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.

He previously served as an educator and coach at Cedar Creek High School in Bastrop Independent School District from August 2024 to January 2026.

More on this case to come in the Courier.