A Florida woman posed as a 14-year-old home-schooled girl to prey on high school students for sex, police announced Friday.
Alyssa Ann Zinger, 22, was arrested last week for allegedly engaging in at least 30 sexual acts with at least one student and sending explicit videos to several others.
“It is disturbing and disturbing to see an adult take advantage of and take advantage of a child,” Tampa Police Chief Lee Bercaw said in a statement.
“We encourage anyone who has been a victim of Zinger to come forward. “The Tampa Police Department will stand by you and ensure that a predator like Zinger does not cause additional harm to you or others.”
Zinger allegedly created his fake persona and communicated with his victims on social media platforms, primarily Snapchat, according to a search warrant obtained by the Tampa Bay Times.
A Florida woman, Alyssa Ann Zinger, posed as a 14-year-old home-schooled girl to prey on high school students for sex, police announced Friday. Tampa Police Department
Several victims, who attended Wilson High School in Tampa’s Hyde Park neighborhood, told police they believed Zinger was their age but had been homeschooled.
“There are believed to be additional victims,” Tampa police said.
The accused predator allegedly began a sexual relationship with one of the victims in May, which lasted until September, according to the warrant.
The victim, a boy between 12 and 15 years old, told police that the couple had sex several times and that Zinger sent him explicit photos and videos.
Another said Zinger sent a video to several children via Snapchat that showed sexual intercourse.
Zinger allegedly admitted to a victim that he had engaged in sexual activity with other minors.
According to the documents, the accused pervert and one of the children were caught shoplifting from a Nordstrom store in July.
He allegedly tried to maintain his facade in front of his victim and told an officer that he was born in 2009, a lie he was unable to verify.
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The officer confirmed that the only other Alyssa Ann Zinger he could find information about was born in 2001.
In a desperate attempt to deceive, Zinger claimed he had a half-sister with the same name, according to the warrant.
According to the warrant, police had already been investigating Zinger for about a year.
The officer later dispelled her lies by requesting government, school and employment records, as well as following up with her employers at Tampa Publix, all of whom confirmed that she was an adult.
One of his victims reported Zinger’s alleged inappropriate behavior just three months later.
Zinger was charged with two counts of lewd and lascivious battery, and five counts of lewd or lascivious sexual abuse against a victim between the ages of 12 and 15, records show.
She pleaded not guilty to the charges and was released from jail the day of her arrest after posting $7,500 bail for each of her second-degree felony charges.
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