TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A Hillsborough County Public Schools employee was arrested Monday after deputies said he was caught with videos of child sex abuse and other obscene material.
Detectives said they got a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in August 2025 about the illegal videos being uploaded to an online account.
According to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office, the account was linked to Tyree McKinley Fields, 25, who worked as a campus safety monitor at Spoto High School.
A search of Fields' home and digital accounts uncovered hundreds of files that contained sexual abuse of young children as well as sex acts with animals, detectives said.
“There are few crimes more horrifying than those that exploit the innocent,” Sheriff Chad Chronister said. “T

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