MORICHES, NY - A Hauppauge High School teacher is accused of sexually abusing a student at his Moriches home, Suffolk Police said.

The now 18-year-old told detectives that when he was a 16-year-old student at Hauppauge High School he was sexually abused by his chorus teacher, Mark Kimes, at the teacher's home, police said.

Following an investigation, detectives determined that 53-year-old Kimes had inappropriate contact with the teen while serving as his teacher, police said.



Kimes was arrested at his home at 6:45 p.m. Tuesday. He was charged with first degree criminal sex act and three counts of endangering the welfare of a child. He was held overnight at the Seventh Precinct and was scheduled to be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip on Wednesday. Kimes is also a chief warrant officer in the New York Army National Guard and commander of the 42nd Infantry Division Band, NBC 4 reported.