DA Files Five Felony Counts against High School Teacher in Alleged Fontana Hazing

Fontana, CA
The high school masonry teacher and an 18-year-old student arrested in connection with alleged hazing at A.B. Miller High School were charged Tuesday with felony counts including child abuse and false imprisonment, prosecutors said.

The San Bernardino County District Attorney's Office charged Emmanuel De La Rosa, 27, with child abuse, two counts of attempted sexual penetration by foreign object - one involving a minor victim older than 14 - and two counts of false imprisonment by violence and failure to report suspected child abuse to a child protective agency.

Student Fernando Salgado was charged with two counts of sexual penetration - one involving a minor victim older than 14 - and two counts of false imprisonment by violence.

The felony complaint states that there were two victims - John Doe No. 1 and John Doe No. 2.
Police said this week that the abuse was limited to one summer-school masonry class that began on May 31.

De La Rosa, police said, knew hazing was taking place and may even have directed it to discipline students in the summer school class.