Sayreville High Teacher Charged With Touching Female Students

SAYREVILLE, NJ — The woodshop teacher at Sayreville War Memorial High School teacher was arrested Friday and charged with engaging in inappropriate conduct with several high school students.

Eric Pieklo, 50, a South Amboy resident, was arrested and charged Friday with four counts of endangering the welfare of a child in the second degree, and five counts of engaging in criminal sexual contact in the fourth degree with female students between 16 -18 years of age.

Pieklo is pictured above. The investigation began when Sayreville Police responded to a report from school officials regarding one of the teachers.

The Middlesex County prosecutor alleges that from January 2018 through December 2018, Pieklo engaged in inappropriate conduct with three female students between the ages of 16-18 at his workshop located in South Amboy as well as at the Sayreville High School. This included the inappropriate touching of the female students as well as inappropriate comments made to those students.

Pieklo also provided two students, one of which was a male student, with marijuana and alcohol at his workshop located in South Amboy.

He is currently suspended with pay from the Sayreville War Memorial High School where he was employed as an Woodshop teacher for 14 years with tenure.

He is being held at the Middlesex County Adult Corrections Center in North Brunswick pending his initial court appearance Saturday.

Photo provided by the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office.