Shocking Surveillance Video Reveals Texas Teacher’s Overnight Stay with Young Student
A Texas teacher faces grooming charges after surveillance footage allegedly showed an overnight stay with a 14-year-old student. 🌐 #News #BalchSpringsTX #Texas #Crime
BALCH SPRINGS, TX – A Texas middle school teacher was arrested on child grooming charges after surveillance footage reportedly revealed him spending the night at school with a 14-year-old student. Sergio Gonzalez, 54, who was a teacher and coach at A.C. New Middle School in Balch Springs, now faces a third-degree felony charge, the Balch Springs Police Department announced Wednesday.
School Staff Raise Alarms, Prompting Investigation
The investigation began in August when three employees at A.C. New Middle School reported their concerns about an alleged inappropriate relationship between Gonzalez and the young student. Mesquite Independent School District responded quickly, placing Gonzalez on administrative leave on August 20 and notifying Balch Springs police. Shortly after, Gonzalez resigned from his position.
According to Officer Pedro Gonzalez of the Balch Springs Police Department, initial allegations surfaced from “text messages between the student and the teacher making inappropriate comments.”
A district employee later uncovered summer break surveillance footage that allegedly showed Gonzalez and the girl spending the night inside the school building.
Disturbing Details Emerge from Surveillance Footage
“There was video footage of the individuals walking down the hallways, carrying pillows and blankets, spending the night at the school,” Officer Gonzalez said.
The arrest affidavit states the surveillance footage shows Gonzalez “grabbing the victim’s buttocks” and later “walking down the hallway while holding hands” with the student before they entered a classroom together.
When interviewed by authorities, the girl reportedly “downplayed the situation while demonstrating her deep concern for [Gonzalez) and what happens to him,” according to the affidavit.
Officer Gonzalez noted, “And that’s why this has been such a lengthy investigation,” adding that building a case was challenging due to the victim’s lack of cooperation.
Additional witnesses reported troubling interactions, with other students telling investigators that Gonzalez had given the girl gifts, provided her with rides, and touched her inappropriately.
The investigation remains active, with Balch Springs police indicating that additional charges could still be filed as more evidence comes to light.
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What about the 14 year old girl’s parents? Only 14 and they didn’t do anything when she didn’t come home?
The parents should be called out too! This affair did not happen overnight.
We wondered that too, Maria! Such a heartbreaking story. Thanks for reading and commenting. Hope you have a great rest of the weekend! – Jack and Kitty 🙂
Hey, Don – Sadly, you’re probably right. Such a tragic story, we pray this little girl gets the help she needs! Thanks for commenting – we really hope you have a great rest of the weekend! – Jack and Kitty
This is Texas. The victim is a minor. The State doesn’t have to depend on the minor’s lack of cooperation. The State takes action against the predator in her behalf because of her age not because of her “lack of cooperation’.
Hey Hilaria! Right? That’s exactly what we were thinking too! Hope you have a great week 🙂 – Jack and Kitty