Tarrant County juvenile probation officer accused of sexually assaulting minor inside facility, records show

A Tarrant County juvenile probation officer faces felony charges for having a sexual relationship with a minor in the Tarrant County Juvenile Detention Center, records show.

Alexandria Venable, 34, was arrested on Monday for sexual assault of a child and three counts of improper sexual contact with a person in custody. Her bond was set at $100,000.

According to an arrest warrant affidavit released Thursday, a tipster reported Venable to the Tarrant County Crime Stoppers last month. On Jan. 2, an officer in the inspector general's office of the Texas Juvenile Justice Department interviewed Venable when she admitted to the sexual contact, the affidavit said.

County judge launches investigation

Tarrant County Judge Tim O'Hare told CBS News Texas Venable has been terminated.

"If the allegations are proven true, punishment should be swift and severe," O'Hare said. "Tarrant County is a place of law and order, and this matter will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law."

O'Hare has also ordered an investigation into what happened.

"A thorough review must ensue to ensure the absolute best safeguards are in place to make sure nothing like what has been alleged happens to anyone else in Tarrant County custody, especially not to a juvenile," O'Hare said. "I look forward to getting a report in short order on what is being done to make sure everything legally possibly is in place to protect those in custody."

O'Hare said that if anyone has information on another juvenile in custody, past or present, has been victimized, they should call the Tarrant County Sheriff's Office.