SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) – The Punta Gorda Middle School teacher arrested and charged with sexual battery of a boy in Sarasota County has a history of suspected child abuse going back nearly a decade, investigators’ and court records indicate.
Brian L. Pavluchuk, 40, was arraigned in Sarasota County Court Friday after being charged with multiple counts of sexual battery and lewd and lascivious behavior with a child of a friend, court records say.
After Pavluchuk’s arrest July 24, Charlotte County Public Schools said he had been placed on administrative leave. “We are deeply troubled by the arrest made today involving a Charlotte County Public Schools employee,” Claudette Smith, the district’s public Information officer, said in a statement…