Former Vallejo Elementary School Teacher Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Attempted Enticement of a Minor

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Andrew Stephen Lund, 38, of Vallejo, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Troy L. Nunley to 10 years in prison for attempted online enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.

According to court documents, in April 2018, Lund engaged in online sexual chats with a person whom he believed to be a 14-year-old girl, but who was in fact an undercover agent. Lund was an elementary school teacher in Vallejo at the time he attempted to entice the minor.

“Teachers hold a special position of trust in our communities, and we are committed to keeping our children safe by investigating and prosecuting those who try to sexually exploit them,” said U.S. Attorney Scott.

“Our communities expect their children to be kept safe from the sexual exploitation by online predators. Homeland Security Investigations will use every tool available to aggressively track down anyone who seeks to harm children,” said Tatum King, the Special Agent in Charge of the Homeland Security Investigations San Francisco Field Office.

This case was the product of an investigation by the Homeland Security Investigations and the Silicon Valley Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. Assistant U.S. Attorney Amy Schuller Hitchcock is prosecuting the case.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by the United States Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute those who sexually exploit children, and to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.usdoj.gov/psc. Click on the “resources” tab for information about internet safety education.