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Bryans Road resident Malcolm Xavier Fluellyn, 27, pleaded guilty on Monday to various charges following an investigation by the sheriff's office into inappropriate sexual contact and interactions between he and students at General Smallwood Middle School, the state's attorney's office announced.
In February last year, a School Resource Officer contacted the Charles County Sheriff's Office to report a possible sexual assault between the former sub and multiple students.
According to investigators, Fluellyn was working as a permanent substitute teacher at the school from December 2022 through February 2023.
Prosecutors say that Fluellyn inappropriately touched the victims, some on numerous occasions, at the school while he worked there. Additionally, Fluellyn reached out to some of the victims on Instagram and made inappropriate sexual comments about their bodies.
His victims ranged between the ages of 12 and 13 years old.
After being alerted to the allegations, Fluellyn was immediately removed from his position by school administrators, officials said.
The subsequent sheriff’s investigation led to the discovery of multiple instances where he had inappropriate physical contact with students, as well as unscrupulous exchanges with minors on social media and through text messages.
Specifically, Fleullyn pleaded guilty on Feb. 26 to two counts of sexual abuse of a minor and six counts of first-degree sexual offense.
Officials noted that Fluellyn was employed with Charles County Public Schools during the 2022 and 2023 school years and also worked for one day at Matthew Henson Middle School in December 2022, though there have been no reported allegations from students at that school.
When he is sentenced in April, Fluellyn faces up to 50 years in prison.
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