Thursday, November 20, 2008

Pine Crest swimming coach in huge trouble

Here's Vanessa Blum's coverage of Fort Lauderdale's swimming coach Roberto Caragol, who is accused of having sex with minors and trading porn pictures. Here's the criminal complaint.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Poor Robert. What a way to screw up. He is a hell of a nice guy that has just seriously dropped the ball.

Anonymous said...

David,
I need a ruling. Is the term "Dropping the ball" broad enough to cover the molestation of minors? Thanks.

William Safire

Anonymous said...

William,

Only if it is plural.

Anonymous said...

No specific allegations were made about the extent or nature of his sexual activities. For all you know he was sleeping with a willing 17 year old. While certainly illegal, it is a far cry from molesting a prepubescent.

Anonymous said...

OH ! OH! gotta move to pinecrest! its such a safe and warm community, compared to other communities in Miami!

Anonymous said...

1:27 - this is not pinecrest in miami dade, pine crest school (the school in question) is in Broward.

In the future, you should read the whole article before making comments.

Anonymous said...

Why am I not surprised a Pine Crest coach arrested for abusing children? That dump of an institution continually hires alcoholics, child abusers, and generally otherwise unemployable losers, fired from other schools. How about the disabled teacher who, about three years ago, after finally getting fired from Pine Crest after years of complaints from parents and students, went on to another school and was arrested for stabbing a child's desk with a knife? I had a child there, but we left after incidents with three teachers and coaches -- one of them is still there. The place is propped up by parents who turn the other way rather than admit they're stupid for paying that kind of money for crap teachers and coaches. Let the place rot, and the swim ooaches with it.