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Teacher Charged With Having Sex With Teen Students
Teacher Faces Multiple Counts Of Lewd Acts With Children
POSTED: 10:23 am PST January 6, 2005
UPDATED: 12:49 pm PST January 6, 2005
LOS ANGELES -- An Orange middle school teacher accused of having sexual contact with two 13-year-old boys who were former students is scheduled to be arraigned Thursday.
Sarah Suzanne Bench-Salorio, 28, of Orange, is charged with "multiple" counts of lewd acts with a child, according to Orange police Sgt. Dave Hill.
The suspect, who taught for two years at Santiago Charter Middle School, was arrested Tuesday, a day after one of the boys told his parents about the alleged contact with his former teacher, Hill said.
Bench-Salorio, who taught reading and English, was booked Wednesday at the Orange County Jail, with bail set at $1 million, a jail clerk said.
"Our investigation indicates that the teacher initiated the sexual contact, and that this contact took place over a period of several months," Hill said.
"We're looking at events that spanned several months throughout 2004, and part of that investigation is to determine if it happened sooner than that," Hill said.
"We believe the contact took place at various locations and we're investigating whether it was at the parties' homes or the school," Hill said.
After the one boy came forward, a follow-up investigation "determined there was a second victim," Hill said, but he did not know if both boys knew about each other.
"We are confident in the solidity of our charges," he said.
Bench-Salorio is married to Christopher Salorio, 30, an electrical foreman who garnered 45 percent of votes but lost a bid for trustee in the Orange Unified School District in the November election, the Los Angeles Times reported.
The couple are raising his three siblings -- ages 5, 10 and 14 -- as foster children, according to the newspaper.
Orange Unified School District Superintendent Robert French said Bench-Salorio has been placed on administrative leave, and the district is cooperating in the investigation.
"This is a personnel matter, and on that basis the district can give no additional information. However, the primary concern of the district is always the safety and welfare of its students," French said.
Under provisions of the California Penal Code, police notified the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing of Bench-Salorio's arrest, Hill said.
Investigators are trying to determine if there are other victims, he said.
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Teacher Charged With Having Sex With Teen Students
Teacher Faces Multiple Counts Of Lewd Acts With Children
POSTED: 10:23 am PST January 6, 2005
UPDATED: 12:49 pm PST January 6, 2005
LOS ANGELES -- An Orange middle school teacher accused of having sexual contact with two 13-year-old boys who were former students is scheduled to be arraigned Thursday.
Sarah Suzanne Bench-Salorio, 28, of Orange, is charged with "multiple" counts of lewd acts with a child, according to Orange police Sgt. Dave Hill.
The suspect, who taught for two years at Santiago Charter Middle School, was arrested Tuesday, a day after one of the boys told his parents about the alleged contact with his former teacher, Hill said.
Bench-Salorio, who taught reading and English, was booked Wednesday at the Orange County Jail, with bail set at $1 million, a jail clerk said.
"Our investigation indicates that the teacher initiated the sexual contact, and that this contact took place over a period of several months," Hill said.
"We're looking at events that spanned several months throughout 2004, and part of that investigation is to determine if it happened sooner than that," Hill said.
"We believe the contact took place at various locations and we're investigating whether it was at the parties' homes or the school," Hill said.
After the one boy came forward, a follow-up investigation "determined there was a second victim," Hill said, but he did not know if both boys knew about each other.
"We are confident in the solidity of our charges," he said.
Bench-Salorio is married to Christopher Salorio, 30, an electrical foreman who garnered 45 percent of votes but lost a bid for trustee in the Orange Unified School District in the November election, the Los Angeles Times reported.
The couple are raising his three siblings -- ages 5, 10 and 14 -- as foster children, according to the newspaper.
Orange Unified School District Superintendent Robert French said Bench-Salorio has been placed on administrative leave, and the district is cooperating in the investigation.
"This is a personnel matter, and on that basis the district can give no additional information. However, the primary concern of the district is always the safety and welfare of its students," French said.
Under provisions of the California Penal Code, police notified the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing of Bench-Salorio's arrest, Hill said.
Investigators are trying to determine if there are other victims, he said.
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