Conn. football coach charged in porn website case
Associated Press November 17, 2011
WESTPORT, Conn.—
Westport police say a high school assistant football coach has been arrested on charges of giving a pornographic website access code to freshmen players.
Police say 40-year-old Michael Pickering of Norwalk turned himself in to Westport officers Thursday after being notified they held a warrant charging him with three counts of risk of injury to a minor.
Police say the warrant came after they interviewed several Staples High School football players and seized Pickering's computer under a search warrant.
The district's superintendent had notified parents Wednesday in an email about the investigation, which the school's student newspaper had reported on its website.
Pickering was released on $50,000 bond. His attorney, James Saraceni of Norwalk, declined to comment Thursday.
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