FL School Employee Accused Of Inappropriately Touching 3 Students

Updated: Friday, 10:27 a.m.

SARASOTA, FL — A school employee and volunteer accused of inappropriately touching three students faces multiple felony charges, Sarasota police said in a news release.

The students, all boys who are 14- or 15-years-old, attend two schools, the Sarasota School of Arts and Sciences and Sarasota High School, came forward with the allegations against Cobie Bradley, 21.

He was charged with one count of lewd and lascivious conduct on a victim under 16 and two counts of lewd and lascivious molestation on a victim under 16, police said.

Detectives are concerned that there may be additional victims and they are asking anyone with information to come forward. Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Maria Llovio at Maria.Llovio@sarasotaFL.gov or call 941-263-6836.

The parents of one of the victims told police on Sept. 22 that their son had been sexually assaulted on campus by Bradley while he was working at SSAS.

Detectives interviewed staff at the school, who told them that Bradley was hired on Aug. 4 and assigned to the aftercare program on Sept. 17.

On Oct. 17, several students unrelated to the initial investigation saw Bradley on campus and told their band director they were uncomfortable with him because he had been inappropriately touching students, police said.

Detectives spoke with an officer at Sarasota High School, where Bradley was volunteering, on Oct. 21.

The Department of Children and Families also did their own investigation into the allegations.

A second victim shared on Oct. 28 that Bradley inappropriately touched him twice during July band camp at SHS, while a third came forward on Nov. 12 to say that the suspect inappropriately touched him in late August or early September at SSAS, police said.

Bradley was arrested on Wednesday and during his first court appearance, on Thursday, he was given a $25,000 bond for each county.

Among the conditions for his release are high supervision, no contact with the victims and no returning to the schools.

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