WARRENSBURG, Mo. -- Prosecutors have accused a teacher of furnishing pornography to a minor, Warrensburg police said in a news release on Monday.

A minor in Henry County led sheriff's investigators to the Chilhowee teacher, Brian Foree, who lives in Warrensburg, which is in Johnson County, authorities said.

He was accused of sending pictures of his genitalia electronically to a teenage female student at another school in Henry County.

"Mr. Foree was a good teacher. I had observed him. The kids cared for him. He cared for kids, and then this happens," said Chilhowee School District superintendent Stephen Pope.

Pope said Foree, a first-year music teacher, was on administrative leave and Pope expected Foree to resign.

"We met with the student body this afternoon, and they assured me that none of this had transpired between him and them," Pope said.

Warrensburg police, Henry County sheriff's investigators and Johnson County sheriff's investigators executed a search warrant on Saturday.

Items seized during the search will be analyzed by a crime lab, police said. The charge filed against him was a misdemeanor, but authorities said more charges could be filed in the case.

Pope said Foree said he'd hired lawyers to "fight this," as he was picking up his personal items from the school where he taught.

"It's all over the news now. You hear about it all the time, about porn being distributed to kids and all this," said parent Matt Corunse. "It's just real distracting and real disturbing and everything, but this happens, even in a small community."

News of Foree's arrest followed word of similar allegations against a teacher in Warrensburg, Mo.

An 18-year-old Warrensburg High School senior, who was not identified, accused a female teacher of stalking him. He claimed she sent him inappropriate text messages and a picture of her breasts.

Also on Friday, the superintendent of the Excelsior Springs School District said a teacher in the district was under investigation after being accused of having inappropriate communication with a student. He didn't release any additional details.

Across the state -- in St. Charles, Mo. -- prosecutors filed misdemeanor pornography charges against a suburban St. Louis woman for allegedly e-mailing topless photos of herself to a high school freshman, authorities said.

Melissa Moss, 27, was fired from her teaching job at Barat Academy in Dardenne Prairie last year, and she was charged last week, authorities said.