Cosmetology Teacher Charged with Trafficking High School Students

A Houston high-school teacher and her son have been charged with sex trafficking homeless students.  Kedria Grigsby is facing six felony charges of trafficking children and compelling prostitution of a minor along with her son.

From KHOU11:

"KLEIN, Texas — A Klein Independent School District cosmetology teacher who's accused of sex trafficking and compelling prostitution was in court Monday.

Kedria Grigsby, 42, and her son Roger Magee, 21, are accused of recruiting and trafficking at least three underage victims.

On Monday, the judge lowered her bond to $75,000 on each of six counts -- three counts of trafficking a child and three counts of compelling prostitution of a minor -- for a total of $450,000.

According to Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez, the victims were 15, 16 and 17-year-old students and had been reported as runaways. Investigators said Grigsby recruited troubled juveniles from local high schools by offering them a place to stay at a motel.

"The investigating officer evidently determined there's at least one occasion where Ms. Grigsby had paid for a motel room that was used in the prostitution enterprise," the judge said in an earlier hearing.

According to prosecutors, investigators were looking for evidence in a motel room that was allegedly paid for by Grigsby when one of the alleged victims walked in and then ran out and got into a silver car believed to be driven by Grigsby. They said there was at least one other victim inside the vehicle.

Prosecutors said Grigsby and her son, who was arrested in 2022, used Zelle to transfer money and investigators found text messages between the two talking about payments and prostitution fees, as well as messages sent between her son and the victims.

Prosecutors said they anticipate more victims to come forward and more charges to be filed."

Nice.  They revoked her cosmetology license, too.