OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. – The FBI has arrested a 19-year-old substitute teacher in the Osceola County School district for distribution of child porn, court records show.
The district said Joshua Merced-Trychta was fired once he was arrested.
“This individual began working for us as a substitute teacher on Sept. 29, 2020, and the last day he worked for us according to our sub fill system was on April 14, 2021,” the district said in a statement.
School officials said his fingerprints were cleared when he was hired.
The district said they have not been informed of any students who were victimized.
Officials said he was a substitute teacher at the following schools:
- Celebration High School
- Osceola High School
- Poinciana High School
- Horizon Middle School
- New Beginnings
- NeoCity Academy
- Sunrise Elementary (district said it was for only one class)