The Orange County Sheriff's Office has informed 12News HD that a teacher from the Little Cypress-Mauriceville High School has been arrested.
According to a news release from the Orange County Sheriff's Office, on Thursday Jan. 26, 2012, deputies received a call from the administration at the Little Cypress Mauriceville ISD concerning a student at LCM High School that had made an outcry concerning an Improper Relationship between Educator and Student.
Deputies got more information from the school district about the alleged offense. The Orange County Sheriff's Office Criminal Investigations Division investigated, then handed the case over to the Orange County District Attorney's Office.
The teacher was charged with having a sexual relationship with an underage student.
On Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012, the Orange County Grand Jury indicted the teacher, identified as Bryan Lee Hyde, 32, on two counts of Improper Relationship Between an Educator and Student as well as two counts of Sexual Assault of a Child.
On Thursday, Feb. 23, Hyde was arrested by Deputies with the Orange County Sheriff's Office and Investigators with the Orange County District Attorney's Office.
Hyde faces a punishment range from two years probation up to twenty years in prison and a $10,000 fine on each count. Bond has been set at a total of $30,000.
He is currently in the Orange County Correctional Facility.
