--- description: A Texas parent said he caught his 13-year-old with a teacher in the backseat of a car, leading to the teacher's arrest title: Teacher Found With Teen Student in Backseat of Car: Police image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta415a2e191b99d2c/6988f6a10a4a22e37a9d13b8/bay-city-police-department.jpg?branch=production&width=1080&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Crime](/tag/crime/) ## Crime Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Teacher Found With 13-Year-Old Student in Backseat of Car, Police Say by [Lisa Marie Segarra](/author/lisa-marie-segarra/) ## Lisa Marie Segarra Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 28, 2017 7:02 PM CUT  Bay City Police Department by [Lisa Marie Segarra](/author/lisa-marie-segarra/) ## Lisa Marie Segarra Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 28, 2017 7:02 PM CUT A Texas teacher was arrested after a parent said he caught the teen with her in the backseat of a car in a parking lot. After the father called police, investigators took the teen’s phone, which led them to find the two had an ongoing inappropriate relationship, the [Bay City Police Department said.](https://www.facebook.com/BayCityTXPD/photos/a.380562542005856.85164.160659553996157/1669476116447819/?type=3&theater "undefined") The teacher, Rachel Gonzalez, 44, was arrested on Dec. 22. Gonzalez was charged with online solicitation of a minor and improper relationship between educator and student charges, police said. Police did not reveal the gender of the victim or specify whether Gonzalez taught the victim directly. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5081398/bay-city-teacher-arrested-student/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5081398/bay-city-teacher-arrested-student/"},"headline":"Teacher Found With 13-Year-Old Student in Backseat of Car, Police Say","datePublished":"2017-12-28T19:02:14.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T18:41:42.294Z","description":"The teacher is currently out on bond","url":"https://time.com/5081398/bay-city-teacher-arrested-student/","keywords":["Crime","Texas","onetime","onetimecrime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta415a2e191b99d2c/6988f6a10a4a22e37a9d13b8/bay-city-police-department.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Lisa Marie Segarra","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/lisa-marie-segarra/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta415a2e191b99d2c/6988f6a10a4a22e37a9d13b8/bay-city-police-department.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"bay-city-police-department","caption":"","creditText":"Bay City Police Department","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/crime/","name":"Crime"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5081398/bay-city-teacher-arrested-student/","name":"Teacher Found With 13-Year-Old Student in Backseat of Car, Police Say"}}]}] ```