37-year-old Ukiah High School journalism teacher arrested in November for allegedly sending inappropriate messages to a 17-year-old girl made an appearance in court Monday but has not yet been charged in the case. 

Matt LaFever, a Hopland resident who was also the publisher of the now-shuttered MendoFever news website, was arrested Nov. 3 on suspicion of knowingly annoying or molesting a minor and was placed on leave from the high school after the Ukiah Unified School District first learned of the allegations in October. 

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