A Los Angeles County judge says some of the young victims are having nightmares . Los Angeles elementary teacher Mark Berndt is charged with 23 counts of lewd acts on a child . The judge rejects a request to reduce Berndt 's bail from $ 23 million to $ 1 million . Berndt , 61 , who taught at the Los Angeles school district 's Miramonte Elementary School , pleaded not guilty in February to allegations he bound young students , then photographed them with semen-filled spoons held at their mouths and three-inch cockroaches crawling across their faces , among other graphic depictions . Comment:
A Los Angeles County judge says some of the young victims are having nightmares . Los Angeles elementary teacher Mark Berndt is charged with 23 counts of lewd acts on a child . The judge rejects a request to reduce Berndt 's bail from $ 23 million to $ 1 million . Comment: