Miami teacher sexual abuse

A teacher at Coral Springs Charter School in Broward County has been accused of sexually abusing a student, according to reporting from local media.

Joseph Michael Melendez, 33, was charged Thursday, Aug. 7, with one count of sexual battery of a victim between the ages of 12 and 18, two counts of lewd and lascivious battery of a victim between the ages of 12 and 16, and one count of lewd and lascivious molestation.

Melendez is accused of abusing the victim — whose name and age were not released to protect their identity — during their freshman and sophomore years at the charter school. The school serves students from sixth grade until their senior year of high school. The student told police that Melendez first gained his trust in January of 2018.

A former substitute teacher accused of using social media to meet girls as young as 12 years old for sex agreed to a plea deal Monday, according to reporting from The Miami Herald.

Enreeka Nalasco, 35, was sentenced to 25 years in prison and 20 years’ probation Monday on two counts of human trafficking and three counts of lewd and lascivious conduct with girls under 16. Nalasco is also said to have given the pre-teens vapes and marijuana “in exchange for sex,” according to the article.

The two children involved in the case were students at Miami Beach’s Nautilus Middle School in 2022, when the investigation began. Nalasco had previously worked as a substitute teacher at Miami Beach Senior High School, The Herald reported.

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