A Brooklyn high school teacher was arrested this week for allegedly groping a 16-year-old girl while calling her “beautiful,” police and sources said.
Steven Schnee, 48, was arrested Wednesday afternoon for allegedly touching the teen inappropriately on her leg at the Lafayette Educational Complex on Benson Avenue near Bay 43rd Street in Gravesend, according to authorities and sources.
He allegedly told the teen, “You’re beautiful” and “I like your ass” during the disturbing incident, the sources said.
Schnee was charged with forcible touching, endangering the welfare of a child, sexual abuse and harassment, police said.
His arraignment in Brooklyn Criminal Court was pending Thursday.
The Lafayette Educational Complex is home to several schools; it was not immediately clear where Schnee was assigned.
The city’s Department of Education did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
