Las Vegas Sun

March 19, 2024

Agassi prep teacher fired, faces sex assault charge

Shannon Giardino

Shannon Giardino

Jose Garcia

Jose Garcia

The Andre Agassi College Preparatory Academy says it has fired a special education teacher after she and her ex-boyfriend were arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a child who was not a student at the school.

Police arrested 41-year-old Shannon Giardino and ex-boyfriend Jose Adrian Garcia this week.

KSNV-TV reports Giardino had been a teacher at the K-12 public charter school for two-and-a-half years.

Giardino faces two counts of sexual assault with a child under 14 years old and one count of child abuse or neglect. Garcia faces seven counts of lewdness and sexual assault of a child under 14.

It wasn't clear if Giardino and Garcia are represented by an attorney. The two could not be reached for comment.

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