COULEE DAM, Wash. – Kittitas County deputies arrested a teacher at Lake Roosevelt Elementary School in Coulee Dam on probable cause for communication with a minor for immoral purposes, according to the Kittitas County Sheriff.

The 42-year-old teacher was arrested as a result of an ongoing investigation from the Washington taskforce on Internet-facilitated Crimes Against Children.

During the investigation, the teacher sent an electronic communication to a person posing as a minor who was actually a Kittitas County Sheriff’s Office detective, according to Kittitas County inspector Chris Whitsett.

The Kittitas County Sheriff’s Office worked alongside Coulee Dam police officers to arrest the teacher, who they took into custody on October 13. The teacher was arrested while at school, where t

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