A FORMER substitute teacher and her boyfriend have been charged over sexual assault of a child.
Madison Paige Jones, 30, was taken into custody in Midlothian on December 19 after cops accused her of committing a string of disturbing crimes.
Patrol officers with the Midlothian Police Department were dispatched on December 17 to investigate a report of a potential sexual act involving a child.
Jones now faces one charge of aggravated assault of a child, two counts of indecency with a child involving sexual contact, and one count of possession of child pornography, authorities said.
She was booked into Ellis County Jail and held on a $90,000 bond.
Police confirmed Jones previously worked as a a substitute teacher for the Midlothian Independent School District in Texas.
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However, investigators stressed that the alleged offences did not take place at district schools and did not involve any students from the district.
District records show Jones had worked just four days as a substitute in the past year.
She spent one day at Heritage High School on November 19 and three days at Baxter Elementary on October 28, October 29 and November 3.
After learning of the allegations, the district moved quickly to distance itself from Jones.
In a letter sent to families, Midlothian ISD confirmed she was no longer employed.
“Our district process for monitoring employee criminal history functioned as intended, and we were notified quickly by the DPS,” Midlothian ISD told CBS News.
“The substitute teacher is no longer employed by MISD, and the district followed its required reporting procedures with the Texas Education Agency.”
Days after Jones’s arrest, police announced a second suspect had been taken into custody.
Zackery Dondlinger, 37, was arrested on December 23 in Loving County in connection with the same investigation.
He has been charged with sexual performance by a child, police said.
Dondlinger is currently being held at the Winkler County Detention Center, where he is awaiting arraignment.
Authorities confirmed Jones and Dondlinger were in a dating relationship at the time of the alleged offences.
Police have not released further details about the nature of the accusations.
The investigation remains ongoing.
Midlothian Police said multiple agencies worked together to track down and arrest Dondlinger.
Authorities said more information may be released as the case progresses.
