LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – As the result of an investigation that began early this year, a Lower Lake High School teacher was taken into custody on Friday on charges of possessing child pornography and child molestation.

Clearlake Police detectives arrested Jeremy Duane Stock, 37, at his Loch Lomond residence at 9:15 a.m. Friday on an arrest warrant issued by the Lake County Superior Court, according to Sgt. Nick Bennett.

The warrant was for a felony count of possession or control of child pornography and a misdemeanor charge of annoying or molesting children, Bennett said.

Bennett said that in January of this year information was brought forward to Lower Lake High School Principal Jeffrey Dixon that Stock was having inappropriate interactions with students.  

Dixon contacted the school’s resource officer, Clearlake Police Officer Andrew Jones, and advised him of the situation, according to Bennett’s report. The investigation was then turned over to Clearlake Police Department Det. Ryan Peterson.

Additionally, Bennett said Stock was placed on paid administrative leave during the investigation.  

During the investigation, Det. Peterson completed and served several search warrants approved by the Lake County Superior Court on Stock’s residence, Bennett said.

Bennett said computers, several cellular phones, mass storage devices along with other evidence were seized from Stock’s residence during the service of the search warrants.

He said some of the evidence that was seized was forensically analyzed and, as a result, it was found that Stock was in possession of child pornography.

At this time, it is believed that none of the child pornography discovered in this investigation involved any children from the Konocti Unified School District, Bennett said.

Konocti Unified School District staff and administration were completely cooperative during the investigation, Bennett added.

Stock was booked just after 10:30 a.m. Friday at the Lake County Jail, with a bail set at $100,000, according to jail records. He is due to appear for arraignment in Lake County Superior Court on Tuesday, Dec. 11.

Anyone with information in regard to this case or cases of a similar nature involving Stock is encouraged to contact Clearlake Police Department Det. Ryan Peterson at 707-994-8251, Extension  320.