The teacher arrested in Yucca Valley for investigation into sexual abuse of a minor entered pleas of “not guilty” to more than twenty felony charges at an arraignment on Friday (May 2).
Stephen Spurlock, a 43 year-old resident of Yucca Valley, was arrested at his home on Tuesday (April 29) after his alleged abuse of a minor was reported to 911. Spurlock works as a teacher and coach at an unnamed private school in Rancho Mirage.
Spurlock was arraigned on 17 felony charges of rape by force or fear, on felony charge of lewd or lascivious acts with a child 14 or 15 years old, two felony charges of forced oral copulation on a minor, and one felony charge of sodomy with a minor.
At the arraignment, Judge Michael Lough set bail at $1,440,000. Spurlock is currently still in custody.
Because Spurlock works as a school teacher and coach, detectives suspect there may be additional victims in both San Bernardino and Riverside Counties. Anyone who may have been victimized by Spurlock is urged to immediately contact the Morongo Basin Sheriff’s Station at 760-366-4175.
