STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- At least one employee at the Department of Motor Vehicles needed more customer service training.

Peter Grosseto, 29, of Westerleigh, was arrested for allegedly using a state computer at his DMV job to contact a female customer for a date, according to a media release from the Office of Inspector General Catherine Leahy Scott.

"This defendant set aside any semblance of professionalism and illegally accessed state resources to satisfy his own interests and harass a customer with unwelcome advances," Leahy said.

Grosseto, a customer service representative at the lone DMV office on Staten Island, allegedly obtained the customer's name and phone number without her knowledge after he saw her being served by another representative.

He proceeded to use DMV computers three times to further access her personal information, and ultimately called her at home, pretending to be a quality assurance representative.

Eventually, he came clean, and admitted he only called to ask for a date.

DMV Executive Deputy Commissioner Terri Egan said Grosseto had been suspended from his job without pay.

"There is no responsibility we take more seriously at DMV than safeguarding the personal information of our customers," Egan said.

Grosseto was arraigned in Richmond County Criminal Court on charges of Computer Trespass, a felony, and Unauthorized Use of a Computer and Official Misconduct, both misdemeanors.

Richmond County District Attorney Michael E. McMahon thanked the DMV and the Office of the Inspector General for their work on the case.

"Mr. Grosseto is charged with violating the public trust for his own selfish gains, and my office will work to ensure that he is held accountable for his crimes and that the public safety is protected," McMahon said.