Ex-Hoover High administrator sentenced to 8 years for possessing child sexual abuse material

A federal judge on Friday sentenced a former San Diego Unified School District teacher and associate principal at Hoover High School to eight years in prison for possession of child sexual abuse material.

Charles Thomas Boyd DeFreitas, 45, pleaded guilty to a federal charge last year, admitting that he possessed videos and images on his electronic devices that depicted juveniles engaged in sexual conduct.

U.S. District Judge Robert Huie also imposed 12 years of supervised release, which will include monitoring of DeFreitas’s electronic devices and internet use, once he’s released from prison.

At the time of his arrest, DeFreitas had worked for the school district for more than 13 years, first as a teacher at the San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts and later in his administrative role at Hoover High in City Heights. He was placed on an unpaid leave of absence following his arrest in March 2024 and he resigned last June shortly before pleading guilty to the federal criminal charge.

During Friday’s sentencing, there were discussions of other troubling incidents, includin...