Overview
- Police began investigating after a report that an adult shared inappropriate sexual messages with a student at Branham High School, and a second juvenile came forward during the probe.
- The department's Internet Crimes Against Children task force identified 31-year-old Heriberto Plascencia as the suspect and obtained arrest and search warrants for his residence.
- Officers located and arrested Plascencia in San Jose and booked him into Santa Clara County Main Jail on charges of sending harmful material to a minor and annoying or molesting a minor.
- Authorities say Plascencia worked as a classroom aide at Branham High, a role that prompted concern about potential additional victims and kept the investigation active.
- Police asked anyone with information to contact Detective Widmer of the ICAC Task Force and CBS News Bay Area has sought comment from the Campbell Union High School District.