EVERETT — A Snohomish County judge decided Sunday that there was reasonable cause to hold a former youth basketball coach accused of molesting at least two young girls.
The man was being held in lieu of $60,000 bail in the Snohomish County Jail for investigation of two counts of first-degree child molestation and one count of sexual exploitation of a minor.
He turned himself in to Snohomish County Sheriff’s detectives Friday after two young girls, ages 10 and 14, reported he sexually assaulted him at his home. The older girl told police the man molested her about five years ago when he was coaching her basketball team at the Alderwood Boys and Girls Club, according to sheriff’s spokeswoman Jan Jorgensen.
The latest accusations came just days after the Briar man was arrested for allegedly raping two 9-year-old girls about five years ago. Those girls along with the 10-year-old were not connected to the man’s coaching activities.
He posted bail Dec. 7 but was rearrested after more reports of abuse came into the sheriff’s office and detectives found the man in possession of 500 pictures of child pornography, Jorgensen said.
The man left his coaching position with the Boys and Girls Club several years ago. He was coaching girls’ basketball with Lynnwood Tigers Youth Sports up until a couple weeks ago.
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