High School Teacher Arrested for Sexual Relations with a Student

Rowan County Sheriff Office 

SALISBURY, N.C. (Thursday, March 27, 2025) - On March 21, 2025, the school resource officer at West Rowan High School was notified of an inappropriate relationship between a school employee and a student.

The employee, 25-year-old Christyan Alfonso Cabrera, taught world history at the school and was reported to have had sexual intercourse with a 15-year-old student in his classroom while it was empty. He was also alleged to
have committed other sexual acts with the student while inside the school, all occurring between Jan 9 and March
19, 2025.

Investigators obtained arrest warrants against Cabrera for- Committing a Crime Against Nature, Statutory Rape of a Child, Statutory Sex Offense With a Child, and a Sex Act With a Student. He was arrested on March 27th just
after 3:00 pm and was placed in the Rowan Couty Detention Center under no bond due to the pre-trial integrity act. His first scheduled appearance in court will be Friday, March 28, 2025.

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