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A former school teacher in the Hudson Valley has been arrested on various charges connected with sexually abusing a 15-year-old victim.
Samantha Silberman, age 30, was arrested on Monday, May 10 in Rockland County by the Clarkstown Police on sexual abuse and misconduct charges, said Detective Norm Peters.
Silberman, a former teacher within the Clarkstown Central School District, is accused of abusing a 15-year old victim in late 2019 and early 2020, Peters said.
Police declined to release additional information due to the age of the victim.
Silberman was charged with endangering the welfare of a child and sexual abuse.
She was arraigned in the Town of Clarkstown Justice Court and released pending a future court appearance on June 7, Peters said.
Clarkstown police said he was in a Mitsubishi Lancer that was being driven by Alan Mendoza, 18, who is accused of driving while intoxicated.
Three vehicles were involved and five people were injured, including a 17-year-old girl who was also in the Lancer and was seriously injured, police said.
The Clarkstown Central School District said all three teenagers are students at Clarkstown North High School. They also attended Rockland BOCES Career and Technical Education Center classes. There are no words to express the pain and sense of loss to our community as a beautiful young life was taken from us, the Clarkstown district said in a statement. Our sincere condolences go out to his family and friends.
The district on Friday morning released a statement notifying its community that three North High School students had been involved in a serious crash. The statement by Principal Harry Leonardatos and Superintendent Martin Cox, was amended after Hvalyk died. There are no words to express the pain and sense of loss to our community as a beautiful young life was taken from us, their amended statement read in part, Our sincere condolences go out to his family and friends.
Police said the crash occurred in the vicinity of 256 Congers Road shortly before 11 p.m. Thursday.
Mendoza was charged with two counts of second-degree assault and one count each of aggravated vehicular homicide, aggravated vehicular assault, second-degree manslaughter, second-degree vehicular manslaughter, and driving while intoxicated, all felonies; and one count of reckless driving, a misdemeanor.
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