Jonathan Rowe, a 45-year-old Jamaican math instructor at Explorer Ok-8 in Spring Hill, Florida, was arrested on Monday and is now going through deportation after allegedly displaying nude pictures of his genitalia to a 15-year-old pupil.
Rowe, who had been employed on the center faculty for the reason that begin of the college 12 months, is within the U.S. on a J-1 visa, which allows overseas nationals to enter the nation for instructional or trade applications. He was charged with displaying obscene materials to a minor and illegal use of a two-way system, each felonies, in line with the Hernando County Sheriff’s Workplace.
The incident reportedly occurred on Could 13 throughout a planning interval. The teenager boy instructed police he had requested Rowe to indicate him a photograph that they had beforehand taken collectively. As Rowe scrolled by his cellphone, “he would cease on pictures of what the scholar believed was Rowe’s genitalia,” authorities said. The coed additional alleged that Rowe then “instructed the scholar to take his cellular phone to the toilet to take footage of his genitalia to then present Rowe,” which the scholar refused to do.
When questioned by investigators, Rowe “confirmed he had footage of his genitalia on his cellphone” however “declined to reply whether or not he confirmed the images to the teenager.”
Rowe was arrested at his Spring Hill house and transported to the Hernando County Detention Middle, the place he’s being held on a $25,000 bond.
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Federal immigration officers have been notified of Rowe’s arrest “for the needs of acquiring a detainer, which begins the deportation course of.”
Rowe was reportedly terminated from his educating job final Wednesday, with a spokesperson for the Hernando County College District stating he “won’t be allowed to return” to the college district. As of Wednesday, no different victims have been recognized, although the police investigation stays ongoing.
