Crime Fix with Angenette Levy - Florida Teacher Sexted 13-Year-Old, Sent Him McDonald's: Cops

Episode Date: December 2, 2025

Yezmar Ramos-Figueroa,22, was a physical education teacher at Cross Pointe Christian Academy until last October. Osceola County Sheriff's detectives said the school fired Ramos-Figueroa after they discovered she was sexting with a 13-year-old student. Detectives said they found texts and photos on the teen's phone where Ramos-Figueroa told him to "stick to his story." Law&Crime's Angenette Levy goes through the disturbing allegations in this episode of Crime Fix — a daily show covering the biggest stories in crime.PLEASE SUPPORT THE SHOW: Therapy with NOCD is 100% virtual, and covered by insurance for over 155 million Americans. Plus, they provide support between sessions, so you're never navigating this alone. If any of this sounds familiar, visit nocd.com to book a free call with their team: https://learn.nocd.com/CRIMEFIXHost:Angenette Levy  https://twitter.com/Angenette5Guest: Dan Schorr https://x.com/danschorrProducer:Jordan ChaconCRIME FIX PRODUCTION:Head of Social Media, YouTube - Bobby SzokeSocial Media Management - Vanessa BeinVideo Editing - Daniel CamachoGuest Booking - Alyssa Fisher & Diane KayeSTAY UP-TO-DATE WITH THE LAW&CRIME NETWORK:Watch Law&Crime Network on YouTubeTV: https://bit.ly/3td2e3yWhere To Watch Law&Crime Network: https://bit.ly/3akxLK5Sign Up For Law&Crime's Daily Newsletter: https://bit.ly/LawandCrimeNewsletterRead Fascinating Articles From Law&Crime Network: https://bit.ly/3td2IqoLAW&CRIME NETWORK SOCIAL MEDIA:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lawandcrime/Twitter: https://twitter.com/LawCrimeNetworkFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/lawandcrimeTwitch: https://www.twitch.tv/lawandcrimenetworkTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lawandcrimeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Wondery Plus subscribers can binge all episodes of this Law and Crimes series ad-free right now. Join Wondery Plus in the Wondery app, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. A former gym teacher spent Thanksgiving in jail accused of sexting a boy who was barely a teenager, implying him with DoorDash orders of McDonald's. I'll take you through what detectives said Yasmar Ramos Figueroa did and how her alleged actions were discovered. Welcome to Crime Fix. I'm Anjanette Levy. Yesmar Ramos Figueroa, she's just 22 years old, and she is accused of two felonies involving a 13-year-old boy. Ramos Figueroa was a gym teacher at Central Point Christian Academy.

That's a private school in Kissimmee, Florida, about 25 miles south of Orlando. Ramos Figueroa was a P.E. teacher at the school until this past October. That's when detectives with the Osceola County Sheriff's Office say a boy's mother was told during a parent-teacher conference that there were concerns that her son and Ramos Figueroa were having some type of relationship. Detectives say the 13-year-old boy's mother confronted him and he told her that he and Ramos Figueroa had been talking since August, but nothing physically sexual had taken place. The boy said they had sent messages back and forth. This was reported to the sheriff's office in October, and the boy's mother gave her son's phone to the detectives to download. Here's a brief sample of what the detectives say Ramos Figueroa sent to the teen beginning in late September. The truth is that I do like you. The next message says, how do I not like you when I talk to you all day?

I be with you all the time like what? Another message said, Love you with a lot of ewes on the end. On September 27th, Detective said Yesmar wrote to the teen, Como Estas? I missed you, again with all those ewes on the end. Another on the same date read, I don't know.

I'd just be thinking about you a lot, Day two, Kara, just you. And then she wrote, You're welcome, I love you too. Now I'll get to what else, detective said. They found on Ramos Figueroa's phone in a bit, but first, I want to tell you a little bit more about what detectives said they found on the boy's phone.

