Daniel Reilly and wife Annemarie(from Facebook via Gothamist) Daniel Reilly, 36, English teacher at Rachel Carson Intermediate School 237, New York City Department of Education, Queens, New York, "allegedly raping a 14-year-old girl" NY1: NYC Teacher Arrested, Charged In Alleged Rape Of 14-Year-Old Girl (Apr 8 2013) A New York City teacher was arrested in Queens Monday night and charged with allegedly raping a 14-year-old girl. Police say 36-year-old Daniel Reilly was taken into custody Monday night. Sources say Reilly was questioned at his school before he was arrested at a police facility in Queens. Sources say the teen was a former student of his. Source say he was allegedly found out when a sibling of the girl found text messages from him on her phone and reported it to the police. Tags:
New York Daily News: Daniel Reilly, teacher at I.S. 237 in Flushing, charged with having sexual affair with student (Apr 8 2013) Police arrested a Queens middle school teacher Monday and charged him with having an 8-month sexual affair with a former student that began when the girl was 13 years-old. Daniel ... Reilly had taught the girl, now 14, when she was in elementary school, a spokesman for the Queens District Attorney said Monday night. He later transferred to I.S. 237 in Flushing, where he taught 6th grade English, the spokesman said. Reilly began sending the girl text messages last August. At the time the girl was only 13, the spokesman said. Soon after, Reilly and the girl began a consensual relationship, authorities said.
NBC New York: NYC Teacher Arrested on Rape, Child Endangerment Charges (Apr 8 2013) Daniel Reilly, 36, who taught at a high school in Flushing, Queens, was charged with two counts of first-degree rape, 10 counts of second-degree rape and seven counts of endangering the welfare of a child, police said. Sources said Reilly had a sexual relationship with a girl who was a student of his at one point. A family member found out about the relationship and reported it to police. NBC News: NYC Teacher Arrested on Rape, Endangerment Charges (Apr 8 2013)
New York Post: Teach busted for ‘kid sex’ (Apr 9 2013) Daniel Reilly, 36, was busted at IS 237 in Flushing and later charged with multiple counts of rape and endangering the welfare of a child. The middle-school English teacher lured the young girl back to his Forest Hills home, where he had sex with her, according to police. The affair had allegedly been going on since last November.
New Jersey Herald: NYC teacher arrested on rape charges (Apr 9 2013) A New York City public school teacher is being accused of having sex with a former student. Police say Daniel Reilly was arrested Monday on charges of rape and endangering the welfare of a child - a 14-year-old girl. Seattle Post Intelligencer: NYC teacher arrested on rape charges (Apr 8 2013)
Queens Courier: Queens middle school teacher arrested for alleged sexual relationship with student (Apr 9 2013) A Queens public school teacher has been arrested for allegedly having a sexual relationship with a student that started when the girl was 13 years old , according to police and published reports. Daniel Reilly, a 32-year-old English teacher at I.S. 237 in Flushing, was taken into custody Monday night and charged with multiple counts of ...
Metro: Queens teacher arrested for having sex with teen (Apr 9 2013) Daniel Reilly, 36, was arrested Monday evening at I.S. 237 in Flushing where he taught. Reilly allegedly had a 8-month sexual affair with a teen that began when the girl was 13 years old, The Daily News reports. The girl, now 14, was Reilly’s student when she was in elementary school, The News reports. He was later transferred to teach at I.S. 237 where he taught 6th grade English.Reilly and the girl began a sexual relationship last August after he began sending her text messages. The victim’s sister recently discovered text messages between the teacher and her sister and showed them to her parents.
Gothamist: Public School Teacher Arrested For Raping 13-Yr-Old Girl In Queens (Apr 9 2013) Various reports say that Daniel Reilly, 36, "carried on an eight-month affair with a former student that began when the girl was 13 years old" (from WABC 7) and that the relationship was "consensual". The Daily News reports, "Reilly had taught the girl, now 14, when she was in elementary school, a spokesman for the Queens District Attorney said Monday night. He later transferred to I.S. 237 in Flushing, where he taught 6th grade English, the spokesman said. Reilly began sending the girl text messages last August. At the time the girl was only 13, the spokesman said."
International Business Times: Teacher-Student Affair: Daniel Reilly, 36, Accused Of Raping 13-Year-Old Former Student (Apr 9 2013) The unidentified girl was 13 years old when the 8-month relationship began, police say. It began in November and allegedly lasted until April. Authorities were notified about the affair by the family of the girl. [Daniel] Reilly, who has no prior arrests, taught at I.S. 237 for five years, Department of Education spokesperson Marge Feinberg said, reports NBC.
CBS Local New York: Queens DA: NYC Teacher Had Months-Long Sexual Relationship With Girl, 14 (Apr 9 2013) The alleged relationship began in August of last year when [Daniel] Reilly sent the girl, who was his former elementary school student, a text message indicating he wanted to have sex with her, Brown said. According to the criminal complaint, between August of 2012 and April of this year the sexual encounters took place at least eight times in the Forest Hills apartment on Yellowstone Boulevard that Reilly shares with his wife and 11-month-old child. The victim’s statements include accusations that starting in October, Reilly and the teen were “naked in bed together” inside his apartment. In November their encounters allegedly progressed to involve “sex” and in February started to include “oral sex,” CBS 2′s Amy Dardashtian reported.
DNAinfo: Queens Teacher Arrested For Having Sex With 14-Year-Old Girl, DA Says (Apr 9 2013) Daniel Reilly, 36, initially reached out to the victim in an August text message and repeatedly lured her to his Forest Hills apartment up until this month, according to the Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown. "This case is particularly disturbing. Schools should be safe havens for children. Instead, this defendant is accused of sexually preying upon one of his former students," Brown said in a Tuesday statement. The victim did not attend I.S. 237, in Flushing, where Reilly taught sixth grade English, according to Brown. The school at which they met was not immediately known.
