California
Teaching assistant arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting students at California School for the Deaf
FREMONT — A teaching assistant at the California School for the Deaf was arrested Thursday on suspicion of sexually assaulting multiple students, according to authorities.
Detectives opened an investigation after the students came forward to report the assaults, the Fremont Police Department said in a news release.
The suspect — identified as Brandon Duran, 25, of Fremont — was linked to “at least three separate incidents,” according to police.
The assaults happened on July 4 and July 19 in Fremont and Livermore, police said.
Duran was booked into Santa Rita Jail on charges of annoying or molesting a child, oral copulation with a minor, oral copulation with a victim too intoxicated to resist, contacting a minor with the intent to commit a sexual offense and unlawful sexual penetration, according to police.
Detectives are looking for other victims, police said.
Anyone with information related to the case can contact Detective Ana Santana at 510-513-1091.
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