KELLER, Texas — A former Keller ISD band director has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after being convicted of more than a dozen charges relating to indecency with a child and indecent exposure.
Jedidiah Maus was sentenced to 15 years on two counts of indecency with a child by contact, 10 years on 10 counts of indecency with a child by exposure and 6 months on two misdemeanor charges of indecent exposure, and will serve the sentences concurrently.
The indictments came after more allegations were brought against Maus in March 2022. The Keller Police Department said it had filed charges that included 17 counts of child indecency, two counts of indecent exposure, and improper relationship between an educator and a student.
Maus was first arrested on Oct. 8, 2021, on three counts of child indecency from alleged incidents that involved three students at Bear Creek Intermediate School.
According to court documents, the investigation began in September 2021 after police were notified that the 36-year-old allegedly exposed himself to a student in a bathroom at the school.
Keller police said since the initial charges, additional victims have come forward by contacting a tip line that was set up after Maus' arrest. The new alleged acts involving Maus span several years.
According to the latest arrest affidavit, parents and victims who called the tip line reported incidents as far back as the 2015-2016 school year and as recent as September 2021.
Several victims reported Maus exposed himself to them while they were in seventh and eighth grades in a student bathroom near the band hall at Keller Middle School, according to documents.
Maus was arrested again in January 2022.
