The Prairie Middle School teacher faces additional charges but no more victims have been reported.
Brian Vasquez was in court Monday morning to listen as he was charged with a total of 31 counts in connection with accusations that he sexually assaulted five students, according to a news release from the 18th Judicial District Attorney’s Office.
The most serious charge is sex assault on a child by a person in a position of trust (pattern of abuse), which is a Class 3 felony, the DA’s office said. Vasquez faces 11 counts.
He also has been charged with 10 counts of sexual exploitation of children, eight counts of unlawful sexual contact and two counts of internet luring of a child, according to a complaint filed in Arapahoe County District Court.
All of the alleged crimes were committed between Jan. 1, 2013, and Aug. 21, 2017, the complaint said. It did not offer further details of what is alleged to have happened between Vasquez and the children.
Vasquez remains in custody at the Arapahoe County Detention Center on a $200,000 bond.
Vasquez, who lives in Aurora, was, which has more than 1,760 students in grades 6-8. He taught eighth-grade social studies and worked with Destination Imagination, an after-school program where students use arts, sciences and technology to solve problems and compete in competitions across the state. He has been placed on administrative lead by the Cherry Creek School District.
Vasquez also and worked at the San Luis Valley Youth Detention Center in Alamosa.
Another former Cherry Creek School District employee was scheduled to appear in court Monday for an arraignment but his hearing was postponed until Sept. 25.
Broderick Lundie, 29,, according to records in Arapahoe County District Court.
Lundie allegedly had oral sex and exchanged nude pictures with a student at Grandview High School during the 2017 spring semester, according to his arrest affidavit. He had started a relationship with the student on Instagram, according to the documents.
