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Update: Aug. 4, 2008
Instead of going to trial Monday, a Piney Point
Elementary fifth-grade teacher and her husband pleaded guilty to
sexually assaulting school children and decided to let the judge
determine their fate after a pre-sentence investigation.
Brandy Lynn Gonzales, 28, sobbed quietly as she pleaded guilty to four
counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child and one count of
indecency with a child.
She faces a possible punishment of five to 99 years or life in prison
when state District Judge Michael McSpadden sentences her in October.
Prosecutors said Gonzales lured five boys from her classes into sexual
acts at movie theaters, her apartment and even her classroom.
At least one student was taken to her apartment, where he was sexually
assaulted by Gonzales and her husband, Johnny Ray Gonzales, 33, said
Assistant Harris County District Attorney Denise Oncken.
Johnny Gonzales, will also face McSpadden for sentencing, which could
range from five to 99 years or life after pleading guilty to
aggravated sexual assault of a child.
The two were arrested in December 2006, accused of sexually abusing
five students at the school in 2004
Source:
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/metro/5923681.html
Teacher's alleged sex acts were in theater, classroom
Robert Crowe
Houston Chronicle
Dec. 14, 2006 05:01 PM
HOUSTON - A flirtatious Brandy Lynn Gonzales lured five boys from her
fifth-grade classes into sexual acts at movie theaters, her apartment
and even her classroom, prosecutors said Thursday.
At least one student was taken to her apartment, where he was sexually
assaulted by Gonzales, 27, and her husband, Johnny Gonzales, 31, said
Assistant Harris County District Attorney Denise Oncken.
"Evidently, according to the victims, she was quite a flirt in the
classroom," Oncken said.
A judge set bail at $320,000 Thursday for the former teacher charged
with sexually abusing five students at Piney Point Elementary School
in 2004. Wearing an orange jumpsuit and handcuffs, Gonzales, 27,
looked at the floor as she shuffled into state District Judge Michael
McSpadden's court for a brief probable-cause hearing.
The charges involve four students in the same fifth-grade class and a
fifth boy from a different class. The students alleged that Gonzales
would touch them under desks during class. That behavior escalated
when she invited them to the movies.
"Several of the kids would actually see what was going on with other
boys at movie theaters as well as in the classroom," Oncken said.
The boys' parents often dropped off their boys at the theater,
assuming Gonzales was a good teacher reaching out to their children,
Oncken said.
Gonzales was charged with three counts of aggravated sexual assault of
a child. Bail was set at $50,000 each for two of the counts and
$200,000 for the third count.
On two additional counts of indecency involving a child, bail was set
at $10,000 each.
Her husband, Johnny Gonzales, 31, waived his probable-cause hearing.
He is in the Harris County Jail on $200,000 bail and charged with one
count of aggravated sexual assault of a child, along with one charge
of failure to report sexual abuse of a child. His court date was reset
for Jan. 12, when Brandy Gonzales also is scheduled to appear again.
Oncken said Brandy Gonzales met a student on Feb. 1, 2004, at a
Sharpstown-area movie theater, where she allegedly performed oral sex
on the boy. She allegedly also performed oral sex on another male
student in the theater.
Another male student said that he inappropriately touched the woman in
her classroom on Feb. 5, 2004.
An aggravated sexual assault charge stems from an alleged June 1,
2004, encounter where Gonzales performed oral sex on a 13-year-old boy
before having intercourse with him, Oncken said. The husband also
allegedly performed sex acts on the boy, the prosecutor said.
"It's my understanding that both of them were engaging in sexual acts
with one of the victims at their residence," Oncken said.
Prosecutors said they know of more cases with each of the current five
victims. They have enough information to file more charges on other
sexual encounters between the couple and children.
"There were multiple offenses against the victims," Oncken said.
Authorities are encouraging anyone who may have been assaulted by the
couple to come forward. She had worked at numerous schools before
teaching at Piney Point.
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