A 23-year-old Florida woman who pretended to be a 14-year-old girl online to meet and sexually abuse a teenage boy is facing new charges, according to officials.
Alyssa Ann Zinger, from Tampa, was arrested for the second time on Thursday and charged with additional sex offenses involving minors after four more victims came forward, as reported by WFLA.
She was initially arrested in November for allegedly engaging in at least 30 sexual acts with a middle school student aged 12 to 15 and sending explicit videos to several others, according to an arrest report.
The accused predator reportedly created a fake identity on social media as a 14-year-old homeschooled girl and communicated with the minors, who attended Wilson Middle School in Tampa’s Hyde Park neighborhood, mainly through Snapchat.
At the time of her first arrest, Tampa police suspected there were more victims.
Following her initial arrest, she was charged with two counts of lewd or lascivious battery and five counts of lewd or lascivious molestation.
On Thursday, authorities added two counts of lewd or lascivious molestation (victim 12-15), two counts of lewd or lascivious battery, possession of child pornography, in-state transmission of child pornography by electronic device, and sexual cyber harassment.
One victim stated that they had sex multiple times and that Zinger sent explicit photos and videos, while another victim mentioned she sent a video through Snapchat showing sexual activity to several children. Zinger also claimed to have had sex with other teens.
Zinger and one of the victims were caught shoplifting at a Nordstrom in July. She tried to deceive the authorities by claiming she was born in 2009, which was unverifiable according to a search warrant.
After checking school and employment records and contacting her employer at Tampa Publix, the police confirmed she was an adult.
Police had been investigating Zinger for approximately a year before the arrest.
A victim came forward about Zinger’s alleged crimes just three months later.
