Steinert High teacher and coach arrested for allegedly having sexual relationship with student

A business teacher and multi-sport coach at Steinert High School in Hamilton was arrested Thursday, Sept. 8, for allegedly having an inappropriate sexual relationship with a female student, Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo Onofri said.

Anthony Linder-Creo, 24, has been charged with four counts of second-degree sexual assault and one count of second-degree endangering the welfare of a child.  He is being held in the Mercer County Correction Center pending a detention hearing.

Linder-Creo allegedly had sexual relations with a 17-year-old female at his home in Robbinsville in August. He was arrested on Thursday following an investigation conducted by the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Special Victims Unit.  The investigation is ongoing.