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Pictured: Christian Schneider. Courtesy: Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office.\u00a0 <\/p>\n
TAMPA, Fla. – A Memorial Middle School<\/a> teacher was arrested Friday after sending inappropriate messages to a former student, according to deputies.\u00a0<\/p>\n Tampa middle school investigation <\/p>\n What we know:<\/p>\n The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office said they started investigating the teacher, 31-year-old Christian Schneider, at the end of July. Detectives said Schneider was sending inappropriate messages to a former student at Franklin Middle School.\u00a0<\/p>\n The Memorial Middle School teacher told investigators that he was involved in inappropriate conversations with the victim since 2023, according to HCSO.\u00a0<\/p>\n Schneider was arrested on the following charges:\u00a0<\/p>\n Two counts of possession of child sexual abuse materialUnlawful use of two-way communication device <\/p>\n The investigation remains active.\u00a0<\/p>\n Message details <\/p>\n What we don’t know:<\/p>\n Authorities have not released details regarding how the messages were discovered or the exact age of the victim.<\/p>\n Sheriff Chronister statement <\/p>\n What they’re saying:<\/p>\n Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister released the following statement about the arrest:\u00a0<\/p>\n “Teachers hold a position of trust that comes with enormous responsibility. When that trust is exploited, it’s not just a crime, it’s a violation of everything our schools are supposed to stand for. Detectives will continue investigating these cases aggressively, and anyone who abuses their position with a child will be held accountable.”<\/p>\n The Source: The information in this story was gathered from the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office, which provided official statements and details on the arrest and ongoing investigation.\u00a0<\/p>\n Hillsborough County<\/a>Crime and Public Safety<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"article Pictured: Christian Schneider. Courtesy: Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office.\u00a0 TAMPA, Fla. – A Memorial Middle School teacher was…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":371912,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[630,47,629,115,135,137,136,628],"class_list":["post-371911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-crime-publicsafety","tag-fl","tag-hillsborough","tag-news","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371911","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=371911"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371911\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/371912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=371911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=371911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=371911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}