A West Prep Academy eighth-grade teacher whose behavior alarmed colleagues is accused of inappropriately touching a student who wrote him a love letter, according to his arrest report.
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A math teacher at West Career and Technical Academy in Las Vegas has been arrested on child sex charges.
By Meghin Delaney / RJ
Kweku Turkson, 37, an English teacher at West Prep Academy, was arrested Friday by Metropolitan Police Department officers and is jailed on counts of lewdness and attempted lewdness with a minor.
By Amelia Pak-Harvey / RJ
The Palo Verde High School student facing sexual assault charges was arrested at home on Thursday before he went to school, his attorney said.
Six children accused a Las Vegas third-grade teacher of inappropriately touching them at some point during the 2016-17 school year, court documents show.
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By Amelia Pak-Harvey / RJ
Las Vegas police arrested a former Clark County School District elementary school teacher Thursday on multiple counts of lewdness with a child.
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