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of the detectives

from the vice squad

came in to see me.

And he had a list.

And it was at that point that

we were able to learn

that these were computer

classes that went on

literally every day of

the week and Saturday.

And we drew a big map of the

whole village of Great Neck

sectioned it off, and started

sending detectives out

to do interviews.

She set us up in teams,

male/female teams.

And we got a list

of alleged victims.

Soon as we went into the house,

we were usually approached

by the mothers.

And we explained why we're

there, what we're doing there,

and we'd really like to

talk to their children,

preferably alone.

The parents were

becoming impatient.

They wanted something

done immediately.

But you always want to be very

careful about how you proceed,

because the one thing

that you worry about

I know I worried about

it all the time, is

just charging somebody

with this kind of a crime

is enough to ruin their lives.

So you want to make sure that

you have enough evidence

and that you're convinced that

you're making a good charge.

And how much time was

there between the time

the postal inspector

searched the house

and the time that you went

in for the second search?

Well, it would have been

less than a month,

because we did that the day

before Thanksgiving.

A prominent middle-aged teacher

in a prosperous Long Island town

is charged with sodomizing young

boys who were his students.

Police are charging that

sexual abuse went on

behind the doors of

17 Picadilly Road in Great Neck.

We rang the doorbell.

As soon as he realized who it

was, he wasn't gonna let us in.

So one of the detectives

broke the door down.

And we went into

the premises at that point.

Arnold was by himself.

His wife was out shopping.

I was out to the store to

buy a Thanksgiving turkey.

And I go up the front

walk to the house,

and there're people

all over the house.

And my husband is sitting,

looking very sheepishly

in the dining room, handcuffed.

By this time, just about

every news organization

you could name had

arrived on the scene.

I went home for Thanksgiving.

Got to the house, and there's

cops and news trucks

all over the place.

And

I got worried, of course.

When David came to the house,

we were able to

ascertain eventually

the type of business he was in.

And we heard that he was

involved in children's

entertainment in the form of

some sort of clown activities.

I was there when

the clown came in.

He was ranting and raving.

We had words.

And I was going

through the folders.

We told him to take a hike.

And he kept trying

to come into the house,

and I kept telling him

that he couldn't,

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