Former Ralston School Custodian Arrested for Allegedly Molesting Student

UPDATE 6:25 P.M.: Andre Edwards is due to appear in San Mateo County Superior Court for his initial felony arraignment at 1:30 p.m. on Friday. Belmont Patch will update this story following the arraignment.

UPDATE 4:56 P.M.: A former custodian was arrested at his Hayward home today for allegedly molesting a female student last year, according to a statement released by the .

Andre Edwards, 52, was taken into custody this afternoon on suspicion of two felony counts of annoying/molesting a child, and will be booked into jail, police said.

Police began investigating Edwards after claims surfaced that he allegedly groped a female student on campus in November 2010, police said.

"That investigation eventually uncovered additional information on a previously unsubstantiated allegation from 2001, which resulted in the second count," police said in a statement.

Edwards was hired by the Belmont-Redwood Shores School District in September 1987, and retired on Feb. 28 during the four-month-long investigation. The San Mateo County District Attorney's Office issued his $200,000 arrest warrant on Wednesday.

Anyone with information regarding this case is asked to contact Belmont police investigators at (650) 595-7400 or the Crime Tip Line at (650) 598-3000.