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Friday – A convicted sex offender released from prison two weeks ago allegedly posed as a doctor and sexually assaulted a student inside an Arizona elementary school, sparking outrage and calls for answers from parents, according to reports.
According to the Phoenix Police Department (PPD), 25-year-old Abel Kai Geblah is charged with sexual assault and kidnapping at Orangewood Elementary School on Nov. 19 after he entered school grounds, pretended to be a doctor, lured a female student into her classroom and assaulted her.
PPD officials said in a statement to Fox News Digital that officers were called to the school after administrators reported an incident on campus.
“When officers arrived, they learned that an unauthorized person had entered school grounds and lured a grade-school-aged girl into the classroom, where he sexually assaulted her,” police said. “At some point, the student managed to push the man away. He fled the scene before officers arrived.”
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Abel Kai Geblah was accused of sexually assaulting and kidnapping a student at a Phoenix elementary school on November 19. (National Sex Offender Registry)
Fox 10 Phoenix reported that court documents show Geblah allegedly attracted a student’s attention by impersonating a doctor and telling him he had to examine him.
After escaping from the school, police tracked down Gablah, who was booked on multiple charges.
According to the outlet, Geblah was released from prison two weeks ago on similar charges, and he was also allegedly involved in human trafficking across the US border.
According to FOX 10, a prosecutor present in Geblah’s court said he was convicted twice in 2021 of sexual conduct with a minor and a registered sex offender.
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Abel Kai Gabla was arrested this week after allegedly sexually assaulting a student at a Phoenix elementary school. (iStock)
Washington Elementary School District said in a statement that school administrators immediately called 911 and locked the school down for more than an hour, the news station reported.
“He was on campus for approximately 10 minutes and during that time he made inappropriate contact with a student,” the district wrote.
The district shared with Fox News Digital a separate statement that it released to parents on Friday, detailing the results of its internal investigation, which included that Geballah was a former student of the school, having attended there from 2012 to 2015.
Abel Kai Gabla allegedly attacked a student at Orangewood Elementary School in Phoenix on November 19. (Google Maps)
While initial reports indicated that Geblah entered the campus from behind a student who had come inside, further investigation revealed he entered through an open lobby door, and walked inside with a retarded student, the district said.
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The district said one staff member has been placed on administrative leave following an investigation.
Orangewood Elementary Principal Emily Patterson wrote, “We understand how concerning this situation is and we want to let you know that we are reviewing every aspect of our safety procedures and communications to ensure that an incident like this does not happen again.”
According to FOX 10, Gblah is being held on a $500,000 cash-only bond, with a preliminary hearing scheduled for Dec. 1.
