Napa School Employee Accused Of Inappropriate Conduct With Minor: PD
NAPA, CA — An employee at a Napa school was arrested last week on multiple charges related to inappropriate conduct with a minor, police said.
According to police, a school resource officer with the Napa Police Department was notified May 18 by administrators at New Tech High School about an inappropriate incident between a juvenile victim and a school employee who was later identified as Jayro Alexis Esparza-Garcia, 23, of Napa.
The officer conducted a preliminary investigation which police allege uncovered a series of sexually explicit and suggestive electronic communications between the victim and school employee.
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“Detectives from the Investigations and Youth Service Bureaus followed up with the victim and confirmed the suspect engaged in child sexual exploitation and had sexually inappropriate electronic communication with the victim,” Napa police Lt. Veronica Rodrigues said.
Detectives later located Esparza-Garcia in Napa. He was interviewed and subsequently arrested and booked at the Napa County Detention Center on May 23 on suspicion of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, sending harmful material, meeting a minor for lewd purposes, contact with a minor for a sexual offense, furnishing marijuana to a minor, annoying a child and obscene matter.
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Esparza-Garcia remained in custody Tuesday with his bail set at $100,000, Napa County jail records showed.
Police did not say what position Esparza-Garcia held at New Tech High School. Patch sent a request for comment to Napa Valley Unified School District and will update this post if we hear back.
Anyone with additional information pertaining to the case was asked to contact Detective Darlene Elia at 707-257-7880, ext. 5211.
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