Tag: High school wrestling
Ex-Cop, Somers High Asst Coach Admits To Sending Explicit Texts, Videos To Teen Girl: State
A former Massachusetts police officer and Connecticut high school assistant wrestling coach has pleaded guilty to sending explicit texts to a 15-year-old girl, groping her, and asking her for sex in a stairwell, authorities said.
Justin Perez, 28, of Springfield, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty Monday, Oct. 26, to risk of injury to a minor and enticing a minor, according to Connecticut’s Division of Criminal Justice.
Prosecutors said Perez got the girl's phone number from the Somers High School Girls' Wrestling team's group chat and began messaging her privately in December 2023.
The e…
Willingboro's Anthony 'Bub' Petrone, Champion Wrestler, Baseball Player, 34
Anthony "Bub" Petrone, of Willingboro, died on Friday, May 24, according to an obituary published by Mount Laurel Funeral Home. He was 34 years old.
Anthony was a champion wrestler and played baseball for his local baseball team, his obit said.
He was a graduate of Rancocas Valley Regional High School.
Anthony was an avid sneaker collector and loved buying and selling them, according to his obituary.
Movies, YouTube podcasts and munching on his favorite candies were some of his treasured pastimes, his obit said.
"Anthony had a big heart, was a great listener, and often enjoyed maki…
Covid-19: Youth Sports, Not Reopening Schools, Fueling Increase In Cases, CDC Says
Youth sports, not the recent reopening of schools, has been cited for the recent rise of new COVID-19 cases among youths across America, federal health officials said.
Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), said that the latest data found that COVID is spreading rapidly among younger Americans participating in after-school activities such as sports and clubs, where they gather unsafely in clusters.
Walensky noted that the reopening of schools has not been linked to the rise in US cases, which are up approximately 3 percent week-to-w…
