Teacher arrested on suspicion of molesting young girls at Miramonte Elementary School in South El Monte
06/22/2017 6:46 am PDT
via KTLA:
SOUTH EL MONTE, Calif. -- (KTLA) -- Authorities are searching for more possible victims of a South El Monte elementary school teacher arrested Wednesday on suspicion of using his classroom to molest several young girls.
Joseph Baldenebro, a 54-year-old teacher at Miramonte Elementary School, is accused of multiple counts of lewd or lascivious acts involving children, as well as additional charges of annoying or molesting children, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department stated in a news release Thursday.
Baldenebro allegedly molested the students, described as girls between the ages of 8 and 11 years old, inside his classroom on school grounds.
Baldenebro is being held on $404,000 bail.
