Whitharral man charged with indecency with a child

A Whitharral man was arrested and charged with indecency with a child after a warrant was issued for his arrest Tuesday. 

Todd Rutledge was arrested at a home in the 3600 block of North Alamo Rd. in Whitharral, according to Hockley County Sheriff Ray Scifres.

Rutledge posted a $25,000 bond and has since been released from the Hockley County Jail.

According to Rutledge’s Facebook page, from 2000 until 2002 he was a Levelland Junior High science teacher. Then from 2002 until 2009 he was a science teacher, ag teacher and coach at Whitharral ISD. Then from 2009 until 2014 he was a science teacher, athletic director and coach at Lazbuddie High School. From 2014 until 2015, he was a science teacher and coach at Petersburg High school. In 2015 he became a coach at Littlefield Junior High School. It is unclear when he left the job at Littlefield, which is in Lamb County.

No additional details were released.