Cedarhurst, NEW YORK

Security Guard saw the incident and the girl struggling to get away.

Apr 19, 2007 - Philip Fasso, 34, a Lawrence High School teacher, was arrested on charges that he fondled a 16-year-old girl just after he finished tutoring her after school.

According to police, Fasso, was charged with fondling the girl beneath her clothes as she stood to leave the tutoring session. A school security guard saw the incident and observed the victim struggling to get away and brought her and Fasso to school administrators, police say.

He was charged with third-degree sexual abuse and endangering the welfare of a child. He is due to be arraigned Friday.