Retired Sarasota ROTC teacher charged with inappropriately touching students
Frank Troxel is facing multiple charges including sexual battery. The 61-year-old previously worked as an ROTC instructor at Venice High School.
According to an arrest affidavit from Sarasota Schools Police, multiple female students reported inappropriate encounters with Troxel while he was on the job.
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In the report, one student told officers Troxel would 'smack her on her buttocks when walking past her'. Another reported to police, 'while being fitted for a uniform, the defendant touched her breasts and buttocks'.
Troxel is charged with battery and nearly a dozen counts of lewd and lascivious behavior. He is out on bond.
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