May 31, 2008 - Demetrius Busby, 45, an ROTC instructor at Sarasota High School, was arrested, accused of having sex with a 15-year-old male student. He was charged with two counts of lewd and lascivious acts on a child and one count of showing obscene material to a minor.
When Busby got word from the teen that police were investigating the matter, he ran from school -- skipping a class and leaving his lunch half eaten -- and did not return. Police arrested Busby at the Sleep Inn on University Parkway.The victim told police he had sex with his teacher at least 10 times during the 06-07 school year in Busby's office, when he was a freshman, and Busby was his ROTC teacher. Busby also showed him pornographic movies on a laptop, the victim alleged.
Busby and the victim also had sex at the teacher's home at 2330 Tamisola Street at least twice a month for the last year, the victim told police. Busby was tipped to the investigation by the victim when the two saw each other in the school office, according to his arrest report.
