School System Defends Teacher Accused of Showing Nude Pics to Teen Student | Crime Alert 10AM 04.01.26

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I'm Drew Nelson, a Tennessee teen says her teacher showed her nude photos on his phone

and the case is now under investigation as the school district claims it was an accident.

In Montgomery County, 17-year-old Mackenzie Eleathor says the incident happened on March

9th inside a classroom at Montgomery Central High School.

She says she was speaking with her teacher Matthew Vetter when he began showing her images.

Here's Mackenzie on WTVF.

He showed me a picture and it was like a project that he was working on and then he swiped

over and it was a full nude photo.

Mackenzie says the images did not stop there.

She described seeing several photos as he continued to swipe.

She says she left and immediately called her mom.

I just called her and told her everything and I didn't really know what to think because

I was like mom like I don't understand what I did or what why he's doing that.

Her parents contacted the sheriff's office and investigation is now underway involving

the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office, the Department of Children's Services and the

District Attorney's Office.

Mackenzie says she does not believe the incident was accidental.

She says the teacher could have reacted differently in the moment but did not.

She says the moment changed how she viewed someone she once trusted.

Just because like I looked up to him because he was my teacher and so I'm like why me?

The school district tells investigators a different version.

Officials say the inappropriate image was quote accidentally briefly displayed while

the teacher was showing an appropriate photo to a student.

They say he was immediately removed from campus and reassigned to an alternative work

site while the investigation continues.

The teacher just so happens to be married to the district superintendent who has stepped

away from the case herself.

The district says there are no prior complaints or disciplinary actions in his personnel file

and he has been employed since August of 2020.

Mackenzie's mother Ashley describes what her daughter told her and how it affected her.

And to purposely show her holding something out and showing her that's disgusting and

it scared her.

The family says they have received little communication from the district since reporting the incident.

They say they feel left in the dark as the investigation moves forward.

And while officials confirm the findings will be turned over to prosecutors once the investigation

is complete.

The district says it will not begin its own internal review until those outside investigations

are finished.

Mackenzie says she no longer feels safe at school.

She says she is speaking out so other students know they are not alone and can come forward

if something happens to them.

More crime and justice news after this.

A two-year-old in Michigan is safe after being unknowingly towed away inside a repossessed

car.

This is not a repeat from two weeks ago.

In Detroit police say the incident happened Friday when a tow truck driver with bulldog

recovery repossessed a vehicle on Fullerton Street.

The driver did not realize a toddler was inside the back seat at the time.

Authorities say the situation changed quickly once the driver was alerted.

He immediately turned around and brought the car back.

The child was reunited with their mother and was not hurt.

The driver later explained he looked inside the vehicle before towing but could not see

inside clearly.

He says the windows were heavily tinted and the child was covered with a blanket, making

it difficult to spot anyone inside.

The driver says he pulled over multiple times to check on the child during the return

trip and found the toddler asleep the entire time.

Police confirmed no charges are expected in the case.

The incident comes just weeks after another child was found alive inside a towed vehicle

in a nearby community.

The baby was there for two days before the father helped track him down in an impound

lot.

He was later arrested for child abuse.

An Arizona investigation leads to two arrests after deputies uncover a suitcase full of

materials tied to a scheme that could produce more than a million dollars in counterfeit

cash in a so-called bill washing scam.

In Yalva Pi County deputies say Lee Clark Fala, age 40 and Kenneth Pisco, age 46, were

taken into custody after a March 24th investigation in the ash fork area.

The case began when the sheriff's office says its special crimes in canine units learned

a serious crime was underway.

Investigators located the suspect vehicle and searched it.

Inside they found a suitcase that contained a safe when deputies opened the safe, they say

it was filled with materials used to produce fake currency.

Authorities report finding specialized paper, ink, gloves and partially printed $100 bills.

Detectives say those items pointed to what's known as a bill washing scheme.

Deputies believe the suspects were taking real money like dollar bills, removing the ink,

and then reprinting bills like hundreds.

And because the base paper is real, the altered bills can be harder to detect with a counterfeit

detector pen.

Investigators estimate the supplies could have been used to produce more than $1 million

possibly one and a quarter million in counterfeit currency.

Officials say the operation may have stretched across multiple states.

The suspects are now facing a series of charges, including fraud of forgery, money laundering,

criminal possession of a forgery device, and criminal simulation.

Sure, officials say the investigation is still ongoing as they work to determine the

full scope of the operation and whether others may be involved.

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With this crime alert, I'm Dr. Nelson.