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Former day care monitor charged in sex with girl, 14

Quick ReadA former day-care monitor at a after-school program had sex with a 14-year-old girl he had met online and bragged about, a Suffolk prosecutor said.

Michael Hopkins, a day-care monitor who was employed

Photo credit: Facebook.com | Michael Hopkins, a day-care monitor who was employed at an after-school program at Sunquam Elementary School in Melville, was arrested Friday on child-pornography charges. (Feb. 5, 2010)

A former day care monitor at a Melville after-school program had sex with a 14-year-old girl he had met online and bragged about it in Internet chat rooms, a Suffolk prosecutor said Friday.

Michael Hopkins, 23, of Mineola, who in a separate case faces federal pornography charges, pleaded not guilty Friday to second-degree rape and other charges, including two counts of endangering the welfare...

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