A Central Texas teacher arrested last week for recording a teen girl in an off-campus bathroom has been re-arrested on six new charges involving videos of female students he recorded at school.
Pedro DeLuna III was an assistant band director and music teacher in Harper Independent School District until his first arrest on December 1. He was released from jail the next day on a $50,000 bond.
Gillespie County Sheriff Chris Ayala announced Monday that further investigation by his Criminal Investigation Division revealed DeLuna had several video recordings of “young females from a Theater dressing/changing room located at Harper High School.”
Sheriff Ayala said he personally re-arrested DeLuna on December 5.
DeLuna is now facing three added charges of invasive visual recording and three charges of possessing, promoting, or producing certain visual material depicting a child.
He is currently in the Gillespie County Jail on bonds totaling $300,000—$50,000 for each charge.
Ayala said more charges could be filed at later dates.
The sheriff added that investigators will reach out to the parents of all children who may be affected.
Following DeLuna’s first arrest, Harper ISD Superintendent Bonnie Stewart assured the community that “At this time, there is no evidence to suggest that any inappropriate conduct occurred on school grounds, within the school, or involving any current students during school hours.”
Sheriff Ayala stated Monday that his investigators are working closely with the Harper ISD administration and school district police.
State records indicate that DeLuna does not hold a Texas teaching certificate. He is not currently listed as under investigation on the state’s Do Not Hire Registry of people ineligible to be employed by a public school.
Harper ISD is a three-school district with about 600 students and 90 staff members located west of Fredericksburg.
In just the past few years, hundreds of Texas educators in school districts across the state have been accused of sex crimes involving students and other children. Thousands of educator sexual misconduct complaints have been reported to the Texas Education Agency.
