Atascadero man pleads guilty to committing lewd acts with children, indecent exposure
An Atascadero man who once worked as a special education assistant for the Templeton Unified School District pleaded guilty Tuesday to several charges of lewd acts upon children.
Timothy Patrick Prendeville, 56, faced seven felony charges of lewd acts with minors — five with children under 14 — as well as one misdemeanor count of indecent exposure.
The charges all ranged from incidents that took place between 2011 and 2019, according to the charging document.
Prendeville is a former special education assistant and paraeducator with Templeton Unified School District, according to Transparent California, a public database of state employees salaries, including public school teachers and educators. According to the website, he most recently was employed by the district in 2018.
Multiple requests for confirmation from the district on Prendeville’s former employment were not returned.
On Tuesday, Prendeville appeared in San Luis Obispo County Court and pleaded guilty to five of the felony lewd act charges as well as the indecent exposure charge. This will require him to register as a sex offender.
Prendeville is expected to be sentenced to 12 years and eight months in state prison, according to Chief Deputy District Attorney Lisa Muscari.
Prendeville is a citizen of Ireland, Muscari said, noting that the District Attorney’s Office “has no involvement in any decision to deport him or not.”
This story was originally published October 8, 2021 at 4:05 PM.
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