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	Eastlake School Assistant Held on Suspicion of Sexual Assault By Angelica Martinez Union-Tribune October 4, 2007 http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20071004-1304-bn04pastor.html CHULA VISTA – An Eastlake High School campus assistant who is also a pastor at a San Diego church has been arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting a student, police said. Police said Eric M. Williams, 47, is accused of taking the 16-year-old girl out of class to an unoccupied classroom where the sexual assaults occurred. Police said the incidents happened between August and November 2006. The girl reported the incidents to a school resource officer in May. Lillian Leopold, a spokeswoman for the Sweetwater Union High School District said Williams was placed on paid administrative leave in May when school officials were notified by police of the accusations. Since then, detectives with the Chula Vista Police Department's Family Protection Unit have interviewed more than 25 possible witnesses, including students and faculty from the high school. Forensic laboratory tests were also conducted on evidence gathered from the classroom before Williams was arrested, police said. Williams, an employee with the school district for about four years, was hired as a substitute from Nov. 2003 to Jan. 2005, Leopold said. He was then placed as a full-time campus assistant in Jan. 2005 to provide campus security and student supervision before, during and after school. Williams was not armed and instead was there as "an extra set of eyes and ears," Leopold said. Williams underwent the same background checks teachers and other school employees go through before they are hired, she said. Students at the high school have not been notified by school officials of the arrest because the year-round school is not in session, Leopold said. Police officials said Williams is also a pastor at a church in Lomita; they did not specify which one. They asked anyone who might have information on the case to call San Diego County Crime Stoppers at (888) 580-8477. Angelica Martinez: (619) 293-1317; angelica.martinez@uniontrib.com
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