FL Teacher Accused Of Sending Nude Photo To Middle School Student On Snapchat

BRADENTON, FL — A teacher at a Bradenton middle school is accused of sending a nude photo to a 14-year-old student, according to a Manatee County Sheriff’s Office news release.

Oliver Fell, 28, turned herself in to deputies late Monday night.

She was charged with lewd contact with a student by an authority figure, a second-degree felony, and transmission of harmful material to a minor, a third-degree felony, and booked into Manatee County Jail.

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A school resource deputy began investigating Fell on March 3 when a male student at Carlos E. Haile Middle School reported that she had been communicating with him through Snapchat since December, the sheriff’s office said.

The boy also told investigators that the teacher sent him an explicit photo via the app on Jan. 2.

The school’s administration was informed of the allegations, and detectives from the MCSO Crimes Against Children Unit started an investigation.

Over the several weeks, detectives confirmed that the student had communicated with the teacher multiple times on social media, beginning in December.

After obtaining a search warrant allowing access to data from phones and social media accounts, detectives found “evidence that the communications led to lewd conduct involving the victim,” the sheriff’s office said.

Investigators confirmed that the explicit photo of a nude breast belonged to Fell, the agency said.

Additional information sent by Snapchat on May 12 strengthened the case and a warrant for her arrest was issued Monday.

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