What grade is this kid in? I don't I don't recall. Okay, well, is she a young student at your school an older student at your school cuz I know you teach kindergarten. >> I'd rather talk to a lawyer. Okay. On July 2nd, 2025, the South Florida Task Force received nine cyber tips that led them straight to a South Florida elementary school teacher. Are you at 225? Is there anyone else inside? Anybody else inside? No. What do you have on you? No, I'm naked. Sir, what's your name? My cat's in there. What's your name, sir? Craig Rogers. My cat's in there. All right, that's how we're going. Probably not. Hey, Mr. Rogers. Anybody else inside? No, I was with anybody. See cat? Is there anybody else inside? Just just you? What about my cat? Yeah, we'll make sure the cat's okay. Why am I being arrested? It'll all be explained to you. I'm naked. Can you cover me? South Bay Police Department. You're at 225. If you're inside, come out with your hands up. Why am I being arrested? It'll be explained in a second. Okay, um we're going to explain all that momentarily. I have a detective that's going to come talk to you. She's going to explain everything to you. >> Am I going to jail? I don't know. I'm going to speak with you. For now, you're just being detained. Do you want to come with me? I'm I'm scared. The police are right there. Okay, well, can you just come with me? We're just going to talk in my car, okay? So, we're here regarding your Kik account today. Okay? Um it was reported to us um that there were some racy images on your Kik account. Okay, so I got a warrant and went through it. Okay? And there are some images on there, but I feel like most of them are not anything to write home about. um but that being said, I have to speak with you about them, okay? Uh what is your what is your um profession? What do you do for work? I'm a school teacher. Okay, where do you teach? Uh Westchester Elementary. Okay, and what do you teach there? I teach physical education. Physical education, okay. So, you teach PE. Okay, what grades do you teach? K through 5. K through 5, okay. Do you enjoy that? It's a Yeah. good profession. Okay, basically what I want to talk to you about is I want to confirm that the images in that I'm seeing here, because I got a a warrant for your account, as I told you, and I've gone through it. I want to confirm that none of the images in there are nude images of your students, and I want to make sure that none of and and I want to make sure that there has not been any inappropriate relationships >> No, but no. >> with any of your students. No. You're positive? No. No, you're not positive? No, I've never had anything inappropriate or ever had anything like that, no. Okay. >> never. And you would never? No. Okay, okay. So, what I'd like to do is I'd like to go through some of the things that I found with you, okay? And you can tell me um I just want to confirm that these are not your students, okay? So, I want to go through each thing with you and talk to you about it. Okay? So, I see that you've got a few different emails through Kik Okay. >> made, okay? Um and none of them make sense to me, but they might make sense to you. Feel like running, who is this? Something that you Are you a runner? I don't really recall that. You don't you don't recall any of this? I don't feel like running, I don't recall that. No, okay. How about What is this? What does this say? I don't have my glasses. Okay. You want me to go get them for you? So you can see this? Okay. If something is going on with one of your students, we we our my job our job is >> going on with any of my students. >> Okay, well our job is to make sure that the these kids are safe, You okay? >> Okay, and we're just here to confirm that today. Okay? How bad is your vision? Like if she were to show you pictures, would you be able to see pictures or do you need them to see them? >> probably see pictures. Okay, very good. Do you recognize this? I don't recall. You don't recall? Does that look familiar like a place that you know? I don't recall. >> Can you see it? Mhm. Craig, you understand that I we've done our background on this, okay? >> more pictures? >> Yeah, absolutely. But I want you to understand that we're getting these from your kink account, okay? So, I don't want you to if you if you recognize it, tell me you recognize it so that we can rule this out and be done and move forward. I don't recall. You don't recall? Okay. How about this picture? Do you think it's familiar in here? That's my desk at work. >> This is your desk, okay. Um and you have a orange Jeep that's parked out front. Do you also have a Harley? You do, okay. And who are these people in this picture? Those are my nieces. Your nieces? You have two nieces? Okay, where do they live? With my sister. Do you see them often or >> anything inappropriate here? I'm going to get to it, okay. Do you see your nieces often? Yeah, okay. Do you enjoy spending time with them and hanging out and whatever? Yeah. Okay, great. Has anything ever inappropriate happened with your nieces? No. Okay. All right. Um Well, we saw that picture. And judging by your reaction, I'm guessing you recognized it. Okay? So, tell me a little bit about what's going on in this picture. >> I don't know. I'd rather have my attorney. Okay. You want You want to have your attorney present? Okay. So, I'm going to provide you with a copy of our warrant, okay? I'm going to let you read it over. I can't read without >> I'm in They're Yeah, they're bringing them to you. I'm going to jail? So, we're still working on that. So um I I know you don't have your glasses. Can I see them all? And what I want to do is just draw your attention to the last page. Inside his account, investigators say they found photos of his school's equipment room, even his diploma hanging on the wall. There were also videos of students during PE classes. According to detectives, his chat history painted an even darker picture. He allegedly referred to himself as a pervert teacher and made disturbing comments about students' ages. Investigators say he bragged in messages about inappropriate behavior that happened inside his equipment room. During questioning, he reportedly admitted certain images were his, but claimed he couldn't remember exposing himself at his desk on school grounds before asking for a lawyer. Can you Can you tell me if this is at your office, though? I don't recall. Okay. Listen, there's no children in this picture. Correct? I don't I don't recall. I understand that. I understand that. But there's a difference between being embarrassed and having a doing something criminal. No, there's nothing criminal. Okay. So there's no children going on in this Okay. What is What is happening with this drawer here? I don't know. You don't know. Okay. But no No kids were present for this. There wasn't No teachers? No. Okay. Okay. Um No. Again, no kids present for this? >> No. Okay. Um Do you have a locked office? Like are you the only one that has a key to it or how does that work for the school? It's a locked office. So that you you're able to obviously feel pretty like secure and confident like when you're in your office. There's no minors. Okay. That That Like I said, man, we're not here to try and We have We have our concerns, which is what we're hoping to I understand. Yeah. We'll get to that. Yes. Okay. Tell me a little bit about who this girl is. She's She's Well, well, she's fully clothed, and this is not a picture of crime, but I want to make sure that nothing is happening with this girl. Uh no, nothing happening. Are you positive? Mhm. Okay. Why are there so many pictures of her? Just activity. Okay. Listen, everybody makes mistakes, and I'm not here to judge you, but I am here to protect the kids. Ev- Everybody's fine. Nobody's ever going to touch touch her or anything. Nobody's ever going to touch her. You never touched this girl? No. Okay. We've taken some pictures of her PE, but that's the extent of it. There's no nude pictures, nothing like that of her. Correct? I'm not going to find any nude pictures of this girl on your phone. Okay. Um And is she What What grade is this kid in? I don't know. I don't really call. Okay. Well, is she a young student at your school, an older student at your school? Cuz I know you teach kindergarten. >> I'd [clears throat] rather talk to a lawyer. Okay. All right. We'll just wait for your um glasses. Am I going to jail? I don't know yet. We're going to see what's going on with your phone, okay? Here's your glasses, man. And then there's the search warrant. Do you want to read it? No. Okay. All right. He chose to take it up with his lawyer, and on August 14th, 2025, the state attorney filed no information on all seven counts. That means they declined to prosecute.