Overview

• On July 2, 62-year-old Taji Hillson was arrested and charged with one count of sexual assault against a child under 14, an additional sexual assault count, and three counts of lewdness with a minor.
• In a June 25 police interview, Hillson confessed to drugging her younger relative with Benadryl and sexually abusing her over decades, including after the victim returned from college in 2014.
• She also admitted to inappropriate contact with a two-year-old neighbor in a community pool and with at least a dozen other minors, primarily family members.
• Hillson served as a substitute physical education teacher at Roy Gomm Elementary School from September 2022 through June 2025, and authorities found no evidence of misconduct on school grounds.
• Investigators corroborated her admissions with text messages and Washoe County Sheriff’s Office records detailing the drugging and touching of her relative.