SAN JOSE — A highschool referee has been criminally charged with having intercourse with an underage Independence Excessive Faculty pupil earlier this 12 months, when he was visiting the campus to officiate boys’ volleyball matches, authorities mentioned.
Darwin Tengco, 46, of San Jose turned himself in to police Sept. 1, three days after prosecutors filed a sexual assault cost in opposition to him, in line with San Jose police and courtroom information. He was booked on the Santa Clara County jail and was later launched after posting bail.
Police said in a Wednesday information launch that a feminine pupil at Independence reported final month that in April, a boys’ volleyball referee had sexually assaulted her someday after faculty. An investigation by the SJPD Youngster Exploitation Element later recognized Tengco because the referee the scholar was describing.
Detectives forwarded their findings to the district lawyer’s workplace, which on Aug. 29 charged Tengco with one felony rely of sexual penetration of an individual beneath the age of 18.
Tengo couldn't be instantly reached Wednesday at a number of cellphone numbers and an e mail tackle listed for him.
The East Aspect Union Excessive Faculty District, which oversees Independence Excessive Faculty, and the referee group that employed Tengco didn't instantly provide remark in response to inquiries from this information group Wednesday.
Given the character of the allegations and Tengco’s authority place and entry to college students, investigators are exploring the potential of different unreported victims and cases of misconduct. Anybody with data for San Jose police can contact Detective Camarillo at 4576@sanjoseca.gov or at 408-273-2959. Suggestions may also be left with Silicon Valley Crime Stoppers at 408-947-7867 or at svcrimestoppers.org.
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