BAY CO. TEACHER ARRESTED
Bay County teacher arrested
for lewd conduct with student
PANAMA CITY – The Bay County Sheriff’s Office announced today the arrest of David Wayne Pittman for lewd and inappropriate conduct with an underage victim.
On July 22, 2023, the BCSO received information that a teacher at Rosenwald High School was having lewd and inappropriate contact with a student through electronic messaging. A witness stated that David Pittman, age 53, of Lynn Haven, had sent numerous inappropriate messages to a former student of his during a conversation on social media.
In the messages, Pittman made comments about the student’s body parts and requested lewd photographs. Also, in the messages Pittman admitted he had been staring at the student’s body parts in class when he was her teacher and wondered if she had noticed him doing so. Investigators believe Pittman was engaging in “grooming” the victim into further sexually explicit conversation or contact.
Investigators made contact with Pittman at his residence the evening of July 22 and he admitted to sending the messages to his former student. He was placed under arrest and booked into the Bay County Jail on the felony charge of Lewd Conduct Against a Student by an Authority Figure, a second degree felony.
Further follow up with Bay District Schools is ongoing in this case.
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