Electrical shock sends Moreno Valley science teacher to hospital

MORENO VALLEY, Calif., — A Moreno Valley high school science teacher was briefly hospitalized after receiving a shocking surprise at Rancho Verde High School yesterday morning, Tuesday, Aug. 31.

The electric shock, which left the teacher with “some numbness” according to reports, was received from a school’s computer charger. It was not immediately known if the injured teacher had been cleared to return to work as of this morning.

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Cal Fire-Riverside County Fire Department and other emergency personnel responded to the school around 11:30 a.m. after receiving reports of the incident.

The teacher, whose name has not been released, had complaints of numbness and tingling after being shocked and paramedics evaluated and treated the educator at the school’s campus before the teacher was taken to an area hospital as a precaution, Val Verde Unified School District Police Chief Mark Clark has since reported.

The district’s maintenance staff have responded to the school’s campus to examine the potentially faulty charger in an effort to determine how yesterday’s accident occurred, said Clark.

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Additionally, he writes or has written for several other news organizations; including Riverside County-based newspapers Valley News, Valley Chronicle, Anza Valley Outlook, and Hemet & San Jacinto Chronicle; the Bonsall/Fallbrook Village News in San Diego County; and Mountain Echo in Shasta County. He is also a regular contributor to Thin Blue Line TV and Law Enforcement News Network and has had his stories featured on news stations throughout the Southern California and North State regions.

Trevor spent 10 years in the U.S. Army as an Orthopedic Specialist before joining the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department in 1998. He was medically retired after losing his leg, breaking his back, and suffering both spinal cord and brain injuries in an off-duty accident. (Click here to see segment of Discovery Channel documentary of Trevor’s accident.)

During his time with the sheriff’s department, Trevor worked at several different stations; including Robert Presley Detention Center, Southwest Station in Temecula, Hemet/Valle Vista Station, Ben Clark Public Safety Training Center, and Lake Elsinore Station; along with other locations.

Trevor’s assignments included Corrections, Patrol, DUI Enforcement, Boat and Personal Water-Craft based Lake Patrol, Off-Road Vehicle Enforcement, Problem Oriented Policing Team, and Personnel/Background Investigations. He finished his career while working as a Sex Crimes and Child Abuse Investigator and was a court-designated expert in child abuse and child sex-related crimes.

Trevor has been married for more than 30 years and was a foster parent to more than 60 children over 13 years. He is now an adoptive parent and his “fluid family” includes 13 children and 18 grandchildren.