January 24, 2013
Updated Jan 24, 2013 at 11:25 AM PDT
LOS ANGELES -- A former elementary school teacher was arrested Wednesday in a school sexual abuse case allegedly involving at least 20 children and one adult, according to police.
Robert Pimental, 57, was arrested Wednesday and is being held on $12 million bail.
The Newport Beach, Calif., man faces eight counts of continuous sexual abuse and seven counts of lewd acts upon a child, according to a statement from the Los Angeles Police Department.
"The investigation began when several girls told their parents that they had been inappropriately touched by a fourth-grade teacher during school at George De La Torre Jr. Elementary," the statement read.
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