A teacher at a Lutz school is behind bars after sending inappropriate messages to a former student, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said.
On Wednesday, the sheriff's office began an investigation after a parent found text messages between Scott Robert Wilson, 36, of Tampa and her 14-year-old child.
Detectives said that between May and July of this year, Wilson engaged in a sexually-explicit conversation with the teenage victim via Snapchat.
On Thursday, detectives interviewed Wilson and they said he admitted to having sexually explicit text conversations with the victim and to knowing the victim's age.
The victim was Wilson's former student at the Learning Gate Community School, however, she no longer attends the charter school.
Wilson was arrested and charged with one count of distributing obscene material to a minor. He was booked into Orient Road Jail. Wilson posted $2,000 bond early Friday morning, according to jail records.
Detectives do not believe other victims are involved. Anyone with additional information related to Wilson or this case is asked to call the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office at (813) 247-8200.
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