Crime & Safety
Plea Deal Sees East Bay Teacher Avoid Jail Time, Must Register As Sex Offender: Report
The teacher was also investigated in another case while working in Fremont in 2022, according to a report.
SAN LEANDRO, CA — A teacher at a San Leandro middle school has resigned after pleading no contest to annoying or molesting a minor, according to a report from the East Bay Times.
Manteca resident Laurentino Huerta-Garcia, 40, was originally charged with sexually abusing a student since she was 12, according to the report.
He avoided jail time by pleading no contest to the lesser misdemeanor charge, according to the report.
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Although he avoided jail time, Huerta-Garcia will have to register as a sex offender for 10 years and serve at least one year of probation, according to the report.
The 40-year-old was also investigated in 2022, while working as a teacher in Fremont, after asking a student to wear a matching bra and underwear set and trying to take a picture of them, according to the report.
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