Posted on 04/06/2012 7:39:29 PM PDT by SmithL
MODESTO --A former California teacher who made national headlines when he left his job and family to move in with an 18-year-old student was arrested Friday on suspicion of sexually abusing a different student more than a decade ago, police said.
Christopher Hooker, 41, was arrested at his home and booked in Stanislaus County Jail on one count of oral copulation with a minor.
Police said the case stems from a 1998 relationship he had with a 17-year-old student when he was a teacher at Davis High School in Modesto. The girl was a student at a different school, police said.
Hooker appeared in court Friday. A judge entered a not guilty plea on his behalf, set his bail at $50,000 and assigned him a public defender, the Modesto Bee reported (http://bit.ly/HooJV2).
Hooker requested that his bail amount be reduced, and the judge set a hearing for Tuesday to consider the matter.
Police said the investigation started after Hooker announced his relationship in February with Jordan Powers, whom he taught at Enochs High School in Modesto.
The underage victim was discovered in the course of that investigation, police said.
Appearing on numerous national talk shows and in news interviews, Hooker and Powers maintained they didn't have a sexual relationship until she turned 18, but police are still investigating whether there was inappropriate contact before that.
In interviews for the "Dr. Phil" show and ABC's "Good Morning America," the couple can be seen holding hands and exchanging smiles.
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Sad.
Cue the “Where were teachers like this when I was in school” group...Oh wait it’s a young girl and a male teacher, never mind.
Shouldn’t people be posting the child molester’s picture and determining guilt or innocence based purely on looks? I’m confused by the double standard.
Go ahead, post a pic and I’ll make my judgment....
If only teachers were allowed to marry, this kind of thing wouldn’t happen.
Here’s another one. They don’t even surprise anymore.
These people need to be kept far away from students.
I don’t care how old this student is, the fact is this is a violation of a public trust, a violation of the teacher-student structure and other things.
Wonder if his 18-year-old “girlfriend” is starting to realize how big a mistake she made getting involved with the creep. Her mother told her; she wouldn’t listen.
Dudes a fagg....
GUILTY and sentence him to life in prison without the possibility of parole....
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