A 31-year-old Palo Alto man is being held on 12 statutory rape charges as investigators suspect he engaged in sexual relationships with two San Mateo County high school students.
A North Fair Oaks private school in San Mateo County that closed a year ago is back in the news, and for the wrong reasons. The Chronicle reports that a former teacher and coach at the shuttered Summit Everest school has been arrested and charged with sex crimes for having alleged sexual relationships with two high school students.
31-year-old Anthony Gutierrez-Molina of Palo Alto was taken into custody this past Thursday by the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office for the crimes. The relationships with the students occurred from around 2023 to 2025.
One of the student victims came forward this past January to report the abuse. That victim was 16 at the time that relationship started. A second victim was discovered over the course of that investigation.
The San Mateo County Sheriff's Office does add the reassuring statement that “Gutierrez-Molina is not believed to have been working as an educator since the closure of Summit Everest.”
Gutierrez-Molina is now in the Maguire Correctional Facility in downtown Redwood City. on 17 felonies, 12 of which are statutory rape charges.
Though prosecutors suspect there may be more victims. Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Temo Gonzalez at (650) 363-4544.
Related: Sexual Misconduct Lawsuit Hits SF Catholic High School, Multiple Victims Lodge Allegations [SFist]
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