Case of Guy Joseph Raz
(AKA: Guy Raz, Guy J. Raz)
Teacher - Pasadena Hebrew School, Pasadena, CA
Engineer - Pasadena, CA
Sherman Oaks, CA
Pleaded Guilty and was sentenced to two years in federal prison Monday for using the Internet to solicit sex with a onetime pupil.
Raz, taught from 1999 to 2001 at the Hebrew School at the Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center, 1434 N. Altadena Drive.
There are several people by the name of Guy Raz. The individual discussed on this page was born on August 18, 1966.
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Table of Contents:
2001
- Man Held in Online Soliciting (10/26/2001)
- Ex-teacher charged with soliciting sex (10/26/2001)
2002
- Man Pleads Guilty To Soliciting Sex (01/16/2002)
- Ex-Hebrew School teacher admits to sex charge (01/16/2002)
- Ex-Teacher Gets Prison for Soliciting Student Sex (03/12/2002)
2006
- California Sex Offender Registry (04/01/2006)
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Man Held in Online Soliciting
Crime: Former temple teacher tried to lure a 13-year-old pupil, say investigators from a multi-agency task force.
by David Rosenzweig
Los Angeles Times - October 26, 2001
A former religion teacher at the Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center has been charged with using the Internet to solicit sex with a onetime pupil, prosecutors said Thursday.
Guy Raz, 35, was taken into custody by FBI agents and sheriff's deputies Wednesday afternoon when he showed up for a meeting with the 13-year-old girl at the Altadena public library.
Inside his car, investigators said, they found a long-stem red rose, a box of condoms and an envelope addressed to the girl.
Investigators said the girl's parents contacted them earlier this month after she began receiving sexual solicitations from Raz via the Internet.
Raz obtained the girl's e-mail address and those of other students while teaching a religion class at the temple last year, according to an investigator's affidavit.
In one message, Raz allegedly wrote: "Being a bat mitzvah is about entering womanhood. . . . And there's one aspect of that I'd prefer to show you in person."
Raz also discussed specific sexual acts and invited the teenager to come to his home in Encino but not tell her parents, investigators said.
After being shown printouts of his e-mail messages, investigators from the Southern California regional sexual assault felony enforcement team, a multi-agency task force, posed as the teenager online and carried on several more e-mail exchanges with Raz.
During one of those exchanges, Raz allegedly agreed to meet the girl in the Altadena library's ancient studies section. He was arrested after he got out of his car.
He is being held at the federal Metropolitan Detention Center pending a bail hearing before a federal magistrate Tuesday. If convicted, he faces a maximum 15 years in prison.
Debby Singer, education director at the Pasadena synagogue, said Raz taught there on a part-time basis during the 1999-2000 school year and as a full-time instructor the following academic year. She said his contract was not renewed when it expired in June.
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Ex-teacher charged with soliciting sex
By Howard Breuer Staff Writer
Star-News (Pasadena, CA) - October 26, 2001
ALTADENA - A former instructor at a Pasadena Hebrew school has been arrested on federal charges that he used the Internet to solicit sex from a 13-year-old former student.
Guy Raz, 35, who recently moved from Pasadena to Encino, was arrested Wednesday afternoon as he arrived at the Altadena Public Library, allegedly expecting to meet the girl for sex. The encounter had been arranged by a sheriff's detective who took over the girl's e-mail address.
"He had a card, a rose and some condoms," said Luis Li, acting deputy chief of the U.S. attorney's major crimes section.
Raz was arrested by undercover FBI agents upon his arrival at the library and refused to give a statement, says an affidavit by the detective, Christopher A. Hicks, assigned to the FBI as a special U.S. marshal.
Raz, a former teacher at the Hebrew School at the Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center, 1434 N. Altadena Drive, made his first court appearance Thursday. He was informed that he is charged with using the Internet to encourage a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity which carries a penalty of up to 15 years in prison and was ordered back to court Tuesday for a bail hearing. Until then, Raz will remain in custody with no bail amount set.
The investigation began earlier this month when the girl told her parents Raz contacted her online for sex, Li said. Raz had instructed all his Hebrew students to give him their e-mail addresses so he could help them online with schoolwork, according to the affidavit.
The girl's parents notified the Sheriff's Department, which determined that the person sending messages to the girl was Raz, he said.
As Hicks interviewed the girl at her house, Raz sent her e-mail messages of a sexual nature, which the detective read, the affidavit says.
