FL middle school coach (36) arrested for having relationship with 18 year old student

[mingrey02stg2]

https://lakeokeechobeenews.com/stori...-student,55817



OKEECHOBEE -- A preacher who coached middle school basketball and baseball has been charged with a felony in connection with his relationship with a teenaged student.

On April 12, 2023 Okeechobee County Sheriff’s Office (OCSO), Detective Cauley received information regarding an Okeechobee County School District employee implicated in a romantic relationship with a student.

On Friday, April 14, 2023, the Okeechobee County School District was contacted by OCSO Office regarding inappropriate conduct between an individual who has served as a baseball and basketball coach from Yearling Middle School and an 18-year-old student.

Donny Raney has been removed from all coaching activities and contact with students. The district has notified the Office of Professional Practices for further sanctions.

After a thorough investigation by OCSO, Donny Raney, 36, was arrested on April 19, 2023, and booked into the Okeechobee County Jail for violating F.S.S. 800.101 (2) (B), An authority figure engaging in a romantic relationship with a student.

He has since posted a $50,000 bond and has been released.



Two consenting adults engaged in a romantic relationship so what a weird case. This seems like a law put on the books as an enhancement/additional crime for actual predator teachers going after middle schoolers or underage students but an 18 year old? I’d like to see if a woman coach would be arrested for the same thing with an 18 year old male.

[p7nk]

no pics of said 18 year old? and who snitched? going to assume it was a bitter house wife or her bf or male friend

[mattb717]

I don't get it. Most people under 30 annoy the f*ck outta me. Why would anyone want an 18 year old. Unless they mentally act 18 themselves.......

[koreannoodles77]

What illegal about this tf?

[BalognaNbeans]

pics of 18 year old?

[Postmort3m]

Inb4 he gets a harsher penalty than a 36 y/o female teacher involved with a 15 y/o student………

[JustiNtense]

Imagine getting murdered in prison for this when the girl was legal age.

[bunkin]

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[ImpressiveGainz]

What illegal about this tf?

Teachers cannot hook up with students. All this dude had to do was wait another month until she graduated...

[mingrey02stg2]

Teachers cannot hook up with students. All this dude had to do was wait another month until she graduated...

She was a student at a completely different school though and he wasn't even a teacher. Just a weird scenario and a weird law when applied in this case. I see it as an ethical issue, but to criminalize it?

[300Lane1]

Age of consent in Okeechobee must be 16...

[yewotm8]

What illegal about this tf?

They don't want you to have nice things.

[ImpressiveGainz]

She was a student at a completely different school though and he wasn't even a teacher. Just a weird scenario and a weird law when applied in this case. I see it as an ethical issue, but to criminalize it?

I don't think it even matters when it comes to these sorts of laws. He was a coach at a middle school, so technically he's a "teacher/authority figure" in this case. Sucks for him...and it's criminalized specifically to stop the groomers. But then they allow in tranny reading hour in 1st grade, so they're all full of ****.

[paramparam]

Incel judge wuz mad homeboy was hitting it

[CalmWind]

eh, I agree with this.

Don't groom students. Not in middle, not in HS, and not in college.


Only a loser has to use his authority as a teacher to get close and manipulate a naive young mind.


Imagine being a parent, sending your daughter to school to learn, only to have this scumbag manipulate his access and authority to her, to get sex and a relationship.



Since she is 18, IF they had met at a bar or something, then that's fine, even if creepy age difference. Normal mating rituals. But that's not what happened. We can't have scum like this grooming girls at school, 18 or not.

**** that guy. Charge him.

[Mercworx]

I don't get it. Most people under 30 annoy the f*ck outta me. Why would anyone want an 18 year old. Unless they mentally act 18 themselves.......

Lol please stop.


Almost the freshest poosay you can get. I still remember when I was in HS. Nothing will ever beat that.

If you CAN fully 18 year old chicks and you don’t then there is something wrong with you.


Edit: As a teacher though what he did was wrong and he belongs in jail.

[p7nk]

i mean it makes no sense why he would be facing any kind of charges.. but where the fook does a 36 year old interact socially with a 18 year old. yeah a dive bar or the 36 going out to clubs but ultimately i can bet there's no positive male father figure in her life. or else why would a 18 year old let a 36 **** her, when he's just a gym teacher.

[CalmWind]

Lol please stop.


Almost the freshest poosay you can get. I still remember when I was in HS. Nothing will ever beat that.

If you CAN fully 18 year old chicks and you don’t then there is something wrong with you.

tf is wrong with you

"freshest" you sound like a peedo0h.


whats wrong with a 25 year old womans vagina?

[Condo41]

He's my age?

Got gadayum boys I am hamsum as F*CK! (Srsl

[CalmWind]

i mean it makes no sense why he would be facing any kind of charges.. but where the fook does a 36 year old interact socially with a 18 year old. yeah a dive bar or the 36 going out to clubs but ultimately i can bet there's no positive male father figure in her life. or else why would a 18 year old let a 36 **** her, when he's just a gym teacher.

a lot of young girls have a lot of issues. some of them cut themselves, like on their legs and arms, and on the outside you would never know, as they are some of the prettiest girls on earth.

they deal with a lot of emotional stuff, hormones, insecurity.

then they go to work, or to school, and have to deal with creepy predators trying to manipulate them into sex and relationships. I have a friend who got her first job at 18, and a 40 yr old man was her manager, kept using his position as her boss to flirt with her and get her to stay late with him, trying all sorts of creepy **** on her.


imagine going through life with all the men treating you this way.


some girls turn out so ****ed up, that they just are desperate for someone to love them, and sometimes they will fall into some older mans trap.


this is why society is not okay with older men doing this. it's creepy.

