BELIEVE IT OR NOT, AUTHORITIES SAY A 27-YEAR-OLD WILLIS ISD EMPLOYEE HAD AN INAPPROPRIATE ONLINE RELATIONSHIP WITH A 14-YEAR-OLD FORMER STUDENT… AND HE IS NOW BEING HELD IN JAIL ON A $125,000 BOND.
The arrest involves 27-year-old Austin Gwaltney.
Gwaltney is an employee of Willis ISD in Texas.
Investigators confirmed that he works in the school district’s Information Technology Department.
Investigators say Gwaltney had an inappropriate online relationship with a 14-year-old former student.
According to the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office, detectives determined that inappropriate photographs were exchanged between Gwaltney and the minor.
Then law enforcement officers moved to execute warrants at Gwaltney’s home.
Late Monday, authorities executed an arrest warrant at the residence.
Authorities also executed a search warrant at Gwaltney’s home late Monday.
He was taken into custody following the execution of the warrants.
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Gwaltney was then booked into the Montgomery County Jail.
He is charged with online solicitation of a minor.
His bond has been set at $125,000.
But the case remains an open matter for law enforcement.
The investigation remains active.
The case is being handled jointly by the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office Special Victims Unit and the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office.
Authorities are asking anyone who believes they may have been victimized by Gwaltney to come forward.
And authorities are also asking anyone who has information about the case to come forward.
Gwaltney is charged, not convicted.
The charges are allegations and have not been proven in court.
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