‘Employee of the year’ Pre-K teacher aide arrested for sexual assault of children

• Shaun M. Stebbins, a 43-year-old pre-K teacher's aide in New Jersey, was arrested and charged with aggravated sexual assault of victims under 13 and various child pornography crimes.
• The charges stem from alleged incidents involving multiple victims between 2014 and 2025, spanning over a decade.
• Prosecutors expressed concern that there may be additional victims, citing Stebbins' access to children through his employment at Woodbine School District. He was reportedly honored as one of the employees of the year, though all pictures of him appeared to have been deleted from the district’s social media pages as of Friday.
• The investigation began after four students reported alleged abuse to authorities two weeks prior to Stebbins' arrest.
• Stebbins is currently held in the Atlantic County Justice Facility, and the Woodbine School District has stated that student safety is their highest priority.

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New Jersey pre-kindergarten teacher’s aide accused of sexually assaulting ‘multiple’ children over more than a decade