Asst. principal accused in 2nd molesting

Published: March. 13, 2008 at 6:24 PM

LOS ANGELES, March 13 (UPI) -- A Los Angeles assistant school principal charged with molesting a student had been involved in similar allegations at another school, reports said.

The assistant principal, Steve Thomas Rooney, 39, allegedly molested a student at Markham Middle School where he was charged with five counts of forcible lewd acts on a child, the Los Angeles Times said Thursday.

He was accused of sexually assaulting the 13-year-old girl March 1 and on at least one other occasion.

A year earlier, police said, Rooney was investigated on suspicion of statutory rape of a 17-year-old student at another school. The case reportedly came to light after Rooney allegedly pulled a gun on the girl's stepfather.

However, he was never charged though he was removed from the school.

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Asst. principal accused in 2nd molesting