{"id":115378,"date":"2026-01-08T10:57:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T10:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/115378\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T10:57:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T10:57:08","slug":"odem-edroy-isd-fires-coach-places-two-others-on-leave-after-bus-assault-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/115378\/","title":{"rendered":"Odem-Edroy ISD fires coach, places two others on leave after bus assault investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Odem-Edroy ISD has fired one coach and placed two others on paid leave following a reported assault on a school bus returning from a Hebbronville game.<\/p>\n

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas \u2014 Odem-Edroy ISD has terminated one coach and placed two others on paid administrative leave following a reported sexual assault aboard a district school bus returning from a basketball game in Hebbronville<\/a>, Superintendent Yolanda Carr told 3NEWS Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Carr said the personnel actions were taken as the district conducts its own internal investigation into the incident and that they want to remain as transparent as possible.\u00a0<\/p>\n

San Patricio County Sheriff Oscar Rivera said the incident occurred Dec. 9 while students were riding an Odem-Edroy ISD bus back to Odem. Rivera said a juvenile student was assaulted during the trip.<\/p>\n

Rivera said a warrant was issued for Christopher Jacob Soto, 19, an Odem-Edroy ISD student, after an investigation. Soto was arrested Sunday and charged with indecency with a child, a second-degree felony. A magistrate set Soto\u2019s bond at $75,000. Soto was bonded out by his attorney Frank Gonzales, according to Rivera.<\/p>\n

He said the case remains under review by the San Patricio County District Attorney\u2019s Office and that additional arrests are expected as statements and evidence continue to be reviewed.<\/p>\n

An Odem-Edroy ISD parent contacted 3NEWS and said that a notice was sent to parents via email and app notification on Dec. 12.\u00a0<\/p>\n


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She said the school board will address the matter in two upcoming meetings — a regularly scheduled meeting on Monday and a special meeting later next week to further discuss the situation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Odem-Edroy ISD has fired one coach and placed two others on paid leave following a reported assault on…\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-115378","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\/115378","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=115378"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115378\/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=115378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}