WELLS, Texas (KTRE) - A Wells ISD teacher has resigned after she and her boyfriend were arrested for charges related to child pornography and bestiality. According to a resignation letter obtained by KTRE, Hillary Danielle Williams, 33, of Lufkin has resigned from her position as a teacher at Wells ISD. On Saturday, Williams and her boyfriend Michael Scott McCary, 37, of Lufkin, were arrested after Angelina County deputies found evidence of pornographic images featuring a child and a dog while responding to a suicide call at their home. Williams tendered her resignation from Wells ISD on Monday.

LUFKIN, Texas (KTRE) - A former Wells ISD teacher already facing child- and animal-related sexual crimes has been arrested again after a child made an outcry. Hillary Danielle Williams, 34, of Lufkin, is now charged with indecency with a child and is being held on a $200,000 bond. The new charge is in addition to a charge of possession of child pornography and bestiality. According to an arrest affidavit obtained by KTRE through an open records request, a child made an outcry on April 28 that Williams had touched her inappropriately two months earlier. Williams and her...

LUFKIN, Texas (KTRE/Gray News) - A former Texas teacher has been sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to the charges she faced. Former Wells ISD teacher Hillary Danielle Williams, 34, pleaded guilty Tuesday to bestiality; possession with intent to promote child pornography; and indecency with a child, sexual contact. Judge Todd Kassaw handed down Williams’s sentence, which includes 20 years on the sexual contact charge, 20 years on the child pornography charge and two years on the bestiality charge. Officials did not immediately say whether the sentences would be served concurrently or consecutively. Williams and her...

An eighth grade teacher in Texas resigned after being arrested on Friday for allegedly sending sexually explicit messages and photos to a 15-year-old on Instagram, according to multiple reports. Christine Paige Cockrell, an earth science teacher at Gatesville Junior High School, faces charges of indecency with a child and possession of child pornography with intent to distribute, according to a criminal complaint obtained by local outlets including KXXV and KWTX. The 15-year-old high school student told the Gatesville Independent School District on April 11 about him and Cockrell exchanging nude photos and sexting since October 2023, the Waco,...

William C. Robinson, a pastor working for Chi Alpha Campus Ministries in Corpus Christi, received 10 years probation after sexually abusing an underage family member. According to his indictment, Robinson sexually abused an underage family member between July 11, 2015 and June 27, 2022. The arrest affidavit states the sexual contact with the child began when she was nine. Robinson was arrested on June 11, 2022. On March 22, Robinson appeared in the 319th District Court where he accepted a plea deal that would avoid any jail time. He pleaded guilty to one count of continuous sexual...

CONROE, Texas (KIAH) — A church leader was sentenced in a Montgomery County court up to eight years in jail for sexually abusing a teenage member of his church. Now, the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office is releasing details about the case.  Jonathan Ryan Ensey, 37, received four years for indecency with a child and eight years for online solicitation of a minor on Wednesday after prosecutors said he sent several sexually explicit messages to the victim. The sentence will be served concurrently with each other. Montgomery County Assistant District Attorney Chris Seufert, who prosecuted the case, said that...