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Goleta teacher charged with child molestation, missing

September 14, 2024

Steven Schapansky on a motorcycle

By KAREN VELIE

A Goleta elementary teacher charged with sexually molesting a child failed to show up at court on Friday prompting the judge to issue a no-bail warrant for his arrest.

On July 12, Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s deputies arrested 54-year-old Steven Schapansky, a fifth and sixth grade teacher at Santa Barbara Charter School in Goleta. Schapansky allegedly hid cameras in mutiple places on and off school grounds. He quickly bailed out.

During the ongoing investigation, detectives identified Schapansky as the suspect in a child molestation case. On Sept. 6, deputies arrested Schapansky on a felony warrant. Deputies later booked the suspect in the Northern Branch Jail. He again posted bail and was released.

Schapansky’s family recently went to law enforcement asking them to find him, after they received possible suicidal text messages. It is suspected he may be in the Fresno area or headed for Yosemite National Park.

Steven Schapansky

Investigators describe Schapansky as 6 feet 2 inches tall, weighing 210 pounds, with blue eyes and blonde hair. He was last seen in the Fresno area riding a 2021 blue Honda Monkey motorcycle with California license plate 25H7377. There is currently a warrant for his arrest.

 


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6’2″ 210lb on a Honda Monkey is treading very close to “bear on a tricycle” territory. He isn’t going anywhere fast, that’s for sure.


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But if I was a Poor Pedophile, I’d have to sit in jail, :( Bail is the most haneous thing ever. If we were all equal in the eyes of Justice, we would have ” a right to a fair speedy trial” oh wait, we are supposed to.


America is doomed.


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Hiding from the police is an exercise in futility. Sooner or later, he will be caught.


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If he wasn’t allowed to post bail because the courts let rich people do so even if they shoot kids, wouldn’t the police not have to look for him, WAISTING, more tax dollars and resources that could be used elsewhere, or is this just too perplexing to think of?


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Did they catch Julian Contreras yet who feld to Mexico after being alleged in Raping 30 girls, Nate Abate from Cardinal Barber is out on 500thiousand Bail in Atascadero and still is around people and no one cares? So, if im Rich, I can go molest kids, get some BS conditions, flee, etc, because a judge set Bail like a Psychopath. Why isn’t anyone arresting this judge for letting pedophile escape?


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