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A Florida woman is facing felony charges for allegedly posing online as a homeschooler to sexually assault an underage boy.

22-year-old Alyssa Ann Zinger was arrested in Tampa on Nov. 24 and taken to jail; she faces two counts of lewd or lascivious battery and five counts of lewd or lascivious molestation. The police do not believe this was an isolated incident.

“It is disturbing and unsettling to see an adult take advantage of a child and prey on them,” Chief Lee Bercaw said in a statement. “Anyone who may have been a victim of Zinger’s, we encourage you to come forward. The Tampa Police Department will support you and ensure a predator like Zinger doesn’t cause you or others additional harm.”

Police say they were tipped off that Zinger allegedly had a relationship with a child between the ages of 12 and 15, and that following an investigation, they learned that she “communicated with the victim primarily through an online social media platform.”

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[–] oDDmON@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

According to a search warrant obtained by the Tampa Bay Times, that platform was Snapchat.

Figured one of the image based platforms.

The warrant detailed additional information about at least one relationship that allegedly spanned from May through September. Zinger allegedly sent explicit material to the minor and “engaged in sexual activities several times” with him.

I don’t get the mindset that leads to these kinds of actions.

[–] anon_8675309@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

Good! Means you’re normal.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Figured one of the image based platforms.

It is image-based, but it can be used entirely as an instant messaging platform too. My daughter basically never takes pictures with the app, but she chats with all of her friends on it. That is apparently the 13-year-old messaging app of choice, at least around here. From what I can tell second-hand, it's becoming the same mess of features no one asked for and enshittification in the attempt to turn itself into an everything app that every other social media platform suffers from.

[–] Zahille7@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

There was one pint a few years ago Snapchat wanted to develop glasses that would take pictures and post them directly to your story.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

They did develop those. They're on iteration 3 now. And ugh, every version is hideous.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectacles_(product)

[–] Zahille7@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I think the first generation looks "okay," but I hate the blocky version 4. All-in-all, it's not a terrible concept.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Version 4 looks like the embarrassing things my dad used to put over his glasses when he drove rather than buying clip-on sunglasses like every other person who wears glasses does.

[–] Zahille7@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

My grandpa has a pair of those as his normal sunglasses.

He didn't even wear glasses all the time, only for reading!