Joshua Andreas Watson, a newly hired P.E. teacher at J.A. Fair K-8 Preparatory School was arrested on August 26, 2025 by Jefferson County Sheriff's Office Deputies for sexual assault of a 13 year old.
The charge was changed to rape on August 27th at a hearing in Pine Bluff District Court and a $45,000 bond was set. The next scheduled court date was set for October 1, 2025 at 9:00 AM.
The incident took place in July 2025, the same month he was hired by the Little Rock School District ("LRSD").
Watson applied for a paraprofessional aid position, but was offered a teaching position as a Physical Education/Assistant Football coach/teacher.
15 days later he was sitting in the W.C. "Dub" Brassel Detention Center in Pine Bluff.
It's not Watson's first time there.
Back in 2023 he was arrested and charged with two counts of Battery II and one count of Terroristic Threatening II, all felony charges.
Watson was able to work out a deal and get the felony Terroristic Threatening II charge dropped and the two felony counts of Battery II charges reduced to misdemeanor Discorderly Conduct charges.
Back in 2023 when Watson was arrested for the felony charges, he was a student at UAPB and was the 10th Mr. UAPB in 2024.
On his application for employment with LRSD, Watson stated he had no criminal convictions.
LRSD has some serious problems with their background checks and district administration needs to be held accountable.
At the time of publication, court records from the Sexual Assault case were not received from the Jefferson County District Court Clerk.
Once those records are received, this story will be updated.
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***UPDATE- 09/10/25***
Jefferson County Prosecuting Attorney Kyle Hunter provided us with redacted files from their court filings in district court. Records that the district court clerk stated did not exist.















