A Lithonia High School special education aide and coach arrested following allegations of sexual misconduct was placed on administrative leave Tuesday, according to DeKalb County School District officials.
Marcus Lyndell Skeen II was taken into custody Monday on two counts of first-degree sexual contact by a person with supervisory authority, DeKalb jail records show. Police did not release any information about the allegations the 36-year-old Union City man faces.
According to a DeKalb County arrest warrant, Skeen met with a student off campus on two occasions and the girl’s mother caught them late March 18.
State statutes indicate an employee who “knowingly engages in sexually explicit conduct” with a student or any other person under their supervision could be convicted of a felony and punished by up to 50 years in prison, depending on the age of the victim.
A district spokesperson said Skeen, who was in his second year at Lithonia, was placed on paid administrative leave from his position as a special education paraprofessional pending the outcome of the investigation.
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