{"id":83326,"date":"2025-12-29T09:08:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T09:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/83326\/"},"modified":"2025-12-29T09:08:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T09:08:08","slug":"texas-substitute-teacher-boyfriend-charged-in-child-sexual-assault-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/83326\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas substitute teacher, boyfriend charged in child sexual assault investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A former Texas substitute teacher and her boyfriend have been arrested for having inappropriate sexual contact with a child and possession of child porn. <\/p>\n<p>Madison Paige Jones, 30,\u00a0was hit with one charge of aggravated sexual assault of a child, two counts of indecency with a child sexual contact, and one count of possession of child pornography following her arrest in Midlothian on Dec. 19, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MidlothianTXPD\/posts\/pfbid02KNbY5h73P2H5QALDv86s1KJ4xUvVX8rAtdLiJsNje74EG2TvsYA4mZ4YNAcpAAJsl?rdid=V0JnWZ97aiSzYmpG#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">police said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>She was booked into the Ellis County Jail with a $90,000 bond.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:0.8;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38042673\" width=\"472\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/f005e17eabbb0d38b06b8a78f3637d85.jpg\" alt=\"Madison Paige Jones, 30,\u00a0was hit with one charge of aggravated sexual assault of a child, two counts of indecency with a child sexual contact, and one count of possession of child pornography following her arrest in Midlothian on Dec. 19\" class=\"wp-image-38042673\"  \/>Madison Paige Jones was arrested for aggravated sexual assault of a child, two counts of indecency with a child sexual contact, and one count of possession of child pornography following her arrest in Midlothian on Dec. 19. Ellis County Sheriff&#8217;s Office<\/p>\n<p>Police said that Jones, who substituted for the Midlothian Independent School District, had not committed the alleged crimes at district schools or involving any district students.<\/p>\n<p>In the past year, Jones subbed four times in the Midlothian Independent School District, including one day at Heritage High School on Nov. 19 and three days at Baxter Elementary on Oct. 28, Oct. 29, and Nov. 3, the district said.<\/p>\n<p>The district said it assured families in a letter that it no longer employed Jones after learning of her alleged crimes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur district process for monitoring employee criminal history functioned as intended, and we were notified quickly by the DPS,\u201d Midlothian ISD told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/texas\/news\/two-charged-in-midlothian-child-sexual-assault-investigation-police-say\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CBS News<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe substitute teacher is no longer employed by MISD, and the district followed its required reporting procedures with the Texas Education Agency.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Following Jones\u2019s arrest, a second suspect, 37-year-old Zackery Dondlinger, was arrested in connection with the case, Midlothian Police shared in their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MidlothianTXPD\/posts\/pfbid02KNbY5h73P2H5QALDv86s1KJ4xUvVX8rAtdLiJsNje74EG2TvsYA4mZ4YNAcpAAJsl?rdid=V0JnWZ97aiSzYmpG#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Dondlinger was nabbed by authorities in Loving County on Dec. 23 and charged with sexual performance by a child. <\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.50146628;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38042672\" width=\"886\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AdobeStock_301243376.jpg\" alt=\"Police said that Jones, who substituted for the Midlothian Independent School District, had not committed the alleged crimes at district schools or involving any district students.\" class=\"wp-image-38042672\"  \/>Police said that Jones, who substituted for the Midlothian Independent School District, had not committed the alleged crimes at district schools or involving any district students. Louis-Paul Photo \u2013 stock.adobe.com<\/p>\n<p>He is currently being held at the Winkler County Detention Center awaiting arraignment, police said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Police said Jones and Dondlinger were in a dating relationship, CBS News reported.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities had not released details about the suspects\u2019 alleged crimes. <\/p>\n<p>The case remains under investigation, police said.<\/p>\n<p>The Midlothian Police Department credited the Ellis County Children\u2019s Advocacy Center, the Texas Department of Public Safety, the Texas Office of the Attorney General\u2019s Fugitive Apprehension Unit and the Loving County Sheriff\u2019s Office with helping locate and apprehend Dondlinger.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with additional tips should contact Midlothian Police Detective Dawson Frazer at 469-672-0056 or the department at 972-775-3333.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A former Texas substitute teacher and her boyfriend have been arrested for having inappropriate sexual contact with a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":83327,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1239,303,9,11,10,11853,5181,1777,58],"class_list":{"0":"post-83326","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-child-pornography","9":"tag-crime","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-new-york-headlines","12":"tag-new-york-news","13":"tag-sex-crimes","14":"tag-teachers","15":"tag-texas","16":"tag-us-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83326"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83326\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}