A security guard and coach at a Milwaukee middle school is facing criminal charges after investigators say he sent sexually suggestive Instagram messages to several students and offered to buy one of them shoes in exchange for a favor. Antonious Partee worked as a security guard at Lincoln Center of the Arts Middle School, according to a criminal complaint filed against him, and is now accused of grooming multiple Milwaukee Public Schools students.
Partee faces one count of grooming a child for sexual activity involving two or more children and three counts of sexual misconduct by a school staff member or volunteer, according to the criminal complaint as reported by WISN. The complaint concerns conduct alleged to have occurred between April and August of this year, and includes allegations that Partee made sexual comments to students and contacted them late at night.
According to the complaint, Partee sent the sexually suggestive Instagram messages to several students beginning in April. He reportedly told investigators he was the only person with access to the account in question. Partee has acknowledged making inappropriate comments to students, per the complaint, though the full scope of what he admitted to is not detailed beyond that acknowledgment.
Guard Cites Drinking Problem That ‘Worsened’ Over Summer
Partee told investigators he has a drinking problem that worsened over the summer months while he was not working at the school, the complaint states. It is unclear from the complaint how that admission relates to the timeline of the alleged messages, which investigators say began in April while school was still in session…