A Green Valley High School teacher accused of sexual assault and making sexual contact with a student was formally charged on Tuesday.

Anthony Coffield, 35, made a brief appearance before Henderson Justice of the Peace Sandra Allred DiGiacomo.

Defense attorney David Brown waived the reading of charges against Coffield in court. A criminal complaint filed Sunday in Henderson Justice Court shows Coffield is facing two counts of sexual assault and one count of a school employee engaging in a sexual act with a pupil 16 or older.

DiGiacomo on Tuesday scheduled a bail hearing for Monday. Online jail records show Coffield remains in custody at the Henderson Detention Center, where he was booked following his Nov. 26 arrest.

Brown declined to comment after Tuesday’s hearing.

On Monday, a Hend

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