A former Bay Shore elementary school student told a Suffolk jury he was sexually abused by a third grade teacher for several years in the late 1990s, as the educator repeatedly found new ways for them to spend time together in and out of school. The former student, now 36, said he never had Thomas Bernagozzi as a teacher, but a relationship that developed from lunchtime chess games between the two eventually led to outings at a health club, pools and beaches, where the teacher stripped him naked and touched his private areas with his hands and mouth. Read more on this story at the link in bio. (Photo: James Carbone) - - #longisland #suffolkcountny #bayshoreny