California instructor allegedly hid lacking teen for 2 years

A California public college instructor has been arrested for allegedly hiding a teen – her son’s buddy – for practically two years after he disappeared from her dwelling.

Holga Castillo Olivares, 61, a instructor on the Alice Birney Waldorf-inspired Ok-8 College in Sacramento, is charged with detaining a minor with intent to hide her mother and father, a felony, and contributing to juvenile delinquency, a misdemeanor, KCRA reported.

She is accused of hiding 17-year-old Michael Ramirez in her dwelling for the reason that teen’s mother and father reported him lacking on June 9, 2020, when he was 15, in response to the outlet.

Ramirez lastly returned to his Rancho Cordova dwelling on March 11, 2022, after he was final seen on Could 18, 2020, police mentioned.

His household mentioned he had been on the dwelling of an previous buddy, their mom Olivares, in response to the information company.

Katte Smith, the boy’s guardian, mentioned the boy ran away from dwelling after an argument together with his household.

Smith instructed KCRA: “He felt just like the garden on the opposite facet was greener. “We felt it was a waste of time with him. You may’t simply cover somebody’s child and assume it is okay.”

The Sacramento Metropolis Unified College District mentioned the costs in opposition to Olivares, who acquired administrative go away, “are for conduct unrelated to the worker’s assigned duties.”
The instructor “was detained on the college after the scholars had been dismissed for the day,” the district instructed KCRA.

Olivares will seem in courtroom on Monday.