OC Choir Teacher, 37, Sexually Abused Her Student, 17: Police

SANTA ANA, CA — A choir director at a Southern California high school was arrested Friday after she agreed to meet a 17-year-old student to engage in sexual acts, authorities said Monday.

Officers responded to Santa Ana High School around 6 p.m. Friday to a report of a student involved in an inappropriate relationship with a teacher.

According to police, the teen — who is a senior at the high school — reported that he had been having sexual relations with his choir teacher, 37-year-old Yessenia Navarro Garcia, the director of the Vocal Music Program at Santa Ana High School.

According to the victim, their relationship had been ongoing for around six months.

"During the investigation, the victim texted Garcia to meet at a location in Santa Ana, and upon her arrival, she was taken into custody by officers," the Santa Ana Police Department said in a statement. "Garcia admitted to all of the sexual acts that the victim reported."

The Orange resident has been employed full-time as a choir teacher for roughly five years, according to police.

She was booked into the Santa Ana Jail on several sexual assault-related charges with a bail set at $100,000.

According to her biography, which remained on the school's website as of 1 p.m. Monday, Garcia has worked at several other schools in Southern California — including Raymond Cree Middle School in Palm Springs, El Sol Science and Arts Academy in Santa Ana and Garden Grove Elementary Schools.

Santa Ana detectives believe there may be more victims to the crimes and asked anyone with information to contact the department at 714-245-8379 or call Orange County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-OCCS.