After Jose Corona saw his bail reduced, the former East Aurora School District employee charged with sex assault still remained in Kane County Jail as of Friday afternoon.
Corona, 32, had his bail set at $100,000 when he was arrested last month on six counts of criminal sexual assault involving a 17-year-old East Aurora High School student. His attorney sought a bond reduction almost immediately, filing a motion which described Corona as a married “family man” with lifelong strong ties to Aurora and no criminal record.
Kane County Judge Clint Hull agreed to drop Corona’s bail to $40,000 during a recent hearing, but he has yet to post the required 10 percent to secure his release, according to court and jail records Friday afternoon.
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Corona is scheduled to return to court on Jan 13. If he is released from jail at any point, he is prohibited from using alcohol or drugs, and cannot have any contact with two female students – he’s also charged with battery involving a different student – or anyone under the age 18 except for his own children, court documents state.
East Aurora School District officials have said Corona was hired as a truancy liaison at the start of the school year in August. He was placed on paid leave on Oct. 22 when a female student came forward to report inappropriate contact with Corona. He resigned Nov. 12, the same day Aurora police interviewed the 17-year-old female student who said Corona approached her early in the school year to ask for her phone number. She told police she thought Corona was a high school dean and that the pair had sex the day after first meeting, court documents show. She went on to tell an investigator that Corona had sex with her at least three times a week until he was suspended from his job.
East Aurora School District officials previously said Corona began his employment at the high school on Aug. 27 in a role where he worked with students in danger of becoming chronically truant. Neither of the students he is prohibited from having contact with were involved with his truancy liaison work.
The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, as well as the Kane County Child Advocacy Center, were also involved in the investigation.
Dan Campana is a freelance writer for The Beacon-News