Elgin sub arrested at high school

A Bastrop man working as a substitute teacher at Elgin High School was arrested on a felony child sexual assault charge Wednesday morning.

Jacob Johns, 43, was taken into custody by Elgin Police Department officers about 9 a.m. July 1 on a warrant from the Bastrop Police Department. He is charged with aggravated sexual assault of a child, a first-degree felony, and is being held in the Bastrop County Jail.

According to Elgin Independent School District officials, Johns was hired as a substitute teacher in January and had been pursuing a permanent teaching and coaching position with the district for the fall.