Crime & Safety

UPDATE: Johnson's Arraignment Pushed Back

Marie Johnson, a Granada High teacher accused of having sex with a student, briefly appeared in court Friday.

A teacher accused of having sex with a former student is now scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday.

Marie Johnson, who turns 41 on Saturday, briefly appeared in court Friday morning. She was scheduled to be arraigned, but her lawyer requested the matter be pushed back.

Court records show Johnson faces charges of unlawful sexual intercourse with a person under 18, oral copulation and committing a lewd act on a child.

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, police said.

She is being held at Santa Rita Jail in Dublin in lieu of a $1.85 million bail.

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Johnson's attorney is Berkeley-based Elizabeth Grossman, who declined to comment on the case.

The prosecutor is Alameda County Deputy District Attorney Venus Johnson.

Johnson's arraignment is scheduled for 2 p.m. in Dept. 701 of the Gale-Schenone Hall of Justice in Pleasanton.

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