One New York teacher sent an extremely explicit photo via Snapchat to one of his female students. What followed was a thorough investigation that has lead to his indictment on a number of heinous charges, including sexual abuse. Did we mention it involves not one or two, but six teenaged girls? Yea.
Via NYTimes:
On Tuesday, Mr. Shaynak, 44, who taught math and science at Brooklyn Technical High School, was arraigned in State Supreme Court in Brooklyn on 36 charges involving six teenage girls, including sexual abuse, forcible touching, kidnapping, endangering the welfare of a child and disseminating indecent material.
Mr. Shaynak, who pleaded not guilty to all of the charges, was jailed after the hearing. He faces up to 25 years in prison if convicted of the most serious charges.
He had taught for about five years at Brooklyn Tech, one of the eight selective public high schools that admit freshmen based on a single exam. Mayor Bill de Blasio’s son, Dante, is currently a senior there.
The charges, brought by District Attorney Kenneth P. Thompson, outlined a frightening pattern of behavior that the authorities said took place from 2011 to 2014 and, until recently, had apparently gone undetected. There was no indication Tuesday that any of it had been reported to officials at the school or the Education Department.
Shaynak’s bail has been set at $1 million bond or $600,000 cash, which he had not posted Tuesday afternoon.
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