Teacher to Stand Trial on Lewd Conduct Charges
From Times Staff Writers
An Orange middle-school teacher was ordered Friday to stand trial on charges that she engaged in lewd conduct with two students. A pretrial hearing was set for Feb. 8.
Sarah Bench-Salorio, 28, has pleaded not guilty to 28 charges filed against her for the alleged trysts with her former English students.
After listening to testimony from two boys in a preliminary hearing that ended Friday, Judge John D. Conley concluded that there was evidence that Bench-Salorio committed the crimes.
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