Former Tuskawilla Middle School Teacher Arrested for Sexually Assaulting 13-Year-Old Student

Daniel Philip Le Lievre, a 41-year-old former Oviedo middle school teacher, allegedly began dating a student's mother in October 2023 with a single documented goal: gaining access to her 13-year-old daughter. After the relationship ended in January 2024, Le Lievre admitted as much to the mother, according to arrest documents.

Oviedo Police Department officers arrested Le Lievre the night of March 30, 2026, at his home on Beckstrom Drive and released body camera footage of the arrest. He is held without bond at the Seminole County Jail. A brief April 1 court hearing ended with a judge upholding the no-bond status, and his arraignment is scheduled for May 26, 2026. He faces two felony charges: custodial sexual battery on a victim between the ages of 12 and 18, and sex offense by an authority figure soliciting and engaging in a romantic relationship with a student. When officers arrived at his door, Le Lievre declined to speak without a lawyer.

Le Lievre taught at Tuskawilla Middle School, a Seminole County Public Schools campus, from August 4, 2022 through May 3, 2024. Investigators say he ran a premeditated grooming operation against the girl throughout that period. He allegedly taught her Morse code so they could communicate without detection in the classroom, created throwaway email addresses and secret websites for covert contact, and kept a designated drawer in his classroom desk stocked with the girl's perfume and a blanket. He also allegedly exploited his access to Tuskawilla's scheduling system to place her in more of his classes without her mother's knowledge, and opened a bank account and a secret phone account in the girl's name.

The alleged assault occurred the night before Christmas Day 2023 at Le Lievre's home, where the mother and her children had been regularly staying overnight during the four-month relationship. Investigators say Le Lievre, then 39, followed the 13-year-old to the bathroom in the middle of the night and sexually assaulted her, telling her "not to tell anyone what happened," according to court documents.

The mother and daughter came forward during a forensic interview in February 2026, more than two years after the alleged incident. Seminole County Public Schools and the Seminole County Sheriff's Office had, however, received their first complaint about Le Lievre in February 2024, when a school resource officer brought concerns to the district. Two separate SCPS investigations that year both concluded Le Lievre had violated district policies covering student abuse, abandonment and neglect, and relationships with students. He was placed on administrative leave on April 26, 2024, resigned in lieu of termination the following month, and is not eligible for rehire.

Following the arrest, Seminole County Public Schools issued a statement: "The safety of our students and staff is our highest priority, and any type of behavior that undermines that safety will not be tolerated at Seminole County Public Schools."

The case carries unresolved questions about the 14-month gap between the district's first notification in February 2024 and Le Lievre's arrest in March 2026. During that stretch, two internal investigations had already found policy violations severe enough to end his career at Tuskawilla Middle School, yet criminal charges did not come until the mother and daughter sat for a forensic interview more than two years after the night before Christmas 2023.