The Rapides Parish Sheriff’s Office received a complaint involving suspicious messages found on a juvenile’s cell phone between the juvenile and an educator on Sept. 8. Sheriff’s detectives initiated their investigation that involved the execution of several search warrants on electronic devices.

Through their investigation, evidence indicating that the teacher, identified as Camila Pacheco, 27 of Pineville, had allegedly supplied tobacco to the juvenile at an off-campus location.

As a result of the evidence gathered in the investigation, earlier today, Pacheco turned herself in to Sheriff’s Detectives at the Rapides Parish Detention Center where she was arrested and booked for one count of Contributing to the Delinquency of a Juvenile and one count of Unlawful Sale or Distribution of Tobacco Products to a Person Under 21. Pacheco was later released on a $1,000 bond.

Sheriff’s Detectives say this is still an ongoing investigation. If anyone has any additional information regarding this case, they are asked to contact Det. Shelby Anderson, Criminal Investigation Division-Main Office at 318-473-6727.