{"id":435997,"date":"2026-09-14T22:34:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T22:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/435997\/"},"modified":"2026-09-14T22:34:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T22:34:12","slug":"investigation-concludes-after-non-verbal-student-leaves-school-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/435997\/","title":{"rendered":"Investigation concludes after non-verbal student leaves school campus"},"content":{"rendered":"

SINTON, Texas \u2014 The Sinton Police Department has wrapped up its investigation into last month’s incident involving an 8-year-old non-verbal student who left school and was found on a busy roadway.<\/p>\n

Lt. Daniel Alcala told KRIS 6 News he has spoken to all three employees involved and sent the department’s findings to the District Attorney’s Office for review.<\/p>\n

They will decide whether there’s enough evidence to press charges.<\/p>\n

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Jaime Perez<\/p>\n

Jaime Perez said her non-verbal son left Sinton Elementary Thursday afternoon and she wasn’t contacted about the incident until 40-minutes after he was found on a busy roadway.<\/p>\n

On Aug. 20, Xavier Perez left Sinton Elementary during a physical education class. <\/p>\n

Around 1:10 p.m., Xavier was captured by someone’s Blink camera wandering down the 600 block of East Merriman Street, a block away from the school.<\/p>\n

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Blink camera<\/p>\n

A resident’s Blink camera captured Xavier Perez, 9, wandering down East Merriman Street in Sinton on Thursday around 1:10 p.m.<\/p>\n

About 20 minutes later, Xavier was found on the 600 block of East Sinton Street, which is one of the town’s busiest roadways, according to Sinton Police.<\/p>\n

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Shane Rackley, KRIS 6 News<\/p>\n

A witness told KRIS 6 News he was the boy skipping and then making his way across East Sinton Street.<\/p>\n

Soon after, Sinton ISD placed three employees involved in the incident on administrative leave pending an investigation.<\/p>\n

Perez’s mother, Jamie, said those employees include a teacher and two paraprofessionals.<\/p>\n

Those employees could be charged with endangering a disabled person, which is a state jail felony, punishable by up to two years in prison and a $10,000 fine.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the school has installed a buzzer on the door that her son wandered out of.<\/p>\n

She has her son wearing two tracking devices that she can monitor through a smartphone app.<\/p>\n

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