A 68-year-old former San Bruno fire secretary who handed a note referencing a sexual act to a 16-year-old student at Peninsula High School in May was sentenced to six months in jail and three years probation Thursday, according to the San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office.
Gary Carson pleaded no contest to contacting a minor for sexual purposes in August, some three months after he was reported to have approached the teen in two separate incidents in May. Out of custody on a $50,000 bail bond, Carson received two days credit for time served and was required to register as a sex offender, according to prosecutors.
Carson is said to have handed the teen a note with pornographic language while he was sitting in a car in the high school parking lot May 10, which prompted the student to rip up the note immediately and tell his family about the incident the next day. Carson allegedly attempted to pass another sexually explicit note to the teen May 13 but was stopped by the teen’s aunt, who had been watching the scene from another car, according to prosecutors.
The victim’s aunt was allegedly able to take down the license plate number for Carson’s vehicle and also found pieces of the note Carson gave the teen May 10 in the parking lot. Carson was placed on administrative leave from his position as a secretary at San Bruno Fire Department, according to prosecutors.
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