TAMPA, Fla. (WWSB) – A Tampa middle school teacher has been arrested for allegedly having inappropriate communication with a former student, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office said.
Detectives launched a criminal investigation July 28 of Christian Schneider, 31, a teacher at Memorial Middle School.
Detectives say they learned that Schneider has been sending inappropriate messages to his former teenage student at Franklin Middle School.
Deputies say Schneider told them he had engaged in inappropriate communication with the victim since 2023.
Schneider was arrested Aug. 14 and charged with two counts of solicitation or possession of child sexual abuse material, and unlawful use of two-way communication device.
The investigation remains active, the sheriff’s office said.
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