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Florida Teacher Arrested for Showing Nudes to Elementary School Students | Crime Alert 09.19.26 · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 1: Crime Alert, hourly update, breaking crime news now. I'm Sydney Silvani.
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  Speaker 1: A former Miami-Dade County elementary school teacher is behind bars
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  Speaker 1: after authorities uncovered a disturbing pattern of alleged misconduct involving
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  Speaker 1: female students in the third and fourth grade. 53-year-old Cesar
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  Speaker 1: Oriol Cardoso of Miami was arrested on Friday, September 11th,
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  Speaker 1: and is now facing charges of offenses against students by
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  Speaker 1: authority figures showing obscene material to minors and lewd and
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  Speaker 1: lascivious conduct on a child under 16. According to online
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  Speaker 1: jail records, Cardoso is currently being held without bond at
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  Speaker 1: the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center. The allegations against Cardoso
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  Speaker 1: stem from his time as a teacher at Sunset Park
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  Speaker 1: Elementary School in Miami-Dade County. According to an arrest affidavit,
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  Speaker 1: the alleged behavior began during the 24-25 school year and
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  Speaker 1: extended well into the 25-26 school year. Investigators report that
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  Speaker 1: Cardoso frequently asked young female students to come to his
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  Speaker 1: classroom during lunch or gym periods, using the pretext of
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  Speaker 1: catching up on schoolwork. Once inside his classroom, detectives say
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  Speaker 1: the environment turned predatory. One student reported to law enforcement
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  Speaker 1: that Cardoso called her over to his desk and displayed
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  Speaker 1: a photograph of himself completely naked in front of a
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  Speaker 1: mirror with his genitals fully exposed. Cardoso also allegedly forced
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  Speaker 1: her to view a graphic pornographic video depicting a young
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  Speaker 1: boy performing a sexual act on an adult woman. The
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  Speaker 1: arrest affidavit further outlines incidents of unwanted physical touch. The
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  Speaker 1: initial victim and another young girl reported that while they
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  Speaker 1: were playing in the classroom, Cardoso slapped both of them
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  Speaker 1: on the buttocks, remarking in a playful tone that if
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  Speaker 1: they continued to misbehave, he would hit them on the
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  Speaker 1: rear end again. Authorities allege the behavior intensified during the
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  Speaker 1: following school year. On April 24, 2026, Cardoso allegedly excused
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  Speaker 1: two female students from their physical education class and brought
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  Speaker 1: them back to his private classroom. While standing at his desk,
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  Speaker 1: Cardoso allegedly told one of the girls that she was
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  Speaker 1: beautiful while stroking her hair. Despite the student telling Cardoso
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  Speaker 1: to stop, investigators say he continued targeting other young girls.
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  Speaker 1: A fifth victim later came forward to police, detailing how
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  Speaker 1: Cardoso told her he wanted to kiss her and leaned
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  Speaker 1: in toward her face, prompting her to pull away. School
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  Speaker 1: officials noted that administration acted swiftly upon learning of the
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  Speaker 1: claims in April 2026, immediately removing Cardoso from the school
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  Speaker 1: setting the following business day. The district emphasized that such
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  Speaker 1: behavior will not be tolerated under any circumstances and confirmed
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  Speaker 1: Cardoso is permanently banned from seeking future employment with Miami-Dade
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  Speaker 1: Public Schools. It remains unclear if Cardoso has retained legal counsel.
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  Speaker 1: More crime and justice news after this. A major development
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  Speaker 1: unfolds in the search for missing Washington, D.C. mother Antoinette
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  Speaker 1: Forbes as her ex-boyfriend is taken into custody in Pennsylvania.
