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I'm Drew Nelson, a Tennessee teen says her teacher showed her nude photos on his phone
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and the case is now under investigation as the school district claims it was an accident.
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In Montgomery County, 17-year-old Mackenzie Eleathor says the incident happened on March
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9th inside a classroom at Montgomery Central High School.
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She says she was speaking with her teacher Matthew Vetter when he began showing her images.
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Here's Mackenzie on WTVF.
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He showed me a picture and it was like a project that he was working on and then he swiped
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over and it was a full nude photo.
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Mackenzie says the images did not stop there.
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She described seeing several photos as he continued to swipe.
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She says she left and immediately called her mom.
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I just called her and told her everything and I didn't really know what to think because
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I was like mom like I don't understand what I did or what why he's doing that.
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Her parents contacted the sheriff's office and investigation is now underway involving
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the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office, the Department of Children's Services and the
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District Attorney's Office.
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Mackenzie says she does not believe the incident was accidental.
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She says the teacher could have reacted differently in the moment but did not.
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She says the moment changed how she viewed someone she once trusted.
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Just because like I looked up to him because he was my teacher and so I'm like why me?
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The school district tells investigators a different version.
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Officials say the inappropriate image was quote accidentally briefly displayed while
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the teacher was showing an appropriate photo to a student.
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They say he was immediately removed from campus and reassigned to an alternative work
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site while the investigation continues.
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The teacher just so happens to be married to the district superintendent who has stepped
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away from the case herself.
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The district says there are no prior complaints or disciplinary actions in his personnel file
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and he has been employed since August of 2020.
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Mackenzie's mother Ashley describes what her daughter told her and how it affected her.
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And to purposely show her holding something out and showing her that's disgusting and
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The family says they have received little communication from the district since reporting the incident.
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They say they feel left in the dark as the investigation moves forward.
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And while officials confirm the findings will be turned over to prosecutors once the investigation
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The district says it will not begin its own internal review until those outside investigations
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Mackenzie says she no longer feels safe at school.
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She says she is speaking out so other students know they are not alone and can come forward
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if something happens to them.
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More crime and justice news after this.
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A two-year-old in Michigan is safe after being unknowingly towed away inside a repossessed
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This is not a repeat from two weeks ago.
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In Detroit police say the incident happened Friday when a tow truck driver with bulldog
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recovery repossessed a vehicle on Fullerton Street.
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The driver did not realize a toddler was inside the back seat at the time.
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Authorities say the situation changed quickly once the driver was alerted.
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He immediately turned around and brought the car back.
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The child was reunited with their mother and was not hurt.
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The driver later explained he looked inside the vehicle before towing but could not see
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He says the windows were heavily tinted and the child was covered with a blanket, making
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it difficult to spot anyone inside.
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The driver says he pulled over multiple times to check on the child during the return
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trip and found the toddler asleep the entire time.
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Police confirmed no charges are expected in the case.
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The incident comes just weeks after another child was found alive inside a towed vehicle
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in a nearby community.
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The baby was there for two days before the father helped track him down in an impound
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He was later arrested for child abuse.
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An Arizona investigation leads to two arrests after deputies uncover a suitcase full of
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materials tied to a scheme that could produce more than a million dollars in counterfeit
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cash in a so-called bill washing scam.
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In Yalva Pi County deputies say Lee Clark Fala, age 40 and Kenneth Pisco, age 46, were
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taken into custody after a March 24th investigation in the ash fork area.
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The case began when the sheriff's office says its special crimes in canine units learned
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a serious crime was underway.
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Investigators located the suspect vehicle and searched it.
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Inside they found a suitcase that contained a safe when deputies opened the safe, they say
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it was filled with materials used to produce fake currency.
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Authorities report finding specialized paper, ink, gloves and partially printed $100 bills.
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Detectives say those items pointed to what's known as a bill washing scheme.
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Deputies believe the suspects were taking real money like dollar bills, removing the ink,
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and then reprinting bills like hundreds.
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And because the base paper is real, the altered bills can be harder to detect with a counterfeit
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Investigators estimate the supplies could have been used to produce more than $1 million
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possibly one and a quarter million in counterfeit currency.
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Officials say the operation may have stretched across multiple states.
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The suspects are now facing a series of charges, including fraud of forgery, money laundering,
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criminal possession of a forgery device, and criminal simulation.
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Sure, officials say the investigation is still ongoing as they work to determine the
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full scope of the operation and whether others may be involved.
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With this crime alert, I'm Dr. Nelson.