Former worker's case to pretrial

By Jina Tedmori
Daily Forty-Niner

A former Cal State Long Beach employee who was arrested over the summer is scheduled to have a pretrial hearing Friday.

Roger McGookin, who worked at the CSULB special education clinic, was arrested in July at his Fountain Valley home on six felony charges, including five for lewd conduct with a minor, and one for distributing pornographic material to a minor under 14 years of age, according to public records.

"A student that was in the clinic had complained to her parents," said Capt. Stan Skipworth of University Police. "The parents filed the complaint and the district attorney decided that they should pursue charges."

McGookin, 63, is not known to have had a previous record prior to this incident, Skipworth said.

The pretrial hearing, scheduled to be held at the Long Beach courthouse, will assess the case, evidence and project the time length of the court process, Skipworth said. During the pretrial hearing a plea bargain could be discussed or the official court date will be scheduled.