PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — A 53-year-old Port St. Lucie man is facing five counts of sexual battery of a high school student approximately six years ago, Port St. Lucie police said Monday.
Ovidio Rivera was arrested Monday by detectives and the United States Marshals Service. He remains in the St. Lucie County Jail.
The incidents occurred when the victim was a student and the suspect was a teacher at Port St. Lucie High School, police said.
Last month, he was charged with misdemeanor battery. On Sept. 11, he was arrested after an incident with his daughter's boyfriend at a Dollar Tree in Port St. Lucie.
At the time he was an assistant principal at Somerset College Preparatory Academy, a charter high school in Port St Lucie. His name is no longer listed on the school's website.
The Port St. Lucie Police Department urges anyone who may have had a similar experience with Rivera to come forward and call Detective Amanda Bukata at 772-871-7324.
