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WESTBURY---The high school basketball referee who was arrested this past weekend apparently has a foot fetish.
The ref who was busted for making inappropriate comments about a female ballplayer's feet has a prior arrest in May 2005 for similar behavior.
Andrew Marks, 44, of Westbury was charged Saturday with endangering the welfare of a child after he allegedly made remarks to a member of the girls' varsity basketball team about her socks or sneakers.
Marks, a referee for Section VIII, Nassau County's athletic association, resigned following the Dec. 8 incident at Cold Spring Harbor High school.
Suffolk police said that Marks allegedly approached the student before a boys' basketball game and when the girl attempted to walk away, Marks allegedly followed her through the hallways. Police said the girl was able to notify school security who escorted Marks out of the building. He had been scheduled to referee the game. He was arrested following an investigation.
Police said that the comments, still not made public, were not sexual in nature.
According to court records, in one case it was alleged that Marks had approached a girl who was walking her dog, took off one of her shoes and began massaging her foot. Although he has prior arrests of child endangerment, he had not been convicted.
Following the previous incidents, officials of the Half Hollow Hills School District issued a warning to parents about a man who had approached female students, asking them about modeling shoes and sought their telephone numbers.
Marks is scheduled to be arraigned on March 8 in First District Court in Central Islip. 1-09-07
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