POLK COUNTY, Fla. — Deputies have reported that a second teacher was arrested in Polk County for inappropriate conduct with a child on Wednesday.
The Polk County Sheriff's Office said the man, Rameir Jones, 21, was a school teacher at Preparing the Way Academy in Lakeland. The victim, a 15-year-old girl, did not attend his school.
Detectives went to Jones' home searching for a 15-year-old girl after she allegedly cut off her ankle monitor and left her home on December 4. Polk County detectives said Jones initially said he hadn't seen the victim in four days. Detectives found the teen girl the next morning.
According to PCSO, the victim told detectives she and Jones flirted with each other and sent lewd and explicit messages to each other. Detectives said Jones admitted to sending the lewd texts, picking the teen up, and hiding her inside his car when deputies were searching for her at his home.
Jones was charged with sex offense on a student by an authority figure, traveling to meet a minor to engage in illegal activity, accessory after the fact, and other charges.
An unrelated incident involved Jerron Dunn, a substitute teacher at New Beginnings High School, who authorities claimed used Snapchat to send two female students, ages 17 and 18, explicit videos of himself. Dunn was arrested on Nov. 30.
"Two teachers preying on students is two too many. I don't know what either of these suspects were thinking, but rest assured, if you groom, solicit, inappropriately talk to, or touch any student here in Polk County, we will lock you up and do our best to make sure you won't have access to children again," Sheriff Grady Judd said in a press release.
