QUEENS — A former high school science teacher who tried to meet with a 14-year-old girl he met online pleaded guilty Friday and faces a 30-day sentence, the Queens District Attorney’s office said.
Monsur Khan — a 31-year-old Forest Hills resident who taught earth science at Hillside Arts and Letter Academy in Jamaica Hills — sent multiple sexually explicit instant messages to a person who he thought was a 14-year-old girl some time between February and March last year, according to District Attorney Richard Brown.
He was a teacher at the school at the time of the incident. He was then reassigned from teaching to administrative duties at Hillside, the DOE said. He was terminated in April 2014, the agency said on Monday.
During the incident, an undercover police officer pretended to be a teenaged girl and chatted with Khan, who then arranged to meet the "girl" for pizza in Flushing. Khan made it clear through his messages that his intention was to have sex with her, according to the DA.
Khan was arrested on March 26 and charged with attempted criminal sexual act, which Khan pled guilty to on Friday. He is expected to be sentenced to 30 days in jail and 10 years probation during his next court date on June 16.
At that time, Khan will be stripped of his teaching license and will be registered as a sex offender. He will also have to complete a sex offender program, Justice John Zoll ruled on Friday.
His lawyer did not immediately respond to a phone call seeking comment.
