Overview
- Elias Gordon Farley, 26, a former Donna Klein Jewish Academy science teacher, was booked Dec. 4 on charges of unlawful sexual activity with a minor and offense against a student by an authority figure.
- An arrest affidavit alleges he created a shared Google Doc over the summer to move from casual conversations to explicit planning with the student.
- The student reported that contact became physical in mid-September in his office and a classroom, with additional encounters at his Boca Raton apartment in early November.
- Deputies say Nov. 7 surveillance shows the pair entering his office and later a classroom, and a search of his home found bedding, condom wrappers, and furniture matching the student’s description, with a roommate confirming he was away.
- After the student showed an art teacher bruises and bite marks on Nov. 14, the school suspended Farley and notified child-welfare authorities; he has refused to speak to investigators, and the school says it is cooperating as the case remains active.