A custodian at Wolfson High School was arrested after he reportedly patted the backside of a female student while working at the school, a Jacksonville Sheriff's Office report said.
Reshat Abrashi, 61, is charged with offenses against students by authority figures, a felony.
The incident happened Friday the report said, and was caught on school security cameras.
According to the JSO arrest report, Abrashi patted a girl twice on her backside inside Wolfson High School.
Duval County Public Schools is investigating the accusations of groping inside the school.
DCPS told Action News Jax reporter Courtney Cole, Abrashi was suspended along with his work badge and was not allowed on campus.
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The school district said the school security surveillance video is confidential, so it is unable to give that footage to us.
The school district also said Abrashi is not an employee of Duval County Public Schools. The district contracts out for custodial services.
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Cole spoke directly with the custodian’s employer. ABM, a janitorial services company, said Abrashi is not allowed on campus and his work badge has been revoked pending the outcome of the investigation.
"That's concerning because now, wow!” said Georlin Gordon, who was shocked to hear about the allegations against one of the custodians at her daughter's high school.
“I remember the school sent out an email over the weekend and I saw it and was just, 'Oh my gosh, did this really happen?,'” Gordon said.
According to the report, the "hysterical" victim approached a school safety officer and said that Abrashi has patted her butt twice after moving close to her at the school.
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As he tapped her butt, the victim told authorities, he commented, "Big, big" before she walked away. The victim said in the report that it was common knowledge among students that Abrashi looks lustfully at girls at the school.
A female student at Wolfson HS is accusing 61YO custodian, Reshat Abrashi, of groping her.
— Courtney Cole (@CourtneyANJax) October 30, 2018
-Abrashi has been suspended, is not allowed on campus & his work badge has been revoked pending the outcome of the investigation. @ActionNewsJax —Abrashi was released from jail on bond. pic.twitter.com/FuBEraCVYR
After the incident, the report said, school officials began to put together a plan to have an interpreter in place because Abrashi spoke little English.
Abrashi was located at his home and arrested without incident.
"I didn't know to the extent that the police were called out. They never said what the outcome was, so I was unaware of that,” said Gordon.
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