Arkansas middle school teacher, 30, is accused of instructing 14-year-old male student to send nudes via Snapchat to ‘arouse her’
- Police say 30-year-old Kaytlann Barnes used Snapchat to send explicit photos to one of her high school students and ask
- She was arrested last week at her Fort Worth home and held at the Logan County Detention Center
- Barnes is charged with several child sex crimes after police say she sent photos and videos “intentionally exposing her genitals” to the boy
An Arkansas high school teacher has been accused of soliciting nude photos from her 14-year-old male student via Snapchat.
Kaytlann Barnes, 30, of Booneville Junior High School, was arrested at her Fort Smith home last week and charged with a series of child sex crimes.
The teacher is accused of sending the boy sexually explicit photos to a student via the app and ordering him to send some back to her.
Kaytlann Barnes, 30, is accused of sending videos and photos “intentionally exposing her genitals” to a 14-year-old student and asking him to do the same for her
She has been fired from her position with the Boonville Public Schools district and charged with a series of child sex crimes
Court records obtained by KATV reveal Barnes sent several photos and a video “purposefully exposing her genitals.”
She then requested that the student be filmed again to “arouse or gratify her sexual desires,” according to the documents.
The exchange took place over the course of two nights while they were all at their respective homes, the documents state.
Barnes was charged with sexual indecency with a child; producing, directing or promoting a sexual performance by a child; unlawful use of a communications device; and computer child pornography.
According to court records, Barnes requested explicit video footage of the teen to “arouse or gratify her sexual desires.”
She has been fired from her role at the school and is no longer employed by the Boonville Public Schools district, police confirmed.
She was held and then released Monday from the Logan County Detention Center on $25,000 bail.
In a statement, Logan County Sheriff Jason W. Massey said, “We thank the Arkansas State Police, Booneville Public Schools and the State Attorney’s Office for their assistance in this investigation.”