A former Brea Olinda Unified school board member has been charged with two felonies, accusing him of soliciting photos of two boys and calling them “sexy,” according to a news release from the Orange County district attorney's office.
Christopher Gerard Becerra, 42, was in Las Vegas when he contacted a 15-year-old former student on social media to ask for photographs and called him “sexy,” according to Brea Police Department complaints received in October of last year.
The boy alerted his father about the messages and was transferred out of the school district.
After being interviewed by police about the allegations, Becerra tried to persuade a school board employee who went with him on the Las Vegas trip to tell him he had lost his phone. Because of this, Becerra also faces a lesser charge of attempting to induce false testimony.
Becerra was charged with two felonies for contacting a minor with the intent to commit a specific crime, a misdemeanor for molesting or sexually abusing a person believed to be a child, a misdemeanor for attempting to induce false testimony and a misdemeanor for molesting or sexually abusing a child under 18 years of age.
“Sexual exploitation of children will never be tolerated,” the Orange County District said. Lawyer. Todd Spitzer said. “It is unacceptable that someone chosen to help manage our children's education would take advantage of them for their own sexual gratification.”
A similar situation allegedly occurred with another minor. Becerra also faces charges alleging that he had text message conversations with a 17-year-old between October and November of last year in which he asked for photographs and called him “sexy.”
The Brea Police Department arrested Becerra in December of last year. If convicted on all charges, he faces a maximum sentence of one year and 10 months in state prison plus two years and three months in Orange County Jail. Deputy District. Lawyer. Carly Kray is prosecuting Becerra's case.
His position has remained vacant since March after Becerra stopped attending board meetings in November 2025.
“I am grateful for the hard work of the Brea Police Department and for the bravery of a child who came forward to report this disgusting behavior and allow this predator to be held accountable for his actions,” Spitzer said.
