The FBI on Friday arrested a St. Johns County private school teacher accused of trying to meet a teenager, who was actually an undercover agent, for sex, according to federal court records.
Matthew Christopher Yates, 27, is charged with attempted online enticement of a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity, records show.
According to an 82-page criminal complaint, Yates is an eighth-grade teacher at Veritas Classical School in St. Augustine, a classical Christian school that teaches kindergarten through 10th grade. On June 30, 2021, according to the complaint, an agent working undercover was trying to identify adults trying to make contact with teens for illegal sexual activity using a social media app. According to the complaint, there was a user who posted, “Any women want to be rated by a teacher?” The agent posed as a 14-year-old girl and started messaging with the user, the complaint states.The complaint shows, on Feb.
During his interview with the FBI, according to the complaint, he acknowledged that the various usernames were his and that he is employed at “Veritas.”According to the complaint, he acknowledged that trying to meet a minor child for sex is illegal, and agents said he stated that he wanted “this,” which the agent “took to mean his arrest,” because he “wanted to be forced to be stopped.”
Yates said that he taught students from sixth through tenth grade and that he never fantasized about students, the complaint shows.
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