{"id":294544,"date":"2026-06-03T15:54:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T15:54:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/294544\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T15:54:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T15:54:21","slug":"miami-dade-teacher-accused-of-sexual-relationship-with-girl-17-given-house-arrest-nbc-6-south-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/294544\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami-Dade teacher accused of sexual relationship with girl, 17, given house arrest \u2013 NBC 6 South Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"

A teacher at a South Florida high school accused of engaging in an inappropriate sexual relationship with a student<\/a> was granted house arrest on Wednesday. <\/p>\n

Michael Enriquez, 53, is facing charges including unlawful sexual activity with a specified minor, lewd and lascivious touching, and offenses against students by authority figures.<\/p>\n

During his court appearance, Enriquez’s attorneys agreed on a bond, and he was given house arrest. <\/p>\n

Enriquez is listed as a science teacher at American Senior High School on the school\u2019s website.<\/p>\n

According to the sheriff’s office, Enriquez began having conversations with a 17-year-old female student last year, and those conversations turned into sexual acts.<\/p>\n

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53-year-old Michael Enriquez<\/p>\n

He continued the sexual relationship with the student until May 2026, after the student had turned 18, authorities said. <\/p>\n

Enriquez’s arraignment is scheduled for July 1. <\/p>\n

Students on Tuesday reacted <\/a>to Enriquez’s arrest. <\/p>\n

Authorities are concerned that there could be more victims. Anyone with any information is encouraged to contact the Special Victims Bureau at 305-715-3300<\/a> or the Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-TIPS (305-471-8477<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A teacher at a South Florida high school accused of engaging in an inappropriate sexual relationship with a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":294545,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1219,1973,123,125,124],"class_list":["post-294544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-crime-and-courts","tag-mdcps","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294544","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=294544"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294544\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/294545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=294544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=294544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=294544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}