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LI teacher pleads not guilty to having sex with boy, 15

A Half Hollow Hills West social studies teacher pleaded not guilty Saturday to having sex with a 15-year-old he met in an online chat room.

The teacher, Jason Berman, 34, of Commack, was released Saturday afternoon on $35,000 cash or $70,000 bond, according to the Suffolk Jail.

The teen, who was 14 when the pair first began chatting on manhunt.net, is a student in another Suffolk County...

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