According to the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office, a high school teacher was detained on Wednesday after touching at least one pupil inappropriately.
Jason Sager, a 48-year-old teacher at South Sumter High School in Bushnell, Florida, was accused of touching a child and sending them improper messages after the teenager came forward on Friday, according to deputies.
Following an investigation, deputies claimed that Sager had been inappropriately touching the student and had been contacting the girl on social media during after-school hours.
Four counts of violence and two counts of transmitting harmful material to a juvenile are brought against Sager. On a $14,000 bond, he was lodged in the Hernando County Detention Center.