Former high school custodian in Placer arrested, suspected of harassing student

A former Placer County schools custodian arrested Thursday was suspected of harassing a student while working on a Loomis Union School District campus.

Placer County sheriff’s deputies arrested the 47-year-old man at a home in Loomis, the Sheriff’s Office said in a Thursday news release. Sheriff’s officials said the arrest on suspicion of inappropriate contact with a student came out of an investigation into reports that Newman had engaged in harassing behavior while employed by the district.

District officials called in Placer authorities when they learned of the conduct, the Sheriff’s Office said, adding that no other students were the focus of the alleged harassment.

The man is in custody at South Placer Jail and being held in lieu of $10,000 bail. It was not immediately known when he would be arraigned.

Darrell Smith

The Sacramento Bee

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Darrell Smith is a local reporter for The Sacramento Bee. He joined The Bee in 2006 and previously worked at newspapers in Palm Springs, Colorado Springs and Marysville. Smith was born and raised at Beale Air Force Base and lives in Elk Grove.