GLENDALE MAN EMPLOYED BY LAUSD ARRESTED LAST
NIGHT FOR POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY

Members of the FBI's S.A.F.E. Team arrested a Glendale man for possessing child pornography, announced Salvador Hernandez, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI in Los Angeles. Ivan Carcelen, 56, was taken into custody without incident after an investigation by task force officers with the SAFE Team (Sexual Assault Felony Enforcement). Carcelen has been charged by the District Attorney in Los Angeles with possession of matter depicting a minor engaging in sexual conduct, a violation of California Penal Code, Section 311.11(a). Carcelen is currently employed as a special education teacher at a middle school within the Los Angeles Unified School District. Anyone with information about children who may have been victimized should contact the SAFE Team. In Los Angeles, the FBI may be contacted 24 hours a day at 310 477-6565. Agencies participating on the SAFE Team as full time members include FBI, CHP, LA Sheriff's Department, LAPD, California Department of Justice, the Orange County Sheriff's Department, U.S. Postal Inspection Service, United States Attorney's Office and the District Attorney's Office in Los Angeles and Orange County. Contact: Laura Eimiller: 310 966-3343, Vickie Hampton-Franklin: 310 996-3342 or Lourdes Arocho: 310 996-4402 (Spanish Speaker) District Attorney: Los Angeles: 213 974-3525