How a former corrections officer with a history of sex abuse allegations landed a job working with kids

A campus monitor and former girls’ basketball coach at Poinciana High School was arrested for child abuse, accused of pushing a student against a golf cart and illegally restraining him.That same employee, John Carasquillo, had previously worked as a corrections officer at the Orange County Jail. He lost his corrections license and his job after an internal affairs investigation found he’d been accused of exposing himself to an inmate at the jail, sexually battering a former inmate, and stalking an acquaintance.

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Osceola County school arrestSurveillance video from the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office shows John Carrasquillo pushing a student into a golf cart and illegally restraining him at an Osceola County high school. He has pleaded not guilty to the child abuse charges.Records show Carrasquillo previously worked as a corrections officer at the Orange County Jail, where internal affairs investigations uncovered multiple misconduct allegations. An internal affairs report concluded by a