CPS instructor from Indiana sexually assaulted student multiple times, police say

A former JROTC instructor at Roosevelt High School was arrested at O’Hare International Airport and charged with sexually assaulting a student multiple times since 2018.

Brian Travis, of Saint John, Indiana, was charged with a felony count of criminal sexual assault of a victim between the ages of 13 and 17 as well as a misdemeanor count of assault, Chicago police said.

Brian Travis

Travis, 46, was taken into custody about 8:45 a.m. Wednesday at O’Hare, after he was identified as the person who allegedly sexually assaulted a female student, who was 16 or 17 at the time of the incidents, police said.

Police said he sexually assaulted her on multiple occasions in 2018 and 2019. Police also alleged that Travis was in a position of authority over the girl and that he threatened her.

Travis worked as an instructor in the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps at Roosevelt High School, at 3436 W. Wilson Ave. in Albany Park, from 2015 until earlier this year, CPS spokesman Michael Passman said.

He left the school before the start of the current school year and was working as a staffing manager in the district’s JROTC office, Passman said.

Travis was removed from the position Dec. 3 after allegations of his misconduct surfaced, Passman said.

A judge ordered him held without bail Thursday, according to the Cook County state’s attorney’s office. His next court date was set for Jan. 2.