INTERLACHEN, Fla. (WFLA) — A former instructor was arrested after he was present in possession of one in all his former scholar’s nude photographs, in line with the Putnam County Sheriff’s Workplace.
Gus Devereaux, 54, of Interlachen, was arrested as he was going to work, at Lawtey Correction Establishment, the place he teaches GED lessons to grownup inmates in Bradford County.
In response to deputies, the investigation started in November when a member of the family found disturbing photos of a former scholar of Devereaux on his laptop computer.
Devereaux was a instructor at Interlachen Junior-Senior Excessive College, situated simply east of Gainesville, however left the college on Feb. 2, 2023, in lieu of termination in one other college’s investigation.
Detectives met with the previous scholar, who confirmed the photographs have been of her and stated they have been taken a couple of years again when she was a minor. She advised officers the photographs weren’t despatched to Devereaux and that he didn’t take the photographs.
It was decided that the scholar was in Devereaux’s Ninth-grade class and that he knew she was a minor within the photographs.
Devereaux was arrested on three counts of possession of obscene materials depicting a baby in sexual conduct and brought to the Bradford County Jail. He’s being held on a $300,000 bond and is ready to be extradited to Putnam County.