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<h1 class="has-text-color wp-block-heading" style="color:#332326;font-size:14px"><strong>Florida teacher arrested for allegedly having sex with a 12-year-old student, allegedly confessed when questioned by cops </strong></h1>



<h1 class="has-text-color wp-block-heading" style="color:#332326;font-size:14px"><strong>Science teacher <strong>David Augustine Hodge Jr., has been accused of having sex with the pre-teen</strong> whom he called his “girlfriend”, in a classroom, multiple times </strong></h1>



<h1 class="has-text-color wp-block-heading" style="color:#332326;font-size:14px"><strong> Hodge Jr., 30, was charged Wednesday with four counts of engaging in sexual acts with a child </strong></h1>



<h1 class="has-text-color wp-block-heading" style="color:#332326;font-size:14px"><strong>Hodge who was also the chess club mentor at West Homestead K-8 Center, allegedly started grooming the girl last year October </strong></h1>



<h1 class="has-text-color wp-block-heading" style="color:#332326;font-size:14px"><strong>Victim told detectives that she and Hodge eventually started sexting </strong></h1>



<h1 class="has-text-color wp-block-heading" style="color:#332326;font-size:14px"><strong>Miami-Dade County Public Schools &#8216;immediately removed Hodge from the campus when the girl’s parents reported the allegations </strong></h1>



<h1 class="has-text-color wp-block-heading" style="color:#332326;font-size:14px"><strong>Hodge &#8216;is in the process of being fired&#8217; the Miami-Dade County public Schools District announced </strong></h1>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/David-Augustine-Hodge-Jr.-1.png" alt="" class="wp-image-429992" width="835" height="641"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><strong>David Augustine Hodge Jr. was charged with engaging in sexual acts with a child over the alleged incident at West Homestead K-8 Center in Florida. Hodge, 30, allegedly, admitted to his misdeeds</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">A teacher in a Miami-Dade County school has been arrested for allegedly having sex with a 12-year-old student whom he called his “girlfriend”. The pair reportedly, had their liaisons in a classroom &#8211; multiple times.<br>David Augustine Hodge Jr., 30, was charged on Wednesday with four counts of engaging in sexual acts with a child after the girl’s parents discovered the alleged abuse and reported him, <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/teacher-arrested-for-allegedly-having-sex-with-student-at-homestead-school/2964321/" target="_blank">the crime</a>. <br>The child&#8217;s parents went to the West Homestead K-8 Center on January 6 and reported that a teacher at the school was having sex with their daughter.<br>Police say Hodge Jr, a science teacher and chess club mentor at West Homestead K-8 Center, allegedly started grooming the girl, who is now 13, in October last year.<br>He and the girl first started messaging each other via text and Instagram about school-related topics — but the conversations shifted to a sexual nature, cops said.<br>The girl told detectives that she and Hodge eventually started sexting &#8211; exchanging nude photos. <br>A month into the exchanges, Hodge allegedly asked the girl to start meeting him in a classroom on Friday afternoons after chess club finished. He told the student to tell her parents she was staying late for tutoring, police said.<br>Hodge is accused of having sex with the girl twice and engaging in other sex acts multiple times between November and last month.<br>The girl told detectives that she believed Hodge was her boyfriend and that they were in a romantic and sexual relationship together.<br>The teacher allegedly confessed when questioned by cops. <a href="https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/02/teacher-school-230203-02.jpg" rel="prettyPhoto"></a></p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/West-Homestead-K-8-Center-Miami-Dade-County-Florida-1.png" alt="" class="wp-image-429995" width="839" height="417"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><strong>David Hodge Jr, a science teacher and chess club mentor, West Homestead K-8 Center, in the Miami-Dade Public School system, allegedly started grooming the girl. for a year, police said</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The school district said they immediately removed Hodge from the campus when the girl’s parents reported the allegations and he is in the process of being fired.<br>“Miami-Dade County Public Schools is deeply troubled by the disturbing allegations made against this individual,” a statement from the district said. <br>“As soon as the claims surfaced, the employee was immediately removed from the school setting. After a thorough investigation by the Miami-Dade Schools Police Department, this individual was subsequently arrested. Conduct such as the one he is accused of will not be tolerated. <a href="https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/02/teacher-school-230203-05.jpg" rel="prettyPhoto"></a></p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/David-Augustine-Hodge-Jr-in-the-Miami-Dade-County-courthouse-1.png" alt="" class="wp-image-429996" width="839" height="388"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><strong>David Hodge was refused bail when he appeared at the Miami-Dade County Courthouse on Thursday. He&#8217;s being held at the county jail without bond</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“As such, the District has initiated employment termination proceedings, and will ensure the individual is precluded from seeking future employment with the District.”<br>David Hodge was refused bail when he appeared at the Miami-Dade County Courthouse on Thursday. He&#8217;s being held at the county jail without bond.</p>

Florida school teacher charged after having sex in classroom, multiple times, with 12-year-old student he called his ‘girlfriend’
