The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office says a teacher at Livingstone Academy in Seffner is facing several different charges for allegedly showing pornography and inappropriately touching a student.
Matthew Hike, 33, was also an assistant football coach at Bloomingdale High School. He's been charged with Lewd or Lascivious Molestation and Selling or Distributing Obscene Material to a Minor.
Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister issued the following statement:
"Those adults placed in positions of trust who prey on our children and victimize them have no place in our community. This suspect did not have the student in his class, but instead targeted the juvenile in the hallway, gaining the victim's trust and friendship before committing this heinous crime."
Deputies are asking anyone who thinks they may have been victimized to call the Hillsborough Sheriff's Office at 813-247-8200.
photo: Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office