Texarkana Gazette

Former LEISD teacher charged with sex assault

- LORI DUNN

TEXARKANA, Texas — A former Liberty-eylau Middle School teacher is charged with several felonies, including sexual assault of a child, after she was arrested for an alleged improper relationsh­ip with a student.

Kaija Javee Muldrew, 26, is also charged with indecency with a child and improper relationsh­ip between an educator and student, according to Bowie County jail records. She was arrested April 5 by the Bowie County Sheriff’s Office and booked into the Bowie County Correction­al Center.

Muldrew was released April 8 after posting bond on a total of $225,000 in bail, according to jail records.

Texarkana Texas Police Department was contacted in March by a Liberty-eylau Independen­t School District police officer and advised of an alleged inappropri­ate relationsh­ip between a student and educator. A student had shown a video of a 14-year-old male student with his head lying in Muldrew’s lap in the backseat of a car, according to the probable cause affidavit.

Detective Cliff Harris contacted the alleged victim’s father, and he agreed to take the boy to the Children’s Advocacy Center for an interview March 26, according to the affidavit.

On March 22, Muldrew showed up at Bi-state Justice Building unannounce­d, according to the affidavit. Harris placed her in an interview room for a noncustodi­al interview.

Muldrew allegedly told Harris she had been a teacher at LEISD since July 2023 and the teenager was a student in her reading class. Muldrew had contacted the victim through Instagram in fall 2023 and they talked on the phone, according to the affidavit. The sexual contact happened in Muldrew’s car outside a business on Kings Highway, according to the affidavit.

TTPD turned the case over to the Sheriff’s Office after learning the alleged crimes took place outside the city limits.

Muldrew is no longer employed with the school district. Her case will be prosecuted in Bowie County’s 202nd District Court, according to court records.

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