The girl believed Raz was an engineer by trade and worked part-time - and later full-time - as a religious education teacher, the affidavit states.
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Man Pleads Guilty To Soliciting Sex
by Howard Breuer
Daily News of Los Angeles (CA) - January 16, 2002
An Encino man pleaded guilty Tuesday to using the Internet to solicit sex from a 13-year-old female student at the Pasadena Hebrew school where he taught.
Guy Raz, 35, faces up to 15 years when he is sentenced March 11 but will probably get no more than 2 1/2 years under a plea bargain with the U.S. Attorney's Office, officials said.
Attorneys are suggesting Raz serve his time at the Federal Correctional Complex in Butner, N.C., which has a special program for sex offenders.
``Everybody agrees he needs treatment, and we're trying to make sure he gets treatment,'' said Luis Li, acting deputy chief of the U.S. Attorney's Office major crimes section.
Defense attorney Ronald Kaye declined to comment until after sentencing.
During Tuesday's federal court hearing, Raz admitted that he used the Internet to solicit the girl and set up a meeting with her at the Altadena Public Library. He didn't realize he was communicating with a detective from the Sheriff's Department, whom the girl's parents contacted weeks earlier.
Undercover FBI agents arrested him upon his arrival at the library.
Raz taught from 1999 to 2001 at the Hebrew School at the Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center.
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Ex-Hebrew School teacher admits to sex charge
by Howard Breuer
Star-News (Pasadena, CA) - January 16, 2002
LOS ANGELES -- A former instructor at a Pasadena Hebrew school pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to using the Internet to solicit sex from a 13-year-old former student.
Guy Raz, 35, of Encino faces up to 15 years when he returns for sentencing March 11, but will probably get two to two and a half years under the plea deal, federal officials said.
That's not too different from what Raz would get if he were convicted by a jury, said a U.S. Attorney's spokesman.
Attorneys are suggesting Raz serve his time at the Federal Correctional Complex in Butner, N.C., which has a special program for sex offenders.
"Everybody agrees he needs treatment and we're trying to make sure he gets treatment," said Luis Li, acting deputy chief of the U.S. attorney's major crimes section.
During a hearing before U.S. District Judge Audrey B. Collins, Raz admitted he used the Internet to solicit the girl for oral sex, and he attempted to meet her Oct. 24 in the Altadena Public Library.
"He had a card, a rose and some condoms," Li has said.
His defense attorney, Ronald Kaye, declined to comment until after sentencing.
Raz, who taught from 1999 to 2001 at the Hebrew School at the Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center, 1434 N. Altadena Drive, had been in custody since his arrest.
He attended the hearing at the Edward R. Roybal Federal Courthouse wearing a green jacket, blue nylon slacks and sandals. Marshals refused to remove his handcuffs as he signed the deal.
Kaye, Collins and Assistant U.S. Attorney Carole Peterson explained to Raz that he was admitting to using a facility of interstate commerce -- in this case, phone lines connecting to America Online -- to knowingly attempt to persuade, induce and entice a minor to engage in sex.
Raz had made plans to meet the girl in the library's ancient studies section, not realizing he was communicating with a detective from the Sheriff's Department, whom the girl's parents contacted weeks earlier.
Undercover FBI agents arrested him upon his arrival at the library.
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Ex-Teacher Gets Prison for Soliciting Student Sex
From Times Staff Reports Metro Desk
Los Angeles Times - March 12, 2002
A former teacher at the Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center was sentenced to two years in federal prison Monday for using the Internet to solicit sex with a onetime pupil.
Guy Raz, 35, who pleaded guilty earlier this year, faced up to five years behind bars under terms of a plea agreement. He was arrested in October when he showed up for a meeting with the 13-year-old girl at the Altadena Public Library.
FBI agents said Raz obtained the girl's e-mail address while teaching a religion class at the temple. His contract was not renewed when it expired in June.
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California Sex Offender Registry
Megan's Law: Information on Registered Sex Offenders - April 1, 2006
http://www.meganslaw.ca.gov
Last Name: RAZ First Name: GUY Middle Name: JOSEPH
Description
Last Known Address: 93003
County: VENTURA
Zip Code 93003
Date of Birth: 08-18-1966
Sex: MALE
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 172
Eye Color: BLUE
Hair Color: BLONDE
Ethnicity: WHITE
Specific address not subject to disclosure
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