A Georgia teacher faces a misdemeanor theft charge after police allege he stole a student’s violin and used it to pay off a $700 ticket.

DeKalb County investigators were called to Brockett Elementary School in late November after a 9-year-old student’s violin went missing and the child’s mother contacted school officials, WSB-TV reports.

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School surveillance video showed 21-year-old teacher Kalif Jones swiped the instrument while students were eating lunch, according to authorities.

“Once at the school, I watched the schools’ video of the incident. The video showed the suspect pick up the instrument and exited the cafeteria. It also showed Mr. Jones waking throughout the school with the violin case in his hands and exiting the school with the item,” the police report states.

Two days later, Jones allegedly admitted to the theft when confronted with the video footage. The victim’s mother told WSB-TV the violin, valued at $750, was recovered and the family is awaiting its return.

Local parents were shocked by the allegations, describing Jones’ actions as “despicable” and “terrible.”

“Oh, my God. That’s not fair. That’s not right at all,” parent Linda Kessie said. “I think it’s despicable and embarrassing, to say the least.”

“I think it’s really terrible that a teacher would take advantage of a situation,” she said.

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Officials with the DeKalb County school district have ignored requests for comment from both WSB-TV and The Atlanta Journal Constitution.

“I, Detective Bradshaw, interviewed Mr. Jones at the school about the stolen violin. I read him his Miranda warnings prior to questioning. Mr. Jones admitted to stealing the violin. He stated that he took the violin because he got a $700 ticket recently and needed some money to help pay for it,” the investigator wrote in the police report.

“The interview was recorded,” the report read. “He also provided a written statement confessing to the theft of the violin.”

A WSB-TV reporter showed up at Jones’ home to question the teacher about the ordeal by folks inside wouldn’t open the door. The victim’s mother also declined to discuss the incident on camera.

It’s just the latest example of teachers stealing from students in recent years.

An Oklahoma teacher last year admitted to stealing from students to feed her drug habit, while police allege a Michigan teacher swiped cash for homecoming to take trips to the casino.

Also last year, a teacher in Murfreesboro, Tennessee was caught stealing students’ Adderall from a locked cabinet at Eagleville School, though she was simply re-assigned to a different school, EAGnews reports.

On the flipside, a Chicago mother threatened to sue her daughter’s school in 2016 after she found the 6-year-old cowering in dark stairwell in handcuffs – punishment for taking a piece of candy from her teacher’s desk without permission.