Adriana Mariel Rullan has been imprisoned for 33 years for committing statutory rape against a 13-year-old boy.<\/p>\n
Rullan was convicted of three counts: continuous sexual abuse of a child younger than 14, indecency with a child by sexual contact, and improper educator-student relationship.<\/p>\n
Among the three, continuous sexual abuse of a child younger than 14 is considered the most serious crime. It is classified as a first-degree felony and is punishable by imprisonment from 25 to 99 years or even life imprisonment.<\/p>\n
Ms. Rullan was working as a teacher at Gonzalez Middle School in the United Independent School District at the moment of her arrest in December 2023<\/a>.<\/p>\n This crime was investigated, and the United ISD police department arrested Adriana. Later on, she was released on bail totaling $175,000.<\/p>\n At the moment of her arrest, district officials said that one of the unnamed employees was placed on leave. Later, they stated that the District no longer employed the person.<\/p>\n The Webb County District Attorney\u2019s Office prosecuted this case. The 341st District Court of Webb County was the court presided over by Judge Rebecca Palomo.<\/p>\n Court records show that Ms. Rullan pleaded not guilty.<\/p>\n The trial started on Monday, June 29, and it lasted for two days. During the trial, prosecutors presented witnesses and evidence of repeated sexual contact of Ms. Rullan with a student at school more than a dozen times.<\/p>\n These were texts, photographs, videos, and even Cash App receipts.<\/p>\n It took the jurors more than two hours to reach a decision.<\/p>\n After being found guilty, Rullan\u2019s bond was revoked, and she was ordered to return to Webb County Jail.<\/p>\n According to KGNS, during the sentencing hearing, the victim testified about the consequences this abuse has had on him.<\/p>\n The mother of the victim also testified during the hearing, saying that her outgoing son became isolated and depressed. She referred to Rullan as a sick and manipulative person who should not abuse any other children anymore.<\/p>\n Prosecutors noted to the jury that an adult in a position of trust had inflicted serious harm on her underage student.<\/p>\n The defense attorney said that the teacher needed help and deserved a second chance to heal.<\/p>\n Thus, the jury sentenced Adriana Mariel Rullan to 33 years of imprisonment for the sexual abuse crime, 13 years for the indecency crime, and 10 years for the improper educator-student relationship crime. Moreover, the judge fined her $20,000.<\/p>\n Online records show that Ms. Rullan has been working as a teacher for United ISD since the 2020-2021 academic year. She has been holding a Texas teaching certification in English Language Arts and Special Education since 2020.<\/p>\n The post Texas Teacher Sentenced to 33 Years for Abusing Student \u201cMore Than a Dozen Times\u201d<\/a> appeared first on Where Is The Buzz | Breaking News, Entertainment, Exclusive Interviews & More<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Adriana Mariel Rullan has been imprisoned for 33 years for committing statutory rape against a 13-year-old boy. Rullan…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":360889,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[128147,128148,128150,52968,128149,6131,27,29,28,58537,33188],"class_list":["post-360888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-adriana-mariel-rullan","tag-gonzalez-middle-school","tag-imprisonment","tag-indecency-with-a-child","tag-life-imprisonment","tag-sexual-abuse","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news","tag-united-independent-school-district","tag-webb-county"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360888","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=360888"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360888\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/360889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=360888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=360888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=360888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}