A teacher at a Las Vegas charter school for girls was arrested Wednesday and booked into the Clark County Detention Center on suspicion of child sexual abuse-related crimes.

According to Las Vegas Justice Court records, Marco Penaloza Jr., 30, faces two felony counts of using or permitting a minor 14 or older to be the subject of sexual portrayal in a performance, and two felony counts of using or permitting a child 14 or older to produce sexual abuse material.

An online search showed a Marco Penaloza listed as a math teacher at Young Women’s Leadership Academy of Las Vegas, a charter school for girls in grades six through 10 in the east valley.

Through a statement sent to the Las Vegas Review-Journal on Thursday, principal Keturah Draper said the school “became aware of the investigati

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