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Pinellas County Schools employee accused of sexually battering child

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Published  May 28, 2025 10:35am EDT
Pinellas Park
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The Brief

    • A plant operator at Morgan Fitzgerald Middle School has been arrested for sexual battery on a child.
    • Joshua Tybeck is accused of sexually battering a child in 2020, when the victim was six years old.
    • Anyone with knowledge of Tybeck having inappropriate contact with other victims is urged to call the police.

PINELLAS PARK, Fla. - A plant operator at Morgan Fitzgerald Middle School has been arrested for sexual battery on a child. 

The backstory:

Pinellas Park police arrested Joshua Tybeck at his Largo apartment on Monday. 

He is accused of sexually battering a child in 2020 when the alleged victim was six years old. 

Joshua Tybeck mugshot courtesy of the Pinellas Park Police Department.

Joshua Tybeck mugshot courtesy of the Pinellas Park Police Department. 

Investigators say the victim was a family friend and that Tybeck had no familial ties to the child. 

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Tybeck has been employed as a Plant Operator at Morgan Fitzgerald Middle School for approximately two years.

What you can do:

Anyone with knowledge of Tybeck having inappropriate contact with other victims is urged to call the police.

The Source: This story was written with information provided by the Pinellas Park Police Department. 

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