Pasco County teacher accused of sexual battery on middle school student

The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office arrested a Pasco County teacher after they say he sexually battered an underaged student.

The investigation started on Jan. 7 after detectives received information about an inappropriate relationship between Kyle Handfield, 32, and a student who was 14-years-old at the time of the incident, a news release from the sheriff's office reports.

During the investigation, detectives say they discovered the relationship happened from 2017 through 2018. Handfield was the teen's teacher at the time. Handfield started to communicate with the teen through a social networking site, the sheriff's office explains.

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