{"id":229476,"date":"2026-04-13T08:53:40","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T08:53:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/229476\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T08:53:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T08:53:40","slug":"miami-dade-schools-teacher-faces-prosecution-by-state-attorneys-sexual-crimes-and-child-abuse-unit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/229476\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami-Dade schools\u2019 teacher faces prosecution by state attorney\u2019s sexual crimes and child abuse unit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla.  \u2014 Rudolph Infante was working as an art teacher in Miami-Dade County when he allegedly battered a student several times. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The teacher\u2019s case was assigned to the Miami-Dade County State Attorney\u2019s Sexual Crimes and Child Abuse unit, according to court records. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Infante, 53, was on house arrest after a judge ordered him to stay away from all schools and from a teenage girl, according to court records. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Miami-Dade County Public Schools released a statement about the case on Sunday, reporting that the Miami-Dade Schools Police Department investigated him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">M-DCPS also reported that the school district had initiated employment termination proceedings against Infante, of Homestead.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Miami Southridge Senior High School, at 19355 SW 114 Ave., in the South Miami Heights area, listed Infante on <a href=\"https:\/\/miamisouthridgeshs.com\/faculty-directory\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/miamisouthridgeshs.com\/faculty-directory\/\">the faculty directory<\/a> as a Fine Arts teacher. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">M-DSPD officers arrested Infante on Friday, and he appeared before Miami-Dade County Circuit Judge Michael G. Barket on Saturday in bond court. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The prosecution requested a total lockdown on house arrest, and the defense asked for leniency. Barket sided with the prosecution and addressed the defense: \u201cIf the court doesn\u2019t protect our most vulnerable, who will?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Infante faced five charges: Four counts of battery and one count of offenses against students by authority figures. Barket set Infante\u2019s bond at $14,000 and ordered the total lockdown. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cThis type of behavior will not be tolerated as it runs contrary to the professional conduct we expect from all employees,\u201d a M-DCPS spokesperson wrote without providing specifics. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Miami-Dade County Circuit Judge Zachary James was set to preside over the case. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Local 10 News Assignment Editors Sofia Mendez and Mariana Ortiz contributed to this report. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Watch bond court hearing<\/p>\n<p> Teacher Rudolph Infante appears in Miami-Dade court  <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Read M-DCPS complete statement:<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) is disturbed by the allegations made against this individual. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Upon learning about this suspected behavior, Miami-Dade Schools Police immediately began their investigation and subsequently made an arrest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">This type of behavior will not be tolerated as it runs contrary to the professional conduct we expect from all employees. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The District has initiated employment termination proceedings and will ensure the individual is precluded from seeking future employment with M-DCPS.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Location<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. \u2014 Rudolph Infante was working as an art teacher in Miami-Dade County when he allegedly&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":229477,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-229476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=229476"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229476\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/229477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=229476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=229476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=229476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}