HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — A 13-page search warrant reveals new particulars within the stunning case involving a now-former Klein ISD instructor accused of working a prostitution ring along with her son.
Kedria M. Grigsby, 42, is charged with three counts every of compelling prostitution of somebody beneath 18 and intercourse trafficking a toddler. She was arrested inside her classroom on Monday, and her cellphone was seized.
A newly-released search warrant particulars an alleged mother-son ring and the horror the trafficking victims felt trapped in.
One mom informed investigators her 18-year-old daughter was groomed and held in opposition to her will at Grigsby’s residence. She mentioned her daughter endured beatings for six months and that she believed Grigsby recruited as many as eight ladies from her job at Klein Cain Excessive Faculty to work for her and her son, Roger Magee. The warrant additionally mentioned the teenager known as Grigsby “stepmom.”
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Magee, 21, was arrested and charged in November 2022 after one other teen, a runaway, made an outcry to Harris County Sheriff’s Workplace deputies at a lodge on FM-1960 in north Harris County and mentioned she was being trafficked for intercourse. She informed deputies Magee was her pimp.
A yr and a half later, HCSO mentioned additional investigation revealed Grigsby helped run the enterprise.
Klein ISD mentioned she has been relieved of her job and can by no means work within the district once more. She labored at Klein Cain since 2019 as a cosmetology instructor and handed a background verify, the district mentioned.
In keeping with the search warrant, Grigsby booked the lodge rooms. Investigators imagine she acquired funds to CashApp and Zelle for the transactions and that her son used her automotive to move the victims.
Since Grigsby’s arrest, district officers have responded to criticism that they have been conscious of the allegations earlier than the instructor’s arrest. The district vehemently denies that declare. The superintendent and police chief have despatched out a number of communications to oldsters. The most recent message contains the strongest language: “We’re disgusted.”
Grigsby stays within the Harris County jail on a $750,000 bond.
Full assertion from Dr. Jenny McGown, Klein ISD Superintendent, and Chief Marlon Runnels, Klein Police Division:
This week, the Harris County Sheriff’s Workplace arrested now-former Klein Cain cosmetology instructor Kedria Grigsby for felony costs of intercourse trafficking and compelling prostitution. Such as you, we’re mother and father with kids who attend Klein ISD colleges, and we’re disgusted. The reprehensible habits of this particular person just isn’t consultant of the over 7,500 outstanding staff in our Klein Household who work tirelessly each day to teach our youngsters. The district communicated straight with our Klein Cain mother and father all through this week. We felt it was essential to speak with all Klein ISD households concerning this severe matter that jeopardizes our belief as mother and father. First, allow us to be clear: any habits harming kids is deplorable, and we are going to all the time absolutely cooperate with our many regulation enforcement companions to make sure anybody committing such acts is dropped at justice. This particular person is not going to return to Klein Cain or any Klein ISD college in any capability, and we are going to proceed to completely examine and prosecute any particular person who betrays the belief of our college students, households, and neighborhood. We now have heard considerations that some in our neighborhood are spreading misinformation that Klein ISD knew that Kedria Grigsby was committing these heinous crimes. That is fully false. The information on this ongoing investigation are the next:
- In February 2023, a person notified human sources that that they had a report in Harris County associated to Kedria Grigsby.
- Upon receiving this info and as a part of our instant investigation into the allegation, our Klein ISD Police Division contacted the Harris County Sheriff’s Workplace with the case quantity offered to us by the person. The Harris County Sheriff’s Workplace reported again to us that Kedria Grigsby was not a suspect.
- The district acquired no different allegations or reviews of legal actions associated to Kedria Grigsby till this Monday, April 8, 2024, when the Harris County Sheriff’s Division contacted our police division concerning costs and a pending arrest.
- That very same day, the Klein Police Division instantly apprehended Kedria Grigsby and assisted the Harris County Sheriff’s Workplace along with her arrest.
Each potential worker should move a number of background checks earlier than being employed. We additionally work with the Texas Division of Public Security and regulation enforcement businesses on alerts any time a district worker is arrested or charged with against the law, and we frequently monitor educators’ certifications for actions taken by the Texas Training Company. When allegations are made concerning a person, we absolutely examine, working with exterior authorized counsel and regulation enforcement to completely decide the information and proof of the allegations. Kedria Grigsby continued to have a transparent background verify and clear legal document till she was arrested on Monday, April 8, 2024. We are going to proceed working with the Harris County Sheriff’s Workplace of their ongoing investigation, and we implore the legal justice system to take each acceptable motion to guard our youngsters. Mother and father, please speak to your kids about this, and if in case you have any info to share, please report it to the Harris County Sheriff’s Workplace at (346) 286-4646. The legal actions of 1 particular person is not going to outline who we’re in Klein ISD or overshadow the entire wonderful issues that our college students, lecturers, and employees accomplish throughout our college district each day. We stay proud to ship our youngsters to our colleges and to be a part of this neighborhood.
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