PEORIA, AZ — An employee with the Cartwright School District has been arrested for alleged sex crimes after an incident in Peoria.
Peoria police officials say 26-year-old Brock Higley was arrested after he exposed himself to a 17-year-old Dutch Bros worker on Saturday.
Officials say the incident happened near 83rd Avenue and Thunderbird Road just before 10 a.m.
The victim told police that when she brought Higley his drink in the drive-thru line he exposed himself to her before driving away.
Workers were able to get the license plate number of the vehicle involved and notified police. Police were then able to track the vehicle to Higley's home.
Higley was taken into custody on Sunday at his home and denied exposing himself to the teen, but admitted to being the person who ordered the drink.
Victor Hugo Rodriguez, executive director of public relations for Cartwright School District provided the following statement to ABC15:
"The Cartwright School District learned today that a district office employee, Brock Higley, was arrested by local law enforcement authorities in Peoria related to an alleged incident happening this past weekend and unrelated to his work duties in our school district. The employee is not assigned to work duties in any school or classroom. The employee has been placed on administrative leave pending further investigation by the District and local authorities. The safety and security of Cartwright students is the district's top priority."
The investigation remains ongoing, and it is unknown if there were any other victims.
ABC15 has recently reported on multiple other incidents involving educators across the Valley.
In March, a teacher at Independence High School in Glendale was arrested for allegedly secretly recording students while they were undressing.
Also in March, Buckeye police arrested a 23-year-old former teacher and athletic coach accused of sex crimes involving a student.
Buckeye police said that incident was one of three arrests involving school staffers investigated by their department in the last year.
Earlier this year, Phoenix police said they were investigating allegations of "inappropriate actions" by a north Phoenix high school teacher.
Higley faces one count of indecent exposure.
