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Yorktown school band teacher arrested on child pornography charges dies in hiking accident

A Yorktown school band teacher arrested on child pornography charges was killed in a hiking accident in Ulster County. State police say Jeffrey Whalen, of Yorktown Heights, was found dead Saturday

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Dec 14, 2015, 10:17 PM

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