Ex-Miami-Dade charter school teacher sentenced for misconduct with student in 2023

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – A erstwhile athletics teacher astatine a Miami-Dade County charter schoolhouse has been sentenced to astir a twelvemonth successful jailhouse and much than a decennary of supervision aft pleading blameworthy Wednesday to a complaint involving inappropriate behaviour with a pistillate pupil that occurred backmost successful 2023.

Jose Glen Rodriguez Vazquez, 33, pleaded blameworthy to 1 number of offenses against students by authorization figures, a felony punishable by up to 15 years successful authorities prison.

In speech for his plea, prosecutors agreed to driblet a 2nd number primitively filed against him.

Rodriguez Vazquez was sentenced to 364 days successful region jail, followed by 2 years of assemblage power with nary aboriginal termination and 10 years of reporting probation.

A justice besides ruled that helium volition not beryllium required to registry arsenic a enactment offender, but helium indispensable implicit a mentally disordered enactment offender attraction program.

Rodriguez Vazquez was arrested Dec. 1, 2023, pursuing an probe into what authorities described arsenic “suspicious activity” involving a pistillate pupil astatine Doctors Charter School successful Miami Shores, wherever helium worked.

Surveillance video reviewed by constabulary showed the pupil skipping people connected respective occasions betwixt Oct. 31 and Nov. 14 of that twelvemonth to sojourn Rodriguez Vazquez’s office.

In 1 video, constabulary said helium was seen staring astatine the student’s buttocks arsenic she placed a cupful connected a array portion wearing a abbreviated skirt. They besides confirmed that different video showed the 2 stepping into a country conscionable extracurricular his schoolroom earlier reentering.

Police said the pupil wasn’t enrolled successful immoderate of his classes and had nary crushed to beryllium successful his bureau during instructional time.

When interviewed by detectives successful the beingness of her parents, the pupil admitted to engaging successful aggregate intersexual conversations with Rodriguez Vazquez, including a infinitesimal erstwhile helium allegedly told her, “I privation I could buss you close now.”

Investigators besides reviewed her phone, which showed galore incoming and outgoing calls with Rodriguez Vazquez.

School officials said Rodriguez Vazquez was terminated pursuing the investigation.

He is expected to statesman serving his jailhouse condemnation immediately.

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