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New York teacher arrested on charges she raped a 14-year-old student

Claudia Tillery via Facebook

(CBS/AP) NEW YORK - A Brooklyn teacher was arrested Tuesday night on charges she raped a sixth grader and gave him drugs and alcohol.

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According to the New York Daily News, Claudia Tillery, 42, was a humanities teacher at the middle school the boy attended. Police sources reportedly told the paper that Tillery and the boy, who is now 14, had been having a sexual relationship since 2009.

The sources said the boy had recently ended the relationship and decided to come forward.

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