SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. — A former high school math teacher, Scott Kimbrough, 39, of Winter Park, is out on bond after being arrested Tuesday for the third time this year, on nine counts of possession of child pornography.
Kimbrough was initially arrested in May twice for sexual assault on a minor and lewd and lascivious behavior, said authorities.
During that investigation, Kimbrough's cellphone was seized for forensic examination. The examination revealed nine files of child pornography that contained images of unidentified children, said officials.
Kimbrough was booked into the John E. Polk Correction Facility on a $1,800 bail and bonded out Tuesday night.
On May 9, Lyman High School officials said they contacted law enforcement after they learned of possible inappropriate activity between Kimbrough and a 17-year-old female student.
The sexual abuse is believed to have occurred at least three times over the past three months at Kimbrough's Winter Park home, deputies said.
Deputies said the information was confirmed by the victim during an interview by investigators.
He was jailed on $10,200 bail, but he bonded out.
On May 10, he was arrested on multiple counts of sexual assault on a minor and lewd and lascivious behavior after deputies said a second student came forward claiming to have had sex with Kimbrough.
Kimbrough was granted a $30,000 bail and was released after bonding out.
People are demanding through social media to know why he was allowed to bond out for less than $2,000 the first time.
WFTV legal analyst Bill Sheaffer said a judge could have kept Kimbrough in jail after the first offense.
"The first time you're arrested, you're entitled to bond. If you're arrested while on bond that's not the case," he said.
Sheaffer said some judges are more likely to allow bond over worries about crowding at county jails, but Seminole County's jail is not at capacity.
No one answered at Kimbrough's home.
"For these types of offenses, violent offenses, sexual offenses, you reach a point where society is better served by not setting a bond," Sheaffer said.
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