ARRESTED: Sept. 5, 2007 -
Steven Maffucci, 30, an English teacher from Treasure Coast High School, was arrested after he sent three students sexual messages via cell phone and My Space. Two of the girls were 16 years old; a third girl was 15.
One of the girls reported him to the school resource officer. Maffucci wa
s fired today. He worked for the school for two years.
One 16-year-old girl told deputies that she responded to the messages for a while to see "how far he would take it." She blocked his messages after he told her he was touching himself. He also sent her text messages on her cell phone and attempted to call her after she blocked his online messages, according to the police report.He was charged with lewd computer solicitation of a child. He is being held on $25,000 bail at the St. Lucie County Jail.
The girl reported him Tuesday to a school resource officer at Treasure Coast High. Maffucci told deputies at first that he did not have inappropriate relationships with students, but later admitted that he asked to see one girl naked and told her he was touching himself. He told deputies that he "may have been masturbating" as he messaged with one of the girls, according to the report.
