Parents and families are raising serious concerns after discovering that a registered sex offender was working at Heritage Christian Academy, a private school affiliated with Heritage Baptist Church.

Student walkouts in Oklahoma have drawn public attention, as students across school districts are leaaving classes to protest U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and federal immigration policies. According to news reports, students at East Central High School (Tulsa, OK) and Charles Page High School (Sand Springs, OK) staged demonstrations, carrying protest signs and chanting against “ICE” and actions associated with President Trump’s administration.

LULING, Tx. — Brian Rodriguez, a teacher's assistant and youth leader from Luling, Texas, was arrested and extradited on multiple serious child sexual offense charges. Caldwell County Sheriff's Office investigators, with assistance from the Texas Rangers, traveled to Las Vegas, Nevada, to apprehend Rodriguez and return him to Texas. He now faces formal charges in Caldwell County related to alleged crimes against a child or children.

Carl David Innmon, a 51-year-old former fifth-grade teacher at Baranoff Elementary School in the Austin Independent School District (AISD), pleaded guilty in federal court to possessing child sexual abuse material (CSAM). Court documents reveal that investigators discovered over 365,000 images of CSAM on devices seized from his home, including material depicting minors under 12 years old. Some of these images were AI-generated, created by manipulating real photographs of students in a classroom setting, with two children positively identified as Innmon's own students. Innmon, who had also worked as a substitute at about 20 other AISD schools, now faces up to 20 years in prison for the possession charge, though he was initially indicted on an additional count of receipt of child pornography, which was not part of the plea.

An 18-year-old senior at Ross S. Sterling High School in Baytown, Texas, named Aundre Lebron Demond Matthews, was arrested and charged with murder in the stabbing death of 16-year-old sophomore Andrew Meismer. The incident stemmed from a dispute over a $21 THC vape pen that Matthews accused Meismer of stealing.

Prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty for Andrew James McGann, an elementary school teacher who was arrested for the stabbing death two people who were hiking with their children at Devil’s Den State Park on Saturday, according to a preliminary probable cause affidavit released Thursday.

“McGann, 28, of Pinecrest Street in Springdale was arrested by Arkansas State Police on Wednesday in connection with two counts of capital murder. McGann is being held at the Washington County Detention Center with no bond set.”

A Texas City High School teacher and coach was arrested Tuesday after authorities say he planned to meet what he believed was a 15-year-old girl for sex, but was actually an undercover detective.

A band teacher at Lampasas Middle School was charged after concerned parents informed the sheriff’s office their daughter may be involved in a relationship with the educator.

Authorities arrested Jeremy Flint on a warrant charging improper relationship between educator and student, a second degree felony.

A former East Texas teacher who was previously arrested on bestiality and child pornography charges has been re-arrested for allegedly touching a child inappropriately.

A former educator has been sentenced to 60 years in prison for various sex crimes involving children.

Ryan England was found guilty on April 24, 2025, of Inappropriate and Unlawful Behavior, having molested four of his first-grade students, both during class and after school.

A suspect is behind bars after allegedly sexually assaulting a child multiple times after resigning from his position as a substitute teacher.

On May 20, an investigation was launched by the San Antonio Police Department against a 23-year-old Christoper Patrick Uresti, after a 12-year-old child came forward to a teacher about the alleged attacks.

A Texas high school student teacher who admitted to having sex with a teen boy she taught told cops she saw him “as a little brother,” authorities said.

Darian Christine Rogers, 22, has been charged with second-degree felony improper relationship between an educator and a student, arrest records show.

High school student, Karmelo Anthony, has been charged with murder in the fatal stabbing of another student at a track meet in Texas, police said.

The incident occurred Wednesday morning at a Frisco Independent School District stadium during a track and field championship involving multiple schools in the district.

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