By Drew Joseph
SAN ANTONIO — An Edgewood
Independent School District police officer is accused of having an
inappropriate relationship with the same student who was impregnated by another
district employee, officials said Monday.
As district officials
investigated the first allegation, which surfaced last week, they found
evidence that Officer Manuel Hernandez, 56, also had a relationship with the
Memorial High School student, spokesman Roland Martinez confirmed in an email.
Hernandez resigned Monday,
Martinez said, and was taken into custody by the Texas Rangers that evening.
Memorial High School science
teacher Marcus Revilla, 44, was arrested Thursday and charged with sexual assault
of a child. The student, 16 years old and more than four months' pregnant, told
police she and Revilla had sex more than 20 times starting when she was 15.
Revilla told authorities he
knew how old the girl was and that he didn't want to go to jail so he could
provide for their baby. He resigned from his job the day before he was
arrested.
The Texas Rangers are
investigating both cases.
“Edgewood's dedication to
student safety is absolute and the District wishes to assure the public that
the actions of two individuals do not reflect the values of the overwhelming
majority of EISD employees, whose commitment to the health and safety of its
students is total,” Martinez wrote.
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