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A St. Johns County teacher is accused of using the internet to entice a 14-year-old child to engage in sexual activity.

Matthew Christopher Yates, 27, of Hastings, was an eighth-grade teacher at Veritas Classical School, a classical Christian school in St. Augustine that teaches kindergarten through 10th grade. He was arrested after an FBI agent posed as a 14-year-old girl online.

The agent responded Feb. 11 to a notice posted on social media by a user who went by the name “English teacher,” according to federal court documents. The supposed child told

Newsday/Laura Figueroa 4/22/14 Parents for Megan’s Law, a Suffolk nonprofit that provides support to sexual abuse victims,is teaming up with the county’s animal protection agency to train investigators on the frequentlink between animal cruelty and child and spousal abuse.  A batterer’s first target is oftenan animal living at home, Paula Ryder, senior advocate for Parents for Megan’s Law, told thegroup.  The second target is a spouse or a child.  Ryder cited a 1986 study publishedin the International Journal of Law and Psychiatry that said 62 percent of animal abuse offendershad