Joseph Garofalo of Valley Stream, assistant lacrosse coach at Valley Stream Central … – Newsday

An assistant boys lacrosse coach at Valley Stream Central High School has been arrested and charged with the alleged “sextortion” of a 13-year-old boy, whom he allegedly enticed to produce and send sexually explicit images via Snapchat — one of at least 30 alleged victims of the defendant, federal prosecutors said in newly unsealed court papers. Joseph Garofalo, 20, of Valley Stream, pleaded not guilty last month to the charge of sexual exploitation of children. He has been denied bail, despite his parents, grandparents and aunt attempting to be suretors, using their homes as collateral of more than $1.5 million, on the basis that he is a danger to the community, court papers said. “Defendant has previously admitted to FBI agents upon arrest that he has an ‘addiction’ to the type of troubling behavior at issue here and, as such, has been unable to stop,” U.S. Magistrate Judge James M. Wicks wrote in an order denying bail to Garofalo earlier this month. “He has engaged in this behavior since he was fifteen years old and, despite getting older, his victims remain in the same age range — between twelve and sixteen years old. At this juncture, the Government has already
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