Goodyear teacher arrested in sexual misconduct with 13-year-old

A 27-year-old teacher was arrested Thursday on suspicion of sexual misconduct with a minor after Goodyear police say the parents of a 13-year-old male student found text messages indicating sexual activity between the two of them on and off campus.

Brittany Zamora, a teacher at Las Brisas Academy Elementary School in Goodyear, was taken into custody Thursday morning at her home and was booked into the Fourth Avenue Jail on one count obscene material transmission to a minor, Goodyear police said.

Police said alleged sexual conduct was reported to them on Wednesday night by the school's principal.

Officials with the Liberty Elementary School District, where the school is located, did not return calls seeking comment.

“The safety message here is parents need to be aware of their kids' activities on phones and social media and be aware of who they are in contact with," said Lisa Kutis, a spokeswoman for the Goodyear Police Department.

Police don't know yet whether other students may have been involved, Kutis said.

"That's part of our overall investigation," she said, adding that detectives are continuing to interview people. "We're not ruling that out."

It was not immediately known how long Zamora has worked at the school.

She was certified in 2016 to teach elementary education K-8 in Arizona, according to the Arizona Department of Education's database. She also is certified to teach Structured English Immersion, which is a method of rapidly teaching the language to non-English speakers in school.

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Reach the reporter at 602-444-8072 or anne.ryman@arizonarepublic.com.

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