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JAIL TIME FOR EX-TEACHER
Newsday/Jennifer Sinco Kelleher
Joseph Acosta, a 38 year old Bellport Middle School teacher, was arrested May 5th and arraignedon May 6, 2003, on one count of third degree sodomy and three counts of endangering the welfare ofa child. Two weeks before, a parent complained that Acosta was sending sexually explicit e-mailmessages to his 12 and 13 year old students. Suffolk detectives seized his computer and poredthrough its contents. What they found suggested that Acosta was doing more than conversinginappropriately. Mr. Acosta met with a 16 year old boy on more than