VIDE Asst. Principal Clifton Boyd Arrested After Multi-Agency Probe Into Sexual Assault of Former Gomez Elementary Student

Longtime Department of Education administrator Clifton D. Boyd, 73, who most recently served as an assistant principal, has been arrested and charged with multiple felony sexual offenses after an investigation into allegations that he repeatedly sexually assaulted a male student during the 2019–2020 school year at Joseph A. Gomez Elementary School. According to police, Boyd was taken into custody at 10:15 a.m. Friday, and is being held on $500,000 bail.

The arrest followed a warrant issued on November 19, 2025, after VIPD investigators received a detailed report from the victim earlier this year. According to the VIPD’s synopsis, the child first disclosed the abuse on August 22, 2025, telling a school nurse that Boyd, then the assistant principal, removed him from class and brought him to his office, where he was “forced to perform sexual activities.” The victim stated that the abuse took place “multiple times” during the 2019–2020 school year and stopped only when he left Gomez Elementary.

Police Commissioner Mario Brooks confirmed the arrest in an interview Friday, describing the case as the product of an intensive collaboration between the VIPD, the Department of Justice, and the Department of Education. “We were working alongside the Department of Justice and Department Education to basically uncover the full scope of what Mr. Boyd has been involved in,” Brooks said. “So he’s been arrested. He’s in custody at this time.”

Boyd is charged with first-degree aggravated, second-degree aggravated rape, first-degree unlawful sexual contact, aggravated child abuse, and child abuse, all tied to the alleged assault of the minor at Gomez Elementary. He was booked and processed, then turned over to the Bureau of Corrections pending an Advice of Rights hearing scheduled for Monday, November 24.