Youth coach is held in explicit e-mail exchange

A volunteer coach for youth basketball teams in San Bernardino County was arrested Friday on suspicion of sending sexually explicit messages online to an Anaheim police officer posing as a 14-year-old girl, authorities said

Gregory Albert Carroll, 45, was arrested at his Ontario residence and booked into Anaheim’s detention facility on suspicion of distributing lewd materials to a minor, attempting lewd acts with a minor and luring a minor for sex acts. Bail was set at $100,000.

The arrest resulted from a monthlong investigation in which police said Carroll sent pornographic photos to the investigator who had posed as the girl and asked her to perform sexual acts on herself. He did not ask the girl to meet him in person, said Anaheim Police Sgt. Rick Martinez.

Carroll coached basketball for a youth league in Ontario and at an Upland private school, authorities said.

Based on Carroll’s alleged conversations with the investigator, police suspect there might be other victims. Authorities are asking anyone with information to call Ontario police at (909) 395-2764.

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