The detective said the boy had been sharing his location with Ramos Figueroa, but then it was turned off. Detectives wrote in an affidavit. Yasmar then began texting the boy, asking why he turned the location detection off and eventually sent a message of the following. I just got home. I don't know what's wrong with you. You turned your location off. You didn't even answer me, nothing, but I just want you to know that I love you, that I am absolutely sorry about anything that I did to you. I regret what I did because that literally made me ruin all of the good we could have. I know it seems like I don't know about us and about anything, but I promise you that I do. You mean more than you think to me. Yes, I broke a promise to you, and I know it'll be

hard to believe after that, and I understand that. But I want you to know that I'm sorry for real, It won't happen again, and I'm not going to just say it. I'm a show you it, but anyways, I just thought I should let you know this. Hope you have a good night. Love you. Detective said they found photos of Yasmar Ramos Figueroa on the teen's phone. Detective said one of the photos showed a person sitting while wearing a red hoodie and black string underwear. The hoodie is lifted, and the lower part of the breasts are exposed.

The picture is taken of the reflection in a vanity mirror. Another photo showed a person sitting while wearing tan, string, thong underwear, and a black top. The photo was taken from above with the focus of the photo on the buttocks. There were two other photos that detectives described. One showed a person wearing pink underwear and white shirt, which is raised in exposing the lower part of one of her breasts. The picture is taken of the reflection in a vanity mirror. This appears to be the same vanity mirror from Picture 1. However, the lights are illuminated in the mirror. And the fourth photo showed a person wearing a yellow thong, underwear, and a white top,

the picture exposing the buttocks, which is the focus of the picture. Now, all of this, prompted detectives, of course, to interview the 13-year-old boy. Detectives said the teen told them, it began after normal school hours while he was alone in the classroom with his PE teacher Yasmar Ramos Figueroa. The boy advised his teacher was looking at her TikTok, so the boy showed her his TikTok and later that evening, she requested to be his friend. The boy advised that he reached out to her and said, hi, miss, and she responded back. Yasmar then asked the boy for his phone number, but instead of providing it to her, he asked for hers. The two of them began texting back and forth. The boy advised that he thinks the teacher thought they were in the talking stage,

but he was just playing along with her. The boy stated she would say, I love you, and he would sometimes say it back. He did say that when he wouldn't reply back, leaving her on reed, she would ask why he wouldn't say it back to her. Now, the detective said the boy told them that Ramos Figueroa sent him a naked photo of herself to him, but denied that he sent any to her. The detective wrote in the affidavit. The boy advised that they would face time with each other and that she would be in her bedroom and her bra and underwear. When I asked about photos, he advised that she sent a photograph where she was completely naked. He believes this photograph was taken in the bathroom. He denied sending any pictures to her. The boy also mentioned Yesmar would ask if he was hungry

and would doodash McDonald's to his residence for him. There was another time she sent him $30 via cash app. Now, when Yesmar Ramos Figueroa was approached by school officials in early October, they were obviously suspicious about her relationship with this boy. According to detectives, Yesmar Ramos Figueroa texted the boy. No, listen, like for real, I need you to know that I do care and I do like you. I don't know how many more times I got to tell you or WTF. I got to be honest. I don't want to keep with the BS that you think I'm just playing with you or wasting your time. She then said, they just asked me again the same thing and brought HR and she explains HR means human resources. She then writes, they part of like the administrative staff when things happen and whatever, obviously she's explaining to this boy what HR is. On October 3rd, Ramos Figueroa told the boy, just stick with your story and don't change anything. If you've ever suffered from intrusive thoughts like unwanted violent images or sudden out-of-character urges, then you know they can be scarier than any true crime case. For people with

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for more than 155 million Americans. Visit nocd.com to book a free call and get connected to someone who can help you. So to discuss these allegations, let's bring in Dan Shore. He's a former sex crimes prosecutor and also the author of the novel Open Bar. It's about teachers who commit sex crimes and academic institutions. Thanks so much, Dan, for joining me. Talk to me, if you would, your first thoughts on what we're reading in this probable cause affidavit for the arrest warrant. You know, it's another one of these cases. And in one of these cases, and in What struck me was how young Yasmar Ramo's Figueroa is. She's 22 years old, a PE teacher. You got to think this is her first job. Right. It's a really disturbing fact pattern that's laid out in the arrest warrant. The boy, who is the alleged victim here, is only 13 when she's engaging in this activity with him. And we see a lot of patterns that we see in a lot of cases that this isn't an isolated incident, according to law enforcement, that there's a pattern of grooming.

