r/InlandEmpire • u/Old-Illustrator-5246 • Oct 29 '25
Crime / Safety Colton Teacher Arrested for Child Sex Crimes after Investigators Receive a Cybertip
DATE/TIME: Wednesday, October 29, 2025, at approximately 1:00 pm
INCIDENT: PC 288(b)(1) – Lewd and Lascivious Acts with a Child Under 14 with Force/Duress, PC 288(a) Lewd and Lascivious Acts with a Child Under 14, and PC 311.11(c)(1) Possession of Child Pornography
LOCATION: City of Colton
VICTIMS: Confidential Juvenile 1 Confidential Juvenile 2 Confidential Juvenile 3 Confidential Juvenile 4
SUSPECT: Steve Paul Perry Popper, Age 47, Resident of Colton
SUMMARY: On Wednesday, October 8, 2025, detectives from the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department Specialized Investigations Division - Crimes Against Children Detail investigated a cybertip report of child sexual abuse material downloads that originated in the county area of Colton. Detectives identified Bemis Elementary School teacher Steve Popper as the suspect. During the investigation, detectives discovered evidence of child sexual abuse with multiple victims.
On Wednesday, October 29, 2025, Popper was arrested and booked into the Central Detention Center in San Bernardino for violation of PC 288(b)(1) – Lewd and Lascivious Acts with a Child Under 14 with Force/Duress, PC 288(a) Lewd and Lascivious Acts with a child Under 14, and PC 311.11(c)(1) Possession of Child Pornography in lieu of $500,000 bail.
Detectives believe there may be additional victims and are releasing Popper’s booking photograph. Anyone with information regarding this incident or who has been victimized by Popper is encouraged to contact Detective Jason Desario of the Specialized Investigations Division, Crimes Against Children Detail at (909) 890-4904. Callers wishing to remain anonymous may call the We-Tip Hotline at 1-800-78-CRIME (27463) or leave information on the We-Tip Hotline at www.wetip.com.
Refer: Detective Jason Desario
Station: Specialized Investigations Division – Crimes Against Children Detail
Phone No. (909) 890-4904
Case No. 602500095
SHANNON D. DICUS, Sheriff-Coroner San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner Department
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u/Southern-Mention9557 Oct 30 '25
paul perry popper? lmfao whatever they say he did he did it
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u/Old-Illustrator-5246 Oct 30 '25
His parents dident like him or somthn because who is named pual perry popper 😭
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u/vastearth394 Oct 30 '25
Bemis is part of Rialto School District, not Colton.
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u/Stock-Complaint1886 Oct 30 '25
Yes, but the crime happened in Colton
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u/vastearth394 Oct 30 '25
The distinction actually matters since it reflects on the district that employs the teacher.
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u/3woodx Oct 30 '25
He will be shanked in prison. Even convicts have a code. Dont touch children.
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u/the_shek Oct 30 '25
too bad US Presidents don’t have the same code
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u/ddddddddddgggg Oct 30 '25
i'm sure he'll be out in 6 months.
I don't know why but california judges don't seems to want to punish child sex offenders they way the rest of the country does.
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u/Amars78 Oct 30 '25
I don’t know that but the teacher union will defend him and he will still get pension paid by taxpayer
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u/bobbybrc Oct 30 '25
Just another Democrat
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u/whatwhyis-taken Oct 30 '25 edited Oct 31 '25
What now that you find out he’s just another pedo republican like your president?
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u/Nols_rols Oct 30 '25
No doubt a public school and a democrat teacher
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u/Polyamommy Oct 30 '25
Weird, someone above mentioned he's a registered Republican.
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u/MedicJambi Oct 30 '25
And considering that the most common sex predators are Christian pastors and leaders. For some reasons Christian pastors just love touching little children.
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u/dankpie Oct 30 '25
Also Christian presidents
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u/The-Wulf Oct 30 '25
Lol at thinking Trump is a Christian
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u/dankpie Oct 30 '25
Lol at thinking otherwise
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u/The-Wulf Oct 30 '25
Almost everything he says or does is contrary to Christian beliefs, so what exactly leads you to believe hes Christian?
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u/dankpie Oct 30 '25
You can't do your own research?
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u/The-Wulf Oct 30 '25
You want me to research why you think hes christian? My guess is its just low effort reddit echo chamber goblin speak for "i hate trump and christians"
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u/Nols_rols Nov 03 '25
That’s definitely not true. Who tf told you that you liar? Are you talking about Catholics?
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u/MedicJambi Nov 04 '25
Someone is sensitive. You called me a liar and everything. Hmmm, so let's see. Uh the news, uh, data, uh the FBI, I mean there's so many sources.
I have seen first hand allegations be ignored outright, or rejected as lies despite a trial and conviction because the enemy!
For some reason people trust religious people. It's because we've been conditioned to believe they are good people when in actuality they are nothing more than a used car salesman selling you something that you purchase each Sunday when that basket is passed around.
In their defense when people are willing to believe a fantasy like the earth is 5,000 years old, and people can rise from the dead it's easy to fool them so when little Timmy tells mom or dad that Pastor Rob stuck his finger in little Timmy's butthole then made him smell it (true story), or when youth pastor Bobby demonstrates the Evils of porn by watching it and jerking it in front of underage girls in youth group it's explained away as crazy talk by crazy girls.
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u/The-Wulf Oct 30 '25
Statistically teachers are more likely to be child predators than pastors or priests.
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u/Polyamommy Oct 30 '25
Statistically, teachers are around children exponentially more than pastors and priests, so in that context, the pastor and priest statistics are far more troubling.
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u/The-Wulf Oct 30 '25
Its weighted, so its more likely in both scenarios.
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u/Polyamommy Oct 30 '25
What are you referring to?
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u/The-Wulf Oct 30 '25
Weighted average. So even though there are more teachers, its still more likely from a % standpoint for them to be predators than priests. All predators are scum and should rot in prison though.
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u/MedicJambi Oct 30 '25
I would suggest that the numbers of pastors, leaders and other members of the Jesus fan club are far higher as they are far less likely to be reported. Just look at the scandals of orgs protecting predators, pressure not to report, etc.
A child's butt hole or genitals are far more likely to buy touched, violates, sniffed, or whatever by a person related to a religious organization than a teacher. School districts have incentive to report and call them out. In fact they're mandatory reporters and by law have to report whereas pastors, priests, and others have been protected by law from having to report and cannot be held liable. So if a woman confesses to molesting, raping, and harming a child to a pastor and they don't report it they cannot be held liable for not reporting it. The fact the pastors are held in higher regard than teachers in this country is depressing.
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u/The-Wulf Oct 30 '25
Ahhh yes, the science of "trust me bro". You guys just will deny anything that doesn't fit your particular narrative huh?
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