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Locust Valley music teacher pleads guilty to student sex abuse

Originally published: February 25, 2013 1:26 PM
Updated: February 25, 2013 10:10 PM
By ANN GIVENS  ann.givens@newsday.com

John Benstock, of Bayville, pleaded guilty Monday to

John Benstock, of Bayville, pleaded guilty Monday to charges of inappropriate sexual contact with 14 students in classrooms and during private lessons. Videojournalist: Jim Staubitser (Feb. 25, 2013) (February 25, 2013 3:07 PM)

A Locust Valley music teacher pleaded guilty to sex abuse charges Monday after he admitted that he forced his young students to play games in which some of them touched him inappropriately through his clothes.

John E. Benstock, 49, of Laurel Place in Bayville, will serve no prison time under a plea agreement but will lose his teaching license, serve 6 years probation and must register as a...

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