ELK GROVE, CA (MPG) - The Elk Grove Police Department announced Oct. 15 that a high school teacher is in custody in connection with two sex-related offenses involving a former student. The victim was a minor and attended the same school where the teacher was employed at the time of the crimes.

Former students reported the allegations to Elk Grove Unified School District officials. District officials promptly notified the Elk Grove Police Department and placed 38-year-old David Collins on administrative leave.

Through the course of the investigation, detectives determined that sometime between 2015 and 2018, Collins, a teacher at Laguna Creek High School, engaged in an inappropriate and sexual relationship with the victim, who was a student at the time.

Based on the findings of the investigation, detectives obtained an arrest warrant for Collins. Investigators served a search warrant at his Sacramento home this morning. They confirmed the relationship, and Collins was taken into custody.

Collins was booked at the Sacramento County Main Jail and was being held without bail for Penal Code Sections 287(B)(1) Oral Copulation with a Person under 18 Years Old and 289(H) Penetration by a Foreign Object-Victim under 18 Years Old.

The Elk Grove Police Department is asking anyone with information related to this investigation to call the Elk Grove Police Department Investigations Bureau at (916) 478-8112.