TAMPA - A Tampa middle school teacher is behind bars awaiting extradition to Washington after being arrested on Tuesday on seven felony charges of possession of child sexual abuse material.

The backstory:

According to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, the Tampa Police Department received a cyber tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children regarding a user downloading child sexual abuse material in August.

Detectives said they tracked the device to 38-year-old Tyrone Lee Cliff.

The original address assigned to the device identified Cliff’s residence in Spokane, Washington, but detectives said he recently moved to Ruskin.

:Jail records show Cliff was working as a middle school teacher at Bayshore Christian School.

Before living in Spokane, investigato

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