SUNNYVALE – A retired Sunnyvale school teacher has been arrested on suspicion of raping a student in 2009, authorities said.
On Monday, 61-year-old Anthony James Phillip was arrested and booked into the Santa Clara County Main Jail on charges of aggravated sexual assault of a child, forcible penetration with a foreign object and forcible penetration with a foreign object upon a child, the Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety said in a statement Tuesday.
At the time of the alleged rape, Phillip was a teacher at Cupertino Middle School in Sunnyvale and the victim was a student at the same school, authorities said.
Phillip retired three years ago, but he is currently a volunteer softball and basketball coach at Fremont High School in Sunnyvale.
Authorities are asking anyone with information related to the case or who believes they may have also been a victim to contact Detective Mary Cayori at 408-730-7100.
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