A now-former South Texas teacher charged almost two years ago with sexually assaulting multiple underage students is still awaiting trial as new details emerge about her alleged crimes.
Jaden Renee Charles was a 25-year-old science teacher at Agua Dulce Independent School District’s high school at the time of her arrest.
Agua Dulce ISD is a two-school district with about 420 students and 31 teachers.
Charles was arrested in March 2024 and charged with two counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child, a first-degree felony. The charges stemmed from accusations that she sold vapes to students and had sex with as many as 12 boys.
More recent court records show Charles facing three counts of sexual assault of a child, a second-degree felony.
The prosecution has faced delays as the alleged crimes occurred in two counties, Nueces and Jim Wells.
Court documents recently obtained by KRIS 6 News stated that Chase drove three students to a Walmart parking lot in Alice and sexually assaulted one, a 14-year-old boy, in the front seat of her vehicle.
The other two students, a 15-year-old-girl and a 16-year-old boy, allegedly sat in the back seat during the assault.
Following her arrest, Charles—a mother of four children—claimed she was pregnant with the boy’s baby.
During an investigation by the Agua Dulce City Marshal’s office and the Alice Police Department, authorities were told that Charles had engaged in sex with other students at the school and that her behavior been going on for two years, before she became a teacher.
Online records show Charles began teaching in Agua Dulce ISD in 2024. She resigned following her arrest.
Charles does not hold a Texas teaching certificate. She is listed as “under investigation” on the state’s Do Not Hire Registry.
Judge Jack Pulcher of the 105th District Court in Corpus Christi is hearing the case.
Following a January 8 court appearance, Pulcher scheduled Charles’ next hearing for April 23.
Charles is among hundreds of Texas teachers accused of sex crimes involving students and other children in just the past few years, and thousands have been reported to the Texas Education Agency for sexual misconduct.
