Robert Melvin Goode, Jr. pleads guilty to child abuse, sentenced to 12 years

Jodi Breton, assistant D.A., had a great comment regarding the dozens of North County residents who defended Robert Melvin Goode with an avalanche of letters to the D.A. "Everyone seems to hate child molesters unless it's someone they know," she said.

Melvin Goode Jr

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UPDATE:
School Official Pleads Guilty To Child Sex Abuse
CHANNEL 10 NEWS
March 19, 2009

VISTA, Calif. -- A 60-year-old former North County school administrator pleaded guilty Thursday to two felonies for sexually abusing a child over six years, beginning when she was 8.

Robert Melvin Goode Jr. will be sentenced to 12 years in state prison at a hearing May 18 before Vista Judge Daniel Goldstein...


ORIGINAL STORY:

Ex-school administrator sought for child-molesting turns himself in
SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE
February 4, 2009

OCEANSIDE – A former school administrator accused of molesting a child during a six-year period turned himself in to police Wednesday night.

Robert Melvin Goode Jr., 59, is accused of abusing the unidentified child since the age of 8, according to Oceanside police Sgt. Kelan Poorman. The child and parents recently talked to police.

Police said Goode worked as a senior administrator at the following schools: The Classical Academy in Escondido; The Classical Academy High School in Escondido; and The Coastal Academy in Oceanside. Goode was also the high school principal at Tri-City Christian School in Vista between 1983 and 2000, Poorman said.

Police did not say if the child was linked to one of the schools.

The Oceanside resident is expected to be booked into Vista jail on felony charges, according to police.