Florida teacher accused of molesting student on school grounds
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A high school teacher in Florida was arrested and placed on leave for an alleged inappropriate relationship with a student on campus, deputies say.
Deputies say they were contacted Monday evening after the victim's mother learned Cridlebaugh exchanged explicit messages with her daughter, a student at Winter Springs High School, over the spring and early summer of 2023.
"During the course of the investigation, it was discovered that Cridlebaugh also had inappropriate sexual contact with the victim on several occasions on the school campus," Seminole County Sheriff's Office said in a press release. The allegations were supported by detectives conducted with the alleged victim, they said.
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