DCF completes its screening and investigation of the claims. Hakim is immediately removed from the school and suspended pending the outcome of the investigation he never returns to Salem Public School and his employment ends as he is separated from service at the end of the school year. Hakim, a physical education teacher at the Saltonstall School in Salem from 2015 until he was separated from employment in 2018, was arrested for 32 counts of Aggravated Indecent Assault and Battery on a Child Under 14 on ten victims, all students at the Saltonstall School at that time and all girls.Ģ015: Hakim is employed by the Salem Public Schools.Ģ018: Instances of improper conduct are brought to the attention of the Salem Public School district, which reports them, as required by law, to the state Department of Children and Families (DCF), the Salem Police Department, and the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE). Hakim is expected to be arraigned today, Thursday, June 16th, in Salem Superior Court.
SALEM, Mass.-Following an ongoing investigation over the previous six months, detectives assigned to the Criminal Investigation Division (CID) of the Salem Police Department, in partnership with the Essex County District Attorney’s Office, arrested Daniel Hakim, 36 years old of North Andover, at approximately 5:30 p.m.