Name: Jeffrey Halle, Jr., 2301 Timberlane Dr., Plant City, Florida Age: 32 School: C. Leon King High School, Tampa, Florida Position: English teacher in International Baccalaureate Program, National Honor Society faculty sponsor (previously taught at Freedom High School, Tampa, Florida; Plant City High School, Plant City, Florida) Victim: Girl, 17 Tampa Tribune: Teacher arrested on sex charges (July 17 2012) Jeffrey Halle, 32, of Plant City, had sex with a female student in a vacant classroom at King High during the spring semester, deputies said. He was charged with sexual battery/familiar, traveling to meet a minor and certain prohibited use of computer service and devices. He was charged with sexual battery/familiar because he was in a position of authority and knew the girl, said Larry McKinnon, a sheriff's office spokesman. Tampa-area (mostly former) educators with issues: Ethel Anderson, Seffner, Florida (arrested Feb 2012) Christy Ayala, Hillsborough, Florida (arrested Oct 2007) Christopher Bergman, Tampa, Florida (arrested Oct 2011) [assault] Christina Lin Butler, Tampa, Florida (arrested Oct 2007) Carlos Marcell Dixon, Dover, Florida (arrested Aug 2013) Sherika Dunbar, Tampa, Florida (arrested March 2012) [drugs] Jeffrey Halle, Jr., Tampa, Florida (arrested July 2012) Phillip G. Kornell, Tampa, Florida (arrested Mar 2013) [underage sex sting] Debra LaFave, Tampa, Florida (arrested Jun 2004) Joseph Gerald Mendolia, Plant City, Florida (arrested July 2013) James Jules Pepe, Valrico, Florida (arrested Sept 2012) [accused of hiring hit man] Chung Ramos, Riverview, Florida (resigned May 2012) John Sinibaldi, South Tampa, Florida (suspended Oct 2007) [excessive texting] Esraa Mohamed Soliman, Tampa, Florida (arrested Oct 2012) [child abuse] Roy W. Thomas, Hillsborough, Florida (arrested Nov 2011) [child porn] Lauren Shreeve Tilo, Hillsborough, Florida (arrested May 2010) David Valesano Jr., Lithia, Florida (arrested July 2013) [child porn] WTSP: King High School teacher arrested for having sex with underage student (July 16 2012) A knock at 2301 Timberlane Dr. in Plant City, and no answer at the door. It is the home of 32-year-old Jeff Halle Jr., now behind bars. Halle is a teacher at King High School in Tampa. Cops say he was engaging in inappropriate sexual conduct with one of his female students. ... Cops say the two exchanged texts agreeing to meet at her home for sex, but the student's father intercepted the texts and confronted Halle when he arrived. Halle quickly left, and the student's parents then called the sheriff's department and reported the incident. WTSP: King High School teacher arrested for sex with student (July 16 2012) 32-year old Jeffrey Halle, Jr. of Plant City supervised an after school program at King, when deputies say he began the affair with a 17-year-old girl enrolled in the program. The affair lasted close to four months, until the girl's father confronted Halle. According to officials, it was on or around March 17 when Halle and the female student allegedly engaged in sexual activities in a vacant classroom at the school. Reports say over the four-month period, Halle and the girl made arrangements during regular school hours to meet in the vacant classroom after school. Tags:
Bay News 9: King High School teacher accused of sexual relationship with student (July 16 2012) ... King High School teacher Jeffrey Halle Jr., 32, of Plant City, was arrested Monday afternoon and will be booked into the Hillsborough County Jail. Halle allegedly had sexual contact with a 17-year-old female student in a vacant classroom while at King High School located at 6815 N. 56th Street in Tampa. The sexual relationship allegedly spanned from the middle of March through July 12. McKinnon said the relationship developed as the student was enrolled in an after school program that Halle supervised. Halle and the student allegedly made arrangements to meet in a vacant classroom during the after school program My Fox Tampa Bay: Teacher arrested, accused of sex with student (July 16 2012) Deputies arrested 32-year-old Jeffrey J. Halle, a teacher at King High School ... Deputies arrested Halle late Monday afternoon. He was booked into the Hillsborough County Jail on charges of sexual battery, and traveling to meet a minor. ABC Action News: Teacher arrested after alleged sex with student (July 16 2012) Tampa Bay Times: King High School IB teacher accused of having sex with student (July 17 2012) An English teacher at King High School had sexual contact with a 17-year-old female student in a vacant classroom, authorities said Monday. Jeffrey Halle Jr., 32, a teacher in the International Baccalaureate program and faculty sponsor of the National Honor Society and book and poetry clubs, was held in the Hillsborough County jail without bail. He faces a first-degree felony sexual battery charge and second-degree felony charges of traveling to meet a minor after using a computer and prohibited use of a computer service or device.
Plant City Courier: King High teacher accused of sex with student (July 16 2012) A King High School English teacher in the school's International Baccalaureate program was arrested Monday, accused of having sex with one of his students after school, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said. Jeffrey Halle, 32, of Plant City, had sex with a female student in a vacant classroom at King High during the spring semester, deputies said. He was charged with sexual battery/familiar, traveling to meet a minor and certain prohibited use of computer service and devices. He was charged with sexual battery/familiar because he was in a position of authority and knew the girl, said Larry McKinnon, a sheriff's office spokesman. Bay News 9: Tampa teacher accused of sex with student to remain in jail (July 17 2012) The Hillsborough County teacher arrested Monday and accused of having sex with a student will remain in jail. Making his first appearance in court today, Jeffrey Halle Jr. received no bond on charges of sexual battery. He received a $90,000 total bond on charges of traveling to meet a minor and prohibited use of computer services or devices. According to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office, Halle, 32, allegedly had sexual contact with a 17-year-old female student in a vacant classroom at King High School, where Halle taught in the school's International Baccalaureate program and headed the book and poetry clubs. Investigators said the sexual relationship allegedly spanned from the middle of March through July 12. DigTriad: Teacher arrested for sex with student in classroom [Video] (July 17 2012) Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office detectives arrested a King High School teacher today for having a sexual affair with an underage, female student.
Marco Island Sun Times: Plant City teacher accused of having sex with underage student (July 17 2012) A knock at 2301 Timberlane Dr. in Plant City, and no answer at the door. It is the home of 32-year-old Jeff Halle Jr., now behind bars. Halle is a teacher at King High School in Tampa. Police say he was engaging in inappropriate sexual conduct with one of his female students. It was a secret. No one knew that they planned their clandestine meetings in a vacant classroom somewhere on campus. First Coast News: Teacher arrested for sex with student in classroom [Video] (July 18 2012)
