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Two Assistant Principals at a Rialto High School are facing felony charges for allegedly failing to notify authorities of sexual assaults that occurred on campus.
According to the San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office, David Shenhan Yang, of 37 years old, and Natasha Harris, of 37 years old, assistant principals at Carter High School, were charged with felony child abuse and two counts of failure to report child abuse or neglect.
Charges have been filed against David Shenhan Yang, 37, and Natasha Harris, 37, both assistant principals of Carter High School in Rialto, for failing to report multiple sex assaults that occurred on campus. https://t.co/7bb1Cp3lox
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The prosecution said that both deputy directors were notified about sexual assaults that allegedly occurred on campus and did not notify the authorities.
The two assistant principals were arrested Wednesday at the high school and are being held on $ bail. ,000 dollars each.
The Rialto Police Department reported that, in mid-February, officers were investigating a claim that a young man from 17 years had sexually assaulted a Hispanic minor , attacks that had been carried out for several months.
In the investigation, the officers learned that the The victim had reported the assault to both Yang and Harris in November 2021, three months before the Rialto Police Department began its investigation.
In statements to the ABC network, the parents of the victim said that her daughter was 15 years old when the events occurred. attacks, and mentioned that the minor has been harassed by other students since the allegations were disclosed last week .
“My daughter can’t go to school right now and these people are still here while my daughter is losing her education, and they try to make her look like a liar. I’m the one who called the police because they didn’t,” said the victim’s mother, Stephanie Olvera.
Separately, another victim reported a sexual assault involving the same student from 15 years and that it had happened in September of 2021.
The authorities said that a third victim went this month to file another complaint also for sexual assault
The Rialto Police Department mentioned the adolescent of 15 years old and He has since been handed over to his parents. He faces several charges for sexual assault.
As mandatory informants, Both Harris and Yang are required by California law to immediately notify law enforcement in cases of child abuse or neglect
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“In this case, the failure of assistant principals to report sexual assault on their campus erodes the trust that both students as parents should have regarding the safety and security of all children in their care. Their failure as mandated reporters to notify law enforcement led to the further victimization of two students and the preventable sexual assault of a third victim,” said District Attorney Jason Anderson.
The Rialto Unified School District, in a statement, said that will continue its internal investigation until all facts related to this matter come to light. , and that it will continue to collaborate with the authorities.
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