Crime & Safety

Glendale Unified Teacher Charged with Sexually Assaulting Teenage Student

Delvon Jackson, 38, of Los Angeles, is charged with three counts of lewd acts on a child and one count of sexual penetration by a foreign object.

By City News Service

A teacher was charged Friday with four felonies for allegedly sexually assaulting a teenage girl on the campus of Glendale's Hoover High School.

Delvon Jackson, 38, of Los Angeles, was charged with three counts of lewd acts on a child and one count of sexual penetration by a foreign object.

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He was expected to be arraigned this afternoon in Glendale.

The Glendale Unified School District notified police Tuesday "regarding an allegation of a sexual assault involving an hourly Los Angeles County Regional Occupational instructor and a 14-year-old female on the campus of Hoover High School," according to Glendale police Sgt. Tom Lorenz.

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Jackson was arrested Wednesday at Glendale school district offices, Lorenz said.

According to Lorenz, the investigation revealed that Jackson led people to believe he was a former officer with the Inglewood Police Department, and that may have helped him gain trust and respect among students.

"Detectives learned that Jackson was employed as a part-time hourly employee for the city of Inglewood in parking control," Lorenz said. "He was separated from the city of Inglewood in 2009. According to detectives, Delvon Jackson was never a police officer for Inglewood, nor any other police agency."

Bail was set at $100,000 for Jackson, although prosecutors planned to ask that the amount be increased to $400,000.

Prosecutors said Jackson allegedly engaged in sex acts with the girl on three occasions between Oct. 1 and Monday.

He faces up to five years in prison if convicted, according to the District Attorney's Office.



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