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San Jose teacher arrested for road rage incident now out on bail

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SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) -- There are new details on the San Jose 
teacher who was arrested in connection with a road rage incident 
that escalated into a strong arm robbery.

Charles So was taken into custody Wednesday at school. Police 
then found a loaded handgun in his classroom.

He's no longer in custody after posting bail.

School administrators spent much of the day meeting with parents 
about the alleged incident that caught so many people off guard. 
We have since learned that the teacher has posted bail and will 
not be returning to the classroom.

Community members were stunned upon learning about the 
allegations against the Chaboya Middle School teacher.

So was taken into custody Wednesday afternoon at school by the 
San Jose Police MERGE unit in connection with a road rage 
incident that turned into a strong-arm robbery.

When officers went to his classroom to retrieve his belongings, 
they found a loaded handgun in his bag.

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 #NEW: Charles So, the #SanJose teacher who police say had a gun 
in his classroom (when he was arrested yesterday in connection 
to a road-rage robbery) has posted bail and is no longer in 
custody at the jail. #abc7now

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"At this time, I can tell you that we don't have any indication 
that the teacher was planning any type of assault on students or 
staff," said SJPD Sgt. Enrique Garcia.

The road rage incident happened at a parking garage in Downtown 
San Jose back in February.

Police say So followed a driver into the structure, got out of 
his car, battered the victim and then stole his cellphone before 
driving off.

Investigators worked on the case for months, recently 
identifying So as the suspect, which is why up until the arrest 
it would've made sense for him to pass any standard background 
and fingerprints check -- assuming that he previously had a 
clear record.

District officials say So was cleared on August 17, prior to 
starting his new teaching job at Chaboya.

Evergreen School District spokesperson Charles Crosby said, "A 
lot of our parents have questions, and so any chance we have to 
answer those questions, or assuage their concerns, we're going 
to do that."

Last year, So was a substitute teacher in Palo Alto and spent 
some time as a student teacher in the San Jose Unified School 
District.

According to his LinkedIn profile, he also was a public affairs 
specialist for the U.S. Army Reserves.

This was So's first full-time job as a language arts teacher.

"This is an open on-going investigation and if someone has any 
information about this crime, or any other crime, we want to 
hear from them," Sgt. Garcia said.

The District Attorney's Office is now reviewing the case. So is 
expected to make his first court appearance in October.

https://abc7news.com/sj-teacher-arrested-for-road-rage-incident-
now-out-on-bail/4102945/
 

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