A former private school teacher in Miami, Florida who had moved away two years ago returned to South Florida to have sex with a previous student.
54-year-old Thomas Patrick Keelan, an Oxford educated private school teacher, is accused of having sex approximately 60 times with a 15-year-old student in 2009 and 2010 before he moved to Roanoke, Virginia to be the head of the English department at North Cross School. Keelan taught at Miami Country Day School for several years and then moved to a Miami Beach Hebrew Academy prior to moving to Virginia.
Back in May the student, who is now 17, started working with police and placed several calls to Keelan. During those conversations he expressed his love for the girl and said he planned to travel back to Miami to have sex with her. He promised to meet her at the same hotel in Hollywood where they’d met on several previous occasions. During one of the calls he masturbated while on the phone.
Keelan ended up making a seven night reservation at the hotel and on June 15th drove down to Miami. Much to his surprise the police were waiting for him at the hotel.
Keelan had a court appearance in front of a U.S. Magistrate Judge on Monday and was charged with Attempting to Entice a Minor to Engage in Sexual Activity and Traveling in Interstate Commerce for the Purpose of Engaging in Sexual Conduct With a Minor. He’s been lodged in the Federal Detention Center in Miami.
Police believe that there may be more victims and urge anybody with more information to contact the Florida Department of Law Enforcement or their local police department.
