(05/30/08 – Initial BBT Report)
Demetrius Busby, 45, a Jr. ROTC instructor for Sarasota High School in Sarasota, Florida has been arrested on allegations of a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old male student.
The alleged victim has told investigators that he and Busby had sex at least ten times in the ROTC office, where he also says that Busby showed him pornographic movies. It is also alleged that Busby had sex with the boy in Busby’s home.
The alleged relationship is said to have started when the boy was 14-years-old and was on-going for almost two years.
Busby is charged with two counts of lewd and lascivious acts on a child and one count of showing obscene material to a minor and is being held with out bond.
07/17/08 – Another Charge Filed”
Yesterday another count of lewd and lascivious conduct was filed against Demetrius Busby after a third boy came forward and told investigators that Busby tried to lure him into a sex act.
References:
Third student accuses former JROTC teacher (07/17/08)
Sarasota High School ROTC instructor accused of having sex with one of his students (05/30/08)
Instructor had sex with student, police say (05/30/08)
ROTC instructor accused of sex with student (05/30/08)
ROTC instructor arrested for having sex with student (05/30/08)
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I cannot express how sad this makes me and how glad i am to hear students of his and others speak out. As a former student, friend, and always a son, Demetrius was the one person who was more of a family to me than my entire family combined. These allegations were a thing I could never have not thought possible of him. He helped me find the life i never had and gave me the stability, knowledge, discipline, and fatherly love that helped me discover my true path and abilities in my ever more successful being.
but to all I say
You may not always know whats going on in a persons mind, but you will always know who has a good heart, regardless of the mistakes we ALL make in life. To help and mentor the success of others was and always will be his true standing in life.
My support will go with him till the end, it’s the least i could possibly do.
This man has never done anything but good for me. And now his name is taboo. I am a student at this school and I was enrolled in JROTC there (and still am). Nobody speaks of him, although he skyrocketed our program. Even my family won’t speak of him. I am great friends with the first teenager, and although I could never believe it, it’s true. I’m sorry to say that now I realize you can never really know a person. And like the media does best, hide the good and blow up the bad.. well they really nailed it.
I don’t believe it. I deal with people on occasion that do this sort of thing and Busby was not one of them. I hope to god it is just not true and I wish him the best.
He was a good guy helped me out a lot. Very disapointed!
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This is pretty crazy to me. Busby was like a father to my unit and myself in florida. I could never imagen him doing something like this after three years of his mentorship. This is very shocking and hurtful to hear about.
He was my teacher, he treated every one like he was our dad at school. I never was him touch anybody. I’m so angry about this, I never thought it was true. He was so agenst gay people he thought it was gross. he even made fun of them. I guess he was hiding behind it. I will miss him this year he made me more self cofident in my self by pushing my best.
I am saddened in so may ways about this charge. I know this man, and would never have thought this could happen. I still dont know if i believe it or not. I hope it is not true. I find myself worrying for him, if the charges are not true. I find myself hating him for ruining my faith in people if it is true. This man and others in the program did a world of good for my son. Its a shame to have to deal with this.