RENO, Nev. (KOLO) - An employee with the Washoe County School District has been arrested after police say he was engaged in inappropriate conduct with a student.

44-year-old Isreal Cruz-Gonzales, an employee of Gerlach K-12 School, was arrested by detectives with the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office (WCSO).

On Monday, detectives received initial information regarding the alleged conduct, and Cruz-Gonzales was arrested on Thursday, according to WCSO.

He was booked into the Washoe County Jail on a charge of sexual conduct between certain employees of school or volunteers at school and pupil, a category C felony.

Additional details on the alleged conduct were not released.

“Safeguarding the youth of our community is fundamental to the mission of the Sheriff’s Office. Exploitation of childr

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