Redding, California- A former teacher’s aide from Redding is accused of engaging in sex acts with an Orland high school wrestler. 38 year old Laura Gallegos turned herself into Glenn County authorities Tuesday. The Sheriff’s Office says Gallegos is accused of committing sex acts with a 17 year old Orland boy in Red Bluff, Corning, and at wrestling finals in Bakersfield.

Deputies began their investigation in April. The investigation followed a call from the mother of a 15 year old boy who believed her son had received explicit text messages from the Redding woman. Gallegos is facing charges including unlawful sex with a minor and exhibiting lewd material to a minor.

from www.redding.com – A former teacher’s aide at Shasta High School was arrested this week for allegedly having sex multiple times with a minor, the Glenn County’s Sheriff’s Office reported.

Laura Michelle Gallegos, 38, of Redding turned herself in to authorities at the Glenn County Jail in Willows on Tuesday afternoon.

Glenn County investigators said Gallegos allegedly had sex with a 17-year-old Orland High School male student in Red Bluff, Corning and in the stands during the high school wrestling finals in Bakersfield in March.

Gallegos is charged with one count of oral copulation, two counts of unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor, exhibiting lewd material to a minor, and three counts of contacting a minor to commit lewd acts, according to the Glenn County District Attorney’s Office.

She was released after posting $110,000 in bail, the sheriff’s office said. Gallegos is scheduled to appear in Glenn County Superior Court on Sept. 21.

In April, the Glenn County Sheriff’s Office got a call from an Orland mother who said her 15-year-old son had received explicit text messages from a woman during a wrestling tournament in Reno.

By chance, the mother of another wrestler at the tournament had received a text message from the same number, which belonged to another mother of one of the wrestlers, sheriff’s investigators said.

The number was later determined to be Gallegos.

Investigators obtained search warrants for the cell phones allegedly involved.

Glenn County Sheriff’s Det. Greg Felton also visited the Shasta High campus and was told that Gallegos had since resigned as a teacher’s aide.

Meanwhile, a 17-year-old Orland High student told investigators that he met Gallegos for the first time in Red Bluff at lunch before missing the last two periods of school that day. This occurred in mid-March.

Sheriff’s investigators said Gallegos and the 17-year-old boy allegedly had sex inside a vehicle that day.

School records revealed that the boy had two unexcused absences after lunch on the same day, sheriff’s investigators said.

The 17-year-old also told investigators that he and Gallegos allegedly had sex in early March during the high school state wrestling finals in Bakersfield. The state meet was held inside Rabobank Arena.

An additional meeting for sex allegedly occurred in Corning, sheriff’s investigators said.