A young Florida gym teacher has been arrested after allegedly sending inappropriate photos and text messages to a middle school-aged student.
Yezmar Angeanis Ramos-Figueroa, 22, was detained by detectives with the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday, according to police.
She was charged with distributing obscene material to a minor and transmitting harmful material to a minor, both felonies, according to Osceola County Corrections and Jail Services records.
The 13-year-old student’s mother reported the alleged inappropriate contact to police in mid-October.
The 22-year-old was working at Central Pointe Christian Academy as a PE teacher when she allegedly committed the crimes.
The academy is a private K-12 school with different locations for the middle school and the high school. Ramos-Figueroa worked at the middle school in Kissimmee, about 20 miles south of Central Orlando.
According to the Osceola Sheriff’s Office, detectives obtained text messages and photographs sent to the student’s phone by Ramos-Figueroa after questioning her.
The former PE teacher ‘admitted to texting and sending a picture to the victim,’ the sheriff’s office added.
Ramos-Figueroa is currently being held at the Osceola County Jail. Her bond is set at $5,000 for each of her charges, for a total of $10,000.
Both of her charges are third-degree felonies. If found guilty, each charge would carry a maximum sentence of five years in prison.