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  Speaker 1: 53-year-old Antoinette Forbes vanished on September 4th after last being
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  Speaker 1: seen in the 3200 block of Nebraska Avenue Northwest. On Saturday,
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  Speaker 1: September 12th, Pennsylvania state troopers in Beaver County arrested her ex-boyfriend,
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  Speaker 1: Russell Ashford, under an out-of-state warrant statute. While authorities emphasize
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  Speaker 1: that Ashford has not officially been named a suspect or
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  Speaker 1: directly linked to Forbes' disappearance, court records reveal a horrifying
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  Speaker 1: history of domestic violence between the former couple. In 2021,
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  Speaker 1: Ashford was convicted of a brutal assault against Forbes that
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  Speaker 1: left her partially blind. Prosecutor filings show Ashford beat Forbes severely,
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  Speaker 1: slamming her head onto the floor roughly a dozen times
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  Speaker 1: until she lost consciousness. A neighbor who witnessed part of
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  Speaker 1: the attack told police she saw Ashford repeatedly punching Forbes
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  Speaker 1: as she lay motionless on the floor. Forbes suffered multiple
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  Speaker 1: facial fractures, extreme bruising, and a severe concussion. Despite the
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  Speaker 1: horrific nature of the attack, court records show Ashford was
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  Speaker 1: spared 14 years of his 15-year prison sentence. Court documents
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  Speaker 1: also indicate the former couple was engaged in an ongoing
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  Speaker 1: custody dispute over their 10 year old son. Forbes was
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  Speaker 1: officially reported missing on September 6 after a concerned friend
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  Speaker 1: went to her home and discovered her keys, purse, cell phone,
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  Speaker 1: and dog all left behind with her vehicle parked outside.
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  Speaker 1: Friends and family insist Forbes is a devoted single mother
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  Speaker 1: who would never abandon her child or walk away from
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  Speaker 1: her life. Her sister, Eileen, noted they were happily planning
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  Speaker 1: Christmas activities just hours before she disappeared. Friend Holly Wetzel
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  Speaker 1: made an urgent plea for help, urging D.C. area residents
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  Speaker 1: to check security cameras and report any suspicious activity. Forbes
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  Speaker 1: is described as an Asian female, 5 feet 2 inches tall,
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  Speaker 1: weighing 115 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. Anyone
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  Speaker 1: with information is urged to call D.C. police at 202-727-9099
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  Speaker 1: or text 50411. Chilling new details have emerged in a
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  Speaker 1: horrific murder-suicide inside a prominent Las Vegas resort. Corner records
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  Speaker 1: now reveal the terrifying handwritten note left by a Utah
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  Speaker 1: mother before she murdered her 11-year-old daughter and turned the
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  Speaker 1: gun on herself. 34-year-old Tanya McGeehan and her daughter, Adeline Smith,
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  Speaker 1: were discovered dead in their room at the Rio Hotel
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  Speaker 1: and Casino on February 15 after failing to arrive at
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  Speaker 1: a cheerleading competition with Adeline's team, Utah Extreme Cheer. Las
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  Speaker 1: Vegas Metropolitan Police Lieutenant Robert Price previously confirmed a note
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  Speaker 1: was recovered at the scene. The newly released coroner's report
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  Speaker 1: discloses the exact wording written on that paper. Call 911
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  Speaker 1: before walking in. Two dead bodies and one is an 11-year-old.
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  Speaker 1: The coroner's report further details that young Adeline had been
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  Speaker 1: heavily medicated before she was shot. Inside the hotel room,
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  Speaker 1: investigators recovered a handgun, empty pill capsules, a cup containing
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  Speaker 1: white residue, over-the-counter sleep aids, and THC gummies. Court records
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  Speaker 1: show McGeehan had previously lost custody of Adeline years prior,
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  Speaker 1: but was granted joint custody in 2024. Adeline's cheer team
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  Speaker 1: released a statement honoring her memory, declaring she was beyond
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  Speaker 1: loved and will forever remain part of their cheer family.
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  Speaker 1: For more crime and justice news, be sure to join
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  Speaker 1: I'm Sydney Silvani.