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Teacher’s aide accused of groping disabled teen

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A teacher’s aide in Lawndale is free on bail after being arrested on suspicion of molesting a teenage girl with mental disabilities, police said.

Juan Carlos Gutierrez, 60, was arrested Friday on three misdemeanor warrants of molesting or annoying a child in relation to an incident at Leuzinger High School that was caught on tape.

According to police, Gutierrez was with a 16-year-old student in a stairwell of the high school on May 7 when he fondled her over her clothing. Gutierrez was an instructional aide at the school.

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“The entire incident was captured on surveillance video,” the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said in a statement.

Students who saw Gutierrez fondling the student reported it to the principal, authorities said.

Gutierrez was released from custody after posting $60,000 bail.

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