A 24-year-old former teacher’s aide at OL Slaton Middle School charged in October with sending nude images of herself to a 14-year-old student in December 2018 was indicted this week on federal charges.

Alyssa Bryan is charged with a federal count of transfer of obscene material to a minor.

She is accused of sending a minor a digital image of an adult woman’s genitals, according to a federal indictment.

Lubbock ISD police believe Bryan exposed her genitals to a 14-year-old boy and sent him several pictures of her genitals, according to a September arrest warrant.

The boy’s mother called police on Dec. 6, saying her son received images of a naked woman on his Instagram account, according to a police report.

She told investigators a woman who claimed to work for the school called her phone wanting to speak with her son. Her son later told her it was a girl who liked him but he didn’t want to speak with her, the warrant states.

The boy’s mother said the woman called multiple times wanting to speak with her son’s other friends, the warrant states.

She said on one occasion, she saw her son’s Instagram account and found a thread of messages with a person named Alyssa, who appeared to have sent him pictures of her genitals, the warrant states.

Police spoke to the boy in February at the Lubbock Juvenile Justice Center where he was being held on an unrelated matter. He told police Bryan called him out of his class one day and asked for his age. He said she also asked him "weird questions" and told him he was a "handsome young man," the warrant states.

After that, Bryan reportedly began texting the boy and communicating with him online.

The boy said Bryan’s online messages were inappropriate, saying she would make video calls in which she was naked, the warrant states.

He said he believed Bryan wanted to have sex with him and even offered him money. He blamed Bryan’s advances for his absence from school, the warrant states.

In March, the boy’s mom called police saying she found the images Bryan reportedly sent her son. The images depicted a naked woman but did not show her face, the warrant states.

Investigators spoke with Bryan, who reportedly denied sending the images or taking nude photos of herself. She invited the investigators into her home in Meadow where they noticed a bathroom that resembled the background of one of the photographs, the warrant states.

Bryan was arrested on Oct. 3 and booked into the Lubbock County Detention Center where she was released on bond the next day, court records show.

LISD spokesman Jeffrey Klotzman said Lubbock ISD administrators learned of the allegations against a teaching assistant who was immediately placed on leave while Lubbock ISD police investigated.

The employee submitted her resignation in March and the matter was turned over to the district attorney, he said in an email.