Posted on 10/02/2012 8:18:45 AM PDT by AmericanSamurai
ALBANY -- A middle-school teacher who had been accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a former student was found dead of an apparent suicide Monday morning, authorities said.
James Izumizaki, 28, an Albany resident, was found between 10 and 10:30 a.m. in his car on Via Alamitos in San Lorenzo, according to Sgt. J.D. Nelson of the Alameda County Sheriff's Department. A family member who lives nearby found Izumizaki, he said.
The death is being treated as a suicide, Nelson said. He would not disclose the manner of Izumizaki's death, but said that a gun was not involved.
Izumizaki, a sixth-grade teacher, was arrested at his home Sept. 26 on suspicion of performing a lewd act with a child under 14. A parent told a teacher about the alleged relationship with a female former student. The claim was forwarded to district officials, who placed Izumizaki on administrative leave and alerted police.
He posted bail and was released from jail after his arrest. The Alameda County District Attorney's Office did not immediately file charges pending further investigation, according to deputy district attorney Teresa Drenick.
Izumizaki was a teacher and coach at Albany Middle School for five years and had coached a volleyball and a basketball team, district officials said last week. After he was placed on leave, school officials said they would split students from his sixth-grade class among nine other classes at the school.
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Yeah, if the gender hadn’t been mentioned, the “relationship” would have been gay.
I am tired of those who publicly profess with all manner of certainty that homosexuality is is fine, or that pornography is totally harmless. It is not.
Wait it is still ILLEGAL in CA to have sex with someone under 14??
Jerry Brown, you're ignoring the NAMBLA voters!! /s
Honestly, I don’t know.. I never kept up with college (besides the local/state).. He could have graduated from there..
I checked through all of the pics (to verify) and chose the best one.. the rest were more cr@ppy than this one :p
It’s not Penn State. Their cat faces the other way.
I’m not surprised someone assumed the man was homosexual and tried to “recruit” a boy. That’s just how it is around FR... shooting first and then aiming.
I’m not a sports ‘nut’...that’s why I wasn’t sure. Would’ve have been funny as hell, though...
Is that you Barack?
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