By MELISSA KOENIG, US REPORTER

Published: 01:58 GMT, 12 January 2026 | Updated: 02:00 GMT, 12 January 2026

A Texas middle school teacher is accused of having sex with a 14-year-old student in a Walmart parking lot as two other students sat in the back seat.

Jaden Renee Charles, 26, a mother-of-four, is facing two counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child, with authorities saying she had a relationship with more than one of her students at Agua Dulce Secondary School.

The charges against Charles stem from an incident on February 29, 2024, when she allegedly drove three students, including the 14-year-old boy, a 16-year-old boy and a 15-year-old girl, to the Walmart in Alice at around 2.10am, KRIS 6 News reports.

She then allegedly tied a blanket around the front seats' headrests of her SUV and had sex with the 14 year old in the front seat while the other two teenagers sat in the back seat.

At the time, Charles claimed she was pregnant with the 14 year old's baby, according to court documents.

But the investigation into Charles' behavior first began when a student was caught with a vape on campus, according to Scripps News. 

The Agua Dulce Independent School District then spoke to several students and teachers about the incident, and learned that Charles had provided the student with the vape. 

As authorities then investigated the incident, officers learned that Charles may have provided vapes containing THC to several students, City Marshal Joe Martinez told 3NEWS at the time.

Jaden Renee Charles, 26, a Texas middle school teacher and a mother-of-four, is facing two counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child

The investigation into Charles' behavior first began when a student was caught with a vape on campus at Agua Dulce Secondary School

Authorities say she drove three students to a Walmart parking lot on February 29, 2024 at around 2.10am, when she had sex with a 14 year old boy while two others sat in the back seat