Teacher in St. Tammany accused of paying students for sexually explicit photos

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A former high school teacher in St. Tammany Parish has been arrested and accused of paying students to provide him with sexually explicit photographs, the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office said.

In a news release Wednesday night, the Sheriff's Office said Jarvis Harry, who had taught at a Mandeville area high school, paid students to send him photographs of their feet and had also obtained other sexually explicit videos and pictures of students.

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A spokesperson for the St. Tammany Parish School District identified the school as Mandeville High School and said Harry was a speech therapist and "is no longer with the school system."

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He was booked into the St. Tammany Parish Correctional Center on Monday on one count of indecent behavior with juveniles, 142 counts of pornography involving juveniles, 60 counts of computer aided solicitation of a minor, and 102 counts of prohibited sexual conduct between an educator and student.

Some of the students in the photos have been identified, the Sheriff's Office said. But detectives are still working to identify others.

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