‘Predator’, 23, posed as schoolgirl on Snapchat to ‘have sex with teenage boy’
'It is disturbing and unsettling to see an adult take advantage of a child and prey on them.'
A woman has been accused of posing as a teenage girl on Snapchat in order to lure young goys into having sex with her.
Alyssa Ann Zinger, 23, pretended to be a homeschooled 14-year-old girl to lure potential victims.
Zinger, from Florida in the US, was first detained in November over engaging in more than 30 sex acts with one pupil.
She was ‘in a relationship’ with her first victim between May and September of last year, and police were alerted after the boy spoke to a teacher at school.
She was arrested again on Thursday after multiple new victims alleged that she had targeted them, and was accused of using Snapchat to contact her victims.
Footage shows her appearing before a judge in handcuffs earlier this week.
The Tampa Bay Times say she was accused of preying on at least five children aged as young as 12.
She’s accused of engaging in sex acts with one of the schoolboys and sending explicit videos to others.
Zinger has been charged with two counts of lewd and lascivious battery and five counts of lewd or lascivious molestation on a victim who is between 12 and 15 years old.
Chief Lee Bercaw of the Tampa Police Department said: ‘It is disturbing and unsettling to see an adult take advantage of a child and prey on them.
‘Anyone who may have been a victim of Zinger’s, we encourage you to come forward.
‘The Tampa Police Department will support you and ensure a predator like Zinger doesn’t cause you or others additional harm.’
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