‘Nationally-recognized’ teacher arrested in Fort Lauderdale for sex assault on minor after Tinder meet
A teacher who has worked in schools in Miami-Dade and Broward and who received a presidential award is facing charges in Broward County Court for allegedly sexually assaulting a 16-year-old boy who went on to write a college entry essay about it in school, police said.
XXXXXXXXXXX, who was born in Texas but lives in Fort Lauderdale, is accused of using Tinder to meet the teenage boy from Connecticut for sex in South Florida and to continue to communicate with the teen about sex on Snapchat.
The teenage boy was in Miami-Dade County on vacation with his mother in April 2021 to visit a relative in Golden Beach, according to the arrest form. The teen told police he identified himself as an 18-year-old on Tinder, but he “definitely” told XXXXXXXXXXXX later that he was a minor.
[FAC NOTE: How was a 16 year old allowed on Tinder in the first place]
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Another upstanding, church-going, “valuable” member of society goes down in flames.
Engaging with anyone in any kind of “chat room” or dating app is like playing Russian roulette with 5 bullets in the chamber.
Registered persons are not allowed to live near schools because we are supposedly “dangerous”, yet the schools themselves are seemingly filled with predators. Makes a lot of sense.
But at least the registry once again did its job to protect kids…..not.
[FAC NOTE: How was a 16 year old allowed on Tinder in the first place]
They lie about their age in the profile creation where you select your birthday. There is no way to verify a person is giving their correct age or not.