PUTNAM COUNTY, Fla. – The Putnam County Sheriff’s Office arrested a 54-year-old former Interlachen teacher for possessing nude photos of a former student on Friday.
Officials said the investigation began in November when a family member found images of a former student at Interlachen Junior-Senior High School on Gus Devereaux’s laptop, where he previously worked as a teacher.
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Investigators said Devereaux resigned from the school on Feb. 2, 2023, instead of being terminated following a separate school investigation.
The former student identified the photos and confirmed they were taken several years ago while the student was still a minor. Detectives determined that the images were not sent directly to Devereaux, nor did he take them.
However, the investigation confirmed that Devereaux was the student’s ninth-grade teacher and would have known the individual was underage.
Detectives arrested Devereaux outside Lawtey Correction Institution in Bradford County where he teaches GED classes to adult inmates. He was transported to the Bradford County Jail and held on $300,000 bond. Officials said he will be extradited to Putnam County at a later date.
PCSO said due to the victim’s age at the time of the incident and to protect their identity, no further information is being released.