A now-former band director in the Abilene Independent School District has been indicted for possessing child sexual abuse material.
Lance Carl Mosley, 35, was arrested in January and charged with possession of child pornography.
A Taylor County grand jury has now indicted Mosley for the crime, which is a third-degree felony punishable by 2 to 10 years in prison.
Mosley was the band director at Mann STEAM Academy in Abilene ISD, which serves 6th-8th grade students.
He was arrested after an investigation by the Texas Department of Public Safety, which was prompted by tips received from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children in December 2025. Investigators found that Mosley had accessed child sexual abuse material (CSAM) online in July 2025.
Mosley was booked into the Taylor County Jail on January 8 and later released on a $250,000 bond.
Online records show Mosley had worked for Abilene ISD since the 2019-2020 school year. He previously taught in San Angelo ISD. Mosley received a Texas teaching certificate for music in 2013.
His certification has been placed on “indefinite suspension” until the case against him is resolved. Mosley was also listed on the state’s Do Not Hire Registry as “ineligible for hire” in any role in a Texas government school facility.
Both moves were allowed by provisions of an educator misconduct law passed last year as Senate Bill 571, and designed to protect students from child predators in schools.
In just the past few years, hundreds of Texas school employees have been accused of sex crimes involving students and other children—including in Abilene ISD.
In 2024, Cooper High School music teacher Lawrence Grigg was arrested for having a sexual relationship with a student.
In 2025, former Abilene ISD teacher and counselor Robert Custer was arrested on a federal charge of accessing CSAM.
The TEA’s Educator Misconduct Reporting Dashboard shows that the agency is currently investigating more than 2,000 sexual misconduct complaints and opening an average of 250 new cases each month.
