David Rangel: $100,000 bond for teacher who says he didn't boink student but wanted to
David Rangel, the third area teacher busted for alleged improper relations with students in four months, appeared in Weld County District Court yesterday, where bond was set at a whopping $100,000.![]()
David Rangel.
That's a big number for a guy who told police that while he kissed and groped a teenage student, he didn't have sex with her.
That information comes from the David Rangel arrest affidavit. According to the document, a foster mother contacted the Greeley Police Department after one of the teens for whom she cares told another that "she had sexual relations with a teacher at Jefferson High School" with the first name of "David."
Moreover, she indicated that she had been texting and instant-messaging back and forth with him -- the same sort of communication that came back to bite former Broomfield High School wrestling coach Travis Masse and Longmont High School teacher Alex Tinsley, Rangel's immediate predecessors in the alleged-creepy-teacher sweepstakes.
Shortly thereafter, a GPD officer spoke with Rangel, who initially denied that he'd done anything inappropriate. But the student told the officer that although there'd been no intercourse, they had kissed -- something Rangel later confirmed after saying "he was sorry for not being completely honest," the affidavit says. Rangel said the kiss lasted ten to fifteen seconds and included over-the-shirt breast caressing, but he claimed he wasn't "aroused" because he knew what he was doing was wrong. He conceded, though, that he and the student engaged in subsequent conversations about having sex with each other.
Not quite, the student maintained in another interview. According to the affidavit, she said Rangel touched her breast under her shirt "with skin to skin contact," then "moved his hands underneath her pants toward the lower front part of her vagina." She said she stopped him before he could hit the spot. In addition, she noted that Rangel had encouraged her to sneak out of her foster home and meet him at school, but she declined because of alarms at the house.
Rangel's response to that? Confirmation, pretty much.
Page down to see a Weld County District Attorneys Office release about Rangel's bond and future hearings, as well as the complete affidavit:































