Craig Cohen, 47, assistant principal at Wyandanch Memorial High School, Wyandanch Union Free School District, Wyandanch, New York, "charges of aggravated harassment and endangering the welfare of a child" CBS Local New York: L.I. Assistant Principal Accused Of Sexting To Teachers, Students (Mar 18 2013) An assistant principal at a Suffolk County high school was arrested Monday, after he allegedly sent smutty text messages to teachers and even students. Craig Cohen, assistant principal at Wyandanch Memorial High School in Wyandanch, was accused of sending several inappropriate texts this month and last. Some of the messages were sexual in nature, Suffolk County police said. Tags:
News 12: Wyandanch Memorial H.S. Assistant Principal Craig Cohen accused of inappropriate texts (Mar 18 2013) Police say Wyandanch Memorial High School Assistant Principal Craig Cohen, 47, has been sending inappropriate text messages over the last three months, starting on Christmas Eve.
New Jersey Herald: Assistant principal arraigned in NY sex text case (Mar 19 2013) An assistant principal [Craig Cohen] at a Long Island high school has pleaded not guilty to charges he sent texts of a sexual nature to students and a faculty member ... The judge also issued orders of protection for three students and one teacher. Prosecutors say Cohen got the victims' cell numbers by confiscating their phones. The texts were sent in February and March of this year.Wall Street Journal: Assistant principal arraigned in NY sex text case (Mar 19 2013)
CBS Local New York: L.I. Assistant Principal Accused Of Sending Racy Text Messages Enters Not Guilty Plea (Mar 19 2013) Police said [Craig] Cohen sent several inappropriate text messages, some of which were sexual in nature, to two students and one faculty member at the school, CBS 2’s Carolyn Gusoff reported. Cohen was able to get the students’ phone numbers by physically taking their cell phones from their hands and calling his own phone number, Gusoff reported.
NBC New York: Assistant Principal's "Inappropriate" Text Messages Result in Arrest: Police (Mar 19 2013) A Long Island high school assistant principal was arrested Monday for allegedly sending inappropriate text messages to students and faculty members, police said. Craig Cohen, a 47-year-old assistant principal at Wyandanch Memorial High School, is accused of sending messages that were sexual in nature during February and March, according to Suffolk County Police.
NBC New York: Assistant Principal Pleads Not Guilty to Sexting Students, Teacher (Mar 19 2013) The Long Island high school assistant principal accused of sending sexual text messages to several students and a faculty member allegedly texted one teenage student, "This is your new text lover," according to a criminal complaint. Craig Cohen ... pleaded not guilty at his arraignment Tuesday. Court documents allege Cohen sent messages that were explicitly sexual to one 16-year-old student, one 17-year-old student and at least one teacher during February and March. At one point, Cohen allegedly invited a female student into his office, but she became frightened and refused to go inside, prosecutors said.
Long Island Press: Wyandanch HS Asst. Principal Sent Sexual Texts, Cops Say (Mar 19 2013) Police said an investigation revealed that [Craig] Cohen ... sent “several inappropriate texts to various students and faculty members.” Some of the messages were “sexual in nature,” police said in a news release. The texts were sent in February and March of this year, according to police.
ABC Local WABC: Asst. principal accused of inappropriate texts (Mar 19 2013) Police say they've received reports from two female students and a teacher that they received inappropriate text messages from Cohen and that the messages kept coming even after they asked him to stop. "There was no explicit request to engage in any sort of sexual conduct but they were sexually explicit messages," said Inspector Gerard Gigante, of the Suffolk County Police Department. Police say Cohen approached the students in the cafeteria took their cell phones out of their hands and dialed his number. "He waited for the call to go through and then handed it back to her," Gigante said. Investigators say in at least one instance Cohen texted one of the students asking her to come to his office. "She did not go down to the office. After school that day he asked her why didn't she come down to the office," Gigante said.
