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Anaheim teacher accused of fathering child with teen student – NBC Los Angeles
Police in Orange County are investigating a long-time band teacher they say had a child with one of his former students in the 1980s and possibly had another intimate relationship with another student.
On Lexington High School’s website and Facebook page, 61-year-old Steve Graves is celebrated as a popular band teacher, winning OC band teacher of the year in 2018.
But Anaheim police say Graves started his more than 30-year teaching career at Loara High School in Anaheim where investigators say he had intimate relationships with two of his students.
“Our detectives started to immediately investigate the case and they learned there was another. A second victim who was a student at the same time,” said Matt Sutter with the Anaheim Police Department.
Sutter says the second victim also had a child with Graves.
That child is now in their 30s and police say the mother came forward after all these years about three weeks ago after showing up to the Anaheim Police Department to report the relationship.
A statement from the Anaheim Union High School District said in part “The district was shocked, saddened, and upset to learn of credible allegations made on social media claiming Graves sexually abused two former high school students 37 years ago.”
When Graves was interviewed, he acknowledged the now adult child, according to police.
“It was indisputable that he fathered this child with a student at Loara,” said Sutter.
NBC4 attempted to reach Graves at his home and also by phone, but was unsuccessful.
Graves also taught at Ball Junior High School and investigators are looking into whether he victimized other former students.
“As a father myself to a daughter who is in high school this case is deeply disturbing to me as with any parent. We trust our children when they go to school to be in the care and custody of our teachers our educators and when you hear about something like this it’s really disturbing,” said Sutter.
Graves has not been arrested.
The Orange County District Attorney’s Office said they won’t be able to file charges relating to these two cases due to the statute of limitations.
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Driver killed in crash off freeway into El Monte riverbed – NBC Los Angeles
A driver died late Wednesday in a crash off a freeway and into a concrete structure in an El Monte riverbed.
The driver was ejected in the crash, reported just before midnight near the eastbound 10 Freeway and Santa Anita Avenue. The car flew off the freeway and into the Rio Hondo Watershed, ending up on top of the concrete structure.
The driver was later found in the wash. They died at the scene.
Details about the driver’s identity and what led to the crash were not immediately available.
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Video released in domestic assault case of former Dodgers pitcher Julio Urías – NBC Los Angeles
The violent incident involving former MLB pitcher Julio Urías has surfaced, revealing troubling behavior that may have ended his baseball career with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
A 72-second recording by a bystander obtained by the LA Times and California Highway Patrol shows the moments the former MLB pitcher lost his cool.
In the video, Urías is seen charging at two women, one of whom is believed to be his wife. He grabs her and slams her against a fence, while multiple bystanders rush to intervene. Urias also takes a swing at her, cursing in Spanish.
This alarming incident occurred last September outside BMO Stadium in downtown Los Angeles after an LAFC game. Following the event, Urías was arrested, and the video aligns with the initial police report from that day.
Urías later pled no contest to a misdemeanor domestic battery charge. He was sentenced to 36 months of probation and required to complete a domestic violence counseling program, among other conditions. The Dodgers responded by placing him on administrative leave, and he has not played since, remaining a free agent.
Major League Baseball is currently conducting its own investigation and has not yet commented on the newly released video.
However, the footage has led some fans to conclude that Urías should not be allowed to play professional baseball again.
“He lost his opportunity by putting his hands on a woman. No man should ever put his hands to hit a woman,” said Dodgers fan Eddie Garcia.
Dodgers pitcher Julio Urías was arrested Sunday on suspicion of domestic violence, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
This marks the second domestic violence incident involving Urias. In 2019, he faced a suspension for reportedly pushing a woman to the ground in a parking lot, though he was not criminally charged in that case.
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Boat goes up in flames in Marina del Rey – NBC Los Angeles
Fire crews were working to put out flames coming from a yacht docked in Marina del Rey.
The 100-foot vessel was engulfed in flames, coming from inside the cabin.
The call came in at around 8:30 p.m. of a vessel burning at 2201 Basin A in Marina del Rey, according to the LA County Fire Department.
It’s unclear what ignited the fire and if any people were injured.
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