UK Daily Mail: Teacher 'had sex with girl, 14, at his home when lawyer wife and baby daughter were out and hid eight-month affair with cell phone codes' (Apr 10 2013) Daniel Reilly, 36, faces rape, child endangerment, and sexual abuse charges English teacher and ex-Marine taught girl at IS 237 in Flushing, New York His lawyer wife Annemarie and mother-in-law in court for arraignment Father-of-one jailed for $30,000 but could face seven years jail if found guilty UK Daily Mail: Teacher 'who had sex with girl, 14, at his home when wife and baby daughter were out has a Facebook page filled with teenage student friends' (Apr 11 2013)
RTT News: New York Public School Teacher Accused Of Raping Former Student (Apr 10 2013) NBC News reports that Daniel Reilly, 36, a teacher at I.S. 237 in Flushing, New York, has been charged with two counts of first-degree rape, 10 counts of second-degree rape and seven counts of endangering the welfare of a child. The New York Post reports that Reilly allegedly had sex with the underage girl at least 10 times over an eight-month period that ran from October-April. The sister of the teenager exposed the relationship between Reilly and his student, after she found a string of text messages between the two and then showed them to her parents, who contacted school officials.
Queens Courier: Outrage over teacher’s alleged sex romp with student (Apr 10 2013) Daniel Reilly, a sixth grade English teacher at I.S. 237, is accused of having sex multiple times since last November with a 14-year-old girl he used to teach, authorities said. The 36-year-old married father from Forest Hills was charged with rape, endangering the welfare of a child and sexual abuse at his arraignment on Tuesday, April 9, according to the district attorney ... A criminal complaint details several incidents in which Reilly and the victim lay naked in bed together and engaged in sexual activities in his home.
UPI: Teacher allegedly had sex with girl, 14 (Apr 10 2013) A New York middle school teacher has been charged with having sex with a 14-year-old former student after inviting her to his home while his wife was out. Daniel Reilly, 36, was arrested Monday after the alleged victim's sister learned of the affair, the New York Post reported. He was released on $30,000 bail posted by his wife Tuesday ... Reilly, the father of an 11-month-old daughter, had sex with the girl on at least 10 occasions at his home. The sources said he would invite her there when his wife and the baby were elsewhere.
Gothamist: Teacher Accused Of Raping Student Had Facebook-Friended Many Students (Apr 11 2013) The story about the Queens middle school teacher charged with multiple counts of raping a 14-year-old student has a social media angle: Daniel Reilly, 36, had friended many of his students on Facebook. The Daily News reports that the married father of an 11-month-old baby "had a Facebook page with about 40 visible friends on it — and nearly all of them appear to be teenage girls and boys. Eighteen friends are girls, some of whom list their local high schools. Most look to be about 14 — the same age as the former student Reilly is alleged to have bedded as many as 10 times over a seven-month period starting last October and ending last week."
Several interesting pictures (taken by their reporters so I can't repost them) in this article ... New York Daily News: PERVBOOK: Busted teacher 'friended' 30+ youths on Facebook; His attorney wife is in Long Island seclusion (Apr 10 2013) THE QUEENS middle school teacher charged with the rape of a 14-year-old former student was “friends” with plenty of young girls — on Facebook. Daniel Reilly, 36, had a Facebook page with about 40 visible friends on it — and nearly all of them appear to be teenage girls and boys. Eighteen friends are girls, some of whom list their local high schools. Most look to be about 14 — the same age as the former student Reilly is alleged to have bedded as many as 10 times over a seven-month period starting last October and ending last week. He was having sex with the teen — who took his sixth-grade English class — in the Queens apartment he shares with his wife and baby daughter, prosecutors said. He had his victim use a code name in her cell phone to keep the illegal hookups a secret, according to the Queens district attorney. His lawyer wife, Annemarie, put up his $30,000 bail Tuesday, said Reilly’s lawyer Eric Franz, and is “supporting her husband.” But the 28-year-old spouse has been holing up in her parents’ Nassau County house ever since.
Poor Danny's not going to his assigned "rubber room" ... New York Daily News: Teacher Daniel Reilly, who had relationship with 14-year-old student, skips work (Apr 11 2013) He's late for detention. The school system yanked teacher Daniel Reilly from his Queens classroom after he was charged with the statutory rape of a 14-year-old girl and reassigned him to an administrative center — but he hasn’t shown up for work, officials said Thursday ... But he continues to draw his $61,586 salary, she said.
Queens Chronicle: Teacher accused of raping former student (Apr 11 2013) A Queens public school teacher was arrested April 8 on rape charges for allegedly having sex with a 14-year-old former student. According to police, Daniel Reilly, 35, of Forest Hills, who had been teaching sixth-grade English at IS 237 in Flushing, began a nine-month sexual relationship with a girl who is alleged to be a former grammar school student of his. She does not attend the middle school where the defendant now teaches.
Opposing Views: Teacher Daniel Reilly Accused of Raping 14-Year-Old Student (Apr 11 2013) A New York teacher is accused of raping a 14-year-old student for seven months, and was also found to have been friends with numerous teen students on Facebook. Daniel Reilly, 36, was a sixth-grade English teacher at IS 237 in Flushing, N.Y. He is being accused of having sex multiple times with a student at his apartment while his wife and newborn baby girl were away ... Reilly is an ex-marine who had worked for the school for six years ... It started last August when he began texting her and then invited her to his apartment while his wife was out with the baby.