PHOENIX (AP) -- A Mesa Westwood High School teacher has been arrested on suspicion of fondling a female student's breast in class.

The teacher, identified by police as Kyle M. Hite, 25, acknowledged he touched the victim's breast numerous times without her consent, saying "he thought the victim found him attractive," according to a Mesa police report.

Police are recommending that prosecutors charge Hite with two counts of sexual abuse, the report said. Hite was arrested on Thursday.

According to the police report, Hite has taught math at Westwood for a year.

At first, the victim thought it was an accident when the teacher's hand "brushed" her breast, but knew it was intentional when it happened again, the police report said.

The student said she complained to the teacher, but "he told her to knock off the attitude. The victim reports that the defendant touched her breast nearly every day after that," the report said.

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