Thomas Patrick Keelan, 54, head of English department at North Cross School, Roanoke, Virginia, "arrested ... and charged with returning to South Florida to have sex with a minor" Formerly taught English at: Miami Country Day School, Miami-Dade, Florida (English teacher) Rabbi Alexander S. Gross Hebrew Academy, Miami Beach, Florida Miami Herald: Former Miami-Dade teacher arrested on sex charge (June 18 2012) A former Miami-Dade private school teacher who had moved away two years ago was arrested Saturday and charged with returning to South Florida to have sex with a minor. According to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Thomas Patrick Keelan had a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old student in 2009 and 2010. Their relationship continued for two years, during which time Keelan and the student had sex around 60 times, the student told authorities.... In May, the student, who is now 17, began working with law enforcement and placed several calls to Keelan. During those conversations, Keelan, 54, expressed his love for the student and planned to travel back to South Florida to have sex with the student, the FDLE said. He promised they’d meet at the same hotel in Hollywood where they’d had previous trysts. During one call, he masturbated while on the phone with the student, according to police. In late May, Keelan made a seven-night reservation at the hotel, and on June 15 drove to South Florida. But when he arrived at the Hollywood hotel, it was the police who were waiting for him. Tags:
WSVN: Former local teacher accused of sex with teen (June 19 2012) Thomas Keelan is accused of having a two-year sexual relationship with a student. According to published reports, he taught at Miami Country Day School in Miami Shores and Rabbi Alexander S. Gross Hebrew Academy in Miami Beach. Officials said they nabbed Keelan after, they said, he drove from Virginia to a Hollywood hotel to have sex with the now 17-year-old.
NBC Miami: Former Miami-Dade Teacher Arrested in Undercover Sex Sting --Teacher traveled to Miami to have sex with minor: Authorities (June 19 2012) According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Keelan had a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old student between 2009 and 2010, and over the next two years, had sex with the minor approximately 60 times. In the fall of 2010, Keelan accepted a job as the head of the English Department at a private school in Roanoke, Virginia. Authorities say in May 2012, the victim, then 17 years old, began cooperating with law enforcement and began calling Keelan. During the calls, Keelan expressed his love for the victim and even masturbated while on the phone with the victim, authorities said. In one call Keelan told the victim he wanted to travel to Miami to have sex with the victim, and in another call, told the victim he would meet them at the same hotel in Hollywood where they had sex before. On May 28, Keelan reserved a room at the hotel for seven days, beginning June 16. He later told the victim he would drive down from Virginia on June 15, authorities said. When Keelan entered the hotel on June 16, he was arrested.
Roanoke Times: North Cross School teacher had no spots on record: The teacher accused of attempting to have sex with a former student was arrested in Florida (June 20 2012) Thomas Patrick Keelan, 53, of Roanoke was booked into the Federal Detention Center in Miami on Saturday and remains there after police arrested him in a sting where he was attempting to reconnect with a 17-year-old, with whom Florida officials said he carried on a two-year sexual relationship ... According to a statement by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, while at the school Keelan began to have a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old student. Keelan had sex with the minor approximately 60 times, according to the statement. In May, the Miami-Dade County teen, in cooperation with police, placed several calls to Keelan and made plans to meet at a Florida hotel. But when Keelan arrived at the hotel Saturday he found police waiting.
Roanoke Times: Former North Cross teacher to serve almost 17 years on sex charges (Apr 15 2013) Thomas Patrick Keelan was arrested in June 2012 in Florida and found guilty Jan. 25 in U.S. District Court in Miami of two counts of coercing or enticing a minor to engage in sexual activity. He was sentenced Thursday. According to online court records, he received a sentence of 16 years and eight months.
