SAN DIEGO (KGTV) – A Mt. Carmel High School teacher was arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting a student, San Diego Police announced Thursday.
According to SDPD officials, 40-year-old Stacy Michelle Walker was taken into custody by the department’s Sex Crimes Unit on March 20 and booked into Las Colinas Jail. Walker was being held on $405,000 bail.
Jail information obtained by ABC 10News shows Walker faces 17 felony charges, including luring a minor for sexual purposes, sodomy, oral copulation of a minor and sexual penetration of a minor with a foreign object.
Officials stated the alleged assault took place from 2017-2019, and officials said Walker “began engaging the 15-year-old victim in conversations that became sexual in nature. The victim and suspect then exchanged numerous photographs, videos, and explicit text messages. Walker also met with the victim several times and engaged in various sex acts. The sexual assaults continued until after the victim turned 18-years-old.”
Police said the victim reported the assaults on July 31, 2023.
Walker was scheduled to be arraigned in a downtown San Diego courtroom on Friday afternoon.
Police are asking anyone with information on the case or any possible victims to contact the Sex Crimes Unit at 619-531-2210 or Crime Stoppers at 888-580-8477.
In a letter to families, Mt. Carmel High School Principal Yael Bozzy confirmed a teacher’s arrest “due to allegations of an inappropriate relationship with a former student.”
The principal also noted the teacher “has been on leave and not teaching at Mt. Carmel this school year.”
Bozzy went on to say the school has been cooperating with law enforcement in their investigation but also “launching our own internal HR investigation.”
