FORMER POST ISD BAND DIRECTOR ARRESTED ON CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CHARGE

FORMER POST ISD BAND DIRECTOR ARRESTED ON CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CHARGE

POST, Texas — Bruce Bailey Jr., identified in a local news report as a former Post ISD band director, was reportedly arrested Friday, Oct. 2, at approximately 1:13 p.m. on a charge of possession of child pornography.

A review of published music education records uncovered a possible connection to school band programs in New Mexico before his reported employment in Post.

Eastern New Mexico University’s 2024 Green & Silver Classic program identifies a Bruce Bailey as director of the Dexter High School Band in Dexter, New Mexico. The band was scheduled to perform a marching production titled “Beebop-A-Loobop.”

A July 16 entry on TxBands, a forum covering school band staffing changes, reported that Post High School hired Bruce Bailey from Dexter Middle School. That entry connects the name to both districts, but it is not an official employment announcement.

The records provide a potential background trail, not a fully verified employment history. The806er has not independently confirmed that the director named in the Dexter program is the same Bruce Bailey Jr. identified in the arrest report.

The initial arrest report describes Bailey as a former Post ISD employee but does not explain when he left the district or whether his departure was connected to the investigation.

No information in the supplied report establishes that Post ISD students were involved in the alleged material.

Bailey faces an allegation, not a conviction, and is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.