Baytown Safety Monitor

Goose Creek CISD Counselor Indecency Charge [developing]

Goose Creek CISD Counselor Indecency Charge [developing]

Key Questions

What are the charges against Lorinda Picardo?

Lorinda Picardo, a Goose Creek CISD counselor, faces charges of years-long sexual assault and indecency with a student starting at age 14. She is out on $60,000 bond.

What is the current status of Lorinda Picardo's employment and legal situation?

Picardo has resigned from Goose Creek CISD amid a Texas Education Agency (TEA) probe. Her defense is challenging the claims, and the case is developing.

How does this case relate to other child safety alerts?

This incident is part of broader child safety alerts involving law enforcement predator busts, such as a former Texas counselor in Baytown wanted for sexually assaulting a male student and an HPD lieutenant arrested for sending explicit images to a minor.

Lorinda Picardo charged with years-long sexual assault/indecency on student from age 14; out on $60k bond, defense challenges claims, resigned (TEA probe). Part of child safety alerts with LE predator busts.

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Updated Apr 19, 2026