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Pinellas Teacher Charged With Sending Porn Out On Bail
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Published: March 9, 2009
Christy Martin
An Azalea Middle School teacher accused of sending pornography to a student has been released from the Pinellas County Jail after she posted bail of $20,000.
Christy Lynn Martin, 32, of 3457 Lynn Lake Drive S., was arrested Saturday and charged with sending pornographic photos to a 14-year-old boy's cell phone.
The boy is an eighth-grade student at Azalea but is not a student in any of Martin's classes, St. Petersburg police said.
Martin is charged with one count of transmitting pornographic images through an electric device and one count of transmitting material harmful to a minor.
The investigation began after the eighth-grader told an adult relative about his relationship with Martin. The relative told the boy's mother, who notified the St. Petersburg Police Department.
Detectives interviewed Martin, who admitted sending the photographs, police said.
Martin has been a full-time employee at Azalea since fall 2008. Prior to that, she was a teacher's assistant at the school.
Police said the details of the relationship are not yet clear.
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