A retired middle school teacher was arrested on Monday for raping a child back in 2009.
Sunnyvale, California police officers arrested retired Cupertino Middle School teacher Anthony James Phillips for the alleged sexual assault of one of his students.
Name correction: Anthony James Phillips pic.twitter.com/4xe32WaDV6
— Sunnyvale DPS (@SunnyvaleDPS) April 12, 2022
UPDATE: @SunnyvaleDPS corrects name of suspect: Anthony James Phillips, 61, accused of sexually assaulting ex-@CupertinoMS student in Sunnyvale when he was a teacher there in 2009. He will no longer be coaching at or on @FremontHigh campus in Sunnyvale, per @FUHSDStrong pic.twitter.com/99Q7wc8qRw
— Henry K. Lee (@henrykleeKTVU) April 12, 2022
170th pedophile educator documented since 4/12/2021.
CA: Sunnyvale teacher, volunteer coach Anthony James Phillips arrested in 2009 child sex assault case.
The student attended Cupertino Middle School in Sunnyvale, where James was a teacher.https://t.co/Cr6vRbfPpB
— Dalton (@DaltonReport) April 12, 2022
KTVU reported:
The Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety said investigators arrested 61-year-old Anthony James Phillips on what is alleged to have occurred in 2009. They said at the time, the student attended Cupertino Middle School in Sunnyvale, where James was a teacher.
Phillips was booked into the Santa Clara County Main Jail on charges including aggravated sexual assault of a child and forcible penetration with a foreign object.
He was being held Tuesday at the Elmwood facility on $500,000 bail.
It was unclear if Phillips had an attorney on record.
He retired from teaching three years ago, but investigators said that recently he’s been volunteering as a softball and basketball coach at Fremont High School in Sunnyvale.
In addition, the Cupertino Union School District confirmed that Phillips had recently worked as a substitute teacher, but officials said that the individual was no longer employed by the district.
In a statement to KTVU, Cupertino Union said, “The district is fully committed to the safety of its students and will cooperate with law enforcement in this matter.”
KTVU aired this video report:
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