A Brooklyn teacher who was arrested for sending a student an inappropriate picture faces 36 new charges for allegedly engaging in sexual relationships with seven students over a three-year period.
According to the New York Times, Sean Shaynak, 44, taught math and science at Brooklyn Tech High School. The Times adds that the investigation began after a student told school officials that Shaynak sent her a picture of his penis on Snapchat in June.
He was subsequently arrested in August, and authorities learned about more of his alleged actions, which included "grooming" students for sex between 2011 and 2014:
Joseph Mancino, a Brooklyn prosecutor, told Justice Martin P. Murphy on Tuesday that Mr. Shaynak had “looked to groom these students” with the text messages, trips, alcohol and cigarettes. He gave one student perfect scores on classroom quizzes, though she routinely left questions blank, Mr. Mancino said.
Mr. Mancino said that Mr. Shaynak had a four-month sexual relationship with one of the six students, whom he once took to a sex club in a different state, where he had sex with other patrons. He also took her on what the prosecutor called a “terror ride” from Queens to Brooklyn, when the student became so frightened that she ran from the car and hid from Mr. Shaynak in some nearby bushes while he was “screaming and banging on the car.” Mr. Shaynak also threatened to tell the girl’s parents about their relationship, Mr. Mancino said.
Another student accompanied Mr. Shaynak to a nude beach in New Jersey, after Mr. Shaynak told her they were going to pick up school supplies, law enforcement officials said. They exchanged 10,000 text messages, in which he repeatedly mentioned the nude beach. She also visited his home, where he gave her so much hard liquor that she passed out, officials said. Mr. Shaynak encouraged that student to have sex with another female student, Mr. Mancino said.
To further complicate matters, authorities found an ample amount of bestiality porn on Shaynak's computer. He was fired from his job as a math and science teacher at Brooklyn Tech High School after his arrest in August, and has pleaded not guilty to all charges.
[via New York Times]
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