On May 21, 2021, the Citrus County Sheriffโs Office (CCSO) was contacted in reference to a Lecanto High School teacher sending lewd text messages and images to a student.
During the investigation, Detective Mission with the CCSO Special Victims Unit obtained evidence that revealed 33-year-old Adam Joseph Joerres had been engaging in inappropriate conversations of a sexual nature with a student through text messages spanning over the past several months.
Officials made contact with Joerres earlier this morning to speak with him regarding this case. During his interview, Joerres made statements that confirmed the allegations. He was subsequently placed under arrest for solicitation of sexual conduct from a student by an authority figure.
โ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ง๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ณ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฏ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ถ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ, ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ค๐ข๐ฑ๐ข๐ค๐ช๐ต๐บ, ๐๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฃ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บโ๐ด ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ,โ said Sheriff Mike Prendergast. โ๐ ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ญ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ด๐ข๐ง๐ฆ๐ต๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ข๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฅ๐ท๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐บ.โ
As a result of this investigation, CCSO officials arrested Joerres. Joerres is currently being held at the Citrus County Detention Facility with a bond of $10,000.00 per the bond schedule.
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