Investigators allege Alicia Evonne Sanchez repeatedly brought a child to Kenneth Donald Haygood’s Tyler office while receiving prescription medication.
TYLER, Texas — A Smith County woman has been arrested after investigators accused her of repeatedly bringing a child to a former Tyler physician who allegedly sexually assaulted the child during medical visits while providing prescription medication, including Adderall, according to local reports based on investigative records.
Alicia Evonne Sanchez, 37, also known as Alicia Evonne Seguin, was arrested Sept. 30 and charged with continuous sexual assault of a child under 14. She was being held in the Smith County Jail on a $3 million bond in the latest available reporting. The allegations against Sanchez have not been proven in court, and authorities have not publicly disclosed her relationship to the child.
Investigators allege Sanchez brought the child to the office of Kenneth Donald Haygood on numerous occasions and remained in the room during at least 10 encounters that authorities characterize as sexual assaults. Local reporting based on an arrest affidavit says the child later disclosed the alleged abuse to another adult and a counselor, prompting an investigation. Authorities have withheld identifying information about the child.
According to the investigative account reported by East Texas news outlets, the child said Haygood’s conduct continued despite expressions of distress and requests that he stop. Investigators allege Sanchez did not intervene and instead represented the conduct as part of normal medical care. The allegations describe conduct during repeated visits over several years, but the full evidence in Sanchez’s pending case has not been released publicly.
Prescription medication also became part of the investigation. Authorities allege Haygood prescribed or supplied Adderall and other medication connected to the visits. The child reportedly told investigators that Sanchez placed pills in clear bags and said they were intended for people who could not obtain medication from their own doctors or because of a shortage. Investigators have characterized the medication as a benefit Sanchez received in connection with the alleged abuse. Publicly available reports do not show that the allegation has been tested in court.
Haygood’s legal history predates Sanchez’s arrest. In June 2023, the Texas Medical Board publicly reprimanded him and prohibited him from seeing, examining, treating, prescribing to or otherwise practicing medicine on female patients. The board said Haygood had failed to meet the standard of care and had performed a physical examination without obtaining consent. Regulators also found that he improperly disclosed confidential patient information while communicating with relatives of a patient.
The Texas Medical Board temporarily suspended Haygood’s medical license in October 2023. A disciplinary panel said he had violated the earlier restriction and determined that allowing him to continue practicing medicine posed a continuing threat to public welfare. The suspension took effect immediately.
Haygood was arrested in February 2024 after investigators accused him of sexually assaulting several patients, including a child. A Smith County grand jury later indicted him on multiple felony counts involving allegations of sexual assault and practicing medicine without a license. Those cases involved several patients and were separate from the allegations now underlying the charge against Sanchez.
In September 2025, Haygood pleaded guilty to two sexual assault counts in the earlier prosecution and received concurrent eight-year prison sentences, according to reports on the court proceedings. He was also ordered to register as a sex offender for life. Other charges were dismissed as part of the case resolution, and those dismissed allegations did not result in findings of guilt. Haygood is serving that prison sentence while the allegations described in the Sanchez investigation remain a separate matter.
Sanchez’s criminal case remains pending in Smith County. No conviction has been entered against her, and the publicly available reports reviewed did not identify a newly scheduled court proceeding or indicate that Haygood has been convicted of any offense arising specifically from the allegations involving the child in Sanchez’s case.
Author note: Last updated October 4, 2026.