Texas High School teacher and coach arrested in child sex crime sting

Mugshot of John Derrick Taylor, Texas High School teacher and coach arrested in child sex crime sting

July 15, 2025 - Click 2 Houston

TEXAS CITY, Tx. — “A Texas City High School teacher and coach was arrested Tuesday after authorities say he planned to meet what he believed was a 15-year-old girl for sex, but was actually an undercover detective.”

“Taylor, a math teacher and boys and girls powerlifting coach at Texas City High School, is accused of engaging in explicit online conversations with a person he believed to be a teenage girl. According to investigators, Taylor sent sexually explicit messages and photos, and arranged to meet the girl at a hotel.”

“Officials confirmed he has also worked in other school districts in the Houston area and in Fort Stockton, in West Texas.”

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