KISSIMMEE, FL — A former Liberty High School campus monitor was arrested after investigators said he had inappropriate interactions with students and attempted to flee from deputies when they tried to take him into custody, according to the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies began investigating on May 17 after receiving a complaint from the parent of a Liberty High School student regarding inappropriate conversations between the student and an adult campus monitor. During the investigation, deputies identified a second student who investigators said had also been verbally propositioned by the employee.
Detectives with the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office later obtained an arrest warrant for 30-year-old Justice Williams Jones of Vero Beach. Investigators said Jones had already been terminated from Osceola County Public Schools on May 15 for an unrelated issue and had returned to his residence in Vero Beach.
According to the sheriff’s office, Jones returned to Liberty High School on Thursday and was approached by deputies while sitting inside his vehicle. Investigators said Jones fled from deputies before being stopped on John Young Parkway after becoming trapped in traffic and surrounded by law enforcement vehicles.
Jones was booked into the Osceola County Jail on charges of attempted sexual battery by a person over 24 years old on a victim between 16 and 17 years old, as well as fleeing and eluding law enforcement.
Investigators said Jones admitted to fleeing from deputies and acknowledged inappropriate contact with students during an interview with detectives.
School Safety Detectives are asking anyone who may have had inappropriate interactions with Jones at Liberty High School or believes they may have been a victim to contact the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office.
SOURCE: OSCEOLA COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE
