A 17-year-old and two Mathis High School band directors were arrested in connection with an alleged assault on campus, police said. The case remains ongoing.
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A 17-year-old was arrested Thursday at Mathis High School, according to Mathis Police Chief John Jones.
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Jones said Joe Ramirez was taken into custody on campus and transported to the San Patricio County Jail. He was booked on charges of unlawful restraint of a person under 17, a state jail felony, and indecency with a child involving sexual contact, a second-degree felony.
Jones said Brandon Brumbelow and Marcos Fleming Gil were also arrested and booked into the San Patricio County Jail. Both are charged with abandoning or endangering a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual. Both men work at the school as band directors, according to Jones.
Court records obtained by 3NEWS show Brumbelow and Fleming Gil were indicted in March on those charges and arrested Thursday.
The case remains ongoing, Jones said.
According to a source familiar with the investigation, the alleged assault involved repeated incidents over a period of several months on campus.
3NEWS has reached out to Mathis ISD for comment. The faculty listing for “Band” on the school’s website has been taken down.
We will provide more information as it becomes available.
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