A Jeffersonville High School senior working as a teaching assistant is accused of molesting two 6-year-old girls during the school day.

The allegations against Michael Begin Jr., 18, surfaced Tuesday after the two students at Thomas Jefferson Elementary School told their mothers that Begin had touched them under their clothing.

According to a probable cause affidavit filed in Clark Circuit Court, one of the 6-year-olds said she was in a school hallway with Begin doing a reading test when he inappropriately touched her.

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School surveillance video captured the moment, a Jeffersonville police detective noted in the affidavit, and it corroborates the child’s account.

A different 6-year-old also reported that Begin touched her inappropriately on Tuesday in the school library.

Begin was in his high school's Cadet Teaching Program, which allowed him to work at the elementary school as a teaching assistant.

When the detective confronted Begin on Wednesday, according to police, he said he was sorry, that he wasn't sure why it happened and that it was an error in judgment.

Begin is charged with two felony counts of child molesting. Clark County Prosecuting Attorney Jeremy Mull said Thursday that there are active investigations into allegations by other students and that more charges are possible.

Begin was arrested Wednesday and was released from the Clark County Jail after posting bond. He's due in court Monday afternoon.

Reporter Matthew Glowicki can be reached at 502-582-4989 or mglowicki@courier-journal.com.