West L.A. school counselor slept with student, 16, police say
Police are looking for possible other victims of a high school counselor in West Los Angeles who is accused of sexually abusing a 16-year-old boy.
Julie Tichon, 37, committed a “series of sexual assaults” against the teen in February and March of this year, the Los Angeles Police Department said in a news release.
Tichon faces three counts of sexual intercourse with a minor and one count of oral copulation with a person under the age of 18. She’s due back in court on Nov. 1.
Before the alleged assaults were discovered, Tichon worked as a school counselor at YULA Los Angeles, which describes itself as a “Modern Orthodox Yeshiva High School” on its website.
“The suspect used her position of responsibility to gain these victims’ trust, then began inappropriate sexual relationships with them,” Detective Russ Hess said in the LAPD release. “Rather than advising them, she was abusing them.”
If convicted as charged, Tichon could be sentenced to up to five years in prison, though police believe there could be more victims, which “could potentially add to the criminal case.”
A previous report from the Los Angeles Times indicates the school knows of at least one other victim.
Anyone with information is asked to call Hess at 213-473-0561.
Outside of business hours or on weekends, call 877-LAPD-247.
To report information anonymously, call Crime Stoppers at 800-222-TIPS or visit lacrimestoppers.org.
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