Photo: Manatee County Sheriff’s Office
A former Florida high school teacher is accused of having sex with her 15-year-old student and sending him explicit photos, PEOPLE confirms.
Kassandra Moore, 31, was arrested Monday morning at her Bradenton home and charged with four counts of lewd and lascivious battery and one count of transmission of child pornography, Bradenton Police Department Captain Brian Thiers announced at a press conference later that day.
The school became aware of the alleged relationship after the 15-year-old student told another student he was having sex with Moore, Thiers said. According to a probable cause affidavit, the teen even sent the other student screenshots of conversations between him and Moore on Instagram, theBradenton Heraldreports.
When police interviewed the teen, he turned over screenshots of explicit selfies Moore had sent him and also detailed the four times he and Moore met to have sex, the affidavit alleges.
“This is a person that has no business having any involvement with children. This is to me a predatory-type person,” Thiers said Monday.
Moore and the teen allegedly had sex four times between March 23 and March 29, the affidavit states, according to theHerald. They would have sex either in her car or in a secluded area in a local park, the affidavit alleges.
The teen brought investigators to the spot where he threw out condoms, and investigators found a used condom that had Moore’s DNA, the affidavit alleges.
One of the pair’s alleged meetings was taped on a surveillance camera, theHeraldreports.
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Moore is currently being held in Manatee County on bond. It was not immediately clear if she had entered a plea and attorney information for her was unavailable.
Thiers said he believes this to be an isolated incident, but he asks any possible victims to contact Detective Michael Page at 941-932-9314.
source: people.com
