Sicko Riverhead Teacher Who Sent, Asked For Nudes With Teen Girls Pleads Guilty: Authorities
A Long Island teacher admitted to sending and soliciting nudes to and from underage girls on Monday, Sept. 21, authorities said.
Ryan J. McCaffery, 38, of Ridge, cut a plea deal in the appalling case about 18 months after he resigned from Riverhead High School, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office announced.
McCaffery created profiles on Snapchat and Kik, where he posed as a teen boy and communicated with hundreds of accounts, investigators said. His Snapchat account was “c_chambers77” and he also used the name “Asherkonlon2,” officials previously said.
In his messages, McCaffery …
'It Was Meant To Be': Atlantic Beach Teacher's Selfless Act Gives Colleague New Lease On Life
A simple Facebook post turned two educators from colleagues into lifelong friends.
When Maggie Goodman, 34, a sixth-grade special needs teacher from East Atlantic Beach, saw a plea for a kidney donor on social media, she didn’t just scroll past.
The post was from the mother of her colleague, Thomas Coveney, 47, an eighth-grade social studies teacher from Rego Park, who had been suffering from focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) for over a decade. His condition had worsened, and no one in his family was a match.
Without hesitation, Goodman got tested—and to everyone’s surprise, she w…
‘Dedicated And Beloved’ Roxbury HS Teacher Nicole Connolly Dies After Cancer Battle, 40
Longtime Roxbury High School teacher Nicole Barbato Connolly died Dec. 4 after a long battle with cancer. She was 40.
Born in Dover, Connolly grew up in Mount Olive and attended Rutgers University, where she studied history and graduated with honors in 2003, her obituary says.
Connolly then earned a Master’s degree at Rutgers and had worked as a social studies teacher at Roxbury High School for the past 15 years, her memorial says.
“A marvelous, passionate, and dedicated educator, Nicole touched the lives of thousands of students, parents and colleagues, as a classroom teacher, club and c…
