El Paso educator pleads guilty to ‘improper relationship’ with student
EDITOR'S NOTE: A previous version of this story said that Avalos was sentenced to eight years in prison, but court records show he was sentenced to eight years of community supervision. The article has been corrected.
Update (January 29, 2025): Court records show that Avalos pleaded guilty this month to the charges against him. He was sentenced to eight years of community supervision and 200 hours of community service.
Update (November 13, 2024): Avalos has a Final Judge' Conference scheduled for November 21, 2024 at 8:15 AM. His jury trial date remains the same, according to court records.
Update (August 2, 2024): Avalos' jury trial is scheduled to start December 13, 2024 at 8:30 AM.
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- Officials announced Friday that El Paso Police arrested 33-year-old Ysleta ISD employee Rayan Anthony Avalos for his alleged relationship with an 18-year-old student.
Investigators allege Avalos, who works at an unnamed YISD school, according to El Paso Police, started the relationship with the teenager in November 2023.
School officials contacted an EPPD School Resource officer to report the alleged crime. The EPPD Crimes Against Children unit then started investigating.
Avalos is charged with improper relationship between educator and student. ABC-7 is working to learn more about which school he worked at and what position he held with the district.
Officers booked Avalos into the El Paso County Detention Facility on a $100,000 bond. He bonded out the same day.