St. Petersburg, FLORIDA

NO CHARGE.
July 26, 2008 - Prosecutors will not pursue criminal charges against Snieszko.

April 30, 2008 - Darren Snieszko, 25, a Gibbs High School science teacher was arrested on charges that he engaged in inappropriate behavior with students. He was charged with interfering with custody. Police say he encouraged a 16-year-old girl attending Gibbs to go on what he called a field trip to Lowry Park Zoo alone with him.
News Channel 8 has a great arrest photo.

St. Petersburg Police Department spokesman Bill Proffitt characterized the outing as a date. The girl and her mother went to the police station on April 11 to complain. Another female student at the school also is claiming Snieszko took her on a trip, but Snieszko has not been charged in that incident.

The student said Snieszko sent a her a variety of romantic messages using MySpace, cell phone text messages and instant email messages, according to a police report.
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Comment at news story: "AT what point are we going to FIRE the person in charge of the school system?"
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NO CHARGES July 26 - Prosecutors will not pursue criminal charges. School officials began an investigation that found Snieszko didn't have any sexual contact with the girls, but that he became too close to them by taking them to the movies, the zoo and Busch Gardens without informing their parents, said Valerie Brimm, a district administrator.

Brimm said one student said she and Snieszko kissed, though Snieszko told investigators that the student initiated it.

The school district was going to recommend that Snieszko be fired, but gave him the option of resigning. He quit July 1.

"He was very remorseful in saying that in hindsight he made some terrible decisions," Brimm said.

Prosecutors will not pursue the criminal charge because the girl's mother wanted to put the incident behind them, said prosecutor Beverly Andringa.