Santa Clara County Teacher Arrested for Alleged Sexual Assault of Student
Above: Shawn Thomas
Photo credit: San Jose PD
A Santa Clara County teacher was recently arrested for the alleged sexual assault of a female student over 20 years ago.
According to a press release by the San Jose Police Department, the department began an investigation into the alleged sexual assault of a minor following a “delayed report” on the afternoon of March 8 of this year. The crimes were alleged to have occurred sometime between 2002 and 2003.
Detectives with the department’s Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force soon identified Shawn Thomas, a teacher at Leigh High School and a football and track and field coach at Los Gatos High School, as the primary suspect. The victim, a minor, was a student at the time.
On March 22, detectives located and arrested Thomas in the city of San Jose.
Thomas was booked at the Santa Clara County main jail on suspicion of the rape and sexual assault of a minor, police said.
Anyone with information relevant to the case is encouraged to contact Detective Camarillo (#4576) at 4576@sanjoseca.gov or 408-273-2959.
