6 named: David Daniels, deputy, Santa Rosa Sheriff's Office, school resource officer, High Road School Winston Hezekiah Foster,art teacher, Woodham Middle School & Woodham Middle School Cheyenne Kenny, teacher, Community Action Head Start Program Darreyel Devahn Laster, dean, Warrington Middle School Jerrod Wade Novotny, social studies teacher, West Florida High School Michael Taylor, physical education teacher, West Florida High School Six school employees in Escambia, Santa Rosa counties arrested in 2023 As the 2023-2024 school year is set to begin in August, several employees in Escambia and Santa Rosa schools are unlikely to return. Six employees, including three teachers, have been arrested so far in 2023 for a variety of offenses that include physical and sexual assault. Here 's a rundown of the arrests so far this year: Warrington Middle School Dean Darreyel Laster arrested for allegedly soliciting student On Jan. 19, Darreyel Devahn Laster was charged with two counts of lewd or lascivious behavior and one count of obscene communication for allegedly trying to "seduce, solicit, lure or entice" a student from Warrington Middle School to "commit an illegal act or to otherwise engage in any unlawful sexual conduct." According to Laster's arrest report, the student told an Escambia County Sheriff's deputy on Dec. 27, 2022, "he was being provided marijuana and alcohol along with being propositioned to perform or receive (sexual act) from his former (redacted) dean, Darreyel Laster." The report alleges Laster asked the student multiple ... School resource officer David Daniels charged with lewd or lascivious behavior with a minor In January, the Santa Rosa Sheriff's Office announced they fired Deputy David Daniels after the Department of Child and Families notified them of lewd or lascivious allegations against the deputy. Daniels was a school resource officer for High Road School of Santa Rosa, but the release says the allegations did not occur while Daniels was on duty or on the school's premises. "This is another case of an individual that has tarnished the badge," Sheriff Bob Johnson said in the release. "Once we were made aware of it, we responded appropriately, arrested him, and terminated his employment. At the Santa ... Woodham and Beulah art teacher Winston Foster charged for 'sexual relationship' with 15-year-old student Winston Hezekiah Foster was charged in February with one count of sex assault of a victim between 16 and 17, one count of lewd or lascivious behavior of a victim between 12 and 16 and one count of sexual offenses against a student by an authority figure after a State Attorney's Office investigation concluded. "On Dec. 8, 2022, the Office of State Attorney received a complaint from (redacted) who alleged Winston Foster, her former middle school art teacher, had a sexual relationship with her from Oct. 2017 when she was 15 years old, until Sept. 2019 when she was 17 ... West Florida High teacher Jerrod Novotny charged with aggravated assault Jerrod Wade Novotny, a West Florida High School social studies teacher, was charged with one count of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon for allegedly pointing a firearm at his significant other in the middle of the night on May 4. A press release says the woman "woke up to Jerrod standing over her" and was "pointing, with one arm extended, a mostly black with some silver, handgun at her." It also says that "when he realized she was awake and looking at him he hid the gun behind his back." The report says earlier in the day Novotny allegedly ... West Florida High PE teacher Michael Taylor charged with assault and domestic strangulation On July 9, 48-year-old Michael Taylor, a West Florida High School physical education teacher, was arrested for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, domestic battery by strangulation, one misdemeanor count of battery and a misdemeanor count of cyberstalking. An arrest report states that Taylor allegedly attacked his partner after she was speaking with another man on the phone. She told authorities that he "took a pillow and hit her in the face with it multiple times, and then put it on her chest and began to deliver forearm strikes." This allegedly occurred July 2. The report also says the reporting ... Escambia Head Start teacher Cheyenne Kenny charged with kicking and throwing 5-year-old child at work An Escambia County teacher for the Community Action Head Start Program was arrested July 19 after footage revealed she allegedly kicked a 5-year-old, dragged the child across the room and then threw her to the floor in March. The Department of Child and Families, the Escambia County Sheriff's Office and the school itself were investigating 23-year-old Cheyenne Kenny after she allegedly assaulted the child after the child struck Kenny in the leg, an arrest report states. While at DCF, the reporting deputy saw the video and "observed (the child) swing her arm and hit Kenny in the leg, at which ... Continue reading... https://news.yahoo.com/six-school-employees-escambia-santa-091433630.html Find in Internet Archives [google]Six school employees in Escambia, Santa Rosa counties arrested in 2023[/google]
