Authorities in Baytown, Texas, are looking for a former counselor wanted for sexually assaulting a male student who she’s alleged to have followed from middle school to high school, via a requested job transfer.
Former Goose Creek Memorial High School counselor Lorinda Bocardo is on the run after resigning from her job back on January 5.
Bocardo, 43, stands accused of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old male student, starting when he was in middle school in 2022.
On Friday, April 10, a judge signed a warrant charging Bocardo, with felony indecency with a child and improper relationship with a student.
Bocardo’s resignation came less than a month after the victim spoke to campus police about the years of sexual assaults, and weeks before the school board was set to meet to discuss her termination.
The victim allegedly told investigators that when he was in middle school, Bocardo was “very nice and cool,” it is alleged in the probable cause affidavit, shared with Us Weekly.
The student added he would spend hours in Bocardo’s office, and that he would do his schoolwork there. He was unsure what to say when the counselor told him she loved him.
When the student began high school in 2024, he said he ran into Bocardo in the hall and was taken aback. “I transferred to your school to be with you,” the probable cause affidavit explained.
Bocardo allegedly locked her office door when the victim was with her. He alleged she asked him if he would date an older woman before calling him cute and kissing him.
The probable cause affidavit also claimed Bocardo placed her “bare breasts” in the teen’s face and would “make out” with him. She also allegedly offered to have sex with him in her car and touched his crotch through his clothing, investigators claim.
The victim also claimed Bocardo would act jealous whenever the student talked to girls, and that he was alienated from his friends because of the counselor’s controlling behavior, reads the probable cause affidavit.
Goose Creek Consolidated Independent School District released a statement Wednesday, April 15, saying they have “a zero-tolerance policy regarding the safety of our students and will act swiftly and decisively when misconduct is reported. As always, Goose Creek CISD’s top priority remains the safety and security of the students entrusted to our care.”
If you know of a young person who is being exploited or is the victim of a crime, you are urged to report it to your local FBI field office by calling 1-800-CALL-FBI. Tips can also be left at tips.fbi.gov
