Sayreville High School Teacher Indicted On Sexual Contact Charges

SAYREVILLE, NJ — The saga continues for the Sayreville high school woodshop teacher accused of giving several of his male and female students marijuana and alcohol, and inappropriately touching female students:

On Tuesday of this week, Eric Pieklo, 51, was indicted with five counts of endangering the welfare of a child in the second degree, seven counts of criminal sexual contact with students in the fourth degree, six counts of official misconduct in the second degree, and one count participating in a pattern of official misconduct in the second degree.

Pieklo lives in South Amboy, but worked as the woodshop teacher at Sayreville War Memorial High School.

As Patch reported at the time, Pieklo was first arrested, and the charges against him were made public, in December of last year. Sayreville police say that from June 2018 through December 2018, Pieklo engaged in inappropriate conduct with three female students between the ages of 16-18 at his workshop located in South Amboy as well as at the Sayreville high school. This included the inappropriate touching of the female students as well as inappropriate comments made to those students, allege Sayreville police and the Middlesex County prosecutor's office, which became involved in the investigation.

Pieklo is also accused of providing two students, one of which was a male student, with marijuana and alcohol at his home workshop in South Amboy.

He remains suspended with pay from the Sayreville War Memorial High School where he was employed as a woodshop teacher for 14 years, with tenure.

Initial Patch report: Sayreville High Teacher Charged With Touching Female Students