A “reprehensible” Westchester County youth basketball coach was charged with molesting a younger woman on at the least two events over a five-month interval, prosecutors stated Thursday.
Dwayne Murray, 62, who coached the Mount Vernon Junior Knights basketball workforce, was ordered held with out bail after being hit with a felony cost of sexual conduct in opposition to a baby, Westchester District Legal professional Susan Cacace stated at a press briefing.
Cacace stated Murray made “some admissions” in regards to the alleged abuse.
“It is alleged that between Oct. 1, 2023, and March 1, 2023, Murray engaged in two or more acts of sexual conduct with a child who is less than 13 years old, including one act of oral sexual conduct,” she stated.
“There is no crime we take more seriously than offenses committed against children, especially offenses of a sexual nature.”
Cacace stated authorities obtained a tip in regards to the alleged abuse on April 12 and launched an investigation.
Police seized Murray’s cellphone and digital units — and located that “the defendant had exchanged text messages with the victim in which he discussed performing oral sex on the victim.”
The disgraced coach was arrested and arraigned in Mount Vernon Metropolis Court docket on Wednesday.
The stunning arrest got here after Murray posted a six-minute video on Fb claiming the allegations have been “absolutely, completely false,” in keeping with a report by lohud.com.
Cacace on Thursday wouldn’t reveal if the younger sufferer performed on Murray’s workforce or the place the alleged sexual abuse happened.
The Junior Knights are a part of the suburban metropolis’s storied basketball program.
