A teacher in Richmond, California has been arrested for allegedly molesting more than half a dozen students over the past year, authorities said.
Anessa Paige Gower, a 35-year-old biology teacher at Making Waves Academy in Richmond, is facing 29 individual criminal counts after allegedly engaging in “numerous acts of a sexual nature with minors” between 2021 and 2022, the Costa District Attorney’s Office said in a statement.
Gower was taken into custody on April 6 at Sacramento International Airport upon returning to California from Hawaii, police said. She is currently held in Richmond.
Authorities confirmed the case involves seven minors, adding that due to the ages of the alleged victims, their identities won’t be disclosed.
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