PANAMA CITY ― A neighborhood instructor was arrested Thursday on fees that she had sexual relations with a pupil, in keeping with a Panama Metropolis police report.
The report alleges that Erika Mattson, 36, of Panama Metropolis, a instructor at Kaleidoscope Faculty of Discovery, had a sexual relationship with a pupil enrolled on the faculty starting in Might 2023.
The scholar was 18 on the time, police say. Mattson is charged with an authority determine partaking in sexual conduct with a pupil, a felony.
The scholar informed officers the connection began when he noticed Mattson crying in her classroom and approached her. He mentioned they then started messaging one another on Fb and flirting. He mentioned the connection developed right into a sexual relationship whereas he was nonetheless a pupil on the faculty, in keeping with the arrest affidavit.
He informed police they continued the connection after he graduated and he offered authorities with pictures of himself shirtless being embraced by Mattson and kissing, in keeping with the report.
Despite the fact that the coed was 18, police mentioned the instructor violated state statute as a result of she was an authority determine on the faculty the coed was enrolled in.
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