update: please note name correction. Correct name is Anthony James Phillips.
On Monday, April 11th, Sunnyvale officers arrested Anthony James Phillips for the rape of child in 2009. At the time of the rape, James was a teacher at Cupertino Middle School in Sunnyvale, CA and the victim was a student at the same school. Phillips retired from teaching three years ago but is currently a volunteer softball and basketball coach at Fremont High School in Sunnyvale, CA.
James Phillips was arrested and booked into the Santa Clara County main jail for the following charges: aggravated sexual assault of a child (CA penal code section 269), forcible penetration with a foreign object (CA penal code section 289(a)(1)), and forcible penetration with a foreign object upon a child 289(B).
We are requesting that anyone with additional information about this case, or who believes they may have also been a victim of James Phillips, please contact detective Mary Cayori at 408-730-7100.
Media contact: Captain Craig Anderson 650-382-2603
