Teacher arrested for soliciting students for sex on Instagram

Middle school teacher’s aide, Quinton Bradford, 24, of Tampa, was arrested Monday after Hillsborough County detectives say he admitted he solicited explicit photos and requested sexual encounters from two 13-year-old students over the last several weeks.

“I’m mad as hell. Sorry. This is ridiculous. When will this type of stuff stop?” said parent Nicole Collins, who said her son has had problems with Bradford in the past.

Jail records indicate that Bradford works as a paraprofessional at Buchanan Middle School on Bearss Avenue. That’s where he was arrested Monday.

Bradford asked to meet the victim in person "so he could rub on her buttocks," the affidavit reads. He also asked the victim to meet up with him on the weekend so they could engage in sexual intercourse.

During the same period of time, Bradford sent a direct message on Instagram to a second student, admiring her beauty. Deputies say that Bradford asked the second victim for nude photographs on three different occasions.

According to the criminal report, Bradford was also sending direct messages to a second victim during that time period and asked for nude pictures three times.

Story of Keaton Jones the Bullied Boy

On Friday, the boy’s mother, Kimberly Jones, posted the video on her Facebook page, shortly after picking up Keaton from school because her son was too afraid and upset to go to lunch. The Knoxville, Tennessee, boy describes having milk poured on him and being called ugly for the head scars left from a tumor operation.

But the attention also drew public curiosity and the surfacing of the prior social media posts from Kimberly Jones, Keaton’s mother. In addition to pictures of confederate flags, the old posts crudely criticize Colin Kaepernick and others protesting police brutality against black Americans. Some accounts include allegations of racism against the 11-year-old boy, saying he was bullied because he used racial epithets.

 Lam is also trying to make sure he is in touch with the real Kimberly Jones. He said someone got in touch with him saying he was a family friend after he started the Go Fund Me campaign, and gave him the email of someone he said was Kimberly Jones.

Keaton Jones became a viral sensation over the weekend, after his mother posted a video of him describing bullying and harassment by his classmates. Jones’ heart string-tugging story drew widespread support, including from “Reading Rainbow” host LeVar Burton and “Captain America” actor Chris Evans, the latter of whom invited the boy to the next “Avengers” premiere.