Ex-Tomball Teacher Guilty On 4 Counts Of Child Sexual Assault

TOMBALL, TX — A former Tomball ISD teacher will spend the next 30 years behind bars, after he pleaded guilty to four counts of sexually assaulting a child.

Anthony Randle, 51, a former Marine JROTC instructor at Tomball Memorial High School, was convicted of having sexual relations with a 15-year old student multiple times during the 2015-16 school year.

Randle will serve 10 years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for one count of sexual assault, and then 20 years for three other counts, which will be served concurrently.

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Although Randle worked in Harris County, the offenses happened in Montgomery County, with one of those occasions in his home in Magnolia.

Randle began the relationship with the student as part of a phone texting group, where he and several students bragged about their alleged sexual exploits.

Randle told the students in his texting group that he’d previously had a relationship with a student.

During their discussions, Randle told the 15-year old student he’d cheated on his wife twice, at which time the girl said she wanted to make it three, the Conroe Courier reported.

Randle and the student decided to have sexual relations in September 2016, with Randle taking the girl to his home for one of their trysts, and another incident in is car at a construction site.

In October, officials learned of the relationship when a classmate of the girl saw the nude photos Randle had sent the girl on her phone, and reported it to administrators.

Randle was terminated, and later arrested.

Randle was hired by the district in 2011, and began teaching at Tomball Memorial High School when the campus opened.

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