2 girls' families file claim against Santa Ana school district after prosecutors decline to charge substitute teacher accused of molestation
It's something no parent wants to hear: The person entrusted with their child's safety at school is an accused predator.She received the dreaded phone call from the principal at her daughter's school, John Adams Elementary School in Santa Ana. Her child's substitute teacher was under arrest.
In an interview, Santana Carrasco said four girls spoke up, saying the teacher inappropriately touched them. Eyewitness News is not naming the man, after learning on Monday that the Orange County district attorney's office declined to prosecute him. A spokesperson for the DA's office said prosecutors rejected the case due to insufficient evidence."There is no other recourse for justice for these four girls -- for two of the four that we represent -- other than the claim we're filing," attorney Ned Menoyo said.
According to the claim sent to the Santa Ana Unified School District: the substitute, a former teacher of nearly two decades in the district, sexually molested Santana Carrasco's 9-year-old daughter by rubbing his hand over and across her chest, up and down her back and her buttocks, over her clothes -- this after the substitute allegedly leered at her backside in an overtly sexual manner.Three other girls accused the substitute teacher of sexual molestation on the same day.
"We are humble people," the mother said. "Some think we don't have a right to complain or speak up. But we can speak."
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