involving electronic messages and images being exchanged and that this was going on for some period of time. Also, like in many of these cases, it was discovered by a parent of this boy, and that's how it was reported. That's often how these cases come to light that another person notices what's happening and decides to report it to the school or law enforcement. And it's concerning because this 13-year-old is experiencing a lot of inappropriate, abusive interactions with this teacher, yes, she's young, but she's 22, so she's over the age of consent. She is a teacher. She's an authority figure, which makes it even worse. What kills me about this is the McDonald's part. You know, I read this whole thing about how she would ask him if he was hungry and she would

door dash McDonald's to his house. I mean, it's so wild. And she is apparently, allegedly, this is the allegation sending him money on cash app i mean this is like the like 21st century version of somebody luring a kid you know to the car with candy or something like that and this is this is worse because she's accused of doing this in a school setting and she's plying him with mcdonald's money on cash app and then she's like oh what do you want for your birthday. What do you want for your birthday? And he wants sneakers and he never got the sneakers. But still, I mean, Dan, I mean, unbelievable. Right. It's very disturbing to read all of that and how thought out this was. And we see this pattern a lot where there are gifts given to someone who an older person is trying to groom, trying to get them to trust them, to feel an affinity towards them. Gifts also can help isolate someone away from other people because they become dependent on the older person. And as you were just saying, this is a new version of this in terms of the technology being used. It's no longer just in-person gifts. There's now Cash app and DoorDash, and there's so much electronic, there's a lot of electronic communications

between them. So this is how a lot of the grooming occurs with sex abuse cases that we see nowadays that I investigate in my work. The text messages are somewhat unbelievable. I mean, it's bad enough that we're talking about, you know, the images that she's accused of distributing, you know, the photographs, and the descriptions of the photos and the videos are quite vivid. And so we know that she was sending scantily clad images of herself to this teenage boy from the affidavit, from the phone dump that they got. But the text messages are right there in black and white. You know, I love you. I'll wait for you.

You know, and it goes on and on and on. And, you know, the boy tells the cops, you know, yeah, I would say I love you back and things like that. He's 13. I mean, he's a 13-year-old boy. I mean, a 13-year-old boy can't consent to any of this. Right. And it's clearly this teacher is trying to show this boy that she cares for him. Now, whether that's true or not, we don't know.

But that is textbook grooming to show that we have a special relationship, and I'm there for you, and I love you, and it makes the younger person trust them and be less likely to report them. it also shows a brazenness on the part of this teacher because to do all this electronically to have these messages that are discoverable by law enforcement that this boy can also share with other people because we've had other cases where they've done that that is very brazen because it's easy to be caught and this teacher is trusting her life her career and her freedom because now she's arrested with this 13 year old boy that he's going to keep a secret

what she's doing. So that is definitely something that was very poor judgment to say the least on her part, not to mention all the scarring that this is going to leave on this 13-year-old boy to have this introduction to relationships and sexuality through this highly inappropriate abusive relationship with an authority figure who's his teacher. One thing that was refreshing and reassuring to me is that apparently the school was kind of suspicious. It sounds like they were definitely suspicious about what was going on because they went to meet with her. And it sounds like they were kind of concerned that there was, even before mom, you know, was reporting this to the sheriff's office,

they were concerned that this teacher was getting a little too close to this boy. So there were signs. And it talks about, you know, the boy saying we would only engage with like side hug, and stuff like that, but I just don't think that's appropriate at all. You know, it depends. Like, you know, it's all in what kind of side hug it is, you know. It depends on, like, the nature of it. You can tell the difference between a side hug that's, like, just like a little, you know, reassuring type thing and something that's a little too close, you know.

