Ocala, FLORIDA

FOUND DEAD OF SELF-INFLICTED GUNSHOT WOUND.

Jan 29, 2008 -
Jerry Bonds, 65, a substitute at Belleview Elementary School, was arrested after a month-long investigation. Bounds was charged with two counts of lewd and lascivious behavior on a victim under 12,

According to police, the second grader,said that on two separate occasions, once in November and the other in December, Bounds touched her inappropriately. She said he also requested that she wear a skirt the next time he was a sub in her class.

The victim came forward because she told her parents she was too scared to return to school after the holiday break because Bounds told her not to tell anyone about the incidents or they would both be in trouble.
Full Name: Jerry Michael Bounds

Marion County Sheriff's Office. Look for press release.

Jan 31 - Bounds was found dead inside his home. He died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Substitute teacher charged with lewd acts commits suicide

Central Florida 13 reports that deputies said they were preparing to arrest him again on charges involving two children at another school.