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Florida bus driver arrested for seeking romantic relationship with student
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A bus driver in Northeast Florida was arrested for violating Florida Statute 800.101, which prohibits school district employees from soliciting romantic relationships with students, the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office said.
The arrest followed an investigation by the SJSO’s Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) detectives, who discovered that Edward Betancur-Zabala, 36, had asked a student to fill out a form requesting her phone number and other personal information.
After receiving concerning text messages from an unknown number claiming to be an “admirer,” the student reported the incident to her school resource deputy, SJSO said in a post on its social media accounts.
ICAC detectives then assumed the student’s identity. They engaged in text conversations with Betancur-Zabala, during which he expressed a desire to “get to know” the student better and suggested meeting in her neighborhood.
SJSO said in its post that, “The suspect said he wanted to meet the victim and said they ‘won’t talk much,’ asked if there were cameras in her neighborhood, said ‘it’s very dangerous…someone from school can see us’ and added ‘I’ll greet you with a kiss.’”
Betancur-Zabala was apprehended by law enforcement on Monday night, SJSO body-worn camera video shows. Deputies said he traveled to the student’s neighborhood and sent a picture of where he was parked.
The victim’s prompt action in notifying her school resource deputy is credited with aiding the investigation and preventing further contact.
The arrest followed an investigation by the SJSO’s Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) detectives, who discovered that Edward Betancur-Zabala, 36, had asked a student to fill out a form requesting her phone number and other personal information.
After receiving concerning text messages from an unknown number claiming to be an “admirer,” the student reported the incident to her school resource deputy, SJSO said in a post on its social media accounts.
ICAC detectives then assumed the student’s identity. They engaged in text conversations with Betancur-Zabala, during which he expressed a desire to “get to know” the student better and suggested meeting in her neighborhood.
SJSO said in its post that, “The suspect said he wanted to meet the victim and said they ‘won’t talk much,’ asked if there were cameras in her neighborhood, said ‘it’s very dangerous…someone from school can see us’ and added ‘I’ll greet you with a kiss.’”
Betancur-Zabala was apprehended by law enforcement on Monday night, SJSO body-worn camera video shows. Deputies said he traveled to the student’s neighborhood and sent a picture of where he was parked.
The victim’s prompt action in notifying her school resource deputy is credited with aiding the investigation and preventing further contact.
Categories: Crime & Lawlessness Police
ELSHABAH 4 weeks ago
nleeklee 1 month ago
«dudes like this want to marry 13 year olds.. and they should be able to. but the usa is evil. meanwhile.. the musclebound demonic cop is bonin' the 12 year old that lives down the street from him.»
nleeklee 1 month ago
«i'm positive the chick is 12 or older.
she ought to be married. and this guy is right about wanting to bone her.
he should marry her and bone her.
but the devil usa and the devil cops of the usa work for satan and do satan's will.»
EchoChamberChampion 1 month ago
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EYeomans70 1 month ago
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