MEXIA SCHOOL TEACHER JAILED FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING
(Mexia ISD)
A Mexia school teacher has been arrested in a multi-agency human trafficking investigation in Central Texas.
Investigators with the Freestone County Sheriff's Office, Wednesday, arrested 37-year old Amber Michelle Parker for human trafficking.
Parker, a teacher in the Mexia ISD, is currently in the Freestone County Jail in lieu of a $25,000 bond.
Officials say she was attempting to traffic an under aged relative online to multiple men in Morocco, posting semi-nude photos of the female child online.
Authorities say the victim has been taken out of the area and is safe; staying with her father who picked up the child while Parker was in Morocco.
Freestone County Sheriff J. Shipley says the arrest of Parker was a team effort spearheaded by Freestone County Investigator Sgt. Preston Cordova and McLennan County Detective Joseph Scaramucci.
The Sheriff said the investigation started because of a tip and urged the public to report this type of activity to law enforcement.