorney's Office says that 42-year-old David Lane Braff Jr. of Thousand Oaks was arrested Friday morning on charges that he allegedly molested the children, ages 6-10 years, in an office at McKevett Elementary School in Santa Paula between 2015 and 2019.

     He appeared in court Monday and the Public Defender's Office was appointed to represent him.

     Braff did not enter a plea to the charges and instead the arraignment was continued until December 20th.

     He will remain in the Ventura County Jail with no chance of release pending the December 20th arraignment.

     The DA's office says Braff is charged with 17 felony counts of lewd acts upon a child under 14-years-old.

     He is also accused with more than 60 special allegations and aggravating factors.

     At the time of his arrest Friday, Braff was employed as an assistant principal and school counselor at Ingenium Charter Middle School in Los Angeles.

     The DA's Office is asking anyone who may have been victimized by Braff or has information about suspicious activity on his part to contact Ventura County DA Investigator Greg Webb at (805) 477-1627.