A 54-year-old Ellicott City man with ties to Centennial High School athletics is facing charges alleging he sexually abused a teenager he employed at his trash hauling business.

Joshua Matthew Duerk, who owns Duerk & Associates Commercial Bulk Trash Removal, was released from the Howard County Detention Center on Tuesday after posting a $10,000 cash bond, according to court records. His attorney, Justin Lake, did not immediately return a request for comment Tuesday afternoon.

Duerk faces three sex abuse charges in connection with allegations made by a 16-year-old boy, who told investigators that the 54-year-old had touched him while sleeping in his bed earlier this month, according to charging documents. The boy and his three brothers, who were all employed by Duerk, indicated they would normally sleep over at Duerk’s residence in the Turf Valley area prior to and during their shifts.

The teen’s parents told police that they had known Duerk for roughly a decade, having met him when their sons were running a lemonade stand, police wrote in charging papers. Two of the four siblings are now adults.

Duerk is only formally charged in connection with the 16-year-old’s allegations, though the charging documents indicate that police suspect Duerk made inappropriate contact with the teen’s siblings as well. The teen’s younger brother described a previous, similar encounter with Duerk, adding that he had requested for the 54-year-old to purchase him a $200 gift card “and the two would call it even,” requesting another gift card earlier this month “now that the police were involved,” charging papers say.

The 16-year-old told police that Duerk had asked him questions about being “mad or disappointed” with him following the previous night, when the teen said Duerk had touched him after they watched a movie together, police wrote in charging papers. Duerk later took him to a convenience store and purchased a gift card, and provided the 16-year-old with $20 before taking him home, police wrote.

Police also noted that they found that authorities in Montgomery County had also investigated a similar sexual assault report involving Duerk, though court records do not show any previous charges under his name.

A Howard County Police spokesperson said that the investigation into other possible victims is continuing. Police said that Duerk “is known to regularly attend athletic events” at Centennial High School, where he once served as a volunteer coach, and that detectives are asking “any additional victims” and those with information to speak with them by calling police at 410-313-STOP or HCPDCrimeTips@howardcountymd.gov.