Teacher arrested, suspected of sexually assaulting student

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) -- San Diego police on Wednesday arrested a high school teacher they say is suspected of sexually assaulting a student over the course of more than a year.

Police say the student was 15 when Mt. Carmel High School teacher Stacy Michelle Walker, now 40, "began engaging the ... victim in conversations that became sexual in nature." Police say the two allegedly exchanged photos, videos and explicit texts, and that they allegedly met multiple times and "engaged in various sex acts."

Police say the alleged assaults started in 2017 and continued into 2019, until after the victim turned 18.

In July, the victim reported the alleged assaults to SDPD, and the department's sex crimes unit started investigating, police said.

Detectives arrested Walker this week following the nearly eight-month investigation and booked her into Las Colinas County Jail.

Walker has been on leave and has not taught at the school this school year, the principal confirmed in an email to families. The principal added an internal human resources investigation is underway.

Walker is scheduled to be arraigned Friday at 1:30 p.m. at San Diego Superior Court.

Investigators are seeking witnesses and other potential victims in this case. Anyone who has information about the incident or who believes they know or are the victim of a similar assault was asked to call the SDPD Sex Crimes Unit at 619-531-2210 or Crime Stoppers at 888-580-8477.