This undated photo is a booking photo of Jeremy Shawn Stockton who is charged with child molestation. (Photo courtesy of LAPD)
Jeremy Shawn Stockton, a "caregiver to children with developmental needs," was taken into custody last Wednesday, according to the Los Angeles Police Department's media relations office.
The 29-year-old suspect is an employee of Wellspring, a local agency that specializes in behavioral intervention for young children with autism, according to the LAPD.
He began working for Wellspring as an in-home caregiver for developmentally disabled children in May 2008, investigators said.
Stockton, who is jailed in lieu of $1.45 million bail, is charged with 11 felony counts of committing a lewd act upon a child and three felony counts of oral copulation of a person under 14.
The criminal complaint alleges that the crimes occurred between March 1, 2008, and March 26 of this year.
He pleaded not guilty last week and is due back in San Fernando Superior Court on May 3, when a date is scheduled to be set for a hearing to determine if there is enough evidence to require him to stand trial.
This afternoon, police released a photo of the 6-foot-tall, 185-pound suspect, who has also been a special education trainee at Ulysses S. Grant High School in Van Nuys, saying they believe there may be additional alleged victims.
In 2009, Stockton worked with developmentally disabled children at the YMCA facility in La Canada, though not as an YMCA employee, according to the LAPD.
He has also worked at the Valley Therapeutic Recreational Center in North Hollywood, according to detectives.
Anyone with information relevant to the case was asked to call LAPD Devonshire Division Detective Teresa Pikor at 818-832-0985, or Detective Casey Cox at 818-832-0978.
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I can tell everyone this with Casey Cox on the case its a sure thing that an innocent man is going to jail . This Detective is one of the most corrupt LAPD detectives. So if your black or hispanic be sure he will try and make up some really stupid charges . But there is some hope and that is he never has any evidence so yes you will go to jail but it will be a DA reject . Just making petty revenue for his department what a joke he is .
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