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A 34-year-old former Elgin Middle School teacher was arrested after investigators accused him of having an improper relationship with a student.
Turran Cortez Fennix was taken into custody Nov. 16 and was released the next day from the Travis County Jail on a $15,000 bond, according to court records.
He is charged with an improper relationship between an educator and a student, a second-degree felony.
According to KVUE, the Elgin Independent School District issued the following statement:
"Elgin ISD has been made aware of the arrest of a former employee, Turran Fennix, regarding allegations of misconduct. When the district was first notified of a police investigation into these allegations, we immediately assisted local police as requested and promptly followed all other necessary reporting requirements. Mr. Fennix resigned his employment on Sept. 5, 2025.”
The statement, according to KVUE, also said: "The district is committed to working closely with local law enforcement agencies. Accusations such as these are concerning, and if proven to be true, unacceptable. Elgin ISD will continue to fully cooperate with the Elgin Police Department during the investigation.”
According to an arrest affidavit issued Nov. 13 by Travis County Precinct 5 Justice of the Peace Tanisa Jeffers, a juvenile victim told authorities a former eighth-grade teacher had inappropriately touched him on two occasions.
The victim said students attended a Christmas party at an educator’s Travis County home in December 2024, after which several of them stayed the night with their parents’ permission.
He told police he slept in the educator’s bed and awoke to being touched inappropriately.
The victim reported a second incident during the spring 2025 semester when he again slept in the teacher’s bed during a group sleepover. He told investigators he awoke to the teacher touching his stomach.
Police said the teacher confirmed hosting student sleepovers and indicated the victim slept in his bed on multiple occasions. Police said the educator, however, denied any inappropriate contact but acknowledged learning in February the pupil had accused him of abuse.
The instructor did not notify school administrators nor the victim’s family and maintained contact with the student, according to the affidavit.
Investigators said the teacher allowed the victim to stay over at least one other time after learning of the allegation and recorded a video of the victim in the bathroom, which he claimed was intended as a prank and later deleted.
“At the time of both the December 2024 and February 2025 incident of sexual contact, (the defendant) was employed as a teacher at a public school where the victim was an enrolled student,” court documents said.
For more on the story, check out the Dec. 3 edition of The Courier.
