WASHINGTON — A teacher at a D.C. school has been arrested in connection to a child sex abuse case.
According to the Metropolitan Police Department, investigators received information Monday about an allegation of sexual abuse involving a juvenile at Oyster-Adams Bilingual School. The school is located in the 2000 block of 19th Street in Northwest D.C.
Giovanni Peña, 31, was arrested Tuesday by members of the Youth Investigations Division and charged with second degree sexual abuse of a child.
Oyster-Adams Bilingual School’s website lists Peña has a fourth grade English teacher, who joined the school in 2008. He previously taught both second and third grade.
No additional information has been released at this time.
Oyster-Adams Bilingual School released the following statement Wednesday:
The safety of our students is a top priority. As soon as we became aware of this situation, we acted promptly to remove the teacher from the school and fully cooperate with MPD in this investigation. We are focusing our attention on supporting our students and school community. As this is an active police investigation, any questions should be referred to MPD.
Anyone with information about similar offenses involving Peña should call police at 202-727-9099. Information can also be submitted by text messaging 50411.
