From Kim Minugh and Niesha Lofing:
Two North Highlands school teachers were arrested Wednesday in connection with a case of inappropriate conduct with two female high school students.
Sacramento County Sheriff's deputies arrested Eric Charles Gladden, 34, and Monica Maldonado Alarcon, 29, both teachers at Futures High School, on felony and misdemeanor counts.
Gladden was arrested on suspicion of 34 counts of distribution of lewd material to a minor, contributing to the delinquency of minors, child annoyance and falsifying documents.
The charges stem from text messages Gladden allegedly sent to two of his female students, ages 16 and 17, that included lewd comments and sexual photographs between March 2008 and January 2009, said sheriff's Sgt. Tim Curran.
The text messages were sent during and after school hours, Curran said.
Gladden also is accused of supplying the students with alcohol at his home on more than one occasion, Curran said.
During the course of the investigation, three other of Gladden's students were identified as victims of his inappropriate behavior, and he could face more charges in connection with those victims, Curran said.
Alarcon was arrested on suspicion of a felony count of falsifying documents to be used in evidence, Curran said. The investigation revealed that she allegedly helped Gladden forge and plant evidence in an attempt to clear him of the accusations against him, Curran said.
Gladden is being held on $300,000 bail and Alarcon is being held on $50,000 bail in the Sacramento County Main Jail.
Both are scheduled to be arraigned Friday afternoon.
The investigation is ongoing and anyone with information is asked to call detectives at (916) 874-5070 or Crime Alert at (916) 443-4357.
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