Two Okaloosa County School District employees have been suspended and banned from school district property following their arrest Wednesday on felony charges.

Marlynn Stillions, 59, a special education teacher, and Arden Farley, 70, a school district investigator, face charges relating to a 2016 abuse investigation at Kenwood Elementary School in Fort Walton Beach.

Farley, against the advice of his lawyers, came in to the offices of the Northwest Florida Daily News a day after he was arrested to tell his side of the story.

You are about to listen to an edited version of the interview with Farley joined by Daily News Editor Bob Heist, Managing Editor Wendy Victora and Education Reporter Heather Osborne