Lacrosse trainers supposedly used Snapchat to at least 30 boys to “Sextort”

A former High School Lacrosse coach is accused of sexually using and blackmailing at least 30 underage boys.

Joseph Garofalo, who worked as an assistant Lacrosse trainer at the Valley Stream Central High School on Long Island, NY, was allegedly classified by the sex abuse of children by male minors and later blackmailed his victims to deliver more bare pictures of themselves and their friends, according to the people viewed by humans.

The 20 -year -old Garofalo was arrested and was not guilty of sexually exploiting children in April, months after the mother of one of the teenagers alleged by Garofalo's victims in October 2024 tilting the FBI onto the FBI.

According to court documents, the nameless 13-year-old victim Garofalo supposedly sent naked photos and videos of his face in which his face was visible in June 2024 via Snapchat. Later he stretched out months later to ensure that the pictures had been deleted.

Garofalo, who was aware of the age of the teenager, allegedly told the victim that he still had the pictures in his possession and threatened to share them online, unless the victim sent “more naked photos or explicit photos of his friends,” said a complaint submitted on April 18.

“Gimmick a reason for this,” said Garofalo, according to the complaint, to delete the request of the victim. “Send things from your young nude n il ldelete [sic]”Another alleged message was.

Court documents describe Garofalo's behavior as a “sextivision”, which threatens the complaint of April 18 as “if an individual (the perpetrator) threatens a different individual (the victim), either by distributing private and sensitive material, damage to the victim or friends or relatives, etc., unless the sacrifice provides the meeting point with pictures with pictures with sexual heels or money companies, sexual fania Money pictures, sexual fania or money, or money, sexual heels or relatives or money. ”

After his arrest, Garofalo allegedly admitted to FBI agents that he has an “addiction” for this behavior in which he has been involved in court documents since he was 15. His victims were always between 12 and 16 years old.

The authorities later searched Garofalos Snapchat account, which used to contain files this year, which apparently had sexually presented the material abuse of children this year, and found at least nine separate minors. This number has more than tripled after another search order was carried out.

According to some of the four phones that were found in Garofalo – two of which were hidden in his room – the authorities have identified at least 30 victims, a majority of whom court documents live on Long Island.

According to Wayne Loper, superintendent of the Valley Stream Central High School District District, no district students belonged to Garofalo among the alleged victims.

“We have had contact with the investigators of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, who pointed out that none of the allegations against this person caused the students of the Valley Stream Central High School District” The Long Island Herald.

Loper also confirmed that Garofalo is no longer employed in the district, according to the newspaper.

The lawyer of Garofalo, Anthony M. La Pinta, replied on Sunday, May 11th, not immediately when people ask for comments.

In an explanation The New York PostLa Pinta said: “These allegations are a shock for the Garafolo family. Joseph is known as a respectful, caring and hardworking young man.”

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Until May 11, Garofalo remains custody after a judge had refused the deposit. He competed in court on May 6th when his family offered property worth around 1.55 million US dollars as a collateral for his deposit. Garofalo also promised to stay in his parents' apartment – without the Internet, cell phone access or participation in the children he has as a trainer – and to take part in the advice weekly.

However, a judge still rejected the deposit because he had got the community because Garofalo's “addiction”, sexually exploiting minors, as well as the mere amount of evidence that were discovered by the still uncovered search of his devices, were discovered.

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