Orange County middle school teacher arrested in online sex sting

ORLANDO, Florida — Lake County sheriff’s Cyber Crimes Unit dubbed the operation Treasure Florida’s Kids II.

Investigators posed as young teens, ages 13 through 15, during the week-long sting targeting people attempting to meet children for sex.

In total, 14 men were arrested, including Jason Sellards, a middle school language arts teacher at Wolf Lake Middle School in Apopka.

Orange County Schools hasn’t responded yet to our request about Sellard’s status as a teacher.

He’s been employed with the Orange County School District since 2011.

As for the other suspects, we are learning one man is a cook at Universal Resort Orlando.

Most of them are from Central Florida.