A Texas highschool pupil instructor who admitted to having intercourse with a teen boy she taught informed cops she noticed him “as just a little brother,” authorities stated.
Darian Christine Rogers, 22, has been charged with second-degree felony improper relationship between an educator and a pupil, arrest data present.
She first met the boy at a grocery retailer the place the pair labored on the time, earlier than she grew to become a pupil instructor at Rouse Excessive College in Leander, a suburb north of Austin, FOX 7 reviews.
Rogers, who has been working at the highschool since January this yr, was reported to authorities in April by a pupil who stated she had “private information” of a instructor being concerned in a sexual relationship with a minor, court docket paperwork seen by the native outlet states.
The coed additionally offered a voicemail from a girl — recognized as Rogers by Williamson County Sheriff’s Workplace — by which she admitted to sending specific images to a 17-year-old male.
Her alleged sufferer initially denied the illicit relationship to police till he was confronted with messages detectives discovered on his cellphone between him and Rogers discussing the Plan B contraceptive capsule, FOX 7 reported.
Rogers denied having intercourse with the boy in her police interview and described their relationship as that of a “huge sister and little brother,” in accordance with the affidavit.
She then admitted to having intercourse with the scholar “one time” in his truck in a parking zone close to the H-E-B grocery retailer the place they each labored after she was confronted with the textual content proof, the affidavit states.
Rogers warned the scholar to keep away from “inappropriate feedback” in entrance of college employees as she was interviewing for a place there, the affidavit states.
A video of Rogers taking the Plan B capsule and a screenshot of the receipt had been additionally discovered on her cellphone by detectives.
One other textual content thread between Rogers and a good friend described a earlier sexual relationship between her and a special youngster who was 17 and a pupil within the Leander Impartial College District on the time.
The varsity’s principal despatched a letter to the households of scholars on Friday following Rogers’ arrest.
“The person was not a Leander ISD or Rouse Excessive College worker and was instantly faraway from campus as soon as the district was made conscious of the state of affairs,” the letter from Rouse Excessive College principal Vincent Hawkins and seen by FOX 7 reads.
“Any accusations of misconduct didn’t occur on our campus, throughout faculty hours, or at any school-sponsored occasion,” the letter continues.
Rogers was booked into Williamson County Jail on Friday and launched the next day on a $20,000 bond.
She is subsequent due in court docket on June 4 for a pre-indictment docket name, arrest data present.
