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Cops: NY martial arts teacher raped 13-yo student
Posted at: 05/25/2012 12:32 PM | Updated at: 05/25/2012 2:47 PM
By: AP

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Albany martial arts instructor has been charged with raping a young teen student.

State and town of Rotterdam police say Friday that 27-year-old Christopher Gallup of Albany raped the 13-year-old girl at a home in Rotterdam and a tae kwon do school in Duanesburg in 2009.

Troopers say the girl came forward after Gallup was arrested last week on child pornography charges in Colonie, another Albany-area town.          

They asked anyone with information about Gallup to contact authorities.        

Gallup was arraigned Thursday on two counts of second-degree rape and jailed on $40,000 bail. He didn't enter a plea. His lawyer wasn't available for comment Friday afternoon.

Police are asking anyone with information about Gallup to give them a call.