An 18-year-old Jones High School student was booked into jail Thursday morning on a warrant tied to an incident that unfolded outside the Orlando campus, facing a stack of charges that includes aggravated stalking of a minor under 16 and possession of child sexual abuse material. Richie Zahamar Lasanjay Obtenir, listed by Orange County Public Schools as a current student, will not be allowed back on campus while the case moves through court.
The Orlando Police Department arrested Obtenir on the outstanding warrant in connection with an incident that occurred off school grounds, according to Orange County Public Schools. As reported by WKMG, the arrest affidavit dates the underlying offense to August 21, and Obtenir was booked Thursday morning. The station reports the Orlando Police Department's investigation remains ongoing, and no additional details had been released at the time of its report.
A Lengthy List of Felony Counts
Per the same account, Obtenir faces charges of aggravated stalking of a minor under 16, knowing possession or control of child sexual abuse material, transmission of child sexual abuse material by electronic device, promoting a sexual performance by a child, digital voyeurism or digital voyeurism dissemination, sexual cyberharassment, and disruption of an educational institution or school board. Under Florida Statute § 784.048(5), aggravated stalking of a minor is a third-degree felony punishable by up to five years in prison, according to the Florida Senate.
The CSAM possession charge, under Florida Statute § 827.071(5)(a), is likewise a third-degree felony with a maximum five-year sentence, and Florida prosecutors typically treat each individual image or video file as its own separate count, according to The Hoffman Firm. That charging practice means the number of counts Obtenir ultimately faces could grow significantly depending on how much electronic evidence investigators recovered, though the precise nature of that evidence has not been disclosed.
Newer Digital Voyeurism Law in Play
The digital voyeurism dissemination charge draws on a 2024 statutory overhaul. Florida lawmakers passed CS/CS/HB 1389 that year to amend Florida Statute § 810.145, reclassifying video voyeurism as digital voyeurism and making dissemination of such material a felony regardless of the offender's age, per the Sammis Law Firm. The sexual cyberharassment charge, defined under Florida Statute § 784.049 as electronically publishing a sexually explicit image without consent to cause emotional distress, is a first-degree misdemeanor carrying up to a year in jail for a first offense, per the Florida Senate's statutory language.
At the lower end of the charge sheet sits the disruption of an educational institution count. Florida Statute § 877.13 makes it a second-degree misdemeanor, punishable by up to 60 days in jail, to knowingly disrupt or interfere with the lawful administration or functions of a school or school board, according to Online Sunshine, the state's official statutes database.
Why Local Police, Not Campus Officers, Made the Arrest
The arrest fell to Orlando police rather than Jones High School's own resource officers because the underlying incident happened off campus. Under Florida Statute § 1006.12, school resource officers hold primary law enforcement authority on school board property, while incidents on surrounding public streets fall under the jurisdiction of local police departments or sheriff's offices — a jurisdictional split Hoodline detailed in its recent coverage of dismissal-time conflicts near Carver Middle School.
Orange County Public Schools has notified parents at Jones High School about the arrest and confirmed that Obtenir will not return to campus while the case is pending. That decision aligns with Florida Statute § 1006.09(2), which authorizes school districts the authority to suspend or expel a student formally charged with an off-campus felony if an administrative hearing finds the conduct adversely affects school discipline or educational programs, according to guidance published by Charlotte County Public Schools.
A Recruited Athlete at a Historic Campus
An online recruitment profile on NCSA College Recruiting lists Obtenir as a Class of 2028 football prospect at Jones High School, recorded at 6-foot-2 and 215 pounds and playing defensive end and tight end, indicating he was an active student-athlete before his arrest. Jones High School itself carries deep significance in Orlando's Parramore neighborhood: established in 1895 as the Orlando Colored School and relocated to its current South Rio Grande Avenue campus in 1952, it was Central Florida's first public high school for African Americans, according to the City of Orlando.
The case adds to a string of digital sex crime investigations that Orlando-area law enforcement has pursued in recent months. In April, the Florida Attorney General's Office announced child sexual abuse material charges carrying up to 280 years in prison against a 21-year-old Orlando university student, in a case that began with a cybertip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Whether additional victims exist in Obtenir's case, and what exactly investigators found on his devices, remain open questions the Orlando Police Department has not yet answered publicly. All charges against Obtenir remain allegations at this stage, unproven pending court proceedings.
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