Oak Park Middle School teacher arrested, accused of sexual battery of a child
Photo via the Lake County Sheriff's Office
LAKE COUNTY, Fla. - A teacher accused of sexual battery of a child was arrested Wednesday night, the Lake County Sheriff's Office said.
Authorities said Keith Moulton faces one count of sexual battery of a child for an incident that happened at his Groveland home between April 21-23, according to an affidavit.
The boy reportedly told a school resource deputy about the alleged sexual abuse the next day he went to school, the affidavit stated.
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Moulton is being held at the Lake County Jail on a $10,000 bond.
Lake County Schools confirmed to FOX 35 News that Moulton is a first-year teacher who taught intensive math at Oak Park Middle in Leesburg.
"He has been alternatively placed, and we are recommending termination," a spokesperson for the school district said in a statement. "The board will consider that recommendation at the board meeting on Monday. There is no prior discipline in his file."