California School Psychologist Paul R. Coleman Charged with Child Sex Crimes

March 18, 2026

A Riverside County (California) school psychologist was arrested and charged for child sex crimes following a three-month investigation. 

Paul Ryan Coleman, of Yucaipa, reached out to and exchanged hundreds of sexually explicit messages with an undercover investigator posing as a 13-year-old child. 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.

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