Fifty-three-year-old John Kennedy, a resident of St. James and art teacher at Bay Shore High School, was arrested by the Suffolk County Police Department (SCPD) on Sept. 3 for the alleged stalking of an 18-year-old woman who had been a former student of his.
The woman noticed Kennedy following her from her house to a destination in Selden yesterday morning. She notified the police at 10:40 a.m. upon reaching the Selden location.
An investigation revealed that he had been engaged in a sexual relationship with her when she was a senior at Bay Shore High School last year. Kennedy has been seen driving by the victim’s house multiple times over the past several weeks. He was arrested at his St. James home at 4:10 p.m. and charged with Stalking in the 4th Degree. He was held overnight at the Sixth Precinct and is scheduled to be arraigned today at First District Court in Central Islip.
SCPD Detectives are asking anyone with information, or who believes they are a victim of Kennedy, to contact the Sixth Precinct Crime Unit at 631-854-8626.
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