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The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) arrested a substitute teacher for sharing and showing several sexual images to students while working at Jennings Middle School in Thonotosassa.<\/p>\n\n\n

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HCSO said in Dec. 2024, 22-year-old Chase Rush told his seventh-grade students to turn on their AirDrop and sent four students content that included nudity and bestiality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rush also admitted to sharing the same content with his 12-year-old relatives in an interview with detectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On June 10, Rush was arrested and charged with multiple counts of possessing and distributing sexual material involving an animal, distributing obscene and harmful material to minors, and unlawfully using a two-way communication device.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rush was employed by Kelly Education and is not an employee of Hillsborough County Public Schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is an active investigation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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