A former biology teacher has been accused of child molestation in California, where she is facing 29 individual criminal counts.
The Contra Costa District Attorney on Friday issued a statement on the allegations made against Anessa Paige Gower, a former teacher at Making Waves Academy in Richmond.
The charter school has over 1,100 students in grades 5 through 12.
Gower, according to the statement, “allegedly engaged in numerous acts of a sexual nature with minors” between 2021 and 2022.
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