A former employee with the Jefferson Parish Public School System has been charged with sexually abusing a female student, according to court records.

Phabion Woodard, 27, of New Orleans, was charged Aug. 28 with molestation of a juvenile and indecent behavior with a juvenile.

The abuse reportedly occurred in 2023 while Woodard worked at Riverdale High School in Old Jefferson, according to the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office. The victim in the case was a 16-year-old female student.

Neither the school district nor the Sheriff's Office revealed what position Woodard held at the school. He is accused of inappropriately contacting the girl online.

Woodward is also accused of inappropriately touching her at least once at the school, the Sheriff's Office said.

Authorities arrested Woodard

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