PALESTINE, Texas — A Palestine High School band director accused of having an over two-year improper relationship with a student started touching them inappropriately soon after one of their family members died and he was consoling the student, according to arrest documents.
Adrian Alonso, 37, of Palestine, was arrested Jan. 12 in Tarrant County while away on a school trip on an improper educator/student relationship charge.
Investigators said the relationship, including sexual contact with the student, began in 2020.
According to the arrest affidavit, the teenager recently told the Palestine Police Department they became close to Alonso when he began comforting after a death in the student's family. At one point, the student felt like Alonso was a "father figure."
The affidavit said when the school shut down due to COVID-19, he would come to the student's house and take them to band practice. As time went on, Alonso progressively started touching the student inappropriately, which the victim said happened on multiple occasions.
The student told police that the relationship with Alonso continued until the fall of 2022. Multiple messages in a text thread between the student and Alonso described a physical relationship between the two of them, the affidavit read.
Alonso is awaiting extradition to Anderson County and he's being held on a $500,000 bond.