FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) - An associate camp director accused of molesting a student at a Broward County camp has bonded out of jail.
Christopher Falzone, 35, was seen walking out of the Broward County Jail Wednesday morning, face covered and offering no comment to any news cameras.
Falzone is accused of touching a 10-year-old camper inappropriately at least 15 times.
Police said he admitted to whispering, “I love you,” to the girl, but he denied any inappropriate touching.
Falzone was the associate camp director for Camp Live Oak. He is also a third-grade teacher at Renaissance Charter School at Cooper City.
“I was angry. I felt disappointed, but I felt angry,” said Alyssa Conovers. “The first thought in my head is contacting the school and saying, ‘What background checks do you do?'”
Conovers’ 10-year-old son had Falzone as a teacher two years ago. She said the students and teacher adored him.
“Parents trusted him enough to invite him into their homes or into birthday parties for their children,” Conovers said. “Can you imagine how all the parents feel? That’s how I feel. That’s how we feel.”
Former students were also dumbfounded by the allegations.
“I would always see him in the hallways. We’d always high-five and stuff like that,” said former student Alyssa Santiago.
Hollywood Police had looked into Falzone in 2013 after four students at Sheridan Hills Elementary reported that he touched them inappropriately.
After interviewing the children, investigators decided not to prosecute because they didn’t believe they would be able to convict him.
This information came as a shock, and now, parents like Conovers are furious.
“I don’t even understand how he’s able to be around children, and to me, that is a major drop in the ball of schools of the school system,” she said.
Both the charter school and the camp have said they are working with police on their investigation.
Falzone has since been placed on leave from Renaissance Charter School.
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