HILLSBOROUGH, NJ — A Hillsborough High School teacher has been arrested and charged with engaging in sexual conduct with a 17-year-old female student.

Kenneth Shindle, 27, of Plainsboro, was charged with two second-degree counts of endangering the welfare of a child, one count for engaging in sexual conduct that would impair or debauch the morals of the child, and one count for causing harm to the child making her an abused or neglected child, according to the Middlesex County Prosecutor Andrew C. Carey.

An investigation began when Plainsboro Police responded to a possible dispute on the front lawn of Shindle's home involving the teacher and student.