A youth baseball coach from Long Island, N.Y., arrested on charges of stalking his rival's family and sending threatening text messages, has been arraigned and released without bail.
The 45-year-old Robert Sanfilippo, who manages a team of 10- and 11-year-old boys, was arrested during a game in Yaphank on Friday. Police said he was arraigned Saturday. It wasn't clear if he had an attorney.
Police say Sanfilippo got into a dispute with another coach, then later bought an untraceable phone and started sending text messages threatening to harm the coach, his son and his wife.
The other coach, John Reardon, told Newsday (http://bit.ly/OPHQJi) that the texts included pictures of his family and one that said the sender was going to pick up Reardon's 10-year-old son at his bus stop.
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A youth baseball coach from Long Island has been arrested on charges of stalking his rival's family and sending threatening text messages.
Newsday reports (http://bit.ly/OPHQJi) that 45-year-old Robert Sanfilippo, who manages a team of 10- and 11-year-old boys, was arrested during a game in Yaphank on Friday.
Suffolk County police said Sanfilippo got into a dispute with another coach during a tournament in May. Police said Sanfilippo then bought an untraceable phone and started sending text messages threatening to harm the other coach, his son and his wife.
Commack resident John Reardon told Newsday that he, his wife and their 10-year-old son were the targets of Sanfilippo's messages.
"I didn't know it was him at first," Reardon said. "It was nerve-racking. I couldn't sleep. When he suddenly started mentioning my son by name, it just hit me that it was this guy."
The texted threats included blurry photos that appeared to be taken from a long-distance zoom lens, with one showing Reardon waiting with his son for the school bus and another of his wife taking packages out of the car, Reardon said.
Reardon said the texts included threats saying the sender would pick up Reardon's son at his bus stop.
"That's when it got scary and that's when I went to the police," he said.
Sanfilippo, of Huntington, was awaiting arraignment Saturday on charges of aggravated harassment and stalking. It was not clear if he had an attorney.
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Information from: Newsday, http://www.newsday.com
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