RANDY ECONOMY: MY WORLD: James Hooker: Modesto police arrest ex-Enochs teacher for alleged sexual assault

Friday, April 06, 2012

James Hooker: Modesto police arrest ex-Enochs teacher for alleged sexual assault

Christopher James Hooker booking mug, April 6, 2012. (Stanislaus County Sheriff

Above: Dr. Phil and James Hooker talk about his situation.

From the Modesto Bee: James Hooker, a former Modesto high school teacher was arrested and booked at the Stanislaus County Jail on Friday on one count of oral copulation on a person under 18.

The charge involves alleged sexual misconduct with another teenage girl about 14 years ago.

Hooker, 41, of Modesto was booked at the Stanislaus County Jail on one count of committing oral copulation of a person under 18, according to a criminal complaint filed Friday in Stanislaus County Superior Court.

The charge stems from an incident that occurred in August 1998, when Hooker was a teacher at Davis High School in Modesto, according to authorities.

Hooker befriended the alleged victim, a 17-year-old girl, and developed a romantic relationship with her, said police Lt. Rick Armendariz. During that relationship, Armendariz said, Hooker sexually abused the girl.

Hooker first came under scrutiny in February when his romantic relationship with Jordan Powers, an 18-year-old former Enochs High student, became public. She moved in with Hooker — her former business teacher — on Feb. 22, the day he resigned from Modesto City Schools.

The relationship became public after Powers' mother, Tammie Powers, began castigating Hooker on her Facebook page. National interest quickly took hold. Hooker and Jordan Powers appeared on ABC's "Good Morning America" and the nationally syndicated "Dr. Phil Show," and Tammie Powers went on "Nancy Grace."

On her Facebook page Friday afternoon, Tammie Powers wrote: "Yes, confirmed James Hooker is in custudy(sic). I am with my daughter as I post this."

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