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Friday, July 16, 2010
Former CJ coach Marc Greenberg reaches plea agreement
DAYTON — Federal prosecutors have reached a plea agreement with Marc Greenberg, the former Chaminade Julienne girls basketball coach charged with sending obscene material to minors over the internet.
The plea agreement, filed late Thursday afternoon, July 15, is under seal. However, a bill of information also filed late Thursday shows that Greenberg will plead to two charges: — one count of having computer equipment that contained visual depictions involving the use of a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct. — one count of knowingly using the interest to attempt to transfer obscene matter to a person under the age of 16.
The bill of information notes that Greenberg communicated with an undercover agent, which he believed was a 13-year-old girl, directing the agent to view streaming video from his web camera, which depicted an adult male exposing his penis while masturbating.
A bill of information can only be filed if a defendant has waived indictment and is often used in plea agreements.
Greenberg, of Centerville, was originally charged with 12 counts of using the Internet to transmit obscene material to persons younger than 16. His trial was to start Monday, July 12, but that day lawyers on both side filed a joint motion to continue so that the parties could continue plea negotations.
No date has been set for a plea hearing, but Greenberg is scheduled to have a hearing on the trial continuance Monday, July 19, in the courtroom of U.S. District Judge Thomas M. Rose.
Greenberg, who is a local attorney, led the team to a state title in 2005, but resigned after federal agents arrested him May 4, 2009, at his Kettering law office.
He has been on home detention since early May, and has been ordered to wear an ankle bracelet to electronically monitor his whereabouts. He is allowed to leave the house to go to work, meet with his attorney or seek court-ordered mental health evaluation and treatment.
Authorities claim Greenberg used computers at his office and his home to engage in sexual conversation and to transmit obscene images, including videos of himself masturbating. Investigators allege the Centerville resident conducted at least 63 lurid computer chat room conversations between January and April 2009 with several investigators posing as teenage and preteen girls.
According to a bio posted on his law firm’s website, Greenberg graduated from the University of Dayton in 1999 with a bachelor’s in business administration and is a 2003 graduate of the UD School of Law, with honors.
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