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Santa Barbara Woman Witnessed Former LA Teacher's Odd Behavior

Written by KEY News Staff
Written by Beth Farnsworth

Story Created: Feb 3, 2012 at 4:18 PM PDT

Story Updated: Feb 4, 2012 at 8:30 PM PDT

A Santa Barbara woman says she was among a group of students in 1990 who witnessed the odd behavior of a former Los Angeles teacher, arrested for felony molestation.

Nadine Martinez-Rodriguez remembers Mark Berndt, her fourth grade teacher at Miramonte Elementary School, as a man obsessed with "short-shorts," who kept Vaseline in his drawer and often kept his hands hidden behind his desk for long periods at a time.

The 61-year-old former teacher is being held on 23 million dollars bail for felony molestation of at least 23 students from 2008 to 2010.

A Los Angeles County Sheriff's official confirms a second teacher at the same elementary school was arrested earlier today for lewd acts involving two girls.
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