NORTH TEXAS — A 54-year-old former Mesquite ISD coach allegedly groomed a teen, engaging in inappropriate behavior such as “kissing on the forehead, hugging, (and) holding hands,” according to a spokesman from the Balch Springs Police Department.
Sergio Gonzalez, who served as a teacher and coach for 20 years at A.C. New Middle School, was arrested Wednesday and charged with the felony of child grooming.
Police say Gonzalez had a relationship with a 14-year-old girl.
Mesquite ISD says a social worker noted the relationship in August and that Gonzalez was put on administrative leave. He later resigned.
According to the arrest affidavit, Mesquite ISD found video at A.C. New Middle School showing Sergio Gonzalez “grabbing the victim’s buttocks and walking down the hallway holding hands before entering his classroom.” The school’s surveillance video also showed him and the victim arriving at the school together in July, bringing pillows, blankets, and what looked to be an inflatable mattress. The school district declined to give CBS News Texas copies of those videos.