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  Jury Selection Begins in Trial of Ex- St. Rose Coach Accused of Child Endangerment

By Charles Webster
Asbury Park Press
January 5, 2010

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FREEHOLD -- Jury selection began Tuesday morning in the trial of a former St. Rose High School baseball coach facing a dozen charges of child endangerment alleging he engaged in a series of sexually explicit conversations with his players.

Bartholomew "Coach Bart" McInerney, 43, of Spring Lake Heights, arrived at the Monmouth County Courthouse in Freehold dressed in a suit for the first day of jury selection.

Bartholomew "Bart" McInerney, 42, of Spring Lake Heights, makes his way to the Freehold courthouse, Tuesday, January 5, in a trial beginning today, accusing him of engaging in a series of sexually explicit conversations with his players. He faces 120 years in prison. (STAFF PHOTO: MARY FRANK)

McInerney, a well-known, longtime head coach of the St. Rose High School baseball team, is accused of carrying on sexually explicit conversations with about a dozen teenage boys, between the ages of 15 and 17. Prosecutors say the sexually explicit conversations took place in person, on a cell phone and through text messages beginning in 2001 and extending through November 2007 when he was arrested by investigators from the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office and the Belmar Police Department.

Prosecutors say McInerney provided the boys with condoms, encouraged the boys to masturbate, instructing some of the boys to send him text messages describing the details, including a description of how the victim felt and the length of time involved in performing the sexual act. In some cases, prosecutors say he offered and paid cash for receiving a text message confirming a boy had completed the sexual act.

If convicted, McInerney faces up to 10 years in state prison on each count for a potential total length of incarceration of up to 120 years behind bars.

 
 

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