{"id":193845,"date":"2023-12-10T16:49:31","date_gmt":"2023-12-10T21:49:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/?p=193845"},"modified":"2023-12-10T16:49:31","modified_gmt":"2023-12-10T21:49:31","slug":"florida-teacher-accused-of-hiding-and-grooming-missing-15-year-old-girl-on-felony-probation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/florida-teacher-accused-of-hiding-and-grooming-missing-15-year-old-girl-on-felony-probation\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Teacher Accused of Hiding and Grooming Missing 15-Year-Old Girl on Felony Probation"},"content":{"rendered":"

LAKELAND, Fla. (PCSO)<\/em> – The Polk County Sheriff\u2019s Office Special Victims Unit has arrested a second teacher in less than a week for illegal and inappropriate conduct with a child.<\/p>\n

The first arrest occurred on November 30th, involving Jerron Dunn, a substitute teacher working at New Beginnings High School (a charter school), who sent texts messages and videos of himself masturbating to two students. (He posted $62,000 bond and was released from jail. Two more victims\/students came forward, and Dunn was re-arrested and charged with 2 counts sex offense on a student by an authority figure. He posted $30,000 bond and was released from jail again.)<\/p>\n

The most recent arrest, of 21-year-old Rameir Jones, occurred on December 6, 2023.<\/p>\n

Jones is a 5th<\/sup>\u00a0through 8th<\/sup>\u00a0grade teacher at Preparing the Way Academy in Lakeland, a private school. Detectives went to Jones\u2019 home looking for a 15-year-old Lakeland girl who was missing and endangered, after she cut off her probationary ankle monitor and left her home on December 4th<\/sup>. Jones told detectives he had not seen the victim in four days. The detectives reminded him that harboring her or lying about her whereabouts was a criminal offense, but he stuck to his story. The next morning, detectives located the victim inside his home, and immediately took Jones into custody.<\/p>\n

The victim told detectives that she and Jones flirted with each other and sent explicit and lewd text messages to each other. Detectives seized both of their phones and during a preview, located the text messages. A more extensive analysis of the devices will be conducted.<\/p>\n

Detectives interviewed Jones, who admitted to sending the lewd texts, and to picking her up from her friend\u2019s house and bringing her to his house. He admitted that he hid her inside his vehicle when detectives first came looking for her at his house. He admitted to instructing her to turn off her phone so that she could not be tracked.<\/p>\n

Jones was booked into the Polk County Jail and charged with:<\/p>\n