Crime & Safety
Woman Accused Of Sexual Assault Of Teenager In East Austin Church
Randricka Houston, 34, was booked into Travis County Jail under $20,000 bail for second-degree felony charge.

EAST AUSTIN, TX -- A newly released affidavit details the arrest of a woman accused of sexually assaulting a child in the bathroom of an East Austin church.
Randricka Houston, 34, of Austin is charged with sexual assault of a child after being caught performing oral sex on a 15-year-old boy in the bathroom of St. Peter's United Methodist Church on Springdale Road this past Mother's Day, KEYE-TV and other outlets reported.
The crime was uncovered after a relative of the victim walked in on them in the bathroom located near the toddlers' quiet room, according to another report by KVUE-TV. The victim later told police he first met the woman at least eight years before, and it wasn't the first time for such incidents.
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The boy said the first sexual contact happened during Spring Break this year. In the latest incident in May, the woman is alleged to have placed the boy's hands on her breasts and buttocks before performing oral sex on him, according to the media reports.
An affidavit indicates Houston admitted the charges. She was booked into the Travis County Jail under $20,000 bail on Tuesday (Sept. 13), and has since been banned from the church. St. Peter's Methodist Church officials subsequently issued a statement saying the accused woman was not employed by them.
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Sexual assault of a child is a second degree felony.
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