CCSD police arrest elementary school teacher accused of lewdness with child

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – A Clark County School District elementary school teacher was arrested on Thursday after being accused of lewdness with a child.

Manuel Ayala-Tovar, 33, faces two counts of lewdness with a child following an investigation that started at Manuel J. Cortez Elementary School in November 2024 in the northeast Las Vegas valley near Lake Mead and Lamb boulevards, according to police.

Ayala-Tovar has been employed as a teacher with CCSD since September 2022. He has been assigned to home since the investigation began per the terms of the negotiated agreement with the bargaining unit, according to police…

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