Crime & Safety
Elementary Music Teacher Arrested; Accused Of Grabbing Man's Butt
A Sunray Elementary School music teacher was arrested after being accused of repeatedly grabbing the butt of his house cleaner.
NEW PORT RICHEY, FL — A Sunray Elementary School music teacher has been arrested after being accused of repeatedly grabbing the butt of a man who was cleaning his house.
Pasco County Sheriff's deputies arrested Stephen Ailing, 54, of Broadmoor Drive after his house cleaner filed a complaint. The house cleaner said Ailing continued to "grab and poke" his butt after he told him to stop multiple times. Another house cleaner corroborated the encounters.
At one point when the house cleaner ordered Ailing to stop touching him, he said Ailing responded, "You are more gay than I will ever be."
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Following his arrest Wednesday, Ailing admitted to touching the man's buttocks. He said he knew the house cleaner was upset but said he didn't know why.
He was charged with battery.
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