JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Police this week charged a First Coast High School substitute teacher and coach with engaging in sexual activity with a minor student.
Cameron Arnez Coverson, 27, is charged with two counts of sexual activity with a minor after a student reported what she heard to the school principal who called police to investigate.
Coverson, who was also charged with traveling to meet a minor, was booked into Duval County Jail. He remained there Thursday, pending $650,000 in bail.
According to a police booking report, Coverson courted a student over text messages after getting the female student’s number from another student at school in May.
The document said that in August the two engaged in “student-teacher role play” over text, using explicit language. The pair decided to meet in a parking lot near Crossroads Church on Duval Street, where they engaged in oral sex, the report said.
After the school’s 2026-27 academic year started, Coverson was substitute teaching at First Coast High and texted the female student to meet him after 6th period.
Cameras recorded part of the meeting, in which the two entered a room. Coverson hugged the student, rubbed her buttocks and tried to move her into a closet - before the student broke away, she told a witness.
Police developed evidence and arrested Coverson during a traffic stop after watching him leave his home near Duval Road and Mission Creek Drive on Monday.
Action News Jax has reached out to Duval County School District to inquire about Coverson’s status as a substitute teacher in the district.
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