Teacher arrested after sex assault accusation of female student

SAN JOSE >> An East Side Union High School District teacher has been arrested after he was accused of sexually abusing a student at a campus where he previously taught, according to San Jose police.

Te Bin Jung, 31, of San Jose, was arrested Jan. 10, and the next day he was charged with one count of sexual assault of a minor by the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office. Police said he was booked at the Main Jail then was granted supervised release.

San Jose police were contacted Jan. 9 after the mother of a high school student reported finding “inappropriate messages on her daughter's phone from her former teacher,” according to a police news release.

Jung, identified as a current English teacher at Yerba Buena High School, was named as being the involved teacher. Police said the investigating officers determined that the alleged sexual contact between him and the teen girl occurred when he was teaching at Silver Creek High School.

Detectives with the police department's child exploitation detail were brought into the investigation, and they obtained an arrest warrant for Jung, who was arrested at his home.

Police did not release additional details, and the county criminal clerk's office was closed Jan. 16 in observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.

But police did say detectives are exploring the possibility of more victims related to the investigation, “due to (Jung's) position as a person of trust at the school.”

Court records show that Jung was arraigned Jan. 12, and that he is scheduled to return to court March 1. Messages left for Jung's listed attorney and the school district were not immediately returned Monday.

Anyone with information for investigators can contact Detective Camarillo at 408-277-3214 or by email at 4576@sanjoseca.gov. Tips can also be left with Silicon Valley Crime Stoppers at 408-9477867 or at svcrimestoppers.org.