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Ex-coach Greenberg pleads not guilty to Internet sex charges
DAYTON — Former Chaminade Julienne High School girls basketball coach Marc Greenberg pleaded not guilty Thursday, June 4, to 12 counts of using the Internet to transmit obscene material to individuals younger than 16.
Greenberg, 32, appeared briefly before U.S. District Judge Thomas M. Rose. He was indicted May 27. Conviction on each count carries a maximum punishment of 10 years imprisonment.
Federal agents arrested him May 4 at his Kettering law office and charged him with 12 counts of violating federal obscenity law. Authorities claim Greenberg used computers at his office and his Centerville home to engage in graphic sexual conversation and to transmit obscene images, including videos of himself masturbating.
Greenberg has been on home detention since early May, and he had been ordered to wear an ankle bracelet to electronically monitor his whereabouts. His attorneys asked Rose on Thursday to consider allowing releasing him from electronic monitoring and allow him to return to work, noting that Greenberg is a life-long resident of the area without a criminal record, a home-owner with a family.
Rose made no decision Thursday on changing the conditions of bond, stating he would take it under advisement.
Under the bond conditions originally set up by U.S. Magistrate Judge Sharon Ovington, Greenberg is not to associate with children younger than 18 except his own three kids; not to use a computer or any device capable of Internet access except in connection with his job; and to avoid any contact with present or past students, regardless of age. He was also ordered to surrender his passport and to stay in southern Ohio.
The indictment covers several dates between Feb. 19 and April 29, and the charges are the same as in the original complaint.
The affidavit in support of the complaint alleges that beginning in late January, a New York law enforcement officer, posing as an underage female, began electronic communication with an individual who was using the screen names bballguy5555@aol.com and aig2010@aol.com.
The conversations became more sexually explicit as time passed “as he persistently suggested and requested that (the investigator) perform sexual acts for his own gratification,” according to the affidavit. He urged the “girl” to send sexually explicit images of herself and eventually sent streaming video of himself masturbating.
Investigators traced the bballguy5555 screen name, as well as the screen name aig2010@aol.com, to Greenberg’s office.
Last month, Greenberg told an undercover investigator posing online as a 13-year-old girl from New York that he had purchased airline tickets to fly there to meet the girl for sex, according to the affidavit.
Greenberg never made the trip. He told the investigator his wife had discovered a credit card bill with the airline charges and asked him about it. Greenberg said he told his wife the credit card had been stolen and he had canceled the trip, according to the affidavit.
The affidavit also alleges that Greenberg, using the same screen names, also engaged in similar conversations with a person who he believed was an underage daughter of a military service member but who was, in fact, a Naval Criminal Investigative Service investigator.
The charges against Greenberg do not allege any illegal conduct by him in his role as the Chaminade Julienne girls basketball coach. FBI investigators and Dayton police interviewed students involved with the girls basketball program, according to school officials. The students’ parents were notified of the interviews and invited to morning briefing sessions.
School officials said they have no reason to believe CJ students are victims.
Greenberg, who led the CJ girls basketball team to a state championship in 2005, has been involved with the program since the 1996-97 season, according to school officials.
Greenberg is a Northmont High graduate. According to bio posted on his law firm’s Web site, Greenberg is a 1999 graduate of the University of Dayton with a bachelor’s degree in business administration, and a 2003 graduate of the UD School of Law, where he graduated with honors.
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By watching
June 4, 2009 2:48 PM | Link to this
Lets wait and see what the judge in this cases does when the defendant is a peer AND can afford the best defense money can buy in Dayton.By Cooked
June 4, 2009 3:06 PM | Link to this
I don’t think a 30 year old lawyer is a peer to a US District Judge. The Feds don’t arrest & charge someone unless they can win. He sent a video of himself…By what the?
