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(Booking photo attached)

Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Press Release
(323) 267-4800, www.lasd.org
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LOG NUMBER 232

CLASSIFICATION: Lewd Acts Upon a Child, Unlawful Sex with a Minor, Oral Copulation - Suspect Arrested

REPORTING OFFICER Sergeant Nancy Drake, Special Victims Bureau

DATE / TIME OF OCCURRENCE: October 13, 2011 / 2:00 P.M.
LOCATION OF OCCURRENCE: 501 Golden Springs Drive,
Diamond Bar, Lorbeer Middle School

SUSPECT: Steven Andrews, MW/41
VICTIM(S): Female / 14

NARRATIVE:
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Special Victims Bureau, is investigating a case involving a Middle School Teacher at Lorbeer Middle School, who had sexual intercourse with a 14-year-old former student.

The 14-year-old girl disclosed to investigators that the relationship between her and the suspect began when she was a student at Lorbeer Middle School. The suspect routinely provided his students with his cellular telephone number, so the students could ask him school-related questions. During the 2010-2011 school year, while the victim was in the eighth grade, the suspect and victim became friends. The friendship escalated into the suspect having sexual intercourse with the victim between April, 2011 and September, 2011. The acts were discovered by an assistant principal who called the Sheriff's Department to investigate.

On September 30, 2011, Suspect Steven Andrews, a teacher at Lorbeer Middle School, surrendered himself to the Walnut Sheriff's Station, where he was booked on charges of Lewd Acts with a Child.

On October 5, 2011, the Pomona District Attorney's Office filed 17 felony counts against the suspect and his bail is set at $450,000.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Special Victims Bureau is seeking the public's help in identifying any additional victims. Please call the Special Victim's 24-hour line at 877-710-5273.

For additional information, please contact Sergeant Nancy Drake of the Special Victims Bureau at 562-946-8216 or [email protected].

WRITTEN BY: Sergeant Nancy Drake,
Special Victims Bureau

APPROVED BY: Sergeant Michael Thomas,
Sheriff's Headquarters Bureau

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