HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) A Hartford Public Schools spokesman has announced that a longtime school official has resigned from his post amid a police investigation.

Pedro Zayas, the district's director of communications, says police informed school officials this week that Eduardo Genao was under criminal investigation for allegedly sending inappropriate text messages to an out-of-state minor.

Genao had worked for the school system since 2005, most recently serving as executive director of compliance until his abrupt resignation Tuesday.

Deputy police Chief Brian Foley says search warrants were served Tuesday and evidence in the case was seized.

Foley says the investigation so far has indicated that no students or staff in the Hartford school system were ever in danger.

Genao has not been charged with a crime. He declined requests for comment yesterday.