The woman was posing as a 14-year-old girl. She is accused of assaulting minors between the ages of 12 and 15.
Alyssa Ann Zinger, a 23-year-old woman, was arrested for the second time in Tampa, Florida, for sexually abusing four minors between the ages of 12 and 15. In November last year, she had been arrested for the same offences, for which she would face additional sex crime charges.
According to the international press, the woman created a false identity online, to pose as a student and get closer to her victims. Authorities are now charging her with two more counts of libidinous acts, two counts of lewd molestation of victims, and dissemination of child pornography by electronic device and sexual cyber harassment.
Alyssa Ann Zinger, de 23 años es acusada de mantener relaciones con chicos de 12 a 15 años. Alyssa se hacía pasar por una adolescente de 14 años para lograr acercarse a las víctimas. pic.twitter.com/5YcnQAyKtN
— Prófugos del Ácido Fólico (@EsdeProfugos) April 7, 2024
According to reports from the New York Post, the case came to light after Zinger posed as a 14-year-old girl on social media and had sex with one of the minors while sending another explicit material to another.
On social media
According to official investigations, for a year the accused created profiles on different social networks in which she pretended to be a teenager. Unable to attend high school for obvious reasons, the woman claimed to be studying at home.
In addition, it was revealed, that it was through that Snapchat the woman connected with minors who attended Wilson Middle School in the Hyde Park neighborhood.
The first time Alyssa Ann Zinger was arrested, she was accused of having 30 sex acts with a high school student. She was even romantically involved with one of the victims for four months in 2023, from May to September. Authorities were alerted after the boy notified one of his teachers.
In addition to these crimes, it is added that on one occasion Zinger was caught stealing with one of her victims. The woman tried to keep her identity secret, claiming that she was born in 2009, however, she could not provide any proof.
Possibly more victims
In the same week of her first apprehension, the agressor was arrested after the victims filed charges of sexual abuse.
“Zinger told an accuser that she had previously engaged in sexual activity with other minors,” a warrant in the case revealed.
Erin Maloney, a spokeswoman for the U.S. attorney’s office, told the Tampa Bay Times that “prosecutors are seeking to keep Zigner in prison until her case is resolved.”
Meanwhile, the police authorities have made an appeal for “anyone who may have been a victim of Zinger” to go to the police station.
This story was written in Spanish by Daniel Matute in Cultura Colectiva
