You Lee Vang, Oroville, California (arrested April 2013)

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    You Lee Vang (Anchorage, Alaska), 53 (born Jan 16 1960), former English as a Second Language (ESL) teacher at Poplar Avenue Elementary School, Thermalito Union School District, Oroville, California, "charges of sexually assaulting three students"

    CBS Local Sacramento: Former Oroville ESL Teacher Arrested On Molestation Charges (May 15 2013)

    In 2011, a girl said Vang sexually assaulted her between 2006 and 2007, when she was around the ages of 8 or 9 years old. An investigation led deputies to three other victims who made similar claims. Before he could be questioned in 2011, Vang moved to Anchorage, Alaska. Deputies arrested Vang on April 10 in Anchorage and transported him back to Butte County.

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    You Lee Vang, Oroville, California, Poplar Avenue Elementary School, Thermalito Union School District, Anchorage, Alaska
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    Oroville Mercury Record: Former Thermalito school instructor in jail for alleged sexual assault of students (May 15 2013)

    The case has been under investigation since 2011, when one of Vang's alleged victims came forward to disclose being assaulted by him in 2006 and 2007. The girl was 8 years old at the time, authorities said. During the ensuing investigation, officials found three additional victims who gave similar disclosures of sexual assault, as well as three victims who declined to cooperate with the investigation. Vang left California in 2011 and moved to Anchorage before he could be questioned. Last month, investigators obtained an arrest warrant alleging three counts of digital penetration of a child under the age of 10, three counts of lewd acts on a child with force and three counts of lewd acts on a child.

    Chico Enterprise Record: Former Thermalito school instructor in jail for alleged sexual assault of students (May 15 2013)
     
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    Butte County, California, Sheriff's Office: Media Release (May 15 2013)

    The Butte County Sheriff’s Office Special Victims Unit (SVU) has been conducting an on-going investigation, since 2011, regarding allegations that You Lee Vang (01/16/60) sexually assaulted students at Poplar Av School in Oroville CA. The investigation determined that Vang worked at the school as an English as a Second Language instructor for Hmong students from 2001-2011. In 2011, one of Vang’s victims came forward to disclose being sexually assaulted by Vang in 2006-2007, when she was 8-9 years of age. The Butte County SVU conducted an extensive investigation and located three additional victims who provided similar disclosures of sexual assault; as well as three victims who declined to cooperate with the investigation. In 2011 Vang left California and moved to Anchorage Alaska, before he could be questioned about the allegations.

    In April of 2013, Butte County SVU Investigators obtained an arrest warrant for Vang’s arrest alleging: 3 counts of Digital penetration of a child under the age of 10, 3 counts of Lewd acts on a child with force and 3 counts of Lewd acts on a child. Vang’s bail was set at $3,375,000. On 04/10/13, You Lee Vang (01/16/60) was arrested in Anchorage Alaska by investigators from the Butte County SVU for the above warrant. Vang was ultimately transported back to Butte County and booked into the Butte County Jail, where he is still currently housed.
     
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    KRCR TV: Former School Instructor Arrested for Molesting Students (May 15 2013)

    You Lee Vang, 53, was recently arrested in Alaska and brought back to Butte County to face a series of charges ... Deputies said in 2011, one of Vang’s victims came forward to disclose being sexually assaulted by Vang in 2006-2007, when she was between eight and nine years of age. The Butte County SVU conducted an extensive investigation and located three additional victims who provided similar disclosures of sexual assault; as well as three victims who declined to cooperate with the investigation. In 2011 Vang left California and moved to Anchorage, Alaska before he could be questioned about the allegations. In April of 2013, Butte County SVU Investigators obtained an arrest warrant for Vang’s arrest alleging: three counts of digital penetration of a child under the age of 10, three counts of lewd acts on a child with force and three counts of lewd acts on a child.
     
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    KHSL TV: Former ESL Instructor Accused of Molesting Students (May 15 2013)

    In 2011 an alleged victim told her parents she was sexually assaulted by [You Lee] Vang when she was eight years old. Investigators say they located three additional victims, but their families refused to cooperate ... and Vang left the state before he could be questioned. A warrant was finally issued and Vang was arrested in Alaska. He faces nine felony counts.
     
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    Chico Enterprise-Record: Former Thermalito school aide faces child sexual assault allegations (May 18 2013)

    After a two-year investigation, a 53-year-old man is in custody on allegations he sexually assaulted students at Poplar Avenue School in Thermalito while working there as an instructor during 2006 and 2007, authorities said Wednesday ... The Sheriff's Office has been investigating the case since 2011, when a girl reported being assaulted by Vang in 2006 and 2007, according to a Sheriff's Office press release. The girl was between 8 and 9 years old at the time of the alleged assault.