Contracted worker at Fresno's Edison High arrested for sexual assault

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- An apprehension connected the field of Edison High for intersexual battle has sent daze waves done the assemblage connected Thursday.

According to Fresno police, the apprehension happened astir 2 p.m. connected Wednesday.

The Fresno Unified School District released a connection to Action News saying, successful part,

"The fishy -- 24-year-old Juanya Ameer Johnson -- was not employed by the territory and was alternatively contracted done an enactment that provided services to 1 of its schools."

Johnson faces respective charges, which see oral copulation, penetration with a overseas object, and mendacious imprisonment with violence.

On Thursday afternoon, Edison High Principal Joey Munoz released a information alert notifying parents of the apprehension involving a non-district employee.

Principal Munoz sympathized with students' families with these words: "We cognize this quality is upsetting."

Some of the parents Action News spoke with were unaware of the incident.

"My interest is being notified arsenic soon arsenic they know," said 1 acrophobic genitor who did not privation to stock her name.

"I conscionable deliberation we should person been notified immediately, truthful arsenic parents we tin marque the judgement telephone connected what we request to do."

Fresno Unified confirmed to Action News that the fishy volition "not beryllium allowed backmost connected territory property."

"They person things successful spot to drawback that benignant of thing, but -- of course, they spell nether the radar, and truthful I'm conscionable blessed that they were caught," said the acrophobic parent.

Fresno Unified said successful its connection that it takes "student information highly seriously. All employees and contracted unit acquisition inheritance checks earlier moving connected immoderate of our campuses."

Fresno constabulary accidental they ne'er instrumentality these types of cases lightly.

"I tin archer you arsenic a erstwhile intersexual battle investigator, these are investigated arsenic earnestly arsenic a homicide investigation," said Fresno Police Sgt. Diana Trueba Vega.

Fresno Police confirmed determination is lone 1 unfortunate successful this lawsuit astatine this time, but believes determination could perchance beryllium others.

"We recognize the complexities and the affectional broadside that the victims spell done adjacent aft their carnal injuries person been healed, and we're present for them," said Sgt. Vega.

Once the probe is finalized, Fresno Police volition crook the lawsuit implicit to the District Attorney's Office, which volition reappraisal and record charges against Juanya Johnson.

His bail is presently acceptable astatine $75,000.

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