NR 22-08 Brevard Teacher Arrested on Child Exploitation Warrant

The Brevard County Sheriff’s Office has arrested 40-year-old Joseph Komjathy of Melbourne, after an arrest warrant was issued in Indian River County charging him with five counts of Distribution of Harmful Material to a Minor and one count of Unlawful Use of a Two-way Communication Device.  Mr. Komjathy was taken into custody yesterday evening, without incident, at his residence by agents from the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office SORT Unit.  Mr. Komjathy is employed by Brevard Public Schools as a teacher at Stone Middle School in Melbourne.

For information regarding the investigation and issuance of the arrest warrant, please contact the Indian River County Sheriff’s Office.

For additional information concerning this News Release, please call PIO Tod Goodyear of the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office at 321-501-7594.