SAN MARCOS, Texas — A former San Marcos High School (SMHS) teacher and assistant coach has been found guilty of three counts of sexual assault of a child.
On Nov. 2, a Hays County jury found David Ross Guerrero guilty. Guerrero was an English teacher and the assistant coach for the SMHS girls' soccer team from 2008 until he resigned in 2013.
In 2018, a victim reported the sexual assaults happened in 2009. The San Marcos Police Department (SMPD) investigated and found that the victim was a student at SMHS, and Guerrero engaged in a sexual relationship with her. Guerrero was arrested in June 2019.
During the investigation, SMPD learned information that led investigators to believe there were similar victims at SMHS during the time Guerrero was employed there.
According to a press release from the Hays County District Attorney's Office, after Guerrero was found guilty, three additional victims testified during the punishment phase of his trial. All were former students of Guerrero, and each outlined his inappropriate behavior and sexual relationships with them while he was a teacher at SMHS.
Guerrero was sentenced to two and a half years in prison on the first count, to be followed by 10 years' probation for the other two counts.