Pasco Substitute Teacher Arrested

SPRING HILL, FL — The Pasco County Sheriff’s Office has announced the arrest of a man it says had illegal relations with a teenage girl.

According to the agency, Brian Anthony Germani, 20, is accused of having a sexual relationship with a girl who was 14 years old at the time. An arrest report states the two met for sexual encounters on numerous occasions between July and December of last year.

On Feb. 1, the victim participated in a recorded phone conversation with Germani. During that call, the two discussed their sexual activity and Germani is accused of instructing the teen to tell her family she was lying about their encounters since the news could “ruin his life,” the report stated.

Germani was brought into custody on lewd and lascivious battery charges Tuesday and was released Wednesday after posting $10,000 bond.

Pasco County Schools have confirmed Germani began working as a substitute teacher in the district in February 2015. He worked on such campuses as Gulf, River Ridge, Ridgewood and Mitchell High Schools. He also substituted at Seven Springs Middle, district records indicate.

Investigators say the victim was not a student of Germani’s and he did not meet her at school.

Booking photo courtesy of the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office