American Teacher of Texas Charged with Sex Abuse After 13-Year-Old Boy's Stepfather Discovers Text Exchange with Hearts

Adriana Mariel Rullan was arrested Wednesday, jail records show

By Edward Era Barbacena 

A former Texas middle school teacher was arrested Wednesday on accusations she repeatedly sexually abused a 13-year-old student.

An arrest affidavit alleges that 27-year-old Adriana Mariel Rullan had “sexual intercourse/sexual contact with the boy on 12 occasions," according to The Laredo Morning Times.

Webb County Jail records reviewed by PEOPLE show the former Antonio Gonzalez Middle School teacher was arrested Wednesday and released on bond. 

The jail records show Rullan has been charged with taking part in an improper relationship between an educator and student, as well as indecency with a child via sexual contact and the continuous sexual abuse of a child under 14 years old. 

The Morning Times, citing the affidavit, reports the boy’s parents became suspicious after he suddenly had money coming into his CashApp account. The boy’s stepfather searched through his phone and allegedly found repeated payments from a profile under Rullan’s name, according to the affidavit, the paper reports. The affidavit further alleges the boy also had a contact stored in his phone with Rullan’s name and pink hearts next to it, according to the outlet.

“In addition, (the school principal) also took pictures of images that Rullan had sent (the boy), which included her in a bikini, underwear showing her breasts with hickies plus other compromising sexual pictures of her,” the affidavit says, according to the Morning Times.

Local KGNS-TV reports the United Independent School District in Texas has not identified Rullan, but said in a statement that it’s aware of an incident involving a former teacher and that the teacher has been placed on leave.

“UISD has learned of the arrest of a former employee for various charges,” the school said in a statement. “UISD promptly followed administrative and legal protocol and collaborated with UISD PD to investigate the serious allegations made against the former employee prior to the arrest. The former employee was also placed on leave once UISD was made aware of the allegations.”