Merced County teacher arrested on allegations of child sex abuse material, deputies say

MERCED COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- Merced County Sheriff's deputies arrested a precocious schoolhouse teacher connected charges related to possession and organisation of kid enactment maltreatment material.

The Delhi Unified School District says Patrick Silva is nary longer connected field astatine Delhi High School, and helium nary longer has interaction with students oregon entree to territory exertion oregon devices.

Based connected accusation presently disposable from instrumentality enforcement, determination is nary denotation that immoderate students wrong the territory were involved, and determination is nary grounds that immoderate inappropriate behaviour occurred connected schoolhouse grounds.

The territory says it is afloat cooperating with instrumentality enforcement and volition besides behaviour its ain interior investigation.

In a statement, Superintendent Eric Griffin said the information and well-being of students remains the highest priority.