(KRON) — A former San Bruno elementary faculty instructor is going through greater than 400 years in jail for sexually abusing first-grade and second-grade college students.
Jeremy Pakyin Yeh, 34, was convicted by a San Mateo County jury of 17 counts of felony youngster molestation on Friday following a trial.
Throughout Yeh’s trial, he remained out of custody on $1.3 million bond. After the jury’s responsible verdict was reached, a choose ordered the previous instructor to right away go into custody with out bail. Yeh will likely be sentenced on April 25. He’s going through a most sentence of 425 years to life in jail, prosecutors stated.
Yeh taught 1st and 2nd grades at El Crystal Elementary Faculty and Decimal Allen Elementary Faculty in San Bruno, prosecutors stated. On the faculties, he molested 4 younger ladies between 2016 and 2022.
“The primary sufferer got here ahead in 2018 however was referred to as a liar by the administration at El Crystal Elementary Faculty,” the San Mateo County District Legal professional’s Workplace wrote. After the primary sufferer was accused of mendacity for talking out, Yeh continued to molest extra college students, in keeping with SMCDAO. In 2022, one other sufferer got here ahead and San Bruno cops arrested the instructor.
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Sexual Abuse Legal professional Bobby Thompson stated, “Nobody wants to think people like Jeremy Yeh exists, but people like him are far too common. These prosecutions highlight the need for our schools to be more proactive about preventing sex abuse.”
Yeh confessed to police that he touched one of many victims as a result of “he wanted to see what it felt like,” prosecutors stated.
