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Deputies: Osceola teacher arrested for alleged sexual misconduct with a student

KISSIMMEE, Fla. — An Osceola County mother helped lead deputies to a teacher accused of sexually battering a child at a Kissimmee school, according to an arrest report.

Dominyk Lewis, 20, a teacher at Esther's School at the time of the allegations, was arrested Wednesday, the report says.

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The superintendent of Esther's School told Channel 9's Samantha Manning Lewis had worked there from March 2016 until January, starting as a teacher's aide before becoming a teacher.

The victim told deputies the victim said the sexual contact happened at the school during November and December 2016, the arrest report states.

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Lewis, who taught at the high school level, resigned from Esther's School in January, the superintendent said.

Lewis then went on to run the Grace Excellence School in Kissimmee, where he worked until deputies arrested him.