Walt Whitman HS Teacher Charged With Raping Teen Girl

By Timothy Bolger Posted on May 26, 2017

Brian Dreher

A 41-year-old Walt Whitman High School teacher was arrested Thursday for allegedly having an inappropriate relationship with a 16-year-old girl who was one of his students, Suffolk County police said.

Brian Dreher was charged with third-degree rape, criminal sexual act and endangering the welfare of a child.

The social studies teacher at the Huntington Station-based school was arrested at his home following an investigation by Special Victims Section detectives.

He will be arraigned Friday at First District Court in Central Islip. Detectives ask anyone with information to call them at 631-852-6531.

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Timothy Bolger

Timothy Bolger is the Editor in Chief of the Long Island Press who’s been working to uncover unreported stories since shortly after it launched in 2003. When he’s not editing, getting hassled by The Man or fielding cold calls to the newsroom, he covers crime, general interest and political news in addition to reporting longer, sometimes investigative features. He won’t be happy until everyone is as pissed off as he is about how screwed up Lawn Guyland is.