Stanislaus County teacher arrested, accused of having sexual relationship with student
A Riverbank High School teacher was arrested Tuesday afternoon on suspicion of having a sexual relationship with a student, according to the Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Office.
Dulce Flores, a Spanish teacher, allegedly had relationship with a 17-year-old male student in 2023. She has been a teacher at Riverbank High since 2016.
“The investigation began after a school official received information about the relationship from another party,” reads a post on the Facebook page of Riverbank Police Services. “Investigators have since been working to determine the facts of the case before making an arrest.”
Flores will be on a leave of absence while the case is investigated, according to a news release from the Riverbank Unified School District. The district will cooperate with authorities as necessary, it says, and will communicate with parents and students enrolled in Flores’ classes to minimize “any disruption to their instruction for the remainder of the academic year.”
Superintendent Constantino Aguilar said in the release, “It is truly unfortunate for our district to face a situation like this. While we continue to work with law enforcement, the district will also look to determine what options it may have available to independently address this matter.”
The district release says RUSD uses stringent hiring practices to employ its staff and “expects nothing but the finest in the quality and professionalism of our staff.”
The Sheriff’s Office thanked Riverbank Unified School District for its “prompt reporting” and cooperation that “assisted investigators in determining the circumstances of the sensitive case.”
Flores is the second Riverbank High teacher in the past two years arrested for allegedly having a sexual relationship with a student. Riverbank High staff contacted the Sheriff’s Office on in December 2023 to report that it had learned of an alleged sexual relationship Logan Nabors had with a 16-year-old student from 2017 to 2018. Nabors, a former Riverbank High girls basketball coach, was 23 at the time.
Anyone with information related to the current case is asked to contact Riverbank Police Services at 209-869-7162. If you would like to remain anonymous, you may call Stanislaus County Area Crime Stoppers at 1-866-60-CRIME or go to stancrimetips.org
This story was originally published February 26, 2025 at 11:22 AM.
