According to police, De La Garza carried
on an eight-month lesbian affair with a 14-year-old female student that
included numerous sexual encounters in her office and locker-room
storage room.
Investigators say De La Garza was the teen girl's athletics coach when the alleged sexual affair began.
The alleged victim told detectives that a relationship with De La Garza began in the fall of 2010 and continued through the summer of 2011.
During the alleged affair, De La Garza engaged in sexual contact with the teen on a weekly basis. The alleged sexual contact always took place in either the coach's office or an equipment closet near the girl's locker room.
The alleged sex acts, according to the arrest report, involved "oral sex on each other and digital penetration of their female organs."
Police say security cameras showed De La Garza and the student together numerous times, and several school employees stated that the two were together in De La Garza'soffice on a regular basis.
Investigators also discovered a massive number of text messages and phone calls had been logged between De La Garza and the teen. The pair reportedly exchanged 22,437 text messages and 2,400 phone calls. During the alleged messages, De La Garza and the teen reportedly professed their love and desire for one another, according to an arrest affidavit.
An investigation was launched late last summer after the student's mother found a text message on her daughter's phone that suggested the two had become involved in an inappropriate relationship.
De La Garza was booked into jail and charged with improper relationship with a student and two counts of sexual assault of a child. She was released after posting a $30,000 bond and is expected to appear in court again on November 10.
