By Associated Press - Friday, May 22, 2015

LAS VEGAS (AP) - The Andre Agassi College Preparatory Academy says it has fired a special education teacher after she and her ex-boyfriend were arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a child who was not a student at the school.

Police arrested 41-year-old Shannon Giardino and ex-boyfriend Jose Adrian Garcia this week.

The school notes the alleged crimes were not committed on campus.

KSNV-TV (https://bit.ly/1IPiXxx ) reports Giardino had been a teacher at the K-12 public charter school for two-and-a-half years.

Giardino faces two counts of sexual assault with a child under 14 years old and one count of child abuse or neglect. Garcia faces seven counts of lewdness and sexual assault of a child.

It wasn’t clear if Giardino and Garcia are represented by an attorney. The two could not be reached for comment.

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