Teacher Faces Deportation After Allegedly Showing Explicit Photo To 15-Year-Old Student

A middle school teacher in Florida faces deportation after authorities arrested him for allegedly showing a picture of his genitals to a 15-year-old student.

Authorities arrested Jonathan Rowe, a 45-year-old math teacher and Jamaican national, on charges of showing obscene material to a minor and unlawful use of a two-way device.

Rowe is in the United States on a J-1 Visa.

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BREAKING: Hernando County (FL) TEACHER to be DEPORTED after ARRESTED for showing a 15-year-old male student a picture of his penis.

Jonathan Rowe is a Jamaican citizen currently in the U.S., preying on children while on a J-1 visa.

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From The Independent:

The teen boy was in Rowe’s classroom at Explorer K-8 in Spring Hill, Florida, on May 13, during a planning period when he asked Rowe to show him a photo they had previously taken together in the classroom, according to police.

After Rowe grabbed his cell phone and began scrolling through his photos, “he would stop on photos of what the student believed was Rowe’s genitalia,” authorities said.

Rowe then allegedly instructed the student to take his cell phone to the bathroom to take pictures of his genitalia to then show Rowe, which the student refused to do.

When authorities later questioned Rowe, he confirmed he had pictures of his genitalia on his phone – but declined to answer whether he showed the pictures to the teen.

Rowe was arrested Monday at his Spring Hill home and transported to the Hernando County Detention Center, where he is being held on a $25,000 bond.

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Per NewsNation:

A spokesperson for the Hernando County School District confirmed Rowe had been employed as a middle school teacher at Explorer K-8 since August. His profile on the school’s website showed he taught math for grades six through eight.

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He was terminated last week on Wednesday, May 14 and “will not be allowed to return,” according to the school district.

“The Hernando County School District is committed to fostering a safe learning environment with a zero-tolerance stance against those who put our students’ well-being in jeopardy,” a spokesperson for the school district wrote in an email.

The sheriff’s office said Rowe is a citizen of Jamaica and was in the United States on a J-1 visa — a type of visa that allows foreign nationals to enter the U.S. for educational or exchange programs.

Authorities said Tuesday that Homeland Security Investigations and the U.S. Department of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) were notified for the purposes of starting the deportation process.

No other victims have been identified, according to the sheriff’s office. However, the investigation remained ongoing Tuesday.