Central Florida music teacher arrested for enticing minors in online sex acts
A Central Florida middle school music teacher has been arrested on federal charges for enticing children to perform sex acts online, according to court records.
Orange County Public Schools confirmed the teacher's identity as Italo Brett Bonini.
Bonini was a music teacher at Hunters Creek Middle School.
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On Feb. 4, the Osceola County Sheriff's Office was contacted by Maryland State Police regarding Brett Bonini after they discovered a conversation on Discord between Bonini and a minor.
The court documents state that Bonini made contact with an 8-year-old boy and a 6-year-old boy in Maryland and enticed them to perform sex acts in front of a computer, sometimes with each other.
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According to the federal affidavit, when questioned, Bonini told federal investigators, 'I fell into temptation that I should not have. I'm not a sick individual; I made a mistake.'
The Orange County School District provided Channel 9 with the following statement:
While the district does not comment on employee matters, Hunters Creek Middle School families were notified that an employee was placed on administrative leave after an arrest was reported. The individual will not return to campus during the investigation.
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