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Daily Mail
2 days ago
- Daily Mail
Nevada teacher confesses to child abuse and leaves apology
A former Nevada teacher has been charged with multiple counts of sexual abuse after a female relative came forward to report her to the police. Taji Hillson, 62, of Reno, was arrested on July 2, one day after she allegedly left an apology letter in a victim's mailbox. Her arrest came months after a female adult relative filed a police report on April 30 alleging that she had been sexually abused by Hillson as a child and as an adult. Even after the relative submitted four additional police reports with further evidence, Hillson still continued her work as a substitute physical education teacher at Roy Gomm Elementary School through the end of the term on June 13. Police do not believe that Hillson's abuse victims were also students of hers. Nearly two weeks later, Reno Police interviewed Hillson about the allegations, and she allegedly admitted to abusing dozens of children, mainly relatives in North Carolina, and touching a two-year-old inappropriately at a pool in the last two years. She told police she committed 'all of the actions as she never felt seen and desired to be close to another person,' the arrest report said, according to The Reno Gazette Journal. The adult victim lived next door to her and is financially dependent on Hillson, court documents obtained by 2 News Nevada, said. She allegedly started abusing the adult victim 20 years ago, and she only found out about it after Hillson left her an apology letter in her mailbox. 'The defendant admitted to giving her Benadryl to sedate her by sneaking it in her food,' the police report said. 'The Defendant described doing this throughout the victim's childhood but more frequently from age 6-12 as her husband worked night shifts at that time.' She would give the victim up to three times the recommended dose of Benadryl, an allergy medication, to 'control' her. While the woman was asleep, the mother-of-two would touch her inappropriately. She also allegedly admitted to police that she drugged and touched the victim as an adult too. The female victim had shown police text messages and the letter where Hillson allegedly admitted to her crimes on July 1. Hillson was booked into the Washoe County Jail on a $5million bail with no 10 per cent cash option, and was charged with sexual assault against a child under the age of 14, sexual assault, and three counts of lewdness with a child under the age of 14. 'The allegations in this case are deeply disturbing, and are currently involving two victims, one of whom is a toddler. I commend the extraordinary courage of the adult victim who came forward to report this abuse,' District Attorney Chris Hicks said in a statement. 'A brave act that has allowed us to seek justice and protect others from harm.' Hillson is not to have contact with the victim and if she bails out, she will have to wear GPS monitoring. Washoe County Jail does not currently list Hillson on its roster.
NDTV
2 days ago
- NDTV
US Teacher Charged With Multiple Counts Of Sexual Abuse Against Minors
A former US teacher has been charged with multiple counts of sexual abuse after a female relative came forward to report her to the police. Taji Hillson was arrested on July 2 on one count of sexual assault against a minor under the age of 14, one offence of sexual assault, and three charges of lewdness with a minor under the age of 14, according to public records from the Washoe County Sheriff's Office (WCSO). Hillson, a 62-year-old former substitute physical education teacher at Roy Gomm Elementary School in the Washoe County School District in Reno, Nevada, was employed there from September 2022 through June 2025. She admitted to drugging the victim and touching at least a dozen youngsters inappropriately over the years. The Reno Police Department released an arrest report against Ms Hillson on Friday and set her bail at $5 million, KOLO News 8 reported. On April 30, an adult female relative reported Hillson to authorities, alleging the former PE teacher had drugged her using Benadryl and sexually abused her for decades. The sexual abuse allegedly started when the victim was a youngster and continued into adulthood. "Throughout her childhood and adulthood, she would feel sexual pleasure while sleeping and often wake up with... (Hillson) hovering over her," the sexual assault report said. The relative provided police several text exchanges in which Ms Hillson acknowledged "drugging her and touching her inappropriately." In the two months that followed, she submitted four more complaints, each including more text disclosures from the defendant about Ms Hillson "inappropriately touching other children." Hillson eventually admitted to drugging and harassing her cousin, including incidents of penetration around the age of 8, in a police interview on June 25, according to PEOPLE. She also told police that she continued doing the same when a relative came home from college in 2014. She also admitted that she had sexually touched a neighbour's two-year-old child in a public pool in the past few years, as well as at least a dozen other children, most of whom were family. According to the report, the defendant claimed she carried out "all of the actions because she has never felt 'seen' and desired to be close with another person."
Daily Mail
3 days ago
- Daily Mail
Nevada teacher admits abusing dozens of kids as young as 2...and school STILL let her teach for months
A Nevada school is under fire for letting a female teacher continue to work after she allegedly admitted to abusing dozens of children, including one as young as two years old. Taji Hillson, 62, of Reno, was arrested on July 2, one day after she allegedly left an apology letter in a victim's mailbox. Her arrest came months after a female adult relative filed a police report on April 30 alleging that she had been sexually abused by Hillson as a child and as an adult. Even after the relative submitted four additional police reports with further evidence, Hillson still continued her work as a physical education teacher at Roy Gomm Elementary School through the end of the term on June 13. Police do not believe that Hillson's abuse victims were also students of hers. Nearly two weeks later, Reno Police interviewed Hillson about the allegations, and she allegedly admitted to abusing dozens of children, mainly relatives in North Carolina, and touching a two-year-old inappropriately at a pool in the last two years. She told police she committed 'all of the actions as she never felt seen and desired to be close to another person,' the arrest report said, according to The Reno Gazette Journal. The adult victim lived next door to her and is financially dependent on Hillson, court documents obtained by 2 News Nevada, said. She allegedly started abusing the adult victim 20 years ago, and she only found out about it after Hillson left her an apology letter in her mailbox. 'The defendant admitted to giving her Benadryl to sedate her by sneaking it in her food,' the police report said. 'The Defendant described doing this throughout the victim's childhood but more frequently from age 6-12 as her husband worked night shifts at that time.' She would give the victim up to three times the recommended dose of Benadryl, an allergy medication, to 'control' her. While the woman was asleep, the mother-of-two would touch her inappropriately. She also allegedly admitted to police that she drugged and touched the victim as an adult too. The female victim had shown police text messages and the letter where Hillson allegedly admitted to her crimes on July 1. Hillson was booked into the Washoe County Jail on a $5million bail with no 10 percent cash option, and was charged with sexual assault against a child under the age of 14, sexual assault, and three counts of lewdness with a child under the age of 14. 'The allegations in this case are deeply disturbing, and are currently involving two victims, one of whom is a toddler. I commend the extraordinary courage of the adult victim who came forward to report this abuse,' District Attorney Chris Hicks said in a statement. 'A brave act that has allowed us to seek justice and protect others from harm.' Hillson is not to have contact with the victim and if she bails out, she will have to wear GPS monitoring. Washoe County Jail does not currently list Hillson on its roster.
