FOREST, Miss. ( WLBT /Gray News) – A volunteer color guard instructor was arrested for sending nude photos to a student in Mississippi.

According to the Forest Police Department, 22-year-old Nichole Lara was apprehended on Nov. 6 for sexual battery, grooming and child exploitation.

A release stated the victim, a male student, reported to officials that inappropriate Snapchat messages had escalated to nude photos.

According to witness statements, the incident began at a band camp in July.

The Forest Police Department said another separate student sexual misconduct case happened within 40 days of the incident at the Forest Municipal School District.

In that incident, a Forest High School coach, Austin Taylor, was arrested on Sept. 29 on sexual battery, grooming and multiple other char

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