[p7nk]

a lot of young girls have a lot of issues. some of them cut themselves, like on their legs and arms, and on the outside you would never know, as they are some of the prettiest girls on earth.

they deal with a lot of emotional stuff, hormones, insecurity.

then they go to work, or to school, and have to deal with creepy predators trying to manipulate them into sex and relationships. I have a friend who got her first job at 18, and a 40 yr old man was her manager, kept using his position as her boss to flirt with her and get her to stay late with him, trying all sorts of creepy **** on her.


imagine going through life with all the men treating you this way.


some girls turn out so ****ed up, that they just are desperate for someone to love them, and sometimes they will fall into some older mans trap.


this is why society is not okay with older men doing this. it's creepy.

i been in that role. im now not chowing down on random girls. literally other managers would joke about your closing with your wife today. she would do the most to make sure i was always closing with her. and make **** weird

[Kiop]

No mention of the teenage gender?
did he fuked a male or female?

also its a crime to have
arelation in eduction sector
srs, even in university and college
as a moral code.

[steeler505]

Teachers cannot hook up with students. All this dude had to do was wait another month until she graduated...

how can wait when must coom

[lexbishop]

What illegal about this tf?

I google searched the name and other articles came up. See below:

https://cbs12.com/news/local/high-sc...-april-20-2023

High school pastor accused of being in romantic relationship with student in Okeechobee
by Gershon Harrell Thu, April 20th 2023, 3:19 PM EDT

Thursday, April 19, 2023 Donny Raney, 36, was arrested and booked into the Okeechobee County Jail after being accused of being involved in a romantic relationship with a minor.

OKEECHOBEE, Fla. (CBS12) — A high school pastor from the Okeechobee County School District was accused of being involved in a romantic relationship with a student.

Donny Raney, 36, was arrested on Tuesday and booked into the Okeechobee County Jail for violating Florida law by engaging in a romantic relationship with a student, says the Okeechobee County Sheriff's Office.

In a heavily redacted arrest report from the Okeechobee County Sheriff's Office, deputies found out about the relationship after the victim's mother expressed concerns that her daughter may be involved in an inappropriate relationship with two teachers at Okeechobee County High School, Omar Ayala and Donny Raney.

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According to the arrest report, the mother told deputies, she purchased the victim a new cell phone for college and while transferring over the phone's contents she found "disturbing" messages between the victim and the two teachers.

Deputies said, in the report, they explained to the mom that with the victim being an 18-year-old no criminal charges could be filed against Omar, however, she could report Omar to the school board.

The mom told deputies of an incident that occurred in 2020 that involved the victim and Omar in 2020 while he was the coach of cross country team. However, deputies said the incident was found to to be non-criminal due to the fact that she was 18 at the time. The Okeechobee County School Board said that Omar could no longer coach any female sports, have girls in his classroom during lunch and could not interact with the victim, the arrest report reads.

The arrest report says, deputies did look into Raney as well but found no explicit communication between the victim and Raney prior to her being 18.

Deputies did interview Raney, the arrest report reads, but his statements are redacted throughout the arrest report.


Thursday, April 19, 2023 Donny Raney, 36, was arrested and booked into the Okeechobee County Jail after being accused of being involved in a romantic relationship with a minor. (Okeechobee County Sheriff's Office)

The arrest report, says deputies interviewed the victim who said after she and Omar separated that she began to see other guys, one of them being the school's pastor.

In the arrest report, the victim said she has known the pastor for a while because he was the high school preacher, she said, he had always been "really cool" to her. She said the two "just recently started talking."

In addition to being a pastor at Okeechobee County High School Raney was a basketball coach for Yearling Middle School for the 2022-2023 school year, the arrest report reads. He has since been removed from the coaching and staff list for the future.

After evidence was gathered, it was determined Raney violated the state law by an "authority figure engaging in a romantic relationship with a student."

They had inappropriate messages during school, she was 18 at the time, and nothing prior, but only started talking "recently".

But they arrested him for being involved in a romantic relationship with a minor.

Those 2 statements conflict with each other.

So either the news got it wrong, something is missing, or they arrested him on suspicion of being involved with her, and then they found out he did hook up with her during high school.

They probably should have both waited until she graduated.

[Kaliconic]

Just because something is possibly a bad thing doesn't mean it should be illegal. A legally adult woman dating a man should not be a crime.

[koreannoodles77]

Teachers cannot hook up with students. All this dude had to do was wait another month until she graduated...

Yea he should be fired but there is nothing criminal about this. Unless they have proof he was banging her prior to her being 18

[Masterchieffer]

Have Democrats made sex among two consenting adults illegal now or what am I missing?

[lexbishop]

Have Democrats made sex among two consenting adults illegal now or what am I missing?

See bolded in article I quoted above.

Apparently in Florida there's a state law: no authority figures can have relationships with students, seemingly regardless of age, although that's the assumption I'm making, as I haven't looked up the law.

Guess they need to wait until they're not their students anymore?

[WoofieNugget]

Not surprised he got fired, but maybe because their student/teacher relationship started when she was underage they have grounds for the arrest?

Again, would love to see a picture of a girl that a guy is willing to throw his whole life away to bang. And I guess maybe they never consider that she was the one doing the seducing of the older guy? I mean, if she's sending him nudes and sexting him without being prompted, how is that his fault?

[MasterMorality]

I don't get it. Most people under 30 annoy the f*ck outta me. Why would anyone want an 18 year old. Unless they mentally act 18 themselves.......

****ing 18 year olds is really really fun and feels really good lol