HOUSTON, Texas — A Houston middle school English teacher accused of sexually abusing a child has turned herself in to authorities.
Alexandria Vera worked at Aldine ISD’s Stovall Middle School, and according to court documents, Vera met a 13-year-old boy who was a student in her 8th grade English class during summer school. A sexual relationship reportedly developed.
Vera, 24, is charged with continuous sexual abuse of a child, and Eyewitness News has learned Vera surrendered at the Montgomery County Jail in Conroe Wednesday.
Vera reportedly claims she and the teen are in love and that she’s been introduced to his family as his girlfriend. The boy’s parents are said to be accepting of the relationship, including Vera in family gatherings.
Court documents go on to detail the fact that Vera allegedly became pregnant with the boy’s baby in January, and his family was said to be excited and supportive about the baby.
But after an unexpected visit to the school by Child Protective Services in February, when Vera and the boy were questioned about their relationship, she reportedly became nervous and terminated the pregnancy.
Aldine ISD issued the following statement: “Aldine ISD has been made aware that charges have been filed against a former Stovall Middle School teacher involved in inappropriate behavior with a male student. When the allegation was made in April, the teacher was immediately removed from the school and placed on administrative leave.
Aldine ISD Police investigated the incident and turned their findings over to the Harris County District Attorney’s Office. The safety and security of Aldine ISD’s students and staff remains a priority of the school district.”
Vera’s bond has been set at $100,000.
A 24-year-old middle school teacher accused of having a months-long affair with a 13-year-old student — who got her pregnant — turned herself in Wednesday afternoon.
Alexandria Vera was booked on charges of continuous sexual abuse of a child and released on $100,000 bail — a day after Houston police issued a warrant for the raven-haired English teacher’s arrest.
She met — and fell in love with — the boy last summer at Stovall Middle School in Houston, according to court documents obtained by ABC 13.
After the boy, now 14, skipped class one day, he sent Vera a message on Instagram, asking her for her number — and if they could hang out alone, according to KPRC Houston.
Vera, who has a 4-year-old daughter from a separate relationship, told investigators at the District Attorney’s office that the very next day, she drove to his house when his parents weren’t home and had sex with him for the first time.
Their illegal canoodling continued throughout the school year — with students noticing the two flirting in between classes and them having sex “on almost a daily basis,” according to court documents.
“He like grabbed her butt and everyone saw it,” one student told ABC. “And then they were talking about it.”
“That kid was always over (Vera’s house in Spring) and she always told (neighbors) it was her brother,” a neighbor told WFAA-ABC.
At the fall open house, Vera officially met his parents and was introduced as his girlfriend.
By January, his parents became increasingly welcoming to Vera, who that month announced she was pregnant with the teen’s child, according to local reports.
The Aldine Independent School District put Vera on administrative leave in April once details of her affair started circulating.
“The safety and security of Aldine ISD’s students and staff remains a priority of the school district,” the district said in a statement.