{"id":111836,"date":"2026-01-05T21:45:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T21:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/111836\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T21:45:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T21:45:08","slug":"odem-isd-student-charged-with-indecency-with-a-child-after-reported-assault-on-district-school-bus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/111836\/","title":{"rendered":"Odem ISD student charged with indecency with a child after reported assault on district school bus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas \u2014 A 19-year-old Odem ISD student has been arrested following an investigation into an alleged sexual assault that occurred aboard a district school bus returning from an event in Hebbronville.<\/p>\n<p>According to the San Patricio County Sheriff\u2019s Office, the incident happened Dec. 9, while students were riding an Odem ISD bus back to Odem. Deputies said a juvenile student was assaulted during the trip.<\/p>\n<p>The Sheriff\u2019s Office was notified of the incident on Dec. 12.. Investigators conducted a forensic interview with the juvenile victim and collected evidence during the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said the investigation established sufficient probable cause to arrest Christopher Jacob Soto.<\/p>\n<p>Soto, 19, an Odem ISD student, was arrested and charged with indecency with a child, a second-degree felony.<\/p>\n<p>Due to the age of the victim and the nature of the charge, officials said no additional details are being released. The investigation remains ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>More from 3NEWS on KIIITV.com: \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Email <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kiiitv.com\/article\/news\/local\/odem-isd-student-charged-after-reported-assault-district-bus\/mailto:tell3@kiiitv.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">tell3@kiiitv.com<\/a> so we can get in touch with you about your story should we have questions or need more information. We realize some stories are sensitive in nature. Let us know if you&#8217;d like to remain anonymous.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas \u2014 A 19-year-old Odem ISD student has been arrested following an investigation into an alleged&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":111837,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[155,157,156],"class_list":{"0":"post-111836","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-corpus-christi","8":"tag-corpus-christi","9":"tag-corpus-christi-headlines","10":"tag-corpus-christi-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111836"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111836\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}