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Miami Southridge Teacher Charged With Battery Is Placed on House Arrest

Strict stay-away rules signal a focus on student safety.

Overview

  • Prosecutors charged 53-year-old Rudolph Raymond Infante with four counts of battery and one count of an offense against students by an authority figure, according to court records.
  • In bond court, a judge ordered him to avoid the student and stay away from all schools, and he later posted bond and was confined to house arrest.
  • An arrest report alleges he touched and kissed a student, said the contact was “out of love and endearment,” and displayed a tattoo of two hearts he said represented them.
  • The report also describes a moment when he pulled the student onto his lap, rubbed her back, and twice kissed her on the chest between her breasts, which she told police made her afraid.
  • Miami-Dade County Public Schools said it began termination proceedings and will bar him from future employment, while investigators have not released more details and the student’s identity remains confidential.