So I think that the school officials, it was a reassuring. assuring to me and refreshing to me that they were seeing signs, and they brought her in, it said on October 1st or 2nd, there are the text messages. And she knows full well what she's doing is wrong, according to the text messages, because she's like, they brought in HR, and she has to explain to this kid that HR is human resources, and that that's what happens when you're going to get in trouble. And she's telling, you know, but what grosses me out as a mom and is like a huge, human being. Stick to your story. Well, this is the difference between schools that handle this

effectively in schools that don't. I'm a former sex crime as prosecutor right now, investigate sexual misconduct for schools. And I wrote about this in my novel Open Bar that often there are occasions where people see boundary blurring behavior in organizations, especially in educational institutions. And because it's not explicitly sexual or clearly sexual, people will ignore it and not say anything. And almost always when you see abuse, sexual abuse of a younger person by an authority figure by a teacher, there's some precursor activity before sexual interactions, which is the boundary blurring, touching language, things that aren't clearly prohibited by school policy but are very, very concerning. And the schools that are responsible step in at that

point to intervene and head off or try to head off more egregious misconduct. And they also have a culture and a climate in the school where people are encouraged to report things that they see like this. So here they did take action. But tragically, we've seen so many organizations, especially schools, who have seen things like this and said, well, it's not explicit. It's not extremely clear. We're just going to back off and see if something worse develops and many times it does develop in a much more horrendous way. So schools need to step in earlier when they see this kind of boundary-blurring behavior before it gets worse. Are you concerned that possibly there was another line crossed into the physical?

I mean, the boy was pretty adamant with the law enforcement that nothing physically sexual ever happened. But could he just not be revealing that? I mean, she's sending DoorDash to his house, sending him money on cash app, things of that nature. or are you confident that maybe it didn't get to that point? Well, we have no evidence that there was a physical relationship. Could it have happened? Sure, we just don't know.

But law enforcement certainly has to move only on evidence that they have. The messages don't show conversations about physical interactions. The boy here, the victim is not talking, not saying, he's saying that there was not physical interactions. Well, we may not know if he's being truthful about that. But certainly there's no evidence. to go forward from law enforcement's perspective, if they don't have any basis for that. I've also seen a lot of abusive situations like this where it's not physical, but it is electronic, there's photos, there's videos, there's gifts, and that could be very manipulative

and damaging also. So we see that many times even though there's not physical sexual activity. Well, Dan, I don't know about you, but I am reassured and really thankful that the school took immediate action because they fired her. I mean, that's what it says in the police report these schools they don't comment on personal al issues and all this stuff but i mean they fired her and that's great because they did not wait um they did not let this fester and she's 22 years old so so we don't know how long she was working at the school but you can't be a teacher for very long um you know at 22 years old so thank goodness she wasn't in the system all that long and Would you be shocked, though, if something more comes out of this, if possibly other victims come forward?

We have no evidence of that, but I know in other cases I've investigated, often there is a pattern of misconduct that sometimes, sometimes when someone is publicly charged with a crime like this, that may be able, that may embolden other people to come forward who weren't coming forward before. But we've no evidence of other people right now. She is innocent of proven guilty. but certainly the electronic evidence, the photos, the text messages show a very, very inappropriate sexualized relationship, even if it's not physical, with this boy who's only 13 while she's in her 20s. So that's very concerning. And I'm sure law enforcement's going to further investigate to see if there are other people who might have more information or might have had inappropriate interactions in this situation. Yeah, I'm sure they will be investigating as well. I'm just glad that, you know,

this boy's mother took action, the school took action, and let's hope that nothing more actually happened here. Because as you mentioned, he will be scarred by this because it's bad what they detailed. Dan Shore, thank you so much. Thanks for having me on. It's good to talk with you. So as I told you at the very beginning, Yesmar Ramos Figueroa spent Thanksgiving weekend in jail, but a judge has set her bail at $5,000. on each charge. She has a private attorney and one of the conditions of her bail is that she not have any access to the internet and she is not allowed to have any contact with the teenage boy in this case. So stay tuned. We'll stay on top of any developments for you. That's it for this

episode of Crime Fix. I'm Ann Jeanette Levy. Thanks so much for being with me. I'll see you back here next time.