Owner of security firm hired by North Texas school district arrested on child sex assault
A former police officer who is the owner of a security firm used by five North Texas elementary schools has been arrested on charges alleging he sexually abused a child.
Kirk Stanley Grable, 54, was booked into the Parker County Jail on July 16, according to jail records. He’s been charged with sexual assault of a child and prohibited sexual conduct.
Grable is the owner of Lone Star Protection and Security, according to the company’s website. The firm was hired by the Northwest Independent School District in January.
Northwest ISD officials told the Star-Telegram in a statement Tuesday that there is no record of Grable visiting the schools personally or interacting with any students.
“Kirk Grable has never worked at any district school, and we have no records that he has ever visited a district school or interacted with a Northwest ISD student,” the school district said. “The protection of our students is our top priority, and we take any allegations of danger to children seriously. Northwest ISD has informed Lone Star Protection & Security that its services will not be used going forward.”
Lone Star’s guards worked at Haslet, Hughes, Peterson, Prairie View and Sendera Ranch elementary schools, KDFW-TV reported.
In May, someone who apparently wasn’t connected with those schools told police that Grable had forced him to commit sexual acts multiple times before his 17th birthday, an arrest warrant affidavit obtained by KDFW states.
The alleged acts started in 2021 at Grable’s home in Willow Park. Police were able to listen in on a phone call between Grable and the victim, and Grable made statements that corroborated the victim’s story, police wrote in the affidavit.
Grable has worked in emergency services since 1989, according to his profile on Lone Star’s website. He’s served as a police officer, a crime prevention specialist and a rescue specialist with Texas Task Force One, the website says.
Last year, Texas legislators passed a law that requires school districts to place at least one armed officer at every campus during regular school hours.
Grable was released on $500,000 bond, according to jail records. Court records do not yet list an attorney representing him.
This story was originally published July 23, 2024 at 2:38 PM.
