Trung Minh Lai is a 41 year old man from Santa Cruz, California. Lai worked as a math teacher at Pacific Collegiate School. Police have accused him of grooming a teenage girl.
Trung Lai Arrest Details
Trung Lai Arrested. “A 41-year-old charter school teacher in Santa Cruz has been arrested, accused of trying to have sex with his 17-year-old student. That teacher is Trung Lai, a math teacher at Pacific Collegiate School, a 7-12 grade charter school on the city’s west end. Investigators say Lai had been grooming the young girl for several months. “Communicating with her and meeting up with her, engaging in inappropriate communications and contact with her, ultimately leading to Mr. Lai, communicating with her last week, wanting to specifically arrange and meet up for lewd acts and sexual activities,” said Jon Bush, spokesman for Santa Cruz police.” [KSBW]
Police: Alleged Victim Was Pacific Collegiate School Student. “Police said the victim was a 17-year-old Pacific Collegiate School student who lives in Santa Cruz. Lai “had engaged in grooming behavior of a student over the past couple of months. On June 28 … Mr. Lai had arranged to meet with the student off campus to engage in lewd acts, which was when he was taken into custody by Santa Cruz PD Detectives,” the police department wrote. Detectives alerted school officials about the investigation and arrested the teacher in a park.” [KRON]
Records: Lai Graduated Stanford. “PCS Head of School Maria Reitano told Lookout that Lai will not be returning to the classroom when the new school year begins in August. Lai’s staff biography states that he previously lived in the San Francisco Bay Area and earned a degree from Stanford University. He moved to Santa Cruz in 2013 to begin teaching at PCS.” [KRON]
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