HALL COUNTY, Ga. — A now-former teacher is being held in the Hall County Jail after being accused of an inappropriate relationship with one of his students and grooming her.
The Hall County Sheriff’s Office says Eduardo Abinadab Landino, a 27-year-old math teacher at West Hall Middle School, was arrested during a traffic stop on Tuesday.
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Deputies say school district administrators notified a school resource officer about the allegations against Landino in March. That’s when the sheriff’s office began investigating.
Investigators say Landino groomed a female student for sex acts with phone calls, text messages, social media and in-person conversations at school.
They also say that he drove her home from sports practice and asked her to perform a sex act.
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Investigators believe the grooming began in January and lasted until March when administrators found out.
“That’s crazy, I don’t think, I wouldn’t expect that from a teacher. I have two little ones, so it’s kinda scary,” parent Katherine Saenz told Channel 2’s Tom Regan.
He is currently being held in the Hall County Jail without bond on charges of enticing a child for indecent purposes and grooming a child for indecent purposes.
In a statement to Channel 2 Action News, district officials confirmed that Landino was placed on leave on March 5 after administrators learned he sent “excessive text messages to a student.” They say he resigned two days later.
“The district did not know the content of the text messages, as Mr. Landino’s phone was confiscated immediately by law enforcement,” the district’s statement read in part.
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