SANFORD, Fla. – A former Sanford school resource officer facing charges tied to “inappropriate conduct” with a student while on duty is accused of targeting a second student at the same high school, according to the Sanford Police Department.
Pedro Enrique Da Silva was first arrested on Jan. 14 on charges of written solicitation of a minor, sexual offenses as an authority figure, and distribution of obscene materials — all stemming from alleged inappropriate communications with a 17-year-old student while he was serving as a school resource officer at Seminole High School.
The new accusations surfaced after Da Silva’s January arrest, when a female Facebook profile commented on the Sanford Police Department’s social media post announcing the arrest, suggesting Da Silva had been talking to other students at the high school, according to the affidavit.
After reviewing surveillance footage at Seminole High School, police interviewed the second student on Jan. 26, where she told investigators that sometime before winter break 2025, Da Silva called her into his office after she got in trouble at school. The student said Da Silva asked her age, her birthday, and what she was doing to celebrate — then offered to buy alcohol so the two could “get drunk” together, the affidavit states.
The student told police Da Silva asked if she “wanted to do anything with him in the office” and that “he could lock the door so no one would see what was happening.” She told investigators the encounter made her uncomfortable, but she was eventually allowed to return to class, the affidavit states.
The student told investigators that as Da Silva escorted her back to class, he took her phone from her to add his personal phone number to her contacts. She said he also attempted to look through her photo album before she took the phone back. During the walk, she said Da Silva told her “she didn’t have to wait until her 18th birthday for them to do things together,” the affidavit states.
The student told investigators that the two then boarded an elevator together she could reach her second-floor class. According to the affidavit, the student said Da Silva stood behind her in the elevator and told her “he wanted to touch her” — then grabbed her from behind.
The student also described two separate occasions inside Da Silva’s school office when she said he showed her nude images of himself from his cellphone.
She described one image as a male from the waist down wearing boxer shorts with a visible imprint, and said she recognized the person in the photo as Da Silva because of tattoos on his leg, according to the affidavit.
Pedro Enrique Da Silva, 36, faces additional charges of sexual offense by an authority figure and showing obscene material to a minor. He is set to have a first appearance at 2 p.m. Thursday.