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SCHOOL MISS RAN VICE RING Teacher forced teen students into sex trade

- By BRAD CHADWICK news@sundayspor­t.co.uk

A SCHEMING teacher offered teenage runaways a place to stay – then forced them into prostituti­on.

Kedria Grigsby, 42, who worked at Klein Cain High School in Klein, Texas, has been charged with child traffickin­g and compelling prostituti­on of juveniles, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said.

She worked with her 21-year-old son, Roger Magee, to help build a “prostituti­on enterprise,” according to prosecutor­s.

“Grigsby recruited troubled juveniles from local high schools by offering them a place to stay, which would be a hotel,” Mr Gonzalez said.

“Additional teen victims have come forward stating that Grigsby was also attempting to recruit them while attending school.”

Her arrest came nearly two years after her son was arrested on similar charges of child traffickin­g, sexual assault and compelling prostituti­on.

Investigat­ors said they found text messages between the pair – as well others with three alleged victims, ages 15, 16 and 17 – discussing prostituti­on payments being made with Zelle.

The teacher also allegedly paid for a motel room, where an officer witnessed one of the alleged victims walk in and later run out.

The girl then ran to Grigsby’s car, in which at least one other alleged victim was sat, officials said.

Grigsby was ordered to not contact any of the alleged victims and could have no unsupervis­ed interactio­ns with minors.

She was first hired by the Klein school district for the 2019-20 school year, and “passed a state background check at the time,” a spokespers­on for the district said, adding that Grigsby had been “relieved of her teaching duties”.

Parents were informed later that day that Grigsby had been arrested, when Klein ISD officials sent out an official letter.

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