A Tamaqua man has admitted that he touched a teenage girl inappropriately.

Adam Burne, 40, pleaded guilty Wednesday to corruption of minors.A charge of indecent assault of a person under age 16 was dropped in the negotiations.Schuylkill County Judge James P. Goodman ordered a presentence investigation before he sentences Burne.Tamaqua police charged Burne with inappropriately touching the then 15-year-old girl on Sept. 13, 2016.The case unfolded when the girl and her father contacted police on Sept. 19, 2016.The girl told them Burne had touched her inappropriately.They were friends who "hung around together a lot," but that about three weeks prior, she had told him she didn't want to spend time with him anymore.On Sept. 16, 2016, they were both with a group of friends when he touched her. He was also following her around and sitting outside her house, making her afraid, according to an affidavit of probable cause.Her father told officers he was aware that Burne liked to "slap his daughter on the butt."But he never reported the behavior to authorities. Instead, after an incident in which he suspected Burne of stealing the child's underwear, he told Burne to stay away from his house.First Assistant District Attorney John T. Fegley prosecuted the case. Burne was represented by public defender Michael A. O'Pake.