{"id":353102,"date":"2026-07-26T19:33:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T19:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/353102\/"},"modified":"2026-07-26T19:33:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T19:33:21","slug":"florida-teacher-accused-of-abusing-child-for-years-deputies-seek-more-possible-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/353102\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida teacher accused of abusing child for years; deputies seek more possible victims"},"content":{"rendered":"

SARASOTA, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A Florida middle school teacher was arrested Friday after deputies say he sexually abused a child multiple times over several years.<\/p>\n

The Sarasota County Sheriff\u2019s Office<\/a> say they arrested 40-year-old Brian L. Pavluchuk with help from the DeSoto County Sheriff\u2019s Office<\/a> and the U.S. Marshals Task Force in Fort Myers.<\/p>\n

Investigators say Pavluchuk, who was known to the victim, is accused of sexually abusing the child between 2014 and 2017.<\/p>\n

According to the sheriff\u2019s office, detectives used interviews, witness statements and recorded admissions to establish probable cause for charges including sexual battery and lewd and lascivious molestation.<\/p>\n

See also: FBI says tip led to capture of Most Wanted fraudster accused in $32M COVID relief scheme<\/a><\/p>\n

Pavluchuk is currently a teacher at Punta Gorda Middle School<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Charlotte County Public Schools<\/a> spokesperson Claudette Smith said the district is aware of the arrest and that Pavluchuk has been placed on administrative leave:<\/p>\n

We are deeply troubled by the arrest made today involving a Charlotte County Public Schools employee. While this matter did not occur within a school setting, we want to be clear that every CCPS employee is held to the highest standards of professionalism and integrity, both on and off campus.”<\/p>\n

The district said it is following established procedures and working with law enforcement as the investigation continues.<\/p>\n

Anyone with additional information about this case or possible additional victims is asked to contact the Sarasota County Sheriff\u2019s Office Criminal Investigations Section<\/a> at 941-861-4900.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SARASOTA, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A Florida middle school teacher was arrested Friday after deputies say he sexually abused…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":353103,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-353102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=353102"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353102\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/353103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=353102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=353102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=353102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}