Man Charged With Sex Offenses Worked at Three Upcounty Schools, Including Stedwick

A Germantown man accused of assaulting a minor eight years ago worked for the Montgomery County Public Schools system for nearly a decade, including three years as a para-educator at Stedwick Elementary School in Montgomery Village.

Michel Rosenzweig, 52, of the 2800 block of Sage Terrace, was arrested last week and charged with five counts of third-degree sexual offense for assaults that took place in 2003. after posting a $30,000 bond.

School administrators today and staff of Rosenzweig’s arrest,while stressing that his employment with MCPS between 1999 and 2007 was not connected to the alleged incidents that led to his arrest.

"We’re giving parents the facts as we know them from the police," said schools spokeswoman Lesli A. Maxwell.

Police are asking other possible victims to come forward.

Rosenzweig worked as a para-educator for special-needs children at from 1999 to August 2002, and was a security assistant at Neelsville Middle School in Germantown from August 2002 to August 2006 and at Lakelands Park Middle School in Gaithersburg from August 2006 to February 2007, Maxwell said.

Parents and staff at Quince Orchard and Northwest high schools were also notified about the arrest, though Rosenzweig never worked at the high schools, Maxwell said.

On March 11, the alleged victim, now 18, told police about the incidents, which occurred when he was 10 years old. In June and July of 2003, the boy regularly swam at the Stratford Knolls community pool in Germantown. Police said Rosenzweig touched the victim inappropriately in the shower five times.

In February, the alleged victim saw Rosenzweig and obtained the license number of the car he was driving.

Most recently, Rosenzweig was employed as a behavioral aide with Maxim Healthcare in Towson, Md., where he had worked since November 2010, according to a statement from Maxim.

Chieko Noguchi, spokeswoman for the Archdiocese of Washington, said a letter will be sent to the pastor and the principal of St. John the Evangelist School in Silver Spring, where Rosenzweig worked as a physical education teacher from fall 1989 to June 1992.

Noguchi said the arrest was not connected to Rosenzweig's prior employment with the school. 

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Anyone who has concern about inappropriate contact between Rosenzweig and a juvenile is asked to call Det. John Reinikka of the Family Crimes Division at 240-773-5400.