<p>FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A Florida school district fired a teacher shortly after a law enforcement report was released Monday saying he offered to pay for a father’s motel room if he could sexually molest the man’s 2-year-old daughter. </p>
<p>Xavier Alexander, a fourth-grade teacher at Grove Park Elementary School in Palm Beach Gardens, has been fired, the Palm Beach County School District said in a statement. Alexander, 27, also advertised himself on websites as a babysitter, investigators said. </p>
<p>The firing came hours after a Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office arrest report outlining its case against Alexander was released by the courts. </p>
<p>According to the report, a 39-year-old father posted a Craigslist ad on March 26 saying he was looking for someone to split a motel room for a few days as he waited to move into his new home. He noted in the ad that he has a 2-year-old daughter. “No weirdos or drugs please,” the man added.</p>
<p>The man soon received texts from an unknown messenger who eventually asked, “Would I ever be alone with your daughter?” When told no, the messenger replied he would go elsewhere. The father contacted the sheriff’s office. </p>
<p>Deputies, after reading the texts, impersonated the father and texted back that the messenger could be alone with the girl if he paid for two nights of the motel room. </p>
<p>The father and messenger eventually agreed to meet at the motel on Thursday, with the messenger bringing $200. </p>
<p>Detectives said they arrested Alexander when he arrived at the door with a condom stashed in his shoe. They say Alexander admitted sending the texts, saying he had a sexual addiction. He denied ever molesting a child before. </p>
<p>Alexander is being held on $1 million bail at the Palm Beach County jail. The public defender’s office, which is defending him, has not replied to emails seeking comment. </p>
<p>The school district is providing counseling to Alexander’s students and their families.</p>
