There are new charges for the Brooklyn high school teacher indicted last month for allegedly sending a lewd photo to a student.
Brooklyn District Attorney Kenneth Thompson announced a new 36-count indictment against Sean Shaynak.
The 44-year-old had been a math and science teacher at Brooklyn Tech since 2009.
Thompson says the new charges come after investigators found evidence on Shaynak’s computer that he victimized six other teenage girls between 2011 and this year.
The new charges include kidnapping and criminal sexual act. He faces up to 25 years in prison on the top charge.
Students had mixed reaction to the news.
“Everybody knew him. He was a nice guy too, really friendly with the kids also. I’m actually shocked something like this would have happened,” said one student.
“Pretty cool guy, really friendly. We talked about computers once. He gave me some advice on it, but I’m not really surprised to hear what happened. I hear these sort of rumors sometimes,” another said.
A Department of Education spokesperson released a statement on the charges, saying, “These alleged actions are completely unacceptable, and have no place in, or outside of, our schools. The DOE took swift action to immediately reassign Mr. Shaynak following his initial arrest. He is not, and will not be, in contact with students. Student safety remains our top priority.”
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