NYC assistant principal arrested at school on student sex abuse charge

A 52-year-old assistant high school principal in Queens has been arrested on sexual abuse and child endangerment charges in connection with two encounters with a 15-year-old student this week, according to the NYPD.

Police say Michael Budhu, an assistant Social Studies principal at John Adams High School in Ozone Park, was taken into custody Wednesday at work. He told detectives that the student had visited his office on Monday and Tuesday of the week in the early afternoon hours. He claimed he could not recall if they were alone and denied touching her or showing her sexual images on his phone, prosecutors say.