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Orange County middle school teacher arrested in online sex sting

ORLANDO, Florida — Lake County sheriff’s Cyber Crimes Unit dubbed the operation Treasure Florida’s Kids II.

Investigators posed as young teens, ages 13 through 15, during the week-long sting targeting people attempting to meet children for sex.

In total, 14 men were arrested, including Jason Sellards, a middle school language arts teacher at Wolf Lake Middle School in Apopka.

He’s been employed with the Orange County School District since 2011.

Orange County Schools hasn’t responded yet to our request about Sellard’s status as a teacher.

As for the other suspects, we are learning one man is a cook at Universal Resort Orlando.

Most of them are from Central Florida.

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