Florida middle school teacher arrested on child sex abuse, porn charges

Dec. 16 (UPI) -- A Florida middle school teacher is being held on 45 charges of sexually abusing a minor and possessing child pornography, local authorities say.

James Goff, 56, was arrested Friday after he was accused of performing sexual acts with a child between May and November, according to the Hillsborough, Fla., County Sheriff's Office.

Goff, who has been a teacher at Greco Middle School in Temple Terrace, Fla., outside Tampa, for nearly a decade, faces 28 counts of promotion of a sexual performance by a child, eight counts of possession of child pornography and six counts of lewd and lascivious battery.