Name: Robert Barry Francis, Oldsmar, Florida Age: 31: Schools & Positions: Pinellas County Schools substitute teacher 2004, then Bauder Elementary School teaching assistant & Seminole High School baseball coach; East Lake High School teacher & baseball coach 2005-2007 Note: Although he was a college (St. Petersburg College) baseball coach at the time of his arrest, he had previously worked for several years for the Pinellas County Schools. St. Petersburg Times (9 Dec 2011): Pinellas schools: no plan to investigate ex-teacher nabbed in underage sex sting Orlando Sentinel (7 Dec 2011): Deputies: St. Pete College baseball coach drove to Orlando for sex with teen' WTSP (8 Dec 2011): St. Petersburg College baseball coach Rob Francis arrested in Orlando Tampa Tribune (8 Dec 2011): Coach sought sex with teen, police say WTSP (9 Dec 2011): Coach arrested in sex sting out on bail UK Daily Mail ( 9 Dec 2011): College baseball coach 'sent girl, 14, naked picture of himself and arranged to meet her for sex'
Clarion Ledger (7 Dec 2011): Former baseball coach arrested ABC Action News (7 Dec 2011): St. Petersburg College baseball coach Rob Francis arrested for meeting underage girl for sex News Talk Florida (7 Dec 2011): St. Pete Coach Caught in Underage Sex Sting The Chronicle of Higher Education (7 Dec 2011): St. Petersburg College Puts Coach on Leave After Arrest in Underage-Sex Sting Florida Wires (7 Dec 2011): St. Pete coach caught in underage sex sting Huffington Post (8 Dec 2011): Rob Francis, St. Petersburg College Coach, Caught In Sex Sting With Underage Girl Old Northeast Patch (8 Dec 2011): Coach Arrested in Underage Sex Sting USA Today (8 Dec 2011): Deputies say college coach tried to set up sex with teen Miami Herald (8 Dec 2011): St. Petersburg College baseball coach arrested in underage sex sting CBS News (8 Dec 2011): St. Petersburg College baseball coach caught in sex sting Central Florida News 13 (8 Dec 2011): St. Pete College baseball coach out on bond