CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A Rockport-Fulton Middle School paraprofessional is in the Rockport Jail on Thursday after being arrested on charges of sexual assault to a child and improper relationship between an educator and a student.
Amy Elizabeth Cross also was fired from Rockport-Fulton ISD, according to a news release sent out by the district, after being arrested for criminal charges related to the underage student.
The student’s identity is not being released because of their age.
The release also states "The district will not tolerate this type of mistreatment of the students in our charge, we will be notifying the Texas Education Agency related to these charges."
Police reportedly were notified of the improper relationship a week ago after a community member reached out to Family Protective Services.
"During the investigation information was built, recovered that allowed for a search warrant to be obtained for the adult suspects residence," said Lt. David Gerloff with Rockport Police.
That search warrant was served on July 25th.
Rockport Police say Cross was taken into custody for possession of drugs after authorities found both a small quantity of cocaine and marijuana in her home in addition to other evidence.
The next day Cross was interviewed by detectives at the Aransas County Jail.
"She made some admissions after that, more warrants were sought out and she was served them the same day," he said.
Additional charges followed included sexual assault to a child, and improper relationship between an educator and a student.
Lt Gerloff said they do not suspect there are any other victims in this case.
He credits a community member who contacted Family Protective Services and made them aware about the allegations.
"Without it we wouldn't have been able to get as far along as we did in the period of time we did," he said.
Rockport-Fulton ISD Interim Superintendent C.J. Lowery said all parents and staff have been made aware of the situation through electronic communication.
Cross is being held at the jail on a $196,000.
Digital Director Ana Tamez contributed to this story.
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