SAN ANTONIO — A high school band director in Atascosa County has been jailed after allegedly making "indecent comments" and inappropriately touching a student, according to a Pleasanton Express report.
The newspaper says Sheriff David Soward confirmed Joe Rodriguez, director of the Poteet High School band, was booked into the county jail. He was charged with indecency with a child by sexual contact and improper relations between a teacher and student.
Rodriguez reportedly turned himself in to authorities when warrants were issued for his arrest. An investigation headed up by the Texas Rangers began when a student made the allegations, adding that "he would drive by her house and stop by her place of work looking for her," according to the Express.
Soward told KENS 5 Thursday evening a Joe Rodriguez turned himself in to law enforcement on those same charges, but would not confirm his occupation to the station.
On Monday, October 25, the district posted an update on social media about the situation saying: "The safety and security of our students is first and foremost."