Posted on 06/05/2011 10:20:19 AM PDT by Born Conservative
A Lakeland High School girls soccer coach is accused of repeatedly exposing his genitalia and fondling himself in front of employees at a Dickson City fast food restaurant, borough police said.
Joseph Kovaleski, 61, of Scott Twp., was charged Sunday with two counts of indecent exposure, one count of open lewdness and three counts of disorderly conduct.
According to an affidavit of probable cause filed by borough police Officer Scott Benzeleski, Mr. Kovaleski, 904 Justus Blvd., exposed himself at the Burger King on Business Route 6. An employee told police the behavior had been going on for several years.
In a telephone interview with The Times-Tribune, Mr. Kovaleski denied the allegations and questioned why borough police relied on the account of one witness.
"This is going to ruin my life," said Mr. Kovaleski, who last fall coached the Lady Chiefs to an undefeated, 12-0-1, regular season and captured the District 2 Class A girls soccer title.
"I wouldn't put myself in that kind of situation," he said. "Maybe I scratched (myself) or something like that."
Mr. Kovaleski was named The Times-Tribune Girls Soccer Coach of the Year in 2010. It was his ninth season as coach.
According to the affidavit:
A restaurant employee contacted borough police several weeks ago with concerns about Mr. Kovaleski. She told police Mr. Kovaleski stopped there a few times a week around 7 a.m., pulled out his genitalia and would "continuously touch it" while seated at a booth and facing employees who were working behind the restaurant's counter.
The employee called police at about 8:30 a.m. Sunday to report that he was in the restaurant touching himself.
When approached by police, Mr. Kovaleski told them he does not wear underwear and because of that his genitals "could fall out."
"He stated that Burger King isn't a public place and that his genitals get itchy and he sometimes has to scratch them," the affidavit said. Contacted by The Times-Tribune, Lakeland school board President John Brennan and athletic director Phil Tochelli both said they were not aware of the allegations.
Superintendent Margaret Billings-Jones, Ed.D., said she had been notified of the charges. The district will take appropriate action "per school code," Dr. Billings-Jones said, but declined to elaborate, calling it a "personnel matter." The district will make "sure our girls are not in any situation," she added.
Mr. Kovaleski also is a employed by the district as a substitute janitor, she said.
Mr. Kovaleski was to be served his charges by mail, police said. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for June 29.
Perhaps we can entice this coach out of Pennsylvania and assume the head coaching job at the Ohio State University. Tatoos not permitted.
Home of the Whopper.
"He stated that Burger King isn't a public place and that his genitals get itchy and he sometimes has to scratch them."
Sounds like a perfectly normal public employee union member, like the post office guy who uses back yards for toilets (#2).
Seems about right.
Is Dickson City near Bird-in-Hand or Intercourse?
Here’s more on the story...appears he’s been doing it for awhile
Pulling out his Whopper in Burger King - just like Scotty Ritter. Make him wear a Burger King crown in prison, I say.
So it was some kind of local attraction or something? .... If you knew anything about Scranton and it’s politics, the answer would be apparent.
"This is going to ruin my life," said Mr. Kovaleski, who last fall coached the Lady Chiefs to an undefeated, 12-0-1, regular season and captured the District 2 Class A girls soccer title.
Too many parents will complain because their little precious soccer girl might not get that college scholarship.
We had a local perv male track coach and it was unbelievable how the parents stood up for the guy even though he was caught will multiple ungerage males. We live in a very sick society when the goal of getting into a "good" college trumps all decent thought and behavior. Just throw the families under the bus.
ping
[::rimshot::]
I wish I could read headline news stories where guys like this had no-knock search warrants served on their homes and they had been mistakenly gunned down by the serving SWAT team, while communities support a doubly deployed former Marine NCO mistakenly accused of not wearing underwear.
He was using sign language to order a Whopper. Or a Whopper Junior.
Isn’t Hillary from Scranton?
Maybe “Weiner” has started a trend.
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