Jose Maldonado
An Okeechobee High School teacher is in the county jail tonight accused of molesting a 16-year-old student at a popular off-road riding festival, according to the Okeechobee County Sheriff's Office.
Jose Maldonado, 44, was charged with sexual battery, false imprisonment, two counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor and two counts of exposing himself to the teen, according to a sheriff's office report.
The student, a member of the Junior Recruit Officer Training Corp. program, complained to authorities today that Maldonado molested her while they were at the Mudfest festival in Okeechobee County on Aug. 10. Maldonado, a 25-year military veteran, is a sergeant for the junior recruit training program.
The teen asked Maldonado for a ride to the festival and then afterwards Maldonado took her to his office and cornered her in a storage closet, according to the report. That's when he exposed himself, started to masturbate, and then asked her for sex. When she tried to leave he grabbed her, according to the report.
Eventually Maldonado drove her home, but he performed the same acts again in the car, according to the report.
Det. Ted Van Deman said investigators have not located any other victims.
Maldonado is being held at the Okeechobee County Jail pending first appearance Saturday.
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