North Miami school worker arrested for inappropriate comments to 15-year-old student, authorities say

A 61-year-old maintenance manager and security guard at Mater Academy Biscayne has been arrested after police say he made sexually inappropriate comments to a 15-year-old student, authorities said.

Adolfo Eusebio Cotarelo was taken into custody Wednesday on a child abuse charge following what investigators described as an “inappropriate conversation” with the student inside the North Miami charter school cafeteria.

“Especially a janitor, they have access to the bathrooms and all of that—that’s really scary,” one parent said.

Allegations detailed in arrest report

According to the arrest form, Cotarelo approached the teen in the cafeteria, began talking about sexual activities, and suggested she could go to the third floor where there were no security cameras if she wanted “to do anything.”…

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