Crime & Safety

UPDATE: Teacher Accused of Sex With Student Pleads Not Guilty

A Granada High teacher accused of having sex with a former students is scheduled to return to court on April 6.

A teacher on Thursday pleaded not guilty to charges she had sex with a former student.

Marie Johnson, 41, faces charges of unlawful sexual intercourse with a person under 18, oral copulation and committing a lewd act on a child, according to court records.

, police said.

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She is being held at Santa Rita Jail in Dublin in lieu of a $950,000 bail.

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

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The prosecutor is Alameda County Deputy District Attorney Venus Johnson, who also declined to comment.

Johnson is scheduled to return to court for a pre-trial hearing at 9 a.m. on April 6, in Department 704 of the Gale-Schenone Hall of Justice in Pleasanton.

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