June 4, 2009 3:30 PM | Link to this
Pleading not guilty? Um, dude, they have you on video! What an idiot.By Bosch's Poodle
June 4, 2009 3:30 PM | Link to this
The feds generally don’t screw up cases like these. Marc was my attorney and he was extremely good - what a waste of talent.By Ballgame
June 4, 2009 3:36 PM | Link to this
You still dont go up and plead guilty unless the deal or anything has been worked out. I am sure his legal team is trying all they canBy CJ alum
June 4, 2009 3:49 PM | Link to this
I just hope the B-ball program at CJ will finally hire some truly experienced Lady Eagle basketball coaches.By Michael Doyle
June 4, 2009 4:30 PM | Link to this
I would exepct nothing less out of a Northmont Grad.By baller
June 4, 2009 4:46 PM | Link to this
Return to work? Who would take him back?By Opps Nice One BBaller
June 4, 2009 4:58 PM | Link to this
The feds usually don’t enter a home in full tactical gear with sub-machine type guns drawn and with 6 unmarket FBI cars just to say “HI”. Idiot.By Rebecca
June 4, 2009 6:19 PM | Link to this
Marc is a good Person,Husband, Father, Attorney, and Coach. Please leave him alone.By michelle
June 4, 2009 6:53 PM | Link to this
Good Husbands and Fathers dont do this to thier wives or children. Get a grip! He knew what he was doing and he is sorry he was caught! Good Attorney? How good is he, to be arrested with this? The law is not on his side, and cant protect him now. He needs to fry! What if it was your 13yr old daughter???? Wake up Rebecca! He is scum!By j
June 4, 2009 7:03 PM | Link to this
Most of you are right, the feds rarely ever screw up because most FBI agents are attorneys or former prosecutors. Further, you don’t plead guilty at a pre-trial ever, unless you are an idiot or your attorney has worked out a deal. Judge Rose is not a personal friend of Greenberg’s and he will be impartial in sentencing I’m sure.By stuck
June 4, 2009 7:44 PM | Link to this
Greenberg was my attorney at the time he was arrested.. since then I have had the worst time trying to find an attorney that would pick up my case as it is in shambles. I am out the $ I paid him, the time spent on the case, and now I have to come up with $ to pay a new lawyer. Not guilty? I read the court filings from the investigators… it was almost as if he wanted to get caught, as they found him so easily and it only took a couple of months to build the case.By nyc
June 4, 2009 8:59 PM | Link to this
why is he allowed to be around his minor children??????..he is a very sick man..he should be locked up for the max..please keep him monitored….he is a monster!!!!!By Bocephus
June 4, 2009 10:29 PM | Link to this
By Michael Doyle “I would exepct nothing less out of a Northmont Grad.” Boy you’re a real tough guy aren’t you Michael…Jckss. You suck.By Andy
June 4, 2009 10:53 PM | Link to this
I understand why he plead “not guilty”. I mean videos, text messages, e-mail addresses…c’mon lets have some real proof!By Reapwatusow
June 4, 2009 11:09 PM | Link to this
He was an attorney who worked very hard for his clients but that did not make him a good man. God has worked in your life to remove him and your life WILL be better for it. I pray you find an attorney with morals. One that will work for you and your best interest. That means supporting you when you are right and standing up to you when you are wrong. Mark will reap the rewards of his deeds. Like most attorney’s, I’m sure he has ruined many a family and put many a innocents man behind bars. Now it’s his turn. Good bye Mark GreenburgBy Wakeup
June 4, 2009 11:16 PM | Link to this
Back in Troy (2008), James H. Clay also pleaded not guilty and was accused of messing with a 15yr. old student. HE WAS CONVICTED.By Jay
June 7, 2009 2:21 PM | Link to this
‘Reapwatusow’, you were doing ok until the “Like most attorney’s (sic), I’m sure he has ruined many a family, etc…” part. Greenburg certainly needs to pay, but why make a foolish comment about all attorneys (no apostrophe in a plural)?