A Viera High School teacher with a previous track record of domestic violence charges has been arrested again, accused of choking a woman in an incident reported this past weekend in Melbourne, as detailed in multiple local sources. Samuel Davison, 33, finds himself facing charges for battery by strangulation, compounding his legal troubles as narrated by the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office, ClickOrlando reported.
The arrest affidavit, provided by law enforcement, outlines allegations that Davison forcibly pulled a woman into a bathroom, slammed the door on her arm multiple times, and then proceeded to choke her — a narrative substantiated by the victim's reported injuries and consistent with the prior account of Davison's October 2023 arrest on a battery-domestic violence charge which was dropped by the state attorney’s office, this according to information from a Fox 35 Orlando report.
Following the arrest, Brevard Public Schools has placed Davison on administrative leave, an action confirmed by the district's spokesperson, Yvette Cruz, though it remains unclear if this leave is with pay, this status presently hangs upon the outcome of the ongoing investigation, details from Florida Today illuminated a pattern of incidents that has rattled the Brevard Public Schools district in recent months.
The district has recently been embroiled in controversy, from the assignment of teacher Karly Anderson to Saturn Elementary after charges of hosting an alcohol-laden party at the residence of another school principal, Elizabeth Hill-Brodigan, who faces counts including child neglect, all the way to the non-renewal of an AP English teacher's contract after utilizing a student's preferred name without parental consent which goes against a recent Florida statute, and as Florida Today reports, amid these tides of legal issues that the district strives to navigate through residually the faces of students and educators alike remain hoping for calmer seas.
