Former High School Swim Coach in Pennsylvania Arrested for Child Pornography
A Pennsylvania man who previously was an assistant swimming coach and diving coach for for Hempfield High School and Manheim Township School District has been arrested for two counts of child pornography, according to a report from the Dauphin Daily Voice. The man, Patrick Eugene Fatta, previously worked for the school district for about four years through the fall of 2014 before he was arrested for posession of child pornography and corruption of minors and he plead guilt on five separate counts between two cases. Fatta served jail time for those offenses.
Fatta was arrested a second time in early December after police received a tip that he may again be in possession of pornographic materials. The former high school swim coach is being held in Dauphin County Prison with his bail set at $150,000, and he will be formally arraigned on Feb. 11. Fatta is not the first in the swimming community to be arrested on charges relating to pornography, but according to multiple reports, it is not believed the swimmers he coached were ever photographs in illicit photos he possessed.
Read the full report from the Dauphin Daily Voice here.