Paul Ryan Coleman, 46, of Yucaipa, who was working as a school psychologist in the Nuview Union School District until last month and was a school psychologist with the Redlands Unified School District as recently as 2023, has been caught up in a multiagency task force investigation into child sexual exploitation, the Sentinel has learned.
Coleman was arrested on March 12 and formally charged in Riverside Superior Court  on March 17 with three felony counts, those being violation of Penal Code Section 664/288(a) – Attempted child molestation; violating Penal Code Section 288.4 – Arranging to meet a minor for sex; and a violation of Penal Code Section 288.3(a) – Arranging to meet with a minor for sexual gratification.
According to the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office, Coleman became a target in an investigation conducted by three-month investigation by detectives and other investigative personnel from multiple agencies in Southern California focusing on the abuse of children.
“Paul Ryan Coleman, DOB: 11-30-1979, of Yucaipa, reached out to and exchanged hundreds of sexually explicit messages with an undercover investigator posing as a 13-year-old child,” according a statement issued by the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office. “After a three-month investigation, Coleman traveled from his residence to the City of Riverside to meet with whom he believed to be a child. He was instead arrested by members of the Riverside County Child Exploitation Team on March 12.”
According to the district attorney’s office, “The investigation revealed that Coleman is employed as a licensed school psychologist at the Nuview Union School District and the Nuview Bridge Early College High School in the City of Nuevo. Nuview Union School District issued a statement to parents, stating Coleman submitted his resignation last month and will not be employed with the district in the coming school year.”
As of press time, Coleman, who was provided with a $114,543 yearly salary and $153,281.63 in total annual compensation as a school psychologist was yet in custody at Byrd Detention Center in Murrieta in lieu of $30,000 bail. n favor