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A teacher in Richmond, California, has been arrested for allegedly molesting more than half a dozen students over the past year, authorities said.
Anessa Paige Gower, a 35-year-old biology teacher at Making Waves Academy in Richmond, is facing 29 individual criminal counts after allegedly engaging in ânumerous acts of a sexual nature with minorsâ between 2021 and 2022, the Costa District Attorneyâs Office said in a statement.
Gower was taken into custody on April 6 at Sacramento International Airport upon returning to California from Hawaii, police said. She is currently